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Living History

Living History

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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: A Boring Rehash of History
Review: I feel that the book just rehashes most of everything we all ready know, and that the book is an attempt to portray Ms. Clinton in a favorable light on all events in the past. It really does not speak much to the future in any way that would cast a shadow over her ambitions.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Insincere and transparent...
Review: Mrs. Clinton surely has better things to do as NY's Senator than recant her take on the Clinton years. I confess I've not read this book in its entirety - I've read a substantial amount, however, and it doesn't take much to realize what Hillary is really going for. The whole thing reads like a compendium of modern fables, with seemingly insignificant folks having the most dramatic impact on her life, and vice versa. It shows a compassionate Hillary, an intelligent Hillary, a humorous Hillary, and most importantly, a forgiving Hillary. The book gets two stars instead of the abysmal one because it is entertaining in a way that I don't think it intended to be. Reading some parts while reflecting the historical moment references is just ridiculously funny.

If you can't read between the lines, the entire book is silently urging its readers to tell their friends "Hey, she's not that bad!" The "Living History" of which she speaks were the good ole years - and you know what, putting another Clinton in the White House just might bring em back! After all, it was a Republican president who was responsible for the economic downturn, no? Anyway, this book is nothing more than an insincere and transparent attempt to sell a woman with unlimited ambition and resolve to an American public weary of her and her husband. If you must read it, save the $20something bucks and run a few searches on various newspaper/journal websites about Hillary Clinton. I honestly couldn't give a rat's behind about half if not all of the stuff in this book - I'm far more interested in what she's doing, thinking, and desiring NOW.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Will make you miss a First Lady who stood for something!
Review: As I read her book I couldn't help but think how her travels all around the world to promote equality & fairness compares to the current occupant of the White House. The fact that Hillary tells her story as a journey is just wonderful and you feel that you are with her every step of the way as crowds rise to their feet and people line motorcade routes to catch a glimpse of her, of America in essence! I'm so proud of her and so proud of how far she brought the First Lady's role in this country. You go girl!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Hillary is an inspiration to women of America
Review: We often vote for a presidential candidate because we approve of him as a father figure. How much of this venom towards Hillary comes from older male Republicans who just can't imagine Hillary as their mother and certainly don't want to be married to someone so strong and independent? Compare her skills as a mother with those of W as a father by looking at their kids!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Clear, Thoughtful & Honest
Review: A clear, thoughtful and honest book. Senator Clinton shows courage and strength of character to write about her personal ordeal as First Lady during the Clinton Administration. She faces the painful issues of that time head on and simply has a level of integrity rarely found in today's politics. Senator Clinton never communicates the "blame game" or the "victim mentality", and expresses her experiences and challenges openly. The fact that she still loves her husband and has weathered such an intense crisis both in her marriage and her life reveal someone's who capable of moving through their own emotional difficulties and come out the other side. She shows great commitment, great strength of character, and is a great Senator for us all. Highly recommended for the intelligent reader.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Dosen't have a real good storyline or plot.
Review: While the descriptions of life in the middle 90's is quite realistic and well written, I found the character of "Bill" to be so smug and annoying, I couldn't begin to care what happens to him. Also, the author takes way too many liberties with the historical facts along with several holes in the plot that...wait a minute, oh this book is non-fiction?
This book is a total joke, I feel sorry for the trees that were used in the printing of this sham.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: LONG WINDED BALONEYFEST
Review: The best (and worst) thing about this book is its glossy, air-brushed dust jacket. Otherwise, prepare for a rehash of topics which have already been covered ad nauseum by other authors and by Mrs. Clinton herself in past interviews. The usual suspects are here: Whitewater, travelgate, her disastrous health care coup, paranoid thoughts of right wing conspiracies, her dastardly spouse's impeachment and of course Monica Lewinsky. Hillary also touches on her childhood, college days, and her wonderful life with Bubba - a man of great dignity and self control. Intent on showing her light-hearted side, Mrs. Clinton includes wonderful anecdotes about her life in the White House. Heart warming accounts are included of the Clintons' fireside chats with Markey Post and Steven Spielberg and their roasting of marshmallows on the floor of the Lincoln bedroom. All of this is presented in a brief 575 pages, making it second in verbosity only to lackey Blumenthal's 800-page baloneyfest. Since there is nothing new or interesting, the reading public would have been better served had Mrs. Clinton hired a good seamstress to line her pockets. All in all, a self serving revisit to the past with predictable results.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Deeply Disturbed
Review: After seeing the interviews & scanning the book, I am deeply disturbed that the media has bowed down & let the lies be restated over and over again.

Saddened that so many are blinded to the damage being done to the dem party... the reinforcement of lies upon lies upon lies.

Do supporters of Hillary really think the American public is so stupid?

Hopefully this political stunt full of untruths will slip quickly into oblivion... where both Clintons need to be.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Absolutely unbearable
Review: This is a terrible book. First of all, Hillary Clinton did not write it. It's a common fact. She wrote it to make a name for herself so she can run in 2008. She is a force trying to ruin the 9 Democrats who are running for 2004. Most people with a brain understand that Hillary Clinton is a cold, calculating woman.

It's a bad book for simple-minded people.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Nelson Mandela & Harry Potter
Review: Nelson Mandela wouldn't come to wife's mind if I committed adultery. Pure political diatribe. I now know why Harry Potter and Living History are both #1 & 2. They are both about witchcraft.


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