Clinton, Inc.: The Audacious Rebuilding Of A Political Machine - Plot & Excerpts
4 Seducing the Bushes “For their own reasons, the Bush people thought having Clinton with his father would be clever. They’re right. The consequence may be a Hillary Clinton presidency.” —Newt Gingrich If Clinton hoped to rehabilitate his image, and by implication Hillary’s, an improbable bonhomie with his most well-known adversaries would be an excellent beginning. Just before 1 a.m. on December 26, 2004, tsunamis six stories tall crashed into the coasts of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and about a dozen other nations. The tsunamis’ cause was an oceanic earthquake registering magnitude 9.0, and its effect was massive devastation and death. More than two hundred thousand people died, and millions more were left homeless. Survivors needed medical care in the short term and an almost unimaginably costly rebuilding effort in the long term. In between, something needed to be done to stave off famine and the spread of disease. Governments and private citizens across the globe were quick to promise tremendous amounts of aid—including a pledge of $350 million from the United States.
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