LeBoutillier, J

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Former Republican <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Congress" title="Congress" class="mw-redirect">Congressman</a> <b>John LeBoutillier</b> joined <i><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=NewsMax" title="NewsMax" class="mw-redirect">NewsMax</a></i> as a regular columnist in February 2000 and remains an occasional contributor. He is a political commentator and has his own blog, <i>Boot's Blasts</i>.

Leboutillier represented New York's 6th District in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=U.S._House_of_Representatives" title="U.S. House of Representatives" class="mw-redirect">U.S. House of Representatives</a> in the 97th Congress (1981-1983).<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_LeBoutillier#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup>

LeBoutillier was "one of the chief architects of the Counter Clinton Library, which describes its purpose as 'a permanent thorn in the side of the Clintons as they try to hide and distort their anti-American, anti-family, anti-military legacy'," <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Media_Matters_for_America" title="Media Matters for America">Media Matters for America</a> reported.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_LeBoutillier#cite_note-1" title="">[2]</a></sup> The project was abandoned in August 2005, citing a lack of funding.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_LeBoutillier#cite_note-2" title="">[3]</a></sup> LeBoutillier is also the chairman of the Stop Hillary PAC,<a href="http://stophillarypac.com/" class="external autonumber" title="http://stophillarypac.com/" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> which he formed in 2004 to fight election of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton" class="mw-redirect">Hillary Clinton</a> as president.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_LeBoutillier#cite_note-3" title="">[4]</a></sup></p>

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LeBoutillier "is also the author of an article titled <a href="http://www.lizmichael.com/condit.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.lizmichael.com/condit.htm" rel="nofollow"><i>Condit: Gays, Bisexuals, and Murder</i></a>, in which he recounted rumor and innuendo regarding former <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=U.S._House_of_Representatives" title="U.S. House of Representatives" class="mw-redirect">U.S. Representative</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gary_Condit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gary Condit (page does not exist)">Gary Condit</a> (D-CA) and federal intern <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Chandra_Levy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chandra Levy (page does not exist)">Chandra Levy</a>, who was reported missing in May 2001 and was later found dead," Media Matters wrote.</p>

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In 1978, LeBoutillier authored the book <i>Harvard Hates America</i> (Gateway Editions, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Special:BookSources/0895266881" class="internal">ISBN 0895266881</a>).</p>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_LeBoutillier#By_John_LeBoutillier"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">By John LeBoutillier</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_LeBoutillier#Contact_Information"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Contact Information</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_LeBoutillier#Articles_and_Resources"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Articles and Resources</span></a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_LeBoutillier#Sources"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Sources</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_LeBoutillier#Related_SourceWatch_Resources"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Related SourceWatch Resources</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_LeBoutillier#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_LeBoutillier#Profiles"><span class="tocnumber">3.4</span> <span class="toctext">Profiles</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_LeBoutillier#Articles_.26_Commentary"><span class="tocnumber">3.5</span> <span class="toctext">Articles & Commentary</span></a></li>

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<h2><span class="mw-headline">By John LeBoutillier</span></h2>

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<li><a href="http://www.newsmax.com/pundits/archives/John_LeBoutillier-archive.shtml" class="external text" title="http://www.newsmax.com/pundits/archives/John_LeBoutillier-archive.shtml" rel="nofollow">Archives of John LeBoutillier's articles</a>, <i>NewsMax</i>.</li>

<li><a href="http://leboutillier.blogspot.com/" class="external text" title="http://leboutillier.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Archives of articles</a> at <i>LeBoutillier.blogspot.com</i>.</li>

<li><a href="http://www.lizmichael.com/condit.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.lizmichael.com/condit.htm" rel="nofollow">"Condit: Gays, Bisexuals and Murder,"</a> Undated.</li>

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<h2><span class="mw-headline">Contact Information</span></h2>

<p>Weblog: <a href="http://leboutillier.blogspot.com/" class="external free" title="http://leboutillier.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://leboutillier.blogspot.com/</a>

