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The Times - Hillary and Bill Clinton show muscle as cover boy Bill gets a negative story dumped

Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign forced a magazine to drop a negative story about her by threatening to cut off the publication’s access to the former President Bill Clinton, it emerged yesterday.

The ruthless response to GQ magazine, and its decision to bow to the ultimatum, reflects the enormous leverage Mr Clinton brings to his wife’s White House bid at a time when her quest for the Democratic nomination appears more formidable than ever.

Which reminded me of this:

The Smoking Gun - Clinton In Restaurant Row
NYC eatery told to remove window picture of ex-president’s daughter

Bill Clinton is threatening legal action against a Manhattan restaurant if it does not immediately yank a photo of the former president’s daughter Chelsea from the eatery’s front window. In a September 18 letter to Osso Buco, an Italian restaurant in Greenwich Village, the ex-president demands the removal of the five-year-old photo of his daughter and Nino Selimaj, the eatery’s owner. The picture, which is in Osso Buco’s front window, is among scores of similar photos displayed throughout Selimaj’s University Place establishment (as well as several other Manhattan restaurants he operates).

Intimidating immigrants and small business owners too.

Dan Rather, call your office. President Bollinger, better put a new tape in that type writer.