The Hunting of the President

What do you do to a democratically elected president who holds views you reject? In a democracy, you simply try to topple him, and preferably from behind the scenes. At least, that seems to be the American Way. THE HUNTING OF THE PRESIDENT shows how Bill Clinton's presidency was torpedoed for eight years. The emotional interviews and archival footage clearly demonstrate how a battery of opponents tried to harm Clinton for various reasons: career lawyers, envious former friends, jealous ex-colleagues and political rivals all make attempts to bring him down. Even the FBI was mobilised for five years to dig up incriminating evidence. And since conflicts, scandals and sex always sell, the media were also hounding Clinton. But Bill survived it all. And then there was that woman, that Miss Lewinsky, who almost managed to ruin him. THE HUNTING OF THE PRESIDENT is a strong indictment against the “dirty tactics” used by the Republican camp. It must be noted, however, that one of the filmmakers, Harry Thomason, has been friends with Clinton for many years. But that does not matter, because the documentary is far from secretive about his ideological background. Particularly the interviews with former Clinton adversaries – now regretting their standpoint – make clear that a constant campaign was waged against Clinton, one that resorted to guerrilla tactics.