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Summary: Still at it, eh Bob?
Review: Once I subscribed to Mr. Tyrrell's late magazine, "The American Spectator", back in the late 70's and '80's when it was still a magazine of ideas. Although Mr. Tyrrell's slavish aping of Mencken's writing style grew tiresome, and despite such jarring notes as constantly calling gays "pederasts" in his in-house column, it was on the whole an intelligent read. (Mencken disliked homosexuals, but it's a bit difficult to imagine him indulging such gross impulses in print.)As the Clintons rose to the apex of conservative demonology though, the magazine became more like "American Opinion", and Mr. Tyrrell finally managed to run it into the ground. (Some legal trouble about using 401(c)3 money improperly, I recall.) Now here he is again, having learned nothing from hard experience. Despite his efforts to paint Mrs. Clinton with horns and a tail, I really do not see that she is any more venial, ambitious, or ideological than most pols. Indeed, she is less than some. (I have the scion of a not-especially distinguished Texas family in mind.) But as Mr. Tyrrell surely knows, someone with an obsession has low sales resistance, and this book is squarely aimed at the fears, fantasies, and hates of the sort of oaf who finds the very idea of an intelligent professional woman anathema. Once conservatives found this group, they started cultivating them with inflammatory rhetoric in books, columns, talk radio, the Fox network--you name it. The humor of it is that they are the ones whose pay has stagnated and whose career prospects have dimmed the most due to conservative policies. Now their children are asked to fight a war while our president's wealthy friends are not even asked to pony up some of the money to pay for it. Hey!; I think their finally waking up. Execrating the Clintons for the n th time is starting to lose it's effect. Mr. Tyrrell shouldn't worry; a wealthy conservative foundation will step in to buy up the numerous unsold copies to hand out at the next CPAC conference. My only worry is the Tim McVeigh-types who don't realize that it's all just a game...
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Summary: Typical Right-Wing Truth
Review: One need look no further than the stars awarded here by reviewers of Mr. Tyrrel's exciting and illuminating book to judge its worth. Five Stars: Enlightened Republicans and conservatives. One Star: Whining Dems in denial who can't stand the truth about this power-crazy, driven woman and her depraved husband. The bottom line: The Dems' and liberals' one-star ratings of this book are its best recommendation. Factoring that in, it's a five-star book across the board -- and that's sufficient reason to buy and read it.
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Summary: This one makes you sit up and pay attention.
Review: One of the most talked about things in politics is if and when Hillary will run for the White House. Who would know better than someone who has covered or uncovered the Clintons and Hillary over the year than Emmett Tryrell. Tyrell's Magazine, the American Spectator, has given Americans an interesting look into the Clinton White House and Hillary. Tyrell's book delves into the almost forbidden topic of Hillary as President, and his detailed information is simply amazing. Along with Tyrell is Mark Davis, who brings to light things no one else has ever released. These two make an unbeatable pair in exposing the truth of why Hillary wants the White House and what she has and is doing to get there. I was most impressed by how much information is given throughout this entire book. It was a quick read of only 4 hours and it ranks as one of the best insights ever written. Overall if you are looking to see the real sides of the game, than you are ready for this book.
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Summary: Let's all do the Clinton Four-Step!
Review: One of the most useful aspects of this important and entertaining book is the light it sheds on how the Clintons (both of them) habitually respond to any criticism: (1) Vigorously deny it; (2) Launch ad hominem attacks on the critic; (3) Act personally victimized by the criticism ("Why do they hate me?"); and (4) Say the critic is obsessing over "old news." Some of the reviews on this page prove their supporters have learned the script well. The Clintons and their scandals are hardly old news, given that she is a powerful US Senator and presumptive candidate for the presidency. Bob Tyrrell has had the Clintons' number from the beginning. And in this book, he picks up the late Barbara Olsen's torch as the writer with perhaps the clearest understanding of Hillary Clinton, her deeply radical, if deeply camouflaged, designs for our country, her lust for power, and how she intends to go about winning it. The problem is that the Clintons arouse such strong feelings, both pro and con, that it can be difficult to separate the facts from the *Kultursmog* (such a great word -- I've admired it for years). Tyrrell and coauthor Mark Davis have done the heavy lifting for us, giving us chapter-and-verse not only on the Clintons' Arkansas and White House years, but also Madame Hillary's journey "from Methodism to Maoism" (p. 120) and into the ranks of Coat and Tie Radicals. Like Olsen, Tyrrell sees the heavy hand of Saul Alinsky not only in her early radical years, but also in her approach to politics and power even today. This is enlightening and disturbing reading. I've always suspected that one of the things the Left hates most about Bob Tyrrell is not just that he skewers them so thoroughly, but that he has such fun doing it (Ann Coulter commits this sin too). This book "was a pleasure to write," he notes on page 209, and I have no doubt he means it. It was a pleasure to read, too. Tyrrell has always had a way with language that recalls some of the great polemicists, Mencken being the most obvious comparison. But the key to Tyrrell is that he backs up his entertaining and sometimes idiosyncratic language not only with solid research -- kudos to coauthor Davis here -- but also with a rational train of argument and conclusions that flow logically from the facts presented (far be it from me to suggest Ann Coulter sometimes parts company with him here, to say nothing of scurrilous windbags like Michael Moore, but I can see how you might reach that conclusion). Hillary Clinton is going to remain a political force in this country for a long time to come. So long as she does, this book will be an important reminder not only of the fraudulence of her so-called "accomplishments" (which are what ... exactly?), but also of her true motivations, goals, and a track record that -- Point Four above notwithstanding -- should be much on the mind of the American voter. That makes "Madame Hillary" a book to keep handy for the next decade or so, at least.