<h2><span class="mw-headline">Articles and Resources</span></h2>

<h3><span class="mw-headline">Sources</span></h3>

<li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_LeBoutillier#cite_ref-0" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20000417173129/http://newsmax.com/articles/?a=2000/2/14/195750" class="external text" title="http://web.archive.org/web/20000417173129/http://newsmax.com/articles/?a=2000/2/14/195750" rel="nofollow">"Former Congressman LeBoutillier Joins NewsMax.com"</a>, <i>NewsMax.com</i>, February 14, 2000. (This is from the Internet Archive).</li>

<li id="cite_note-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_LeBoutillier#cite_ref-1" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200406030001" class="external text" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200406030001" rel="nofollow">"<i>The Washington Times</i> pushed NewsMax.com Kerry rumor,"</a> Media Matters for America, June 3, 2004.</li>

<li id="cite_note-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_LeBoutillier#cite_ref-2" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/8/12/95047.shtml" class="external text" title="http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/8/12/95047.shtml" rel="nofollow">"Counter Clinton Library Closes"</a>, <i>NewsMax.com</i>, August 12, 2005. (The is an Associated Press story).</li>

<li id="cite_note-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_LeBoutillier#cite_ref-3" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/1/9/115710.shtml" class="external text" title="http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/1/9/115710.shtml" rel="nofollow">"Hillary Wants $20.04 to Combat 'StopHillary' PAC"</a>, <i>NewsMax.com</i>, January 9, 2004.</li>

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<h3><span class="mw-headline">Related SourceWatch Resources</span></h3>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> / <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hillary_Rodham_Clinton" title="Hillary Rodham Clinton">Hillary Rodham Clinton</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ted_Sampley" title="Ted Sampley">Ted Sampley</a></li>

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<h3><span class="mw-headline">External links</span></h3>

<h3><span class="mw-headline">Profiles</span></h3>

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<li><a href="http://www.newsmax.com/articles/?a=2000/2/14/190256" class="external text" title="http://www.newsmax.com/articles/?a=2000/2/14/190256" rel="nofollow">Biography of John LeBoutillier</a>, <i>NewsMax</i>, February 14, 2000.</li>

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<h3><span class="mw-headline">Articles & Commentary</span></h3>

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<li><a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/02/93.html" class="external text" title="http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/02/93.html" rel="nofollow">"The Top Ten Conservative Idiots (No. 93),"</a> <i>Democratic Underground</i>, December 9, 2002.</li>

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On Monday's edition of <em>Fox & Friends,</em> the crew <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/201011290003?lid=1148874&rid=56813308">hosted</a> former Republican congressman and current NewsMax columnist John LeBoutillier to promote his book, <em>The Obama Identity.</em> During the segment, LeBoutillier pushed the idea that Obama was actually born in Kenya, without any forceful rebuttal by hosts Steve Doocy or Brian Kilmeade. Both LeBoutillier and the <em>Fox & Friends</em> crew tried to suggest that his "fiction" book may actually have basis in reality. The chyron during the segment was "Fact or Fiction? 'Obama Identity' a fictional tale of reality."</p>

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So what is this "fictional tale of reality" about? Well, it <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/201012020018?lid=1148875&rid=56813308">promotes</a> numerous conspiracy theories about Obama, and, in the words of <em>Media Matters'</em> Oliver Willis, it not only reads like it was written "in the language of a hormonal teenager,"  but also apparently features President Obama's foreskin as a major plot device. </p>

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And who is John LeBoutillier? Well, before his current occupation as a professional peddler of insane and discredited conspiracy theories about President Obama, LeBoutillier spent the 90s pushing <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/201011290018?lid=1148876&rid=56813308">outlandish conspiracies</a> about then-President Clinton and his family -- including suggesting Clinton killed Deputy White House Counsel Vince Foster and had an account "in the Cayman Islands, which is a refuge for drug money."</p>

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As we <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mediamatters.org/research/201011290021?lid=1148877&rid=56813308">documented</a>,   <a href="http://mediamatters.org/research/201011290021?lid=1148877&rid=56813308">http://mediamatters.org/research/201011290021?lid=1148877&rid=56813308</a>  Fox's promotion of LeBoutillier's book and Napolitano's trutherism are in character for the network, which has increasingly become a welcoming place for conspiracy theorists.</p>

