No Way to Treat a First Lady that they believed the first lady was innocent all along. The book is considered a satire of the Monica Lewinsky scandal which consumed much of Bill Clinton's second term as president, with legal antics, massive media coverage and spin control. Like Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth MacMann met her husband, the future president, at law school. MacMann is criticized for being overly ambitious and her husband's affairs became a source of embarrassment. Buckley's real target, however, is media coverage of such events — "O. J. and the Clinton scandals rolled into one." The book also has "hints" of the Kennedy presidency. No
Clinton–Lewinsky scandal Affairs. Some believe that Clinton began a personal relationship with her while she worked at the White House, the details of which she later confided to Linda Tripp, her Defense Department co-worker who secretly recorded their telephone conversations. In January 1998, Tripp discovered that Lewinsky had sworn an affidavit in the Paula Jones case, denying a relationship with Clinton. She delivered tapes to Kenneth Starr, the Independent Counsel who was investigating Clinton on other matters, including the Whitewater scandal, the White House FBI files controversy, and the White House travel office controversy. During the grand jury testimony, Clinton's responses were