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You Learn by Living , Eleanor Roosevelt
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You Learn by Living , Eleanor Roosevelt.......2007-04-10

This is a excellent book for any graduate, no matter what stage of life.
Eleanor Roosevelt offers advice on how to be the best person one can be.
Even at middle age I found this book to be very inspirational at this stage of my life. Live life to the fullest.

Everyone should read this book.......2003-07-26

This is a little-known but delightful gem of a book. The inimitable Eleanor Roosevelt was a prolific author, but this effort is among her very best. Forged by adversity throughout her life, Eleanor was born into a privileged, wealthy family. Her father, Elliot, was Theodore Roosevelt's brother.

My favorite chapter is "The Right to Be an Individual." Mrs. Roosevelt stresses that individuality is something to be prized, yet people want to remain safe, surrounded by a group. She stresses we should strive against this and always be true to ourselves. This is a simple, yet eloquent philosophy. The entire book is full of wit, wisdom and some profound bits of advice. I am a better person for having read this book and I think everyone can take something meaningful from its pages.

You Learn By Living Eleven Keys For A More Fulfilling Life.......2002-09-29

In this wise and highly personal book, one of the twentieth century's most famous and beloved first ladies - Eleanor Roosevelt - offers advice on how to create a satisfying life.

Offering her own philosophy on living, the woman who was called Fist Lady to the World leads readers on a path to confidence, education, maturity, and more.

You Learn By Living is a book that remains fascinating, inspirational, and relevant to late - twentieth - century readers.

The keys to the kind of life Mrs. Roosevelt describes are:

- Learning to Learn
- Fear the Great Enemy
- The Uses of Time
- The Difficult Art of Maturity
- Readjustments Is Endless
- Learning to Be Useful
- The Right to Be an Individual
- How to Get the Best Out of People
- Facing Responsibility
- How Everyone Can Take Part in Politics
- Learning to Be a Public Servant

Read This Book!.......2000-01-16

This book is a gem. It is full of wonderful advice for living one's life in a full, satisfying, and unselfish way. It is the speaking out of a remarkable mind who was for decades the conscience of a nation.

The Final Days: The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House

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What politicians will do to cling onto power
A book about two topics: pardon and donation.
FAILING TO CROSSOVER
Excellent and bloody right!
A Catalogue of Iniquities.

The Final Days: The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House
Barbara Olson
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Olson turns her razor sharp vision on the Clintons' shocking excesses in their final days of office: the outrageous pardons to political cronies and friends, the looting of the White House, the executive orders that were sheer abuses of presidential power, the presidential library that is becoming a massive boondoogle of vanity more appropriate for a Third World dictator, and much more.

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What politicians will do to cling onto power.......2006-12-10

Conservative commentator Barbara Olson, who perished when the hijacked Flight 77 dove into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, reminds us with "The Final Days" precisely what sort of leeching parasites politicians can be. This is not a strict "Republican" or "Democrat" kind of thing, nor is it an issue pertaining to just "conservatives" or just "liberals." The book is not biased just because it reports only the Clinton wrongdoings, even though the author is a self-proclaimed conservative. In fact, the flip side to Olson's coin is the recently released "State of Denial" by Bob Woodward, who similarly documents the slime coursing through the current Bush administration and the ongoing war in Iraq. No, "The Final Days: The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House" merely reiterates a well-worn fact of life dominant in today's world: Power corrupts.

Olson's final account about the closing of doors in the Clinton administration should send alarm bells screeching through the minds of the American electorate, especially in a time where a Hillary Clinton run for the presidency seems almost inevitable. Olson reveals with painstaking accuracy the core tenets of Clintonism: Deny the accusations, play the helpless victim, and attack the enemy with relentless savagery. And, of course, it is permissible to lie whenever the chance arrives. When many liberal Democrats pressured him truthfully to explain everything behind the pardon of Marc Rich and his associates, President Clinton acknowledged that those he pardoned, who evaded millions in taxes and maintained connections with the Castro and Gaddafi regimes, simply had been wrongfully persecuted by the Justice Department. It is a classic example of the `victim hood' phenomenon so popularly paraded by the Clintons. Everyone seems to be a poor, pitiable victim, especially if their names end with "Clinton" and the persecutor is that dang "right-wing conspiracy." I'm afraid the term you're looking for, Mr. and Mrs. President, is "vast critical-thinking conspiracy." Or perhaps the "concerned American citizen conspiracy."

Like "State of Denial," "The Final Days" wields sharp facts to counter the myths surrounding popular politicians. Clinton may have presided over the largest economic expansion in U.S. history, but the shameless "For Sale" sign dangling around his neck during the closing days of his administration calls into question his serious character and moral flaws. Similarly, Bush may have stated "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq, but the fact that we are still there waging a failing campaign at the expense of American and Iraqi blood does not make his acts justifiable. I highly recommend both books to spark in your head the idea that maybe we need to rethink seriously the decision of putting these kinds of people in power.

A book about two topics: pardon and donation........2006-05-26

I listened to the audio version of this book. While most of the things said in this book may be true, it appears a bit biased. In addition to facts, the author uses some adjectives which show her personal dislike of the famous couple.

In the end, I had an impression that this book grew out of author's frustration upon Mark Rich pardon. Many chapters are dedicated to that case.

A disproportionately large portion of the book is devoted to two topics: pardon and donations. At one point the audio book spends a large amount of time only listing names of who donated what item. It goes on and on and on with names that make no sense and contribute nothing much to the story. That could have been moved to the appendix to keep the flow going.

I was hoping to find details about mischievious behavior by Clinton staff during the last days. There was no mention of that.

FAILING TO CROSSOVER.......2006-04-15

"The much talked about Marc Rich pardon has become an appropriate symbol of the entire eight years, but Mrs. Olson does a commendable service by clearly detailing the effrontery of his (Rich's) misdeeds, and an even more skillful demonstration of the President's specious and insulting attempt to justify this shocking act. To add fuel to her raging fire, she quotes former President Jimmy Carter who openly stated "I don't think there is any doubt that some of the factors in his pardon were attributable to his large gifts. In my opinion that was disgraceful."

Naturally, given her neo-con bent, Ms. Olsen failed to mention the extremely salient point that the attorney representing Marc Rich's pardon application was none other than Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney's aide.

Excellent and bloody right!.......2006-03-18

All of you Clinton lovers should actually learn to not turn the blind eye on many of these things Clinton did during his presidency. The last few minutes before he was impeached.
I can admit George Bush is a bad president himself but I can also admit what Bill clinton stood for. Corruption!
See the pardons such as the nationalistic terrorist group from Puerto Rico plus the tax cheat and a whole list of other losers that Clinton pardoned.

A Catalogue of Iniquities. .......2004-07-28

The last days of the Clintons were an occasion for the country to witness just how corrupt this two for the price of one team actually was. They took furniture and gifts that were not their's for the taking, and appeared to be granting pardons on the basis of what law breakers held the most influence within their circle of friends and family. From arsenic to Mark Rich, the whole squalid tale is recounted by the superlative Barbara Olso, who sadly is no longer with us.

