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Death of
Outrage
Bill Clinton and
the Assult on American Ideals
by William J. Bennett
- Book Description
Today we see little public outrage about Bill Clinton's
misconduct. With enormous skill, the president and his
advisors have constructed a defensive wall built of
bricks left over from Watergate: diversion, half-truth,
equivocation, and sophistry. It is a wall that has
remained unbreached. Until now. In The Death of
Outrage: Bill Clinton and the Assault on American Ideals,
former cabinet secretary and bestselling author William
J. Bennett dismantles the president's defenses, brick by
evasive brick, and analyzes the meaning of the Clinton
scandals: why they matter, what the public reaction to
them means, and the social and political damage they have
already inflicted on America. For, despite Bill Clinton's
position in public opinion polls, the most persuasive
public arguments made by the president's supporters
wither under the clear light of moral reason and common
sense. The Death of Outrage exposes the fallacious
and demeaning logic that argues our economic well-being
is the only important measure of presidential
performance; torpedoes the deep but wholly unexamined
respect for European sophistication about "private
matters"; and explains why the president's troubles
are not the result of a "vast, right-wing
conspiracy," but are the result of his own doings. The
Death of Outrage shows
 | How the president's actions, far from being
irrelevant to the conduct of his affairs, have
severely restricted his ability to govern. |
| The unprecedented recklessness of the Clinton
administration in everything from influence
peddling to sexual misconduct to alarming tactics
of intimidation. |
| How the president and his defenders have
exploited the natural tolerance of the American
people -- and made a mockery of the rule of law. |
| Why the Clinton scandals -- from the Travel
Office, to Filegate, to the Rose Law Firm billing
records, to the Lewinsky Affair -- are neither a
creation of the tabloid press, nor independent of
one another. |
Bill Bennett explains why presidential character
matters; why allegations of sexual misconduct need to be
taken seriously; why reasoned judgment is the mark of a
healthy democracy; and why the ends don't justify the
means.
Explosive and hard-hitting, powerful in its logic,
carefully reasoned in its conclusions, The Death of
Outrage is directed at a shameful chapter of American
history. It is an urgent call for American citizens to
repudiate the deep corruption of Bill Clinton, and the
corrupting arguments made in his defense.
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