The Point previously covered the absurd existence of Chelsea Clinton's new "book". But the story of She Persisted, an absurd excuse for a book, somehow managed to get worse.
Christopher Janes Kimberley, 56, of Albany, is suing the former first daughter and Penguin Random House for copyright infringement, seeking up to $150,000, according to the lawsuit, filed Thursday in Southern District of New York court.
“I did months of painstaking research on my book. Her version looks like a ninth-grade homework assignment,” he vented to The Post. “I am in disbelief.”
The little-known writer claims he sent a pitch for his illustrated kids book, “A Heart is the Part That Makes Boys And Girls Smart,” to the president of Penguin Young Readers US, Jennifer Loja, in May 2013, according to the lawsuit.
Instead of publishing it, she passed the idea off to Clinton, who cashed in on his hard work, he claims in court papers.
“She Persisted,” published May 30, features at least three of the same quotes from inspiring historical women — including Helen Keller, Harriet Tubman and Nellie Bly — that appear in Kimberley’s book, along with similar images, the writer claims.
Lawsuits such as this come and go. They're generally none too credible. And Chelsea's book is already so lazy that it's hard to see why it would require any plagirism. Whatever the merits of the lawsuit, the description of the book as resembling a "ninth-grade homework assignment" is undeniable.
The topic is elementary. The material has been chewed over so many times. And yet the Clintons are such notorious gtifters and capable of such depths of laziness and dishonesty, that it's almost plausible.
After all Hillary Clinton got into trouble not by committing the crimes she needed to commit, but because of her lack of self-control when it came to doing things and telling lies she didn't need to do or tell.