CBS/AP) A spokesman for Sen. Hillary Clinton is branding a new book about the New York Democrat as being "full of blatant fabrications."
Edward Klein, in his book "The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Become President," says Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan - who publicly championed her 2000 race for the Senate - was privately less enthused about the former First Lady.
According to an excerpt in July's Vanity Fair magazine, both Moynihan and his wife, Liz, felt disdain for the aspiring senator and didn't trust them when she initially approached them for support.
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The Moynihans' daughter, Maura Moynihan, denied Klein's report and told The Associated Press that her mother has given up public life and will not comment.
"I think I know my parents better," she said. "The reporting is utterly and completely wrong."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/06/07/politics/main700034.shtmlThe July Vanity Fair also has an excerpt from Ed Klein's forthcoming book about Hillary Clinton, though the Washington Post's Howard Kurtz finds it "less than devastating"