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<h1>Unbalanced: Fox News' conspiracy theory obsession</h1>

<div class="post-pub-info">November 29, 2010 1:26 pm ET — <span><a href="http://mediamatters.org/research/201011290021?lid=1148877&rid=56813308#comments">36 Comments</a></span></div>

<p class="post-summary-intro-newformat">Fox News and its employees have played a role in hosting, promoting and repeating conspiracy theories -- including claims that President Obama isn't a U.S. citizen, 9-11 conspiracy theories, suggestions that Obama is a Muslim, and conspiracies involving the Gulf oil spill.</p>

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<h2>Fox's 9/11 Truther</h2>

<p><strong>Fox host Andrew Napolitano is a 9/11 truther.</strong> In an <a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/201011240019" target="_blank">interview</a> with conspiracy theorist and "9/11 truth" movement leader Alex Jones, Fox host Andrew Napolitano said that it's "hard for me to believe that" World Trade Center building 7 "came down by itself" -- a central tenet of 9-11 conspiracy theories -- and claimed that "twenty years from now, people will look at 9-11 the way we look at the assassination of JFK today. It couldn't possibly have been done the way the government told us."</p>

<h2>The Fox Birther Network</h2>

<p><strong><em>Fox & Friends</em> hosted John LeBoutillier, who promoted discredited birther conspiracies.</strong> On the November 29 <a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/201011290003" target="blank">edition</a> of <em>Fox & Friends</em>, John LeBoutillier -- former Republican congressman and current <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsmax.com%2Fblogs%2FJohnleboutillier%2Fid-52" target="blank">columnist</a> for the right-wing website Newsmax -- promoted his new novel, which purports to be factually based. Among the stories in the book, according to LeBoutillier, is that "Obama's grandmother, living in Kenya, we have her in the book, it's fiction, but in reality she has claimed consistently that he was born in Mombasa, Kenya. She said this, adamantly, on the record. So we used that in the book." That claim has long been <a href="http://mediamatters.org/research/200907230054" target="_blank">discredited</a>.</p>

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<strong>Fox hired birther promoter Lou Dobbs to host Fox Business Show.</strong> Fox hired former CNN host Lou Dobbs to host a show on Fox Business. On his CNN show, Dobbs <a href="http://mediamatters.org/research/201011100043" target="blank">claimed</a> that the birth certificate for President Obama hosted on FactCheck.org wasn't "the real document," and <a href="http://mediamatters.org/research/200907170039" target="blank">on his radio show</a> said the document was not "the real deal."

<strong>Fox analyst Thomas McInerney said there were "widespread and legitimate concerns that the President is constitutionally ineligible to hold office."</strong> Retired Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney, a Fox News <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fbios%2Ftalent%2Fthomas-mcinerney%2F" target="blank">military analyst</a>, filed an <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.safeguardourconstitution.com%2Fimages%2Fstories%2Fdocuments%2Faffidavit-lt-general-mcinerney-as-filed.pdf" target="blank">affidavit</a> (reported by pro-birther site WorldNetDaily) claiming there are "widespread and legitimate concerns that the President is constitutionally ineligible to hold office." McInerney also expressed support for <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanthinker.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fpresident_obama_needs_to_prove_1.html" target="_blank">an Army officer</a> facing court-martial who refused to obey orders "until the president produces his original birth certificate."</p>

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<strong>Fox host Sean Hannity on birthers: "[A]ll they wanted to do was say, 'Where's the birth certificate?' That's all they were asking."</strong> On the August 12, 2009, <a href="http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200908120020" target="blank">edition</a> of his radio show, Hannity <a href="http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200908120020" target="blank">said</a>, "This huge birther thing is another huge distraction. To try and portray conservatives as a bunch of right-wing nutjob kooks when people all they wanted to do was say, 'where's the birth certificate?' That's all they were asking. 'Show us the birth certificate.' "</p>

