Where's The Outrage?

By now, the fact that Hillary Clinton has, at best, a tenuous relationship with the truth is not news to anyone. However, to those who mattered most, her superiors, it was not news 34 years ago. Why, then, has it taken so long for the truth about her service as Counsel to the House Judiciary Committee to come out? To echo Bob Dole's words, "Where's the outrage?"

For all of the intervening years, Hillary has been boasting about her role in the impeachment investigation of President Nixon. In fact, though, she has nothing to boast about. In her capacity as Counsel, she knowingly and deliberately acted in such a dishonest and unethical manner that she was fired.

How do we know this? Her superior at the time, 83-year-old retired attorney – and lifelong Democrat – Jerry Zeifman, says so. In fact, he states further that had she actually presented the fraudulent brief she had written to the judge, she would have been disbarred. The only reason why that didn't happen was the fact that President Nixon resigned, thus ending the impeachment action.

Turns out that Mr. Zeifman has been trying to get this story out before the public for over 12 years, but the mainstream media has totally ignored him. He has written about it in his book Without Honor: Crimes of Camelot and the Impeachment of Richard Nixon, as did the late Barbara Olsen in her book Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton, but for whatever reason, the wire services, major networks, and newspapers have refused to touch it.

Now, the story has once again been told by reporter Dan Calabrese in this March 31, 2008 column: Watergate-Era Judiciary Chief of Staff: Hillary Clinton Fired For Lies, Unethical Behavior.

Veteran syndicated radio talk show host Neal Boortz has picked up the story, discussed it at length, and even interviewed Jerry Zeifman live on the air. You can read his program notes here Nealz Nuze April 02, 2008 and here Nealz Nuze April 03, 2008.

At some point, Neal apparently intends to make the audio of that interview available on his website, Boortz.com. If you possibly can, you need to listen to it. I was lucky enough to catch it on a nighttime rebroadcast, and in my opinion, the interview is compelling and thoroughly convincing. Jerry Zeifman comes across as a gentleman with a conscience and a highly developed sense of right and wrong. Hear him out if you have the opportunity, then draw your own conclusions. Meanwhile, you can read Dan Calabrese's column, written after a lengthy interview with Mr. Zeifman.

Apaprently, Jerry Zeifman is satisfied that Calabrese did an accurate and fair job of recording his views, because he has added the column to his own website, Jerry Zeifman.

I think that this time, there is a chance that we may be seeing this story in the mainstream media. By now, it's rather obvious that they have lined up behind Barack Obama. Therefore, it is likely that one MSM outlet will decide to run the story, since it hurts Hillary, helps Obama, and may even get Rev. Jeremiah Wright off the front pages. Once that happens, the other outlets will run the story in very short order.

Could our media really be so blatantly biased? Surely not!