Lawyers as Presidents
Clinton and Absolute Power
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When Al Gore tried to win the 2000 presidential election in the courts, it was an unprecedented act in American
history.
But such legal maneuvering was not unprecedented for the Clinton-Gore administration. One of its first acts was
to fire every single U.S. attorney, an unmistakable signal that the Justice Department would serve Bill Clinton
at the expense of justice.
Bill Clinton and Al Gore consistently saw the courts as a means to achieve political ends. With Janet Reno as attorney
general, they gave the United States the most politicized Justice Department we have ever endured. Instead of objectively
pursuing justice, America's federal lawyers became tools to give the president and the vice president of the United
States absolute power:
POWER to put themselves above the law
POWER to foil investigations by the FBI and the Justice Department
POWER to make brute force option number one at Waco
POWER to ignore the Senate's role in confirming presidential appointments
POWER to financially shake down legal industries like tobacco
POWER to ruin the lives of the "little people" who loyally served the White
House but didn't fit into the Clintons' plans
POWER to subordinate national security to political fund-raising and foreign cash
With Janet Reno providing legal cover, the Clinton-Gore administration was able to do all this, and more, with
impunity.
In David Limbaugh's stunning new book, Absolute Power, you will see just how this happened.
It is a comprehensive indictment of the Clinton-Reno Justice Department, detailing how federal law was politicized
and precedents were set for a legal war against the rule of law and the traditional civil liberties of the United
States.
Absolute Power is a testament to what must never be allowed to happen again, and an unsettling
reminder of how the most corrupt administration in history has never been called to account--until now, by David
Limbaugh.
David Limbaugh is a lawyer, nationally syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate, and political commentator.
The brother of radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, he lives in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, with his wife and children.
