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BOOKOPINION REVIEW: Let’s assume the following scenario: you’re a fairly ordinary person, two kids, soccer mom … you volunteer for political fundraising in your spare time, live in an average neighborhood, have an average income. You live well but not opulently. And then one day, you are assaulted by the most powerful person in the world … and no one believes you, except the “bad guys”. They know you’re telling the truth and are determined no one else will ever find out.

This is the predicament that Kathleen Willey states she was in when she was accosted and assaulted by the President of the United States, Bill Clinton.

After the story was leaked by Drudge, Willey states, “I had aroused the ire of the Clinton administration and was about to bear the full force of its fury. Through their henchmen and minions, Bill and Hillary Clinton would wage nothing less than a media war to undercut my credibility and the credibility of any woman who dared tell the truth about Bill’s sexual advances. That war would reveal the chronic hypocrisy of those who advocate for women’s rights, as none of them -– not Democrats nor feminists nor Hillary Clinton, an alleged promoter of women’s rights -– would come to the aid of the women he had assaulted. It was me versus the machine and I was scared.” Thus speaks Kathleen Willey, a committed Democrat, fundraiser and White House volunteer.

She further states, “After we got caught in Bill Clinton’s trap, we were raked over the coals. All of us –- Juanita, Gennifer, Paula, Monica, me -– we have all been through a lot. We were regular women trying to get by when our paths crossed his. Through no fault of our own, we were smeared in the media, terrorized by thugs, audited by the IRS, followed by strangers, victimized by threats. Our homes were broken into and our pets were killed. And we know that Hillary and her minions were behind the terror.”

Kathleen Willey adds, “I think Bill routinely confesses his infidelities to Hillary. Certainly, he skews the stories. I doubt he admitted that he raped Juanita, assaulted me and abused probably dozens or hundreds of others. But I think he told Hillary that he’d done something with us and it’s likely he said we seduced him. I believe that, as part of their dysfunctional dynamic of addict and enabler, in their ugly, twisted cycle, he tells her some story to relieve his guilt. He screws up, he confesses, he asks forgiveness, she throws lamps, and then they make up and he gives her something –- appoints a woman to the Supreme Court, lets Hillary spearhead the grand health care debacle or campaigns for her presidency. I think it’s been like that since the beginning. To Hillary, it is tightly wound up with her political aspirations. She came out ahead. We lost. Women lost. And feminism lost.” Why would any wife, especially someone as much in the media’s eye as Hillary, behave in such a bizarre manner?

Kathleen also quotes Bernie Nussbaum who states that “he and Hillary shared the view that ‘you should do harm to your enemies…’” as well as Dave Shippers, who spent years investigating the Clintons, who states regarding Hillary, “Nothing is beneath her.” And Dick Morris summed up this insane state of affairs by saying, “If you’re going to be a sexual predator, be pro-choice.”

The first dozen pages or so of the beginning of “Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton” made me whistle in disbelief. If true, I thought, how could any woman be so naïve? We are asked to judge not just her story but her character as well as the characters of the people about whom she writes. I will say, as a political animal, I was astounded by some of the revelations she revealed. Even a hardened truth seeker will tend to be disbelieving of some of the volatile and wholly unacceptable traits exhibited in the White House during this turbulent time.

“Target” is very detailed and extremely explicit. Comments by the other people involved are documented … thus verification of their involvement or observations is possible.

Is this book founded on the truth? Is there a middle ground somewhere? Two sides to every story, right? I don’t know. Kathleen Willey did appear to be utterly sincere and incredibly courageous with no ulterior motives. I do know that this was a fascinating read, although somewhat repetitive at times. I occasionally had to backtrack to recall exactly about whom she was referring. The writing was okay, not great, but well worth the time I spent reading “Target.”

In spite of the flaws of the book, I do highly recommend this book. It was an eye-opener to say the least and will prove to introduce you to the inner workings of a government hopelessly swimming in complete disarray. If this story is true, how very sad … for Kathleen Willey and her family, the other victims, those afraid to speak out and the American people.

– Elizabeth Channery