The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy's Dossier on Hillary Clinton

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Sometimes the truth hurts
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The Vast Right-Wing conspiracy's Dossier on Hillary Clinton
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Helliary gets minus-1000 stars, for she is no star here. The author: as many stars as you can.

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Here's your one-stop guide to everything Hillary and her staff don't want you to know. Written in the style and format of Regnery Publishing's New York Times bestsellers The Official Handbook of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy and Politically Incorrect GuidesT, the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy Dossier on Hillary Rodham Clinton is full of fresh reporting, devastating quotes, scandalous stories, funny sidebars, and forgotten but telling incidents from Hillary's past.

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Sometimes the truth hurts.......2007-05-16

Sometimes the truth hurts. Sometimes people become so hardened and toughened that they seem impervious to truth or goodness; but even these may be "hurt" by the truth, even if only "hurt" to the extent that they may be prevented from attaining their goals. Tough Hillary Rodham made accusations on national television that her husband Bill was unfairly being targeted by a "vast right wing conspiracy", and somehow succeeded [as she likely hoped she would] in diverting the attention of many Americans away from the bad conduct both she and Bill had long engaged in. Even today, some years after she made the famous remarks on television, she and her propaganda pals from time to time claim that there is a vast right wing conspiracy; but now they claim it is out to get her ! Hillary and her sponsors want to install her as ruler of America, and the truth about her may make that impossible if people in America do not forget that truth. Sometimes the truth hurts, and Hillary and her people know very well that the real truth about her could hurt her chances of becoming president of the United States, and "Empress of America".The Empress Project

Let the schmere begin.......2007-01-26

If you read between the lines you'll see some good mixed in with the bad, but as far as being a well written book, I don't think so. There are too many articles, factual analysis may be a little off too, but it is enlightening. Everyone should know who our top politicians are, a few skeletons here, but she doesn't show both sides either. A decent book, but readers beware. Three stars for interesting content, not the writing.

The Vast Right-Wing conspiracy's Dossier on Hillary Clinton.......2007-01-11

Most of what was in the book, is other books I've read on Hillary. Articles mixed in with the rest of the book made it a little difficult to enjoy reading.

required school reading.......2007-01-11

well presented case of what in store for us if hillary becomes the next
president and why we must stop her. The book pierces the madia blackout
on her misdeeds

Helliary gets minus-1000 stars, for she is no star here. The author: as many stars as you can........2007-01-10

You should read this book. Others have written similar reports and
it was all validated. However, the pressure put on them closed them down or they got lost in the melee of politics!

We don't need nor should not have this 'woman' as our President - her values are not the same as our forefathers, the founders of this Great Nation! Hellary is all about her - her time with the Black Panthers, involved up to her eyebrowns with the ACLU, as suspect as Billy Bob in the death of their "Mutual Friend". And a co-hort with Reno, who should be in the lowest jail cell in the inferno for Ruby Ridge and the other Waco killings!

For anyone else involved in these things, it would be called murder,
criminal, hate crimes. But for them: necessary and as Reno herself said, "the buck stops here".

If we allow Helliary to become president, the office would not be one of high standards. It would be a continuance of 'their plan', hers and Billy Bob's to rule this nation with an iron fist, take away rights of those who
care and fought for this nation. They would continue to stock pile monies
from every source they can, and the monies they've gotten from people like
Soros and other despots who would fuel their continued despicable 'leadership'. She and her 'partner' are extremely dangerous, skilled in deception, use the laws of our nation against whom they wish.

This book validates many of these truths - if you believe in Helliary, I
would not want you to be in any office either. If you didn't know these things, you owe this author a debt of gratitude!

Knowledge is power. Validate this book with your reading of it and tell others. Expose this blatant deceiver, a tool of the despots of like nature, self serving, evil, if it feels good/do it group they are a part of. Do you remember the pic of Helliary carrying a rifle in the mist on a
college campus back when she was younger and a member of the Black Panthers? Were you not aware of that? Are you aware how much she wants to take away your rights to carry a gun, legally, for self protection against the likes of her kind??

WAKE UP AMERICANS! This woman is the essence of evil, like her partner.

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Living History by Hilary Rodham Clinton
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Living History
Hillary Rodham Clinton
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As with most books written by politicians while in office (or at least aiming for one), Living History is, first and foremost, safe. There are interesting observations and anecdotes, the writing is engaging, and there is enough inside scoop to appeal to those looking for a bit of gossip, but there are no bombshells here and it is doubtful the book will change many minds about this polarizing figure. This does not mean the work is without merit, however, for Hillary Clinton has much to say about her experience as first lady, which is the primary focus of the book. Those interested in these experiences and her commentary on them will find the book worth reading; those looking for revelations will be disappointed.

Beginning with a brief outline of her childhood, college years, introduction to politics, and her courtship with Bill Clinton, Clinton covers a wide variety of topics: life on the campaign trail, her troubled tenure as leader of the President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform, meeting with foreign leaders, and her work on human rights, to name a few. By necessity, she also addresses the various scandals that plagued the administration, from Travelgate to Whitewater to impeachment, though she does not go into great detail about each one; rather, she seems content to simply state her case and move on without trying to settle too many old scores.

Along the way, she offers many apologies, though perhaps not the kind some would expect. She does not shy away from her "vast right-wing conspiracy" comment, for instance, though she does wish that she had expressed herself differently. Regarding the Monica Lewinsky scandal, she maintains that her husband initially lied to her, as he did the rest of the country, and did not come clean until two days prior to his grand jury testimony. Calling his betrayal "the most devastating, shocking and hurtful experience of my life," she explains what the aftermath was like personally and why she has elected to stand by her man. In all, Living History is an informative book that goes a long way toward humanizing one of the most recognizable, and controversial, women of our age. Shawn Carkonen

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Hillary Rodham Clinton came of age during a time of tumultuous social and political change in America. Like many women of her generation, she grew up with choices and opportunities unknown to her mother or grandmother. She charted her own course through unexplored terrain -- responding to the changing times and her own internal compass -- and became an emblem for some and a lightning rod for others. Wife, mother, lawyer, advocate and international icon, she has lived through America's great political wars, from Watergate to Whitewater.

The only First Lady to play a major role in shaping domestic legislation, Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled tirelessly around the country to champion health care, expand economic and educational opportunity and promote the needs of children and families, and she crisscrossed the globe on behalf of women's rights, human rights and democracy. She redefined the position of First Lady and helped save the presidency from an unconstitutional, politically motivated impeachment. Intimate, powerful and inspiring, Living History captures the essence of one of the most remarkable women of our time and the challenging process by which she came to define herself and find her own voice -- as a woman and as a formidable figure in American politics.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Yet few beyond her close friends and family have ever heard her account of her extraordinary journey. She writes with candor, humor and passion about her upbringing in suburban, middle-class America in the 1950s and her transformation from Goldwater Girl to student activist to controversial First Lady. Living History is her revealing memoir of life through the White House years. It is also her chronicle of living history with Bill Clinton, a thirty-year adventure in love and politics that survives personal betrayal, relentless partisan investigations and constant public scrutiny. Hillary Rodham Clinton came of age during a time of tumultuous social and political change in America. Like many women of her generation, she grew up with choices and opportunities unknown to her mother or grandmother. She charted her own course through unexplored terrain - responding to the changing times and her own internal compass - and became an emblem for some and a lightning rod for others. Wife, mother, lawyer, advocate and international icon, she has lived through America's great political wars, from Watergate to Whitewater. The only First Lady to play a major role in shaping domestic legislation, Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled tirelessly around the country to champion health care, expand economic and educational opportunity and promote the needs of children and families, and she crisscrossed the globe on behalf of women's rights, human rights and democracy. She redefined the position of First Lady and helped save the presidency from an unconstitutional, politically motivated impeachment. Intimate, powerful and inspiring, Living History captures the essence of one of the most remarkable women of our time and the challenging process by which she came to define herself and find her own voice - as a woman and as a formidable figure in American politics.

