Their Lives: The Women Targeted by the Clinton Machine
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Their Lives: The Women Targeted by the Clinton Machine (ISBN 0-9746701-3-8) is a book by Candice E. Jackson. Published by conservative publisher World Ahead Publishing on May 31, 2005, it recounts the stories of seven women who crossed paths with Bill Clinton: Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones, Gennifer Flowers, Kathleen Willey, Elizabeth Gracen, Juanita Broaddrick, and Sally Perdue.
It was intended to be a rebuttal to the former president's best-selling memoir, My Life. The author suggests that Clinton's inner circle bribed, intimidated, and harassed these women when they fell out of his favor. She also argues that Hillary Clinton's active involvement in these attacks should make women oppose her potential White House campaign. Jackson concedes that one of her goals in writing the book is to attempt to prevent Hillary Clinton from being elected.[1]
[edit] News coverage and controversy
The book received heavy media coverage when it was released, including coverage by the Drudge Report and New York Post's Page Six,[2] an appearance by Jackson on C-SPAN,[3] and even an article on China Daily titled "Clinton Accused of Raping Nurse in New Book."[4] Critics focused on its lack of objectivity, for example calling it "yet another new Clinton-bashing book" and noting that many of the more controversial stories have not been proven.[5] The liberal news organization Media Matters for America also attacked the book.[6] However, it drew vocal praise from many Clinton critics, including the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,[7] WorldNetDaily,[8] FrontPageMagazine,[9] and Rush Limbaugh.[10]
The book made further news when Jackson was blocked from visiting Bill Clinton's office in Harlem to request an apology for the alleged rape of Juanita Broaddrick.[11] Jackson subsequently escorted Broaddrick and Kathleen Willey on a tour of the Bill Clinton Presidential Library to draw attention to Clinton's attempts to conceal his alleged past actions. [12] Both women had previously issued statements endorsing the book's account of their encounters with Clinton. [13] Search engine service Google also drew criticism from the author and the publisher for allegedly refusing to host online ads for the book.[14]
