Although the MSM mostly ignored the attempts of the Clintonista's to silence "The Path to 9/11" this was just the latest in a long history of attempts to savage the critic and salvage the legacy of Bill Clinton. Before Clinton was elected there were scandals concerning his involvement with women. These were generally handled using a two step process. First deny the allegation. Second smear the accuser. This was also called the "nuts and sluts" defense as the counter allegation would generally include besmirching the woman's reputation and or questioning her sanity. These maneuvers were quite effective in most cases.
When Mrs. Clinton invested $1,000 in cattle futures and walked away with $100,000 she said she had accomplished this amazing feat by reading the Wall Street Journal every day. It turns out there was no mention of cattle futures made during the time of her investment but no one ever got to ask the follow up question.
Over the years the Clinton couple used misdirection to detract from Mr. Clinton misdeeds. When word got out that the President had been doing naughty things with a young intern just a few feet from the Oval Office he first denied the claim while his wife blamed the entire matter on a "vast right wing conspiracy". Once "the blue dress" forced Mr Clinton to fess up neither Clinton ever apologized for blaming others for the allegations. If the matter was brought up at all Ms. Clinton would revert to the convenient role of the wronged wife to avoid having to answer.
President Clinton was specially fond of using the following phrase "Mistakes were made, it's time to move on so that I can get back to working for the American people. This phrase was trotted out so often it became the mantra for Clinton apologists and inspired the name of a leftwing liberal web site and organization, Move On.org. Which turned out to be a bit ironic later on as they were completely unable to "move on" when Al Gore failed to win or steal the presidency in 2000!
When Mr Clinton pardoned a wide variety of misfits on his way out of office and was questioned about the rumors that some of the pardons were quid pro quo his response was "That is just something that some people are saying there's no proof". Which wasn't much of a denial, really. Later when proof did appear regarding pardons promised and payments received by Clinton family members Mrs Clinton would only say that she was "very sad and disappointed". Despite her reputation with some as the "smartest woman in America" when the stuff hit the fan she never knew a darn thing about anything.
When they took thousands of dollars of furnishings and valuables that belonged to the White House it was an inventory error made by a subordinate. I often think of the Clinton presidency being part of an old SNL skit, "it just goes to show you, it's always something".
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