By R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. on 5.15.07 @ 12:09AM
The banned photograph the Clintons did not want you to see is on the Web!
With my new book, The Clinton Crack-Up: The Boy President's Life
After The White House, safely in the bookstores I can now
pause to reflect on the adventure of following the Boy President
through his tumultuous retirement, that being the main subject of
the book.
What were the high points and what of the lows? Well, certainly
the low point was hearing that my subject had been rushed to
hospital with his pipes clogged. Worse, he was to visit with
Hillary before open heart surgery and perhaps play board games with
her -- talk about putting a patient in harm's way! What if she
smacked him a good one with the board? As I report in the book,
Hillary pounds Bill around on a regular basis. Could the Secret
Service not intervene? When Bill entered the hospital in 2004 it
appeared that my book on his retirement might be a very short one,
a mere opuscule.
Thankfully Bill survived his surgery, and my network of sources
went back to work, reporting to me on his astoundingly remunerative
speaking binges worldwide, his amours, the lonely death of his dog,
Hillary's continued tantrums. It is all there in The Clinton Crack-Up, as is a report on
what had to be the high point of my research, to wit, stopping in
on his 60th birthday party in Toronto, "crashing," as the young
would say.
There is a book out this spring, Stealing Lincoln's Body, elucidating my great
great grandfather, Patrick Daniel Tyrrell's role as a Secret
Service agent in surveilling a dastardly plot to steal the 16th
president's body, so obviously a capacity for undercover work is
part of my genetic inheritance. Professional that I am I cannot
reveal precisely how I got into Bill's birthday party, but I left
with evidence. We had our picture taken together. For some reason
the Clintons would not let us use the picture in my book, but now
Frontpagemag.com has unearthed the photo and run it on the web. You
can see it at frontpagemag.com. I think you will agree the two
of us look relaxed and pleased to be in each other's company.
Admittedly Bill looks somewhat aged, confirming my belief that
recreational sex can prove deleterious. Yet why would the Clintons
deny us the use of this picture? It is another example of their
bullying ways.
After the picture was snapped, I wished Bill "Happy Birthday Mr.
President" and rejoined the dinner. His sorely pressed ticker may
not allow him many more bashes on this scale. For the rest of the
details, get the book. It was an amusing evening, and there is
other information about the Clintons in the book that every
American will profit from reading, particularly the campaign staffs
of Senator Barack Obama and former Senator John Edwards. Doubtless
both campaigns have their copies. I would be glad to sign them.
The hard news I brought away from my evening with Bill in
Toronto is that he has failed dramatically from the rubicund health
of his presidential days (review our picture!). In fact, no
president has fallen into decay so rapidly in retirement as Bill.
Some retired presidents, for instance, Richard Nixon, have actually
regained vigor. I knew RN in retirement and can attest to this
fact. Bill is not faring well. From my brief renewal of our
acquaintance in Toronto I came away feeling I could help him
survive into a sunny old age. If Hillary would allow Bill and me to
get together, I would confide to him my regimen: exercise daily,
consume a balanced diet, take a nocturnal nip of whiskey, smoke an
occasional cigar, read good books, write your own stuff, sleep
eight hours a night, and observe your marital vows -- even if it
has to be from a distance. Finally, get out of politics. The times
they are a-changing. Look at the run Senator Obama is making.
topics:
Barack Obama, Books, NATO
