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== 1992 Presidential campaign ==

== 1992 Presidential campaign ==

===Alleged civil rights violations===

===Alleged civil rights violations===

''The Hill'' magazine reported Hillary Clinton may have been involved in [[civil rights]] violations by monitoring illegal wiretaps and domestic spying on political opponents during the 1992 camapaign.<ref name=ABolton>Bolton, Alexander (October 16, 2007).  [http://thehill.com/homenews/news/13354-gop-targeting-clinton-on-phone-call-snooping "GOP targeting Clinton on phone-call snooping"].  ''The Hill'' website/News.</ref>  After the revelations came to light in a book entitled, ''Her Way''<ref>Gerth, Jeff and Van Natta, Don, Jr. (2007). [http://www.amazon.com/Her-Way-Ambitions-Hillary-Clinton/dp/0316017426 "Her way: The hopes and ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton"] (New York, NY: Little, Brown and Co.)  Book page at Amazon.com website.</ref> by Don Van Natta Jr., an investigative reporter at the ''[[New York Times]]'', and Jeff Gerth, who spent 30 years as an investigative reporter at the paper, a [[Republican]] official remarked,

''The Hill'' magazine reported Hillary Clinton may have been involved in [[civil rights]] violations by monitoring illegal wiretaps and domestic spying on political opponents during the 1992 camapaign.<ref name=ABolton>Bolton, Alexander (October 16, 2007).  [http://thehill.com/homenews/news/13354-gop-targeting-clinton-on-phone-call-snooping "GOP targeting Clinton on phone-call snooping"].  ''The Hill'' website/News.</ref>  After the revelations came to light in a book entitled, ''Her Way''<ref>Gerth, Jeff and Van Natta, Don, Jr. (2007). [http://www.amazon.com/Her-Way-Ambitions-Hillary-Clinton/dp/0316017426 "Her way: The hopes andd ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton"] (New York, NY: Little, Brown and Co.)  Book page at Amazon.com website.</ref> by Don Van Natta Jr., an investigative reporter at the ''[[New York Times]]'', and Jeff Gerth, who spent 30 years as an investigative reporter at the paper, a [[Republican]] official remarked,

{{Cquote|it is rather unbelievable that [Hillary] Clinton would listen in to conversations being conducted by political opponents, but refuse to allow our intelligence agencies to listen in to conversations being conducted by [[terrorist]]s as they plot and plan to kill us.<ref name=ABolton/>}}

{{Cquote|it is rather unbelievable that [Hillary] Clinton would listen in to conversations being conducted by political opponents, but refuse to allow our intelligence agencies to listen in to conversations being conducted by [[terrorist]]s as they plot and plan to kill us.<ref name=ABolton/>}}

===Nixon's legacy===

===Nixon's legacy===

Barbara Olson in her 1999 book ''Hell to Pay'' <ref>Olson, Barbara (1999). [http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0895262746/102-6782111-3076127?SubscriptionId=11NRD61HE570TCSR99R2 ''Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton''] (Washington D.C.: Regnery Publishing).  Amazon book page.</ref> made a convincing case that the former Goldwater girl, raised in a  Republican home, while working for the staff of the House Judiciary Committee preparing impeachment Articles against [[President Nixon]], studied Nixon very closely.  Olson and others have now commented how Hillary Clinton built her political career by learning to think and act as Nixon did, and modeling herself after him.  These writers cite instance after instance of such behavior. <ref>Poe, Richard (July 6, 2005). [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45138 "The plan to silence internet journalists" (excerpt of ''Hillary's Secret War'')].  WorldNetDaily website/Hillary's Secret War</ref>  When Democratic competitor [[Barack Obama]] made a public statement vowing not to use [[nuclear weapons]], Hillary Clinton shot back,  

Barbara Olson in her 1999 book ''Hell to Pay'' <ref>Olson, Barbara (1999). [http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0895262746/102-6782111-3076127?SubscriptionId=11NRD61HE570TCSR99R2 ''Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton''] (Washington D.C.: Regnery Publishing).  Amazon book page.</ref> made a convincing case that the former Goldwater girl, raised in a  Republican home, while working for the staff of the House Judiciary Committee preparing impeachment Articles against [[President Nixon]], studied Nixon very closely.  Olson and others have now commented how Hillary Clinton built her political career by learning to think and act as Nixon did, and modeling herself after himself.  These writers cite instance after instance of such behavior. <ref>Poe, Richard (July 6, 2005). [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45138 "The plan to silence internet journalists" (excerpt of ''Hillary's Secret War'')].  WorldNetDaily website/Hillary's Secret War</ref>  When Democratic competitor [[Barack Obama]] made a public statement vowing not to use [[nuclear weapons]], Hillary Clinton shot back,  

{{Cquote|I don't believe that any president should make any blanket statements with respect to the use or nonuse of nuclear weapons}} reflecting Nixon's thoughts in ''The Real War'' :

{{Cquote|I don't believe that any president should make any blanket statements with respect to the use or nonuse of nuclear weapons}} reflecting Nixon's thoughts in ''The Real War'' :

{{Cquote|[[Eisenhower]] said... "You should never let the enemy know what you will do, but it's more important that you never let the enemy know what you will not do." }}

{{Cquote|[[Eisenhower]] said... "You should never let the enemy know what you will do, but it's more important that you never let the enemy know what you will not do." }}