Rating: 
Summary: From the Publisher
Review: In Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton, former federal prosecutor and Washington insider Barbara Olson reveals the real Hillary Clinton-a woman whose lust for power surpasses even that of her husband. Hell to Pay investigates Hillary's radical roots, how she switched from being a "Goldwater Girl" to sixties radical-and how, since then, she has maintained her ties to the radical left. The agenda? In the sixties, it was the Black Panthers and overthrowing corporate America. Today, it is socialized medicine and using children as political tools for social change. In Hell to Pay, Barbara Olson recounts Hillary's own, personal "decade of greed" and reveals the paranoia of a first lady whom even a Clinton confidant has accused of operating a virtual "secret police" unit to destroy presumed enemies. Far from being unstained by the Clinton scandals, Olson shows how "in scandal after scandal all roads lead to Hillary" and how, with supreme irony, the most powerful woman in the world has won sympathy-after the Monica Lewinsky scandal-as the globe's premier "victim." But perhaps more important than the scandals, and even Hillary's relentless drive for power, is the vision Hillary wants to impose on the country. It is a vision shaped by some of the most radical thinkers of our time, a vision that harkens back to social engineering on a grand scale, and that gives freedom a distant second place to government control. No one has better penetrated the political rise of Hillary Clinton than Barbara Olson.
Rating:
Summary: A book about the politics of Hillary Rodham Clinton
Review: This is a book about the politics of Hillary Clinton -- from her early days as a "Goldwater Girl" to her current candidacy for the United States Senate -- and beyond. Hillary Clinton is as complex a person politically as she is personally. As we are introduced to her as a national candidate, I believe it is important to understand who she is and what she intends to do if elected. Thank you and I hope you enjoy "Hell to Pay."
Rating: 
Summary: Hillary Unmasked
Review: This was an eye-opening read to say the least. Even I, a proud member of the "right-wing conspiracy," was shocked by some of the things I learned about the junior senator from New York in this book. For one thing, Hillary was actually a Goldwater Republican in her youth. Another shocking disclosure is the fact that Hillary disdained shaving and using deodorant until she became the First Lady of Arkansas. I don't remember seeing any pictures of Hillary in her youth before, and now I know why. She apparently embraced the hippie culture of the time wholeheartedly. One thing the book did not completely clear up in my mind is the reason Hillary became so very radical so quickly. Clearly, she always had a plan to be a powerful political leader. I have often thought both she and her husband had no real political philosophy of their own, that they studied the political winds and grafted themselves to whatever issues seemed to be important to the voters. Barbara Olson shows us clearly that Hillary certainly has a political mindset upon which she acts; Hillary Clinton is not just a liberal, she is a dyed-in-the-wool socialist. This comes across most clearly in Hillary's passion for children's rights, a subject she has written much about. What comes through loud and clear is the fact that she thinks the government should oversee childrearing in this country, that families just don't know how to raise their children, and thus the government must step in to do their jobs for them. I had no idea just how radical her views on this subject were. I won't take the time to mention all of the troubling things Hillary has done in her life. Suffice it to say that Olson clearly shows Hillary's involvement in Travelgate, Filegate, Whitewater, and all the other well-known scandals. Overall, Hillary is shown to be a liar, a cheat, a foul-mouthed despot, and, indeed, a criminal. Olson shows that Hillary knew all along about her husband's serial womanizing, even searching his desk for women's phone numbers when he was just starting out in politics, and that she accepted the fact, knowing that he was her ticket to political power. It may well be that even she was surprised by the Lewinsky story, but the humiliation and betrayal she should have felt was subsumed by her drive for power; that is why she was first in line to defend her husband. This book shows Hillary to be the driving force behind Bill Clinton's entire career. While he tends to wallow in self-pity when he gets caught red-handed, Hillary refuses to let him sabotage her own political ambitions. Olson shows that Bill Clinton to a large degree owes his political success to his wife. That is why it is a marriage of convenience and, in the terms in which Hillary views the relationship, it is a very successful marriage. Overall, I felt this book was actually quite objective. You should not curse the writer for writing "bad" things about a person when the facts she presents are all too true. This is a political biography, not a politicized hatchet job, although Olson obviously disapproves strongly of her chosen subject. In terms of the restraint Barbara Olson showed, I must point out that she made no conjectures about the truly mysterious circumstances around Vince Foster's death. She did not devote a lot of time to the Monica Lewinsky story or delve gleefully into all of its lurid details. She did not come out and say, "Look, this woman wants to be President, and we just can't let that happen." She penetrated the mask of Hillary Clinton and let Hillary's own words and deeds tell the story. Hillary has the right to think whatever she wants, but the American people have the right to know exactly what her true agenda is if she is going to pursue a political future. Thanks to Barbara Olson, who was taken from us much too soon, we can all know a lot more about that agenda.
