Gina Gershon and Bill Clinton

In a Vanity Fair article entitled “The Comeback Id,” writer Todd Purdum alleges that former President Bill Clinton was “seeing a lot of women on the road” and “running with a fast crowd,” and claims his behavior was getting so out of control that an assistant considered an intervention.

The article focuses primarily on Clinton’s relationships with women, including actress Gina Gershon, billionaire Belinda Stronach, and a “female friend” in Chappaqua.

Clinton responded by unleashing a “tirade” against the former New York Times reporter, calling him “sleazy,” “dishonest,” “slimy,” and a “scumbag.”

He also sent out a memo calling the piece “journalism of personal destruction at it’s worst.”

The memo states:

TO: Interested Parties
FROM: Office of President Clinton
RE: Vanity Fair Article on President Clinton
DATE: June 1, 2008

A tawdry, anonymous quote-filled attack piece, published in this month’s Vanity Fair magazine regarding former President Bill Clinton repeats many past attacks on him, ignores much prior positive coverage, includes numerous errors, and ultimately breaks no new ground. It is, in short, journalism of personal destruction at its worst.

Any balanced account of President Clinton’s post-presidency - which other publications have referred to as one of “a great philanthropist;” the face of “the power of philanthropy” and “a major force in fighting the pandemic [HIV/AIDS]” - would recognize that the lion’s share of his work is his multi-million dollar charitable foundation, which works in almost 50 countries around the world. [The Economist, 9/23/06; Fortune Magazine, 9/7/06; The Wall Street Journal, 1/14/04] Vanity Fair, however, has chosen to publish thousands of words on former President Clinton, but to devote only a single paragraph to his enormous charitable accomplishments.

Continue reading the Bill Clinton memo HERE.

Read the entire Vanity Fair article HERE.

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