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Is this book for real?.......2007-05-16

Can you really believe what is written in a book that claims, on the first page,'that the United States saved the world from fascism'. Makes me wonder what Britain, Europe and the Commonwealth were doing between the years 1939 and 1945 !!!!!!!!!!

Good but I was looking for more.......2007-05-12

Very interesting but a little too safe. Based on her book, she's obviously a bright and good person and I love her views on women, children and health care but am left wondering about her views on all the other issues. But I can see her as President.

Living History by Hilary Rodham Clinton.......2007-04-10

Love this book! Very interesting and enjoyable to read. What an intelligent women and she shares my zodiac sign, scorpio. I hope she will be the first woman to be President of the United States! An inspiration to all woman, you go girl!!!

Impressive.......2007-03-22

This book spans Hillary Clinton's entire life up to her election to the senate as a representative from New York.It is packed full of information and is very educational. Her writing style is excellent as is her sense of humour.
Mention is made of her parents and grandparents and her meeting with Bill Clinton. She speaks extensively of her life in the white house. Jackie Kennedy was an invaluable source of wisdon, advice and support to her at this time.She speaks in great detail of the opposition to health care, which was very well financed. She does not hesitate to expose her enemies. She has traveled frequently and extensively and scorns those members of congress who proundly announce they have never traveled outside the country. She feels that instead of being insular and uninformed Americans benefit from learning more about the world in which we live. Right on! I say. But she doesn't just visit an incredible number of countries,she is aware of the issues being dealt with in those places and in many instances has formed great ties with the people.
When the s--- hit the fan with Bill and Monica Lewinsky, Hillary does not shy away from it. It took her a while and good counseling to decide whether to fight for her husband and marriage but she resolved to fight for her president.
I think this book is a great campaign startegy for the presidency. She mentions her interest in guarding the social safety net. Her vast experience is impressive. Last but not least credit must be given to both Hillary and Bill for the raising of a well adjusted, independent and intelligent daughter. Bravo!

The Vagina Monologues.......2007-03-02

Look at that smirking gorgon-face on the cover, with her claw curled up all candid-like beneath her chin (mind the scales!): Hillary knows better than you do.

What do I mean, she knows better than you?

Simple. She knows *everything* better than you. She's smarter than you. Far more worldly. She's well-traveled, well connected. Hell, back when her hubby Fat Bubba was busy painting the Ovum Office red (or some other color, a sample of which, inconveniently, remained), she made a few shrewd moves and turned 10 grand in cattle futures into 10 million.

Have you done that? I doubt you even know what a cattle future is. Hillary agrees with me.

So here it is: "Living History" is basically the mass-market, nationally published equivalent of one of those big, splashy (but completely respectable, & in no way offensive to the Establishment or, most of all, the Principal) student-body election campaign posters from back in high school.

Remember those? Big, toothy pic of the candidate, typically a cheerleader---reclusive, normally, unto her circle alone---who is suddenly all a-flutter, chatting up the nerdy girls with the thick waists & thicker glasses who, by the way, didn't---couldn't---will NEVER---make cheerleader squad.

Now she's their best buddy. And she will be---cause, you know, she's in this fight for them!---until elections are over with, and she can go back to accumulating power and getting it over on her rival-of-the-week, collecting quarterbacks, and driving her shiny new black BMW that daddy bought her.

That's what "Living History" is. Hillary Clinton, well, she's Hillary: she's going to tell you pretty much what you want to hear. She's a hard-charging champion of the underdog! She's your buddy, buddy!

For now. Until she's elected. Until she does what she did in New York: huddles with her top lieutenants & strategists down in the bowels of her update War Room, goes all guerilla warfare on the opposition, the Newspapers, TV, round-the-clock cable broadcasting, nose & fingers in the wind, little cyber-phalanges pressed for all they're worth to the throbbing pulse of the Polls, the Polls, positions tortured-over & fine-tuned & focus-grouped & screened & slathered with SPIN! SPIN! SPIN!& then, Anointed by the Establishment, she wins!

In a quick press conference, Hillary talks about how she's not looking to the White House. Nosirree. She's gonna do the work her constituents sent her to Washington to do, you betcha.

Three weeks later and those 'constituents' can't get a phone call returned from the Chief because she's too busy selecting the drape & carpet patterns for the Oval Office in 2008.

There is, candidly, nothing to criticize about "Living History". That's because there's really nothing there: the book is like the candidate---perhaps a little tainted by the rancid, rotten stink of the Clinton White House, but otherwise carefully airbrushed, sanitized, de-odorized, and nuanced into oblivion.

Hillary loves America. She loves you. She loves the hardworking working people she does so much to insulate herself from (because she's hard at work for you!), she loves the American dream, she wants to use government---that is, your money, or the money of someone like you, only richer---as a blunt instrument for social change. It's all good!

Hillary Clinton is the Lucrezia Borgia of our Day, and that's not to say she's a bad person for loving power so openly, so immodestly, no nakedly. Some people like fine wine, others cigars, others the Superbowl or boating: Hillary's passion is power. She wants to rule. More to the point, she wants to rule YOU.

That's because, as these pages attest, she is convinced she knows how to rule your minutes & spend your money better than you do. She needs subjects, darlings-for-the-moment that can be harvested for votes. You'll do, for now.

What's not to love?

JSG

Madame Hillary: The Dark Road to the White House

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Madame Hillary: The Dark Road to the White House
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First-hand reporting and revelations of recent behind the scenes maneuverings that shows the reality between her carefully crafted image.

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Pathetic Drivel.......2007-05-31

I was hoping for some intelligent insight into Hillary Clinton when I bought this book. Clearly, much can be said on both sides of this subject. I am trying to listen carefully to both and then make up my mind about her.

This is the equivalent to a rant from a right-wing Rosie O'Donnell. Don't waste your money on this rehash of old news.

Amazing coincidence.......2007-05-17

It is quite an amazing co-incidence that at least in some ways this book presented as "fact" seems to mirror a book presented as "fiction" which is entitled The Empress Project. Both books tell of an American woman of boundless and unbridled ambition seeking ruthlessly to become president of the United States. Author Tyrrell calls Hillary "Madame Hillary", while Dr. Little, author of the other book, writes a story of political intrigue about a CHICOM plot to make an evil American woman Empress of America. Are the similarities of these two books merely coincidental ?The Empress Project

Hillary-mania : A wonderful thing!.......2005-06-30

Whatever Hillary Clinton says and does is perfectly alright with me! If Hillary says it, then it's the truth. Hillary is perfect in every way! I love Hillary so very much!

