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.and the Horse He Rode in on: The People V. Kenneth Starr
by James Carville
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (1998-10-27)
ISBN: 0684857340
EAN: 9780684857343
Dewy Decimal #: 345.7302323
Hardcover: 176 pages
SKU: 111055
Condition: Very Good
Comments: 0684857340 Book absent of markings. Its cover shows light shelf wear. Binding shows some evidence of having been read. Overall, a very servicable copy. Your book will be carefully protected for transit in sturdy, weather-resistant packaging. We are prompt, efficient, communicative.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
EXCLUSIVE: CARVILLE RESPONDS TO THE STARR REPORT ...And the Horse He Rode In On gives the first full accounting of what's really behind the longest-running, most expensive dirty trick in politics: Ken Starr's investigation.
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Amazon.com Review
Nobody can accuse James Carville, the strategist for Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign, of hiding his feelings. "You know something? I don't like Ken Starr. I don't like one damn thing about him. I don't like his politics. I don't like his sanctimony. I don't like his self-piety. I don't like the people he runs with...." And longtime Carville observers know that his dislike's been brewing since Starr was appointed to the independent prosecutor's office back in 1994 by a crony of ultraconservative Senator Jesse Helms to look into alleged financial misconduct on the part of Bill and Hillary Clinton in the Whitewater case. Carville piles on the evidence for his argument that Starr, with his partisan politics and numerous conflicts of interest, should never have been let anywhere near Whitewater, let alone allowed to pry into the personal relationship that Clinton had with Monica Lewinsky in the mid-'90s. And he stands by his man, commenting, "In my mind, an indiscretion here and an indiscretion there will never amount to a tenth of cruelty." Even those who can't stand Carville's relentless style--who else would have the nerve to ask "What the heck is [Bill Bennett] talking about? Has he completely lost his mind?"--will be hard-pressed to refute the multiple charges of abuse of prosecutorial power. And this is dang sure the only book about the Clinton controversies that includes a mouthwaterin' recipe for brisket.
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Customer Reviews
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"Eternal Justice weighs the sins of the hot blooded and the cold hearted on different scales"
Rating  (3)
Date: 2006-12-28
James Carville argues, quite successfully, that Ken Starr was never an "independent" prosecutor. He makes this argument in a way that makes you cry for our government. Now, Carville is not an independent evaluator in any sense of the word, but to read the shenanigans of Starr and his cronies and colleagues is depressing.
Who cries for our country? Carville notes the line from Dante's The Inferno, "Eternal Justice weighs the sins of the hot blooded and the cold hearted on different scales."
I'm waiting for this weighing.
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I find it exremely interesting... and upsetting...
Rating  (1)
Date: 2006-08-11
1 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
Mr. Carville is a great ENTERTAINING writer - of interesting one-sided opinions and partial facts taken so much out of context that it verges on fiction. But it is an interesting read, nonetheless, and that is the book's appeal. I did laugh, but not because I found it funny, or that I could agree with most parts of the book itself, but because it was more along the lines of "out there" like the 1970's Saturday Night episodes, totally satirical, but not meant to be taken serious. I can see where the book is endearing to that 'fringe' portion of what I'm calling the stolen Democratic Party. Really, is the author actually blaming Ken Starr for Clinton choosing to have an affair with an intern barely older than his own daughter? Yet the author at one moment treats the situation as if it was not an important item to any of the citizens - but it was important to many people my age that our President lied. The author fails to mention that "I did ... not... sleep... with... that... woman..." came straight from our President's mouth. Whitewater... ahh, the smoking gun? Suicides, paperless-trails and innuendo that leads to not enough facts. I could write a book that points just as much the other way using the same tactics that this author does, but then again, I like to play fair, even in political books. The author is correct on one thing - we taxpayers DID spend too much money on the problems of the Clintons while they were in the Whitehouse -- but don't blame that on the Ken Starr - blame it on me: I voted for Clinton and if he wasn't in office - there wouldn't have been Whitewater, Monica-gate, etc. Lots of problems for one President... But this book makes money for the author - and he spins a wonderfully witty tale from the parts of truth he chooses to use!
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Engagin' Pagin' from the Ragin' Cajun
Rating  (5)
Date: 2004-11-30
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
The Clinton impeachment saga is long over, but the wounds to our republic have not healed. Given the benefit of hindsight, Ken Starr's role as "independent" counsel is seeming less like bad luck, and more like the first salvo in a struggle to restructure the American political system without the inconvenience of holding elections.
