WASHINGTON, May 25 (UPI) -- A soon-to-be-published memoir by a well-known Washington political strategist is said to be especially hard on Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards.
In a 494-page memoir, consultant Bob Shrum dubs the former U.S. senator from North Carolina "a Clinton who hadn't read the books," ABC News reported.
Shrum, who fell out of favor with Democrats after John Kerry's 2004 presidential loss, said in the book that Kerry's running mate didn't know much about the issues when he met Edwards in 1998.
Shrum also wrote that when he asked Edwards what his position was on gay rights, the North Carolinian replied "I'm not comfortable around those people."
"Anyone who knows Bob Shrum knows that he has a very casual relationship with the truth and it's not surprising that when he's trying to stay relevant and write some books, he would make things up," Edwards' spokesman Mark Kornblau told ABC News.
Shrum's book, "No Excuses: Confessions of a Serial Campaigner," will be published in June.