Great book about a big liar.......2005-02-06

R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. should be given a lot of thanks for exposing the liar named Hillary Rodham.

Thank you R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.!!!!!

Swing and a miss, a good article expanded to a book.......2004-08-19

Plainly stated, I was disappointed with this book. I am certainly part of the target audience for this book, being pretty disgusted with the Clinton duo. However, what I hoped for was a factual tome of the flaws, failings, and deceit of the junior senator from NY. What I got was a repetetive, smarmy, and poorly constructed screed against her that offered little new information and was so partisan in tone that it became untrustworthy even as a source of dirt. Authors on both sides of the political debate need to realize that too snippy a tone tends to turn off the average reader.

In more detail, the book is full of allegations of radical beliefs, wretched interpersonal skills, and bald-faced deceit but precious few illustrations of same. Don't tell me that Senator Clinton is a horrid person to work for with no sense of two-way loyalty, give me examples. Don't quote the radicals who supposedly influenced her beliefs, show me examples of her demonstrating those beliefs.

In short, while there is some interesting information in this book, it misses the mark. It could have been an exhaustive record of the senator's changing of beliefs, opportunism, and political deceit. Intead, we get an annoyingly repetetive and shrill attack without a great deal of substance. For anyone but those who simply want to nod and agree without learning anything new, this book is a wash.

It Takes a Village, Tenth Anniversary Edition

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Excellent prescription for this country's children
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The Case for Hillary Clinton

ASIN: 1416540644
Release Date: 2006-12-12

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The First Lady, a longtime child advocate, expresses her concerns for the children of today's world and offers her ideas for developing our society into one that values children's unique contributions.

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In celebration of the tenth anniversary of It Takes a Village, this splendid edition includes photographs and a new Introduction by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

A decade ago, then First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton chronicled her quest -- both deeply personal and, in the truest sense, public -- to help make our society into the kind of village that enables children to become smart, able, resilient adults. It Takes a Village is "a textbook for caring.... Filled with truths that are worth a read, and a reread" (The Dallas Morning News).

For more than thirty-five years, Senator Clinton has made children her passion and her cause. Her long experience -- not only through her roles as mother, daughter, sister, and wife but also as advocate, legal expert, and public servant -- has strengthened her conviction that how children develop and what they need to succeed are inextricably entwined with the society in which they live and how well it sustains and supports its families and individuals. In other words, it takes a village to raise a child.

In her new Introduction, Senator Clinton reflects on how our village has changed over the last decade -- from the impact of the Internet to new research in early child development and education. She discusses issues of increasing concern -- security, the environment, the national debt -- and looks at where we have made progress and where there is still work to be done.

It Takes a Village has become a classic. As relevant as ever, this anniversary edition makes it abundantly clear that the choices we make today about how we raise our children and how we support families will determine how our nation will face the challenges of this century.

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Judging a book by its cover.......2007-03-21

Other reviewers of this book have suggested one should not review a book without reading the whole thing. I love reading, but was unable to finish this one.

The title and cover actually do give reasonable warning about the contents. The title apparently refers to folk wisdom from the continent with the highest child mortality rate in the world - obviously the best place to emulate! Below the title is a picture of children the author may hope you believe are African, but they do not look like typical Africans to me. The front inside flap lists her professed qualifications, including the amazing fact that she had parents!

That part of the book that I was able to read continued in this pseudo-scientific vein. There are interesting ideas, fragments of apparently rational analysis, all embedded in a matrix of platitudes. Someone who aspires to be President must have an understanding of the potential negative aspects of a proposal, not just the hoped-for positives, and somehow they never make it into this book.

She's obviously a smart lady, quite capable of incisive thinking. Whether such thinking was left out of this book deliberately, or whether her background did not exercise her ability to see more than one side to a situation, I don't know.

Beware and read between the lines .......2007-01-09

This woman will have our children taken straight from the womb to government subsidized day care facilities. It does not take a village, it takes parents to raise a child.
How about giving those who choose to stay home and raise their own children a tax credit instead of legislating more incentives to put children into care facilities?

***** for effort, -** for neolib propaganda.......2006-12-19

I have to give Hillary some credit. The book is well-written. I guess that Ivy League education paid off for her in a big way. However, my own eyes were opened up a few years ago to the corruption in D.C. among Democrats and Republicans. REAL liberals and REAL conservatives actively support, defend, and exercise the rights guarnateed by the U.S. Constitution. Neoliberals (aka fake liberals) and neocons (aka fake conservatives) have, for many years, strived to murder the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Hillary Clinton is one of those "neoliberals".

How can I be expected to support ANY American who opines about the "benefits" of communism? How can I be expected to respect ANY American who openly champions communism by saying "We are going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good"? How can I be expected to support ANY American who thinks eminent domain and amnesty for illegal immigrants is a "good" thing? And lastly, how can I be expected to support ANY American who wants to create a universal healthcare policy which would be used to LEGALLY IMPOSE lifestyle fascism?

Excellent prescription for this country's children.......2006-12-14

Senator Clinton understands the issues affecting today's children. She cares deeply about their welfare and hopes to make changes that will help all of our children become healthy, productive adults!

Why are people picking a fight?.......2006-10-28

I can't understand how anyone could take issue with the title of this book, taken from an African folk saying. Whether you're a leftie liberal or a right wing fundamentalist, it ought to be easy to say that it takes a community to raise a child. It's okay to differ on how to achieve that community, through taxation or volunteerism, but the bedrock value of family and community is the same no matter what your political values. It blows my mind that people can hate Hillary so much, that they completely devalue an innocuous saying, without any sort of meaningful analysis of the various ways the saying could be applied in the political arena.

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MORE THAN MISTAKES, MISINFORMATION........2007-05-01

I REALLY LIKED THIS BOOK UNTILL I GOT TO ELEANOR ROOSEVELT. WHY WRITE A BOOK ON RATING THE FIRST LADIES BASED ON SOMEONE ELSES RATINGS WHEN YOU HATE THE WOMAN WHO IS RATED NUMBER ONE BY THEM. I SAW THE AUTHOR ON PBS AND THOUGHT THIS BOOK WOULD BE FUN. I WAS BESIDE MYSELF. WE ALL KNOW ELEANOR WAS BISEXUAL. WAS THERE ANY VALID REASON TO POINT OUT THAT HER FEMALE LOVER HAD A BEDROOM IN THE WHITE HOUSE FOUR TIMES IN A TWELVE PAGE CHAPTER? NOT ONLY THAT BUT AS SOMEONE WHO WORKED FOR REGAN, I SHOULD HAVE NOT BEEN SURPRISED TO SEE THE AUTHOR SLANDER EVERY DEMOCRATE AND ATTRIBUTE THEIR TRIUMPHS TO THE REPUBLICANS. HE ACTUALLY TRIES TO JUSTIFY MCCARTHYISM AND FAILS TO EVEN POINT OUT THAT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT PLACED MARIAN ANDERSON IN FRONT OF THE LINCON MEMERIAL TO SING " GOD BLESS AMERICA " AFTER THE SNUB BY THE DAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC. THIS GUY ACTUALLY BRINGS UP ANDERSON WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT MAMIE EISENHOWER. I REALLY LIKE THE BOOK UNTILL YOU GET TO RECENT ADMINISTRATIONS.
I HAVE TO ASK THE AUTHOR WHAT COLOR IS THE SKY IN YOUR WORLD.