James Carville uses his Cajun wit and straight talk to get to the heart of who Ken Starr really is. Written in 1998, "And the Horse He Rode In On" uncovers Starr's alliances with far-right Republican operatives. The book also shows up Starr's $40 million Whitewater "investigation" for what it was: a politically-motivated fishing expedition to bring down President Bill Clinton. That the Republican right came within a whisker of succeeding, ignoring the "high crimes and misdemeanors" impeachment standard of the Constitution, should scare the crud out of any American patriot -- right, left or middle.
It should shock all Americans that Starr's work uncovered nothing. Whitewater, Filegate, Travelgate and Troopergate turned up no illegal behavior on the part of the Clintons, but gave Starr and his fellow travelers plenty of chances for smear and innuendo. Carville chronicles the way Starr leaked information in order to coerce witnesses to testify. Carville also follows the incredible system of payoffs that kept Whitewater alive far beyond its natural life.
Keep this book around to remind you of what happens when biased political dogs are let loose against duly elected officials.
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Bulldog Carville at his best
Rating  (4)
Date: 2004-11-28
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
James Carville does not like Ken Starr. It would be safe to say he loathes Ken Starr, perhaps even outright hates Ken Starr. One thing's for certain, Ken Starr's relentless, and often irrelevant, witch-hunt against President Bill Clinton did nothing to improve Carville's opinion of Ken Starr. President Clinton was not only James Carville's boss, (Carville being an expert political analyst) he was (and still is) a good friend. President Clinton was also supposed to only be being investigated by Ken Starr for some supposedly shady business maneuvers with the Whitewater real estate deal that at its simplest was a bad deal that lost some people a lot of money. However, time and evidence proved that nothing illegal occurred. Yet, the Republican operatives, who were bitter at losing the Whitehouse to a southern upstart, couldn't accept that. So, they applied pressure to Starr (a supposed `Independent' Counsel) to find something, anything, they could pin on Clinton. Starr embraced the challenge with a near religious zeal and somehow managed expand his investigation to such a degree that an inquiry into a real estate deal somehow became a referendum on Clinton's sexual habits, particularly his affair with intern Monica Lewinksy. This really pissed of James Carville (and that crude word is justified for how Carville felt). Carville felt the need to address Starr's wild goose chase and "....And the Horse he Rode in On" is his response.
Don't let Carville's vitriol, southern drawl, and bulldog mentality dissuade you. He pulls back the curtain the wizard and reveals Starr to be the fraud that many think he is. Carville addresses, point by point, all the supposed reasons that Starr is using for turning a real estate investigation into pornography that would make Larry Flynt proud. Carville fiercely attacks Starr's tactics, his theories, his justifications, his `evidence', and punches a mack-truck size hole in middle of one of the biggest individual abuses of the justice system. Opponents of Clinton aren't likely to find much to like in this book, but those who were angered by this whole ridiculous process will feel grateful to Carville for giving a voice to many of the emotions they had. All that, plus a mouth-watering recipe for brisket, makes "...And the Horse he Rode in One" a valuable read.
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Starr Wars
Rating (5)
Date: 2004-02-19
5 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
If you are looking at this book then you probably know exactly what this book is about and the tone the author takes. You are probably a Clinton supporter and are looking for a book that gives you some nice facts to reinforce your dislike of old Mr. Starr. Well that is exactly what this book offers, 160 pages of anti Starr. It warmed my heart that there is an author out there that can give as good as he gets and fights back for all the negative anti Clinton smears we have lived with over the years. Is the book full of facts, well they are facts that I want to hear. Are they the whole story? Well probably not, these types of books do not tend to present the full picture, just the picture I want to see, but you probably already know that.This book delivered what I wanted, anti Starr info. It reinforced my opinion that the whole Star thing was just one long political dirty tricks campaign that old Tricky Dick would have been proud of. I would have liked the author to have also focused some on the Republicans that were full steam ahead on the whole Starr thing and all the bogus themes they came up with to investigate. What is sad is that so much money and time was spent on nothing, but uneducated hatred with the funny part being that most Americans now view the investigation as just a dirty political motivated hate campaign. Overall the book is fun and has a fight back attitude about it. It will only take a few hours to read so you do not feel so bad given the book is more fast food then steak dinner.
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