Rating:
Summary: The Real Hillary.
Review: And it's not pretty, but we already knew that. Barbara Olson wrote a top flight biography with "Hell to Pay." I, for one, definitely miss her presence in the field of non-fiction and am sorry she is no longer with us. Many people may not realize that R. Emmett Tyrrell's book, "Madame Hillary," was heavily influenced by this work. Olson exposes the hidden, radical nature of Hillary's worldview. Her thought is far closer to Saul Alinsky than John Jay or Thomas Paine. In the wake of the 2000 election recount, when she came out against the electoral college, who could doubt that she cares little about the institutions or traditions that embody this country. She hides her radicalism behind a bourgeois veneer but Olson allows her true traits to become visible through "Hell to Pay."
Rating: 
Summary: She will be paid no more
Review: Before I read Barbara Olson's very interesting account of the former first lady and current junior Senator from New York, I always thought that Hillary Clinton was a Marxist. Now, I realize that this assessment is not really being fair to Karl Marx. It would be more accurate on further review to describe Ms. Clinton as a Stalinist. Anyhow, the book if fascinating and should be read by all, particularly in light of the fact that Senator Clinton may one day become the first female President of the United States.
Rating:
Summary: Five well-earned stars.
Review: Barbara Olson's highly informative book is an eye-opening exploration of the depths of the corruption of Bill and Hillary Clinton, with an especial focus on the latter. Mrs. Olson's thoroughly-documented tome also provides remarkable insights into Hillary's guiding political philosophy (and Hillary's worldview in general) and sheds invaluable light on the far-left origins of Hillary's policy views and the manner in which those views combine with Hillary's ruthless tactics of smears and vicious personal attacks. Hillary is shown as a calculating individual who, despite (or perhaps because of) having served in the Watergate investigation, actually "out-Nixons" Nixon (and Hillary is also shown to lack the general soundness of overall policy, which Nixon, to his credit, possessed). Mrs. Olson's work is as relevant today as it was when written, especially as Hillary appears to be the leading contender for the Democrats' 2008 nomination.
Rating: 
Summary: I hate to say it, but...
Review: ..."Hell to Pay" might have been an unintentionally appropriate title for this woman's book. You reap what you sow. (Doesn't the good book say something about that?)
Rating:
Summary: Excellent Read, will make you wonder
Review: This book is an excellent read. I understand the author is no longer with us, perishing in 9/11. That is unfortunate, her follow up writings would have been well worth reading.
This book makes you wonder 3 things: why was Hillary allowed to run the United States corruptly like the state of Arkansas?,
why didn't the liberal media go after her like they do the Republicans and Conservatives?,
and why are so many Americans that complacent that she got away with it?
Hillary, Bill, and crew got away with a great deal of underhandedness from the beginning of their business-like marriage. They incorporated the southern "good old boy" method of governing and milked every deal for their benefit.
Read the book and beware, 2008 is getting closer everyday...
Thank you for taking the time to read this post.
Rating:
Summary: ONE OF THE BETTER HILLARY BASHERS I'VE READ
Review: Well written, interesting and informative. While I was not surprised by anything the author wrote, I did enjoy her approach. I do hope someone comes up with something more ballanced one of these days, but we probably will not get something like that for another fifty or sixty years. I really feel we are still too close to the entire situtation to make a good, objective overall evaluation of Ms. Clinton at this time. I have no great dislike for Ms Clinton, nor do I have a great like. I trust very little, either pro or con I read about either of the Clintons, and not knowing them myself, really cannot judge. This book certainly gave me food for thought. I do feel this is a book that should be read, keeping in mind that most of us, including the author, probably have axes to grind. There is not doubt the book is well written and quite readable. Overall recommned.
Rating:
Summary: The Real Hillary.
Review: And it's not pretty, but we already knew that. Barbara Olson wrote a top flight biography with "Hell to Pay." I, for one, definitely miss her presence in the field of non-fiction and am sorry she is no longer with us. Many people may not realize that R. Emmett Tyrrell's book, "Madame Hillary," was heavily influenced by this work. Olson exposes the hidden, radical nature of Hillary's worldview. Her thought is far closer to Saul Alinsky than John Jay or Thomas Paine. In the wake of the 2000 election recount, when she came out against the electoral college, who could doubt that she cares little about the institutions or traditions that embody this country. She hides her radicalism behind a bourgeois veneer but Olson allows her true traits to become visible through "Hell to Pay."
|