First Ladies Fanatic.......2006-05-07

I'm a fanatic for books on first ladies. I found out about this book when I saw the author's television interview on John McLaughlin's show, One on One. After reading it, I can't believe I hadn't heard about this before! What a great exploration of how women have been White House partners. There are also lots of juicy scandals and some truly bizarre behaviors glossed over in other books. This is must reading for any fan of first ladies!

5-Star Hidden History!!!.......2005-09-22

Why haven't other authors probed the hidden political history of first ladies like this book does? There is no other single book about first ladies which comprehensively examines the contribution each and every woman has made in shaping our history. This is the best and most concise analysis of first ladies and their political influence in the White House. The book uncovers the involvement of 19th-century first ladies in political campaigns, congressional debates, legislation, and even war. This book really hits its stride when it comes to 20th centiry first ladies, from the adventurous and globe-trotting Lou Hoover to the manipulative Helen Taft and the neurotic Betty Ford. Edith Roosevelt carries out secret diplomacy for Teddy, helping him earn a Nobel Prize for peacemaking, Edith Wilson learns codes and ciphers to translate diplomatic cables and intelligence reports for Woodrow, and Eleanor Roosevelt flies into combat zones to rally troop morale. Roberts doesn't have much sympathy for the public images first ladies project as glossy fashion queens, charity dilettantes and fundraisers for non-profit organizations -- he focuses on the meatier role about how political spouses help determine presidential fortunes -- and misfortunes. His analysis of Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush and Laura Bush presents completely new information about these first ladies and their influence. The book gives a panorama of U.S. history and many interesting political anecdotes that are glossed over, buried, or simply ignored in other accounts of first ladies.

America's Top Ten.......2005-08-15

Life is competitive, right? This is an engrossing book that really helps explain why Eleanor Roosevelt ranks #1,Abigail Adams #2, Dolley Madison #3, Jackie O #4, Hillary #5, Rosalynn Carter #6, Lady Bird Johnson #7, Betty Ford #8, Edith Roosevelt #9, and Sarah Polk #10. Find out why Laura Bush is only #24!
This book dishes lots of embarrassing details passed over by other more flattering accounts of first ladies. Don't be bothered by hisotorical nit-pickers who can't see the forest for the trees -- this isn't an encylopedia, it's a way to measure first ladies. You'll never think of them in old-fashioned stereotypes again after reading this book.

Significant Error.......2005-08-10

I would not normally review a book that I had not read in its entirety, but when I saw the glaring error in the section on Dolley Madison, I felt I needed to inform potential readers about it.

Lately I have been doing quite a bit of research on Dolley Madison and therefore I was surprised to see Mr. Roberts state that she was the one who saved the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence when the British burned the White House in 1814. This is a commonly told myth. While she did save as many documents as she was able to at the expense of her personal items, neither the Declaraton nor Constitution were kept in the White House. They were kept in the State Department.

In Richard N. Cote's biography, Strength and Honor, the Life of Dolley Madison, he states, "Some have credited Dolley with being the savior of the Declaration of Independence, but that honor goes to Stephen Pleasanton, a brave clerk in the secretary of state's office. Despite the scorn of Secretary of War Armstrong, who scoffed at any danger of invasion, Pleasanton and other clerks "stuffed bags with the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, international treaties, and the correspondence of George Washington."

Anthony S. Pitch's book, The Burning of Washington, the British Invasion of 1814, also tells this story although he spells the last name "Pleasonton".

In the website, The Dolley Madison Project, it states that she saved "the Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington along with official papers, silver, and other valuables."

I am quite a fan of Dolley Madison, but it is Stephen Pleasanton or Pleasonton to whom we owe the survival of those two most treasured documents.

Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton

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Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Hell to Pay is yet another book on Hillary Rodham Clinton, this time from a conservative lawyer who served as the Republican chief counsel for the congressional committee investigating the Clintons' involvement in "Travelgate" and "Filegate." Barbara Olson traces the now familiar biographies of the president and first lady, contending that Mrs. Clinton is someone with dangerously liberal, even radical, political beliefs who "now seeks to foment revolutionary changes from the uniform of a pink suit." (Olson plays the theme heavily: each chapter of Hell to Pay begins with quotes from Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals, which influenced the young Hillary Rodham.)

There are some interesting new tidbits scattered throughout the book, like the fact that after law school Hillary Rodham tried to become a Marine Corps officer but was turned down; or that she told her high school paper her ambition after high school was "to marry a senator and settle down in Georgetown." Olson, attempting to dissect the mystery of the Clinton partnership, writes, "Most self-respecting women would have left" after Clinton's repeated infidelities. "Hillary chose to stay. She behaves as both a desperate lover, and like a frantic campaign manager protecting a flawed candidate.... Hillary, it seems, long ago accepted Bill Clinton as someone who could advance her goals, as a necessary complement to her intellectual cold-blooded pursuit of power." As the Clinton presidency draws to a close, that pursuit has taken her beyond the White House toward a bid for her own U.S. Senate seat. Olson predicts the Senate won't be enough, just the next step toward becoming the first woman president: "Hillary Clinton seeks nothing less than an office that will give her a platform from which to exercise real power and real world leadership." While Olson admits that "Bill Clinton has always excited the greatest passion not among his supporters, but among his detractors," the same could certainly be said of his wife--whose supporters will probably consider Hell to Pay a rehash of a too-familiar story, but whose detractors will no doubt savor every page. --Linda Killian

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In this book, Olson separates fact from fiction and shows us Hillary's often disturbing complicity in her husband's affairs.

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Insightful, entertaining and far better than most of this genre.......2007-04-08

Very entertaining biography of Hillary Clinton that was penned by a well educated lawyer and not the usual rant ghost-written by a political hack. This book will show you the roots of Hillary's uber-liberal past and explain why she is in fact a raving left-wing lunatic and not the moderate she pretends to be.

This book should be required reading for every reporter covering the 2008 presidential race and every university political science professor, and will be invaluable to any voter who want to see Hillary for what she is and not the carefully manicured media image she projects.

Additional note about the author (not provided in the jacket) Barbara Olsen is a geniune hero who was on her cellphone right up to the end of her ill fated 9/11 flight providing invaluable details about the murderous fanatics who hijacked her plane and crashed it into the pentagon. The nation lost a true patriot that day.

Every American Should Read This Book.......2007-02-23

If anyone thought they knew the inner workings of the Clinton Machine, they REALLY need to read this most informative book. It enlightens the reader of the very early stages of Hillary's life, and all those who helped shape her, to what we know of her today. When ambition and drive are the most important characteristics that define one's goals, then Hillary Clinton is the champion. Her mentor Saul Alinsky, a known radical/socialist taught her well in dealing with 'any enemy' and how to erase their effect from one's goal. The goal is the prize, and nothing or no one should stand in the way-no matter who would be thrown under the bus, in the lust for power, money and fame. An absolute MUST READ FOR EVERY AMERICAN.