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<strong>Fox Nation promoted false "home country" video.</strong> On April 5, Fox Nation <a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/201004050026" target="_blank">promoted</a> a video created by birthers that purported to show Michelle Obama claiming Kenya as President Obama's "home country." In fact, the two-year-old video was a reference by Mrs. Obama to thepresident's ancestors, who come from Kenya.</p>

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<strong>Fox repeatedly hosted birther Jerome Corsi.</strong> On his September 2 show, Hannity <a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/201009020024" target="blank">hosted</a> Jerome Corsi on the "Great American Panel."Corsi also <a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/201011240029" target="blank">appeared</a> on the November 23 edition of Fox Business' <em>Freedom Watch</em>. Corsi has written many articles that promote birther claims for WorldNetDaily, including the following: <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wnd.com%2F%3FpageId%3D79900" target="blank">"Doubts persist about Obama birth certificate, Considerable evidence still points to candidate's birth in Kenya";</a> <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wnd.com%2F%3FpageId%3D105341" target="blank">"New doubts revealed in Obama's nativity story"</a>; and <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wnd.com%2F%3FpageId%3D103796" target="_blank">"Just who delivered baby Barack Obama?"</a></p>

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<strong>Fox Nation repeatedly promoted birther stories using picture of Obama in Somali clothes.</strong> On <a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/200907140015" target="_blank">July 14, 2009</a>, The Fox Nation featured these stories and images:</p>

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<h1>John LeBoutillier's long history of conspiracy-mongering</h1>

<p class="post-pub-info">November 29, 2010 12:57 pm ET by Terry Krepel</p>

<p>It shouldn't be a surprise that John LeBoutillier would pop up on <em>Fox & Friends</em> to spout <a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/201011290003">utterly discredited</a> conspiracy theories about President Obama's birth -- after all, he's a conspiracy-monger from way back.</p>

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LeBoutillier was one of the more rabid Clinton-haters in the 1990s, hurling all manner of smears and embracing conspiracies, such as those surrounding the death of Vince Foster. For instance, in a February 2001 Newsmax <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Farchive.newsmax.com%2Farchives%2Farticles%2F2001%2F2%2F26%2F61248.shtml">column</a>, LeBoutillier claimed there were "stories for years that Vince Foster -- shortly before his still-mysterious and still-unsolved death -- had just visited Switzerland. Could it be he was depositing cash for the Clintons and then had to be silenced?"</p>

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In that same column, he wrote that "The busty Denise Rich's 100 White House visits last year while Hillary was campaigning all over New York suggest sex" was a factor in President Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich. He also wrote that "For years there have been rumors of the Clintons having an account -- named Chelsea -- in the Cayman Islands, which is a refuge for drug money," suggesting that that account was where the supposed "cash ... used to secure the Marc Rich and other pardons" was deposited. He went on to insist that "Any proper investigation of the Clintons and the pardons needs to treat the Clintons just as an investigation would treat a John Gotti or an international drug lord."

There's much more LeBoutillier insanity on the Clintons:</p>

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<li>He <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Farchive.newsmax.com%2Farchives%2Farticles%2F2001%2F3%2F23%2F60559.shtml">wrote</a> that "A source who knows 'someone' in the Secret Service has relayed to me" that when President Clinton tore a tendon in his knee, he did so "in the midst of a wild sex party. Prostitutes were there and he fell while carrying one 'nude hooker on his shoulders.'" He conceded that the story is "admittedly hearsay."</li>

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<li>He <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Farchive.newsmax.com%2Farchives%2Farticles%2F2001%2F1%2F5%2F55134.shtml">touted</a> a flyer depicting Bill Clinton as a "sexual predator."</li>

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<li>He <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Farchive.newsmax.com%2Farticles%2F%3Fa%3D2000%2F4%2F4%2F171704">claimed</a> that the Clinton administration's appointment of Webster Hubbell to the Justice Department "was a surefire sign that Hillary knew that she planned many acts of malfeasance. She just wanted to make certain that she could escape the legal ramifications of her perfidy."</li>