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Summary: Swing and a miss, a good article expanded to a book
Review: 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.
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Summary: Yes!
Review: R. Emmett Trrell Jnr. is one of the most brilliant journalists and commentators the US has, up there with Bill Buckley and Mark Steyn. This is one of the most important and valuable, if frightening, books on contemporary US politics. It is a dire warning about the damage this dreadful woman could inflict on not only the World's most powerful democracy but on the world, and it gives evidence! And how! (I'm a lawyer and I know the difference between evidence and shinola, I hope). What her lying, honourless husband did was bad enough (like letting Bin Laden build up strength virtually unmolested, like letting the pro-Western Governments of Eastern Europe go down the toilet and the Communist Old Guard take over under new names, like starting a war and bombing make-up ladies in Belgrade television studieos to distract attention from his semen stains on Monica Lewinsky's dress! What this woman could do would be worse. Clinton's ravening ambition coupled with - if you can imagine it! - an even greater lack of morality and one of those truely deadly streaks of twisted ideology and self-righteousness. It's in the category of books that should be compulsory reading. Buy it as awful warning, as feast of schdenfreud, as hand-book for action, but buy it!
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Summary: Smug, Snotty, and Silly
Review: R. Emmett Tyrrell has made something of a career for himself bashing the Clinton family. In this book, for which he has been joined by Mark W. Davis, he continues to take the low road he began with The American Spectator and Boy Clinton. Mr. Tyrell and Mr. Davis pretend intimate knowledge of Senator Clinton's future plans. Since I doubt either of them has ever spoken more than a few words with her at most, the source of this knowledge must remain mysterious. In common with other entries in the hate Clinton oeuvre, paranoid speculations, hysterical overgeneralizations, and pure kerflummery make up the bulk of this slim volume, accentuated with an air of righteous indignation. A major feature of Mr. Tyrrell and Mr. Davis' production is their air of snobbery. Obviously the Clintons are just not good enough to share the same planet with them. Somehow I don't think this bothers President and Senator Clinton one bit, which undoubtedly annoys Mr. Tyrrell and Mr. Davis immensely. Another aspect worthy of note are the continuous efforts by the authors to be witty and debonair. Unfortunately, these efforts fall far short of humor and struggle to reach the level of snottiness one might find scribbled on the walls of a junior high school boys' bathroom. A few examples will suffice: They think it clever to call Senator Clinton's book Livid History. Pictures of her many hairstyles arouse great hilarity. A photo of the Senator shading her eyes becomes a practice military salute. Somehow they weren't able to find a photo of the Senator making an apparent Sieg Heil! or raising the clenched fist of Marxism, but I'm sure its not for lack of effort. Beneath all the merry fun making, a careful reader can hear Mr. Tyrrell and Mr. Davis' teeth grinding, since no amount of smugness can conceal two Presidential terms, a Senate election, high popularity ratings, and a best selling book. People with Mr. Tyrrell and Mr. Davis' creative imaginations ought to busy themselves with more worthy projects than this. (Perhaps they should look into creating an adulatory biography of George W. Bush.) As for President and Senator Clinton, there is an old saying "You are known by your enemies." The Clintons are undoubtedly proud of such enemies as these.
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Summary: Great book about a big liar
Review: R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. should be given a lot of thanks for exposing the liar named Hillary Rodham.
Thank you R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.!!!!!
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Summary: Clinton-Bush, what's the difference?
Review: Same old stuff. Read this and you may as well be reading about Bush. It seems to be to the rule of politics. I guess we just have to figure out which lies we'll accept--ones that don't hurt people or ones that send hundreds of our soldiers to die.
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Summary: You've got to be kidding.
Review: These glowing reviews were either written by people trying to peddle this book or by right-wing lemmings. Tyrrell's book is superb mean-spirited propaganda. No info or insights here.
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