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Summary: Belongs with the Tabloids at the check out stand
Review: This book is the type of ...[stuff] that is usually reserved for grocery check out stands. As my mother said "If you don't have anything nice to say about someone, then don't say anything at all." If only Ms. Olson had the same social manners and held back with her poison pen. The book is catty at a high school level and leaves one wondering what Ms. Olson was truly motivated by to write such hateful words. If you must read this... buy it second hand or better yet, get this one from the library.
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Summary: Two Steps Above a Comic Book
Review: Half-way through page 5 I realized that this was the kind of invective that I would never waste my time on. Barely a sentence passes without adjectives that negatively color the subject, her purported thoughts, her speculated actions or possible inane machinations.
This is a good bet for die-hard Conspiracy Therorists.
I told my Republican friend that I would read it, but it hardly passes for Literature.
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Summary: Sad Legacy To Leave
Review: I read this book, or should I say that I tried to read this book. I did take into account that Ms. Olsen has a personal agenda but this does not excuse the flimsy reporting and sources that she used.Let's be realistic and understand that the author has her own agenda. She seems overly obsessed by Hillary Clinton, almost dumbstruck that Mrs. Clinton is actually a living, breathing human being that has somehow managed to become a Senator.While conservatives will likely applaud this book as it is another link in the long "let's blame the Clinton's for everything chain" I find it a sad legacy to leave. Such hate filled anger is not insightful, just childish and petty.
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Summary: Glorious Book About a Despicable Creature
Review: It's all here in a concise and entertaining package--the truth about the infamous, pear-shaped, waddling atrocity in a pantsuit. Fun and factual, this book is a definitive portrait of the over-the-top, Grand Guignol life of a true villain. Don't miss it!
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Summary: A Shameful Epitaph for Olson
Review: This book represents the worst of the mindless bile of the Limbaugh/Gingrich drones. They aren't "conservatives" and the people they hate aren't "liberals." It's more Orwellian newthink: the "liberal media" are really owned by big business, which is relentlessly concerned only with itself, using poor Barbara (and I am respectfully sad at her passing, though this book is a shameful epitaph--I am embarrassed for her!) and other dupes as tools to continue myths like "universal health care is Communism" and so forth. They have the Clintons perpetrating the most outlandish evils imaginable, and sensible people can only shake their heads in disgust and wonder: when do these people ever get a brain and grow up? If Enron had happened on Clinton's watch, they'd be crucifying the entire Clinton family as usual, cat, dog, and all. But with the Toxic Texan in office, Enron is just a misunderstanding...that's the liberal media for ya. It all proves itself when really smart potatoe people look at it.
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Summary: The Joy of Tabloid Politics
Review: I found this expose of Hillary's political life interesting and a bit too entertaining. At times I felt guilty reading it--sort of like I do when I read the headlines on the tabloids waiting in line at the supermarket. Olson's credentials as a Washington insider give her some credibility and it's worth the read if nothing else to remind us that politicians are not necessarily all they appear to be when they chat with Oprah or Larry King. Though I was not a Clinton supporter, I found this a bit too mean spirited...but I kept on reading anyway!
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Summary: Eye-Opening
Review: ...The late Barbara Olson, as she did in "The Final Days," covers the sides of Hillary we're familiar with, including Bill's infidelities, Whitewater, health care and the Rose Law Firm. Interesting and crucial personal information is also here, such as a description of her cold, domineering, perfectionist father for whom nothing was good enough. Likewise, there appear to be clear ties between the Hillary from the 1960's to some of the world's most radical people from that generation--and their legacies still seem to have a profound impact on her thinking today. Finally, Olson takes a close look at Ms. Clinton's Methodist background and how she evolved from a "Goldwater girl" in a conservative suburban Chicago home to what she became while in college. Whether you love Hillary or despise her, this is fascinating reading.Olson may or may not answer your questions about the former first lady, but this book raises many, many more. If there are so many ties to radical and fringe groups and so many links to socialist and communist leaders and theories, why hasn't the mainstream press made an issue of them? Is Olson dead wrong, or are there hard and fast connections from Hillary's past? You certainly remember the moment in the debate with Rick Lazio in which Lazio approached Ms. Clinton with a piece of paper, asking her to sign a pledge against the acceptance of soft money. Lazio never got a reply--women's groups and the mainstream media exploded at the sight of this man practically knocking over this defenseless female. But according to Olson, Hillary is a