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<li>He has <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Farchive.newsmax.com%2Farchives%2Farticles%2F2003%2F4%2F28%2F210411.shtml">called</a> the Clintons "grifters," claiming "they have each scammed millions from their gullible, liberal -- and hopelessly naïve -- publishers."</li>

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<p>LeBoutillier hates the Clintons so much, he attempted to create a "Counter Clinton Library." As <em>Media Matters </em><a href="http://mediamatters.org/research/200411190005">noted</a>, the so-called library was to be located "within walking distance of the future Clinton Presidential Center in downtown Little Rock" and would be "filled with rooms such as the Hillary Hall of Shame, Pardons for Dollars and National Insecurity Hall." The <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Farchive.newsmax.com%2Farchives%2Farticles%2F2002%2F12%2F4%2F211724.shtml">final exhibit</a> was to have been a recreation of the alleged trashing of the White House "to show, in the most vivid manner as possible, just how much damage the Clintons did to 'the people's house," LeBoutillier said (never mind that claims of vandalism were <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fdir.salon.com%2Fstory%2Fpolitics%2Ffeature%2F2002%2F06%2F13%2Fscandal%2F">mostly debunked</a>). It would also include "a Broadcast Center where Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly and other radio and TV talk show hosts will be invited to broadcast their shows." LeBoutillier even <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedailyshow.com%2Fwatch%2Fwed-july-14-2004%2Ftrue-library">appeared</a> on <em>The Daily Show</em> in 2004 to talk about it; during the interview he noted that "Some people believe that the Clintons have had up to 70 people whacked over the years."</p>

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Needless to say, that didn't quite pan out. LeBoutillier's backers <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chron.com%2Fdisp%2Fstory.mpl%2Fmetropolitan%2F3309137.html">bailed out</a> in 2005, with one supporter, Rep. Bob Barr, saying that "Nearly every dime raised has gone to professional fundraisers and lawyers." LeBoutillier later <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Farchive.newsmax.com%2Farchives%2Fic%2F2005%2F8%2F15%2F131328.shtml">insisted</a> that "The Counter Clinton Library is alive and well and about to launch a major new direct mail campaign this September to 400,000 prospective donors." We haven't heard a peep about it since.</p>

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LeBoutilllier even founded the <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fstophillarypac.com%2Fshp_contents%2Fabout%2F">Stop Hillary PAC</a>, with the goal of doing the same thing to her that the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth did to John Kerry in 2004. That fizzled too.</p>

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With Clinton-hating no longer lucrative, a turn toward Obama-hating was inevitable. He has <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsmax.com%2FJohnLeboutillier%2Fbarack-obama%2F2008%2F04%2F14%2Fid%2F323425" title="blocked::http://www.newsmax.com/JohnLeboutillier/barack-obama/2008/04/14/id/323425">painted</a> Obama as "an Ivy League snob, a left-wing elitist who thinks he is better than rural people," and he has <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsmax.com%2FJohnLeboutillier%2Fpolice-obama-cambridge%2F2009%2F07%2F23%2Fid%2F331823" title="blocked::http://www.newsmax.com/JohnLeboutillier/police-obama-cambridge/2009/07/23/id/331823">falsely claimed</a> that Obama "slurred the Cambridge police as 'stupid'" in the Henry Louis Gates case, further asserting that Obama has a "scofflaw attitude" because he racked up several parking tickets. LeBoutillier has even <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsmax.com%2FJohnLeBoutillier%2FLeBoutillier-2012-elections-GOP%2F2010%2F11%2F08%2Fid%2F376320">wrestled with his conscience</a> over whether to root for a continued poor economy to ensure Obama would lose re-election in 2012.</p>

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LeBoutillier's new book, which he was promoting on <em>Fox & Friends</em>, is just an extension of that. He's has been working in the realm of fiction for so long that th eonly real surprise that it's taken so long for him to write something labeled as fiction up front.</p>

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P.S. His co-author is Ed Klein, best known for his own <a href="http://mediamatters.org/research/200506230001">fictional ventures</a> in a bio of Hillary Clinton. debunked: http://mediamatters.org/research/200506230001</p>

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