A Woman with a Serious Agenda.......2007-01-27

It is not nice to speak ill of the dead (she was killed in the 9/11 crash, for which
I am sure she would blame the Clintons if she could). But the woman showed not an
ounce of humanity herself, so I am not going to worry about niceties.

She is essentially trying to accomplish with this book what she could not accomplish
through the legal system. Perhaps one of the reasons why she is so utterly vindictive to the point of pettiness is that she was as goal oriented (read, power hungry) as Ms. Clinton and she failed to accomplish what she set out to do. This is her 2nd shot, and she may succeed this time. Who knows.

I am not an apologist for Ms. Clinton. I haven't followed her that closely. For all
I know she may be the harpy that she is made out to be. What I do know is that very
few world leaders are saints, many are tempramental, all make serious mistakes along
the way in both judgment and action. I could say that Ms. Clinton is getting the
brunt of this because she is a woman - and that may be a correct statement - but I
am going to assume that it is not. As far as I know, the women's movement was as
successful as any movement can be, acknowledging that life is never completely fair
& no battle is ever completely won, and so the reasons behind the "hate Hillary"
campaigns are something other than "she belongs in the kitchen."

Call me naive, but I am going to assume that if she did something really awful like -
oh, say - kill Vince Foster that the worst thing she could do now is seek the
presidency. She just isn't that stupid. You can be sure your sins will find you out, especially if you are running for office. I know that. She knows that.

Her "sins" lie in her personality, I guess. Or the fact that she is a liberal who
can win. She is called everything from "Hitlary" which would make her a fascist, to a far left-winger which would make her a communist. Call her anything. Just make sure she doesn't get elected. Because if she does, the world as we know it will surely come to an end.

I personally do not think she will win, not because she isn't capable (she won her
2nd term in office by an outstanding 67% majority which would suggest that somebody thinks she is doing a darn good job). I think that she will lose because historically the guy with the charisma wins - FDR, JFK, Ronald Reagan, Billy Bob.
And Obama has more charisma and sex appeal than all of them put together.

But I digress. Back to the author and her oh-so-important book. It is amazing how
someone could write this book without blushing while having supported the the unholy
trinity we have in the White House now (pardon me, had. Rumsfeld's gone, at least
officially. But we can add Rove to the mix. He is just as awful).

This is not a good book. She doesn't have to like or say good things about Hillary
to write a good book about her. But one should at least give the appearance of
objectivity. Instead she is like the trial lawyer who must get that conviction
no matter what.

If you are a right wing idealogue, you will probably love this book. If you are
one of the group of people who respond to columnists on [...] with their
paranoic, mean-spirited view of the world, buy the book. You will love it. You
will feel right at home. For the rest who believe there are two sides to every
story and every person, that the center rather than the outer fringes is where it is
at, save your time and money.

Didn't like the Author's "Star" magazine approach.......2007-01-21

First of all, I couldn't shake the feeling while reading this book that I was the teacher in a class and Barbara Olson was pointing at Hillary Clinton saying, "she did this and this and this." Also, it doesn't set well with me that Ms. Olson is trying to make a mint on a "Star" magazine type books with sordid details of someone else's life...I got it from the library.

About the book. It doesn't seem to me that Hillary Clinton is different from hundreds of other politicians who have sought power. There will be plenty here to upset you if you dislike her and reasons to write hate mail if you want HC to be president. There is definitely enough details to keep you entertained, but frankly I wouldn't give my money to this women.

would you buy a used car from this woman?.......2006-09-08

Clearly the mastermind behind Bill Clinton's rise to power, this book is a testament to Ms Clinton's intelligence and ambition. Unfortunately, the Clinton legacy will surely be viewed by presidential historians as tarnished by the same corruption, abuse of power and hypocracy that enabled him to be elected in the first place - due, in large part, to Hillary Rodham-Clinton.

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Rewriting History
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It's one thing to review a book by pounding out a few hundred words of criticism but it's quite another to review a book by writing an entirely new book. That's what Dick Morris, former advisor to President Bill Clinton, has done in Rewriting History, an energetic response to Hillary Clinton's Living History. Mrs. Clinton, Morris warns, is on a direct path to the White House due to a lack of Democratic alternatives and a leftward trend in the nation; therefore America must evaluate who she really is and not just what her memoir says. Morris's book is actually remarkably similar to the slew of attack books published about recent presidents but with the crucial difference that Hillary is at the very least four years away from the Oval Office. So Morris's criticisms of her, though backed up by a 20-year relationship with the Clintons, are rarely more than speculative, worrying about what she might do and asking ominous questions that are inherently unanswerable. Hillary Clinton, in Morris's view, is a much more insecure, disingenuous, and calculating creature than "Hillary," the palatable political product that won election to the Senate in 2000 and she's also an inferior politician to her husband. But as a political operative who has worked for both conservatives and liberals, Morris's indictments of Clinton evolve into a grudging respect as he demonstrates her considerable political resolve. All the same, he refutes many passages in her book with his own accounts of what transpired and indicts her integrity and behavior dating back to Bill Clinton's early career in Arkansas. Going forward, he says, she must decide whether to rely on her behind-the-scenes political acumen or embrace actual convictions. Often, Morris puts Clinton in no-win situations. For instance, while First Lady, she decides to get a dog, a decision that Morris infers is entirely politically motivated despite Clinton saying that it was because daughter Chelsea had moved out. Thus, if she had "admitted" her motivation was political, it would be an admission of cynicism and manipulation, but if she protests that her motives were simpler, Morris would have us believe that she's just lying. Nowhere is it allowed that the woman may have just wanted a dog. Rewriting History, co-written by Morris's wife Eileen McGann, offers a pleasing blend of Washington (and some Little Rock) gossip along with its political strategizing and is more valuable as insider scoop than presidential road map. Fans of Hillary Clinton will find little to alter their view and those who oppose her will find plenty of talking points for all the years of future debates that Hillary Clinton will surely inspire. --John Moe

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A smart and scathing bestseller: former Clinton adviser and confidant Dick Morris offers a response to Hillary Clinton's biography - to expose the history of lies and obfuscations this very controversial politician has left in her wake...

In Rewriting History, Dick Morris had his biggest bestseller in years--and with its subject, Hillary Clinton, perennially in the spotlight, this smart and scathing rebuttal to Living History is sure to have a robust life in paperback as well. A long-time adviser to both Clintons, in Rewriting History Dick Morris turns his sharp-eyed gaze on Hilary, the former first lady, current New York Senator, and bestselling author. For, as he argues, no politician in America today is better aligned to become president in 2008-and none would bring more baggage to the White house-than Mrs. Clinton. Drawing on his own long working relationship with the Clintons, as well as his trademark deep research and candid, non-partisan analysis, Morris pierces Hillary's mask to get at the truth behind the distortions and omissions of her memoir. Here we meet the real Hillary, both good and bad: the manager who makes the trains run on time, but also the paranoid who sees all those who disagree with her as personal enemies; the idealist, but also the "advice addict" easily misled by the guru of the moment. Morris describes Hillary's sense of entitlement, and warns that it may lead deep into financial scandal. And he demonstrates how Hillary dodges criticism by pretending that every attack is directed not just at her, but at every working woman in America. Ultimately, Morris argues, Hillary Clinton faces a choice. Will she, like Bobby Kennedy, see the error of her ruthless ways, and embrace the sincere idealism she professes? Or, like Richard Nixon, will she allow the darker angels of her nature to overcome her, jeopardizing herself and the country in the process? As Rewriting History suggests, we can only hope that her past performance is no guarantee of future results.

o For political buffs. o Dick Morris's credibility as an insider-from his years of experience as an advisor to politicians of every stripe, to his own extensive interactions with the Clintons in the years leading up to and during Clinton's presidency-makes Morris's book the most qualified analysis of, and answer to, Senator Clinton's bestselling memoir.

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Political consultant extraordinaire Dick Morris, former Clinton adviser and confidant, turns his sharp-eyed gaze on Hillary Clinton - whose appetite for power, he argues, has only increased since her husband's checkered presidency. Morris draws on his own extensive interactions with the Clintons, as well as his trademark deep research, to create a rebuttal to Hillary's bestselling autobiography, Living History. Focusing on Senator Clinton's attempts to remake her image in preparation for a future presidential race, Morris exposes Clinton's habitual attempts to pad her resume, amplify her accomplishments, and otherwise misrepresent her life story - in short, to lie - for political gain. Armed with years of political experience and insider credibility, Morris rises to challenge the Senator's memoir, lifting the mask to reveal the dark side of Hillary Clinton.

Now, for the first time, Fox News political analyst and former Clinton adviser Dick Morris turns his sharp-eyed gaze on Hillary, the longtime First Lady, current New York senator, and bestselling author. For,as he argues, no politician in America today is better aligned to become president in 2008 -- and none would bring more baggage to the White House -- than Mrs. Clinton. In Rewriting History, Morris draws on his own long working relationship with the Clintons, as well as his trademark deep research and candid, nonpartisan analysis, to create a rebuttal to Hillary's bestselling autobiography, Living History. Morris documents how Hillary hides her true self behind a ""HILLARY"" brand that is chatty, charming, giggly, and warm --but is far from her true personality.

In Rewriting History, Morris pierces the mask to get at the truth behind the distortions and omissions of Hillary's memoir.

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Rewriting History.......2007-06-16

This book will put chills on your spine. So scary! If this beast could be president our country will be destroyed. A must read before 2008. Lets face it there will be no chat or talk like she thinks-she is a calculating dictator and must be stopped. Thanks Dick Morris for letting giving us this side of Hilary. This is a must read for every American.

Hillary Clinton's 'Living History' exposed........2007-04-26

Dick Morris, political analyst and advisor under president Bill Clinton, offers a rebuttal to former first lady Hillary's Clinton's 'Living History'. Claiming the memoir is distorted and incomplete, Morris critically appraises the New York senator's potential for higher office. No better time to read it then now, as she is in the running for the Office of President.

Mr. Morris was someone who worked very close with Hillary Clinton on a daily basis for years. He reveals both some of her hidden strengths and weaknesses, so the book reads as if it is objective. The facts just keep coming in this book, and it seems dull at first, but keep reading. I would rate the book four-and-half stars. This book is worth reading but does have some strong language.

All Too Human.......2007-02-18

This is basically a warmed version of Travelgate, Whitewater etc covered more memorably in Ann Coulter's first book High Crimes. What Morris doesn't get is what Republicans fear from a Hillary presidency is not really her odious all too human weaknesses outlined here - stealing more china from the White House, installing her cronies in positions of power and demeaning the office through the garage sale of favors. That's a given. It's what her potential loony leftism might do to certain quaint ideas such as the first and second Amendments of the constitution.......

Why does Dick Morris always pick on Hillary? I can't be objective, but ..........2006-11-10

I personally really like Dick Morris, and respect his thinking and product, overall. But, I think Hillary is absolutely perfect and beautiful, yet he just does not seem to like her. I can't understand that, but I still really like Morris, and I truly love Hillary, forever. The book is interesting, though I don't know how accurate and objective it is. Decide for yourself, but if it's about Hillary, it will always be an interesting read. I guarantee it!

He Was There.......2006-02-03

The man was there. What else can you say for the credibility of the material. The book drones on at times, but the facts and incidents keep pouring out and you get a feel for who the Clintons really are, how Hillary twisted things in her own account (Living History), and how she probably had more impact in the Clinton presidency than Bill himself. So, if she's already been President for 8 years should she be allowed 8 more?

Partners in Power : The Clintons and Their America

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Partners in Power : The Clintons and Their America
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Absent a royal family, the American people have developed a thirst for subjects for gossip from on high. In Bill and Hillary Clinton, they have them. Roger Morris charges the first family with misdeeds committed while upon the throne in Arkansas: Bill taking money from Whitewater partner James McDougal; Hilary using well-connected brokers to win fabulous returns on her investments; the governor's affairs; and their friendship with a drug-dealing bond daddy, to name a few. Those after the dirt on the Clintons will love this wheelbarrow full of it.

Book Description

In the finest tradition of investigative journalism, Roger Morris goes far behind the public facade to expose the inner politics, personal passions, and gathering moral compromise that marked the rise of Bill and Hillary Clinton. After three years of painstaking research and hundreds of interviews, the author, a prizewinning historian, reveals in riveting detail the untold secrets of one of the most ambitious partnerships in modern politics.

Starting with the roadhouses and mob-ruled politics of the old South, Partners in Power draws the reader into the dramatic, seamy, largely hidden world that gave rise to - and explains - the Clinton presidency. Morris weaves together three essential themes: the parallel lives and tortured relationship of the Clintons personally; the essence of the bipartisan misrule that is Washington, D.C. (how the collusive culture of our national government defeats change); and, most telling, the behind-the-scenes story of the making of a president in a world where corrupting money and favors flow freely and the tyranny of wealthy interests and their captive politicians mock democracy.

Beyond myriad scandals - whether shady bond, banking, and commodity "deals"; the Whitewater imbroglio; abuses of power in covering up sexual infidelities; document "shredding parties"; the Vince Foster tragedy; or a multibillion- dollar Arkansas gunrunning and drug-smuggling ring implicating the Colombian cartel, the CIA, organized crime, and two Republican presidents as well as a Democratic governor and future president - Morris's evocation of a climb to power, is the most candid, revealing, and courageous portrait ever drawn of a sitting president. In its magisterial analysis of a political system gone lethally wrong, Partners in Power offers a brilliant perspective on a government and ultimately a people. As a dual biography of a first couple, it is without precedent in political literature.

Customer Reviews:

Republican Party Propaganda.......2007-05-04

His title sounds convincing for the evidence he sugests has already been proven to be fabricated lies, this is pure dirty political propaganda from the republican party propaganda machine.

The Backwoods Borgias.......2006-05-31

The 'Prologue' of this 1996 book describes Clinton's Inauguration. The face in the White House changed, but the same people were pulling the strings (p.4). Clinton's highest margin was with voters under 30. Morris notes the decay of cities and the loss of jobs (p.6). People hoped for a change with Clinton. Clinton's past in Arkansas would soon catch up. The opening chapters tell of Clinton's middle-class life in Arkansas. Uncle Raymond was the power in the family (p.4). He went to Georgetown (p.64), then to Oxford (p.84), and avoided the draft (pp.81-82). Morris suggests Clinton was tied to the "intelligence community" (pp.102-103). Hillary was raised in Park Ridge, a bastion of right-wing extremism (p.111). She was a gifted mimic and chronic teacher's pet. In 1964 she was a "Goldwater Girl" (p.122). Hillary was elected president of the student government when she was a junior (p.128). She then went to Yale Law School. She became involved in the legal rights of children (pp.160-161). [Do children know what they really need?]

Arkansas was "the most oppressed state in the union" (p.194). Their farmers were like medieval serfs. The newspapers and broadcast stations were controlled by the ruling class (p.196). [Is it different in your state?] Half the state Senators were paid off by the gas utility (p.197). Clinton had the support of the Stephens financial empire (p.199); he opposed local labor unions (p.200). Jimmy Carter's victory was a triumph of big money (p.201). Examples of Clinton's honesty are on page 211; he lied about the draft. Clinton talked liberal but acted reactionary (p.219). Hillary's financial prowess is on pages 229-230; BCCI is on page 234.

The Reagan reign was a return to the past (p.253); government openly backed Big Corporations. Wealth was taken from most Americans and given to the rich (p.254). People were worse off than before. Carter's election brought more millionaires to his Cabinet than Ford, Nixon, of Eisenhower (p.264). Carter's cuts in capital gains and corporate taxes, Reagan's reduced taxes for the rich and increased them on wage-earners, both led to today's impoverished America (pp.266-267). The high cost of media advertising makes candidates depend on funds from the rich. [That is the plan!] Page 294 describes the "corporate seizure of power in Washington" and the effects on pages 295-296. Huge debt increases by Reagan and Bush are measured by devalued dollars (p.299), lost jobs, lower wages, and fewer middle-class businesses (pp.302-303). Increasing wealth at the top led to poverty everywhere else (pp.303-305). Median family income was less valuable than for earlier generations. Now America is less egalitarian than Europe. [Morris does not mention Nixon's 1971 devaluation of the dollar as leading to this.]

Chapter 16 tells about the wide open town of Little Rock where money could be made fast (p.300). Was prosperity based on drug trafficking and money laundering (p.311)? Clinton's trick of "educational reform" is on page 320. Clinton's supporters for his 1984 campaign are on pages 331-332. Without Congressional oversight the special interests that donate to the President go unchallenged. The media monopolies won't tell (pp.349-350). Reporters who uncovered scandals saw their careers ruined (p.353). They avoid non-acute scandals to cover sensations. Chapter 18 covers the deregulation of S&Ls which allowed new scams with other people's money. Hillary was involved with McDougal's banking excesses (pp.324-325). The Clintons did not lose money on Whitewater (p.386). There was a multi-billion dollar drug smuggling operation in Mena that was linked to national politics (p.390); see Chapter 19. Clinton knew (p.405), and so did Bush (p.410).

Clinton did in Washington what he did in Little Rock (p.432). It tells how Gary Hart's campaign was sabotaged (p.433-434). Did Clinton have a psychotic lack of control (p.441)? Clinton, like others, grew rich from their political success (pp.446-447). Clinton always served the special interests (p.453); he did less for the state than Orval Faubus. Arkansas was worst in the nation for health care (p.456). Clinton's first term was not a new beginning but the same old show (p.467). Morris asked if he was linked to drug money and organized crime.

Seignorial Privilege.......2003-11-07

I looked forward to reading about the early life of Bill Clinton and his early marriage and the Arkansas days, etc, and this book has a lot on that--quite substantial. So I was a little shocked to arrive at page 440, where Morris refers to "Clinton's extra-marital relations with literally hundreds of women" Hundreds? That would be a minimum of 200. That's really quite a lot. I had always assumed a dozen or two.

I began to wonder how that would work. Is a governorship such an easy job (just a lot of paper signing and speechifying) that an accomplished shmoozer can fit it in between hundreds of trysts? Whatever you think of his politics, it must be admitted that it's quite an accomplishment, especially considering he wasn't really all that interested in the governorship or the trysts, but rather the presidency.

And what of the "Partner in Power"? Could she see early on that her husband was a politician of such consumate skill that he was a shoe-in for the presidency, and so chose to overlook his turning Arkansas into his personal harem? And what of Hilary's other partner in power, Vince Foster, now dead? If Morris touches on their "semi-private kisses and furtive squeezes", an "intimate professional bond between two attorneys", then surely he ought to dig a bit deeper on the cause of Foster's death. No sign of depression prior to the suicide. No death threats. What on earth happened to Vince Foster.

All these deeply intriguing topics--Bill's monumental multi-tasking, Hillary's apparent acquiescence, Foster's mysterious death--are touched on but lightly. What really interests Morris is financial scandal, into which category he places, seemingly, any transaction over $10,000. The book is larded with endless, and I mean Endless, details of money for campaigns, money made in teal estate, many made in banking, in retail, in government, in law, in public and in private--all with the implication or explicit assertion that a crime was committed. And Morris doesn't stop with the Clintons. The Republicans and Reagan in particular come under his moral lash for using too much money to get elected or to celebrate having been elected. Literally hundreds of pages are devoted to venting his indignation at the expenditure of money in politics, almost as though he believes that the only ones fit to govern are indigent altar boys or investigative reporters.

This reader would have liked less of the sort or quasi-incrimminatory fodder that fills the pages of the Village Voice and more probing into the feudatory state of Arkansas, perhaps interviewing some of the hundreds of women. There's a gripping story there, a noir classic, but I doubt it will be revealed by poring over old account ledgers.

The reality of the Bill Clinton.......2001-06-18

This is an excellent read! If you are unconvinced of the corruption we have had for the last eight years, then this book will cause you to reconsider. It also goes into detail as to how Bill Clinton got into this terrible condition.

Anyone who dismisses this book as unsubstantiated is obviously partisan and hasn't been paying attention to the news for the last eight years nor of late. An objective and reasonable person will see the truth and the truth is what is written in this book. It is well written and well documented. Mind you this is a close friend of Bill Clinton who wrote the book! No agenda - just truth for those who can accept it.

This book highlights the ongoing pattern of deceit, illegal substance use, womanizing by force and corruption. Frankly, I'd rather not be in denial but admit the obvious about this man. Hopefully the American people will never allow someone of this low caliber ever become President again.

The reality of the Bill Clinton.......2001-06-18

Anyone who dismisses this book as unsubstanstiated is obviously partisana and also hasn't been paying attention to the news for the last eight years. An objective and reasonable person will see the truth and the truth is what is written is true and well documented. Mind you this is a close friend of Bill Clinton who wrote the book! No agenda - just truth for those who can accept it.

This book highlights the pattern of deceit, drug use and corruption. Frankly, I'd rather not be in denial but admit the obvious about this man. Hopefull the American people will never allow someone of this low calibur ever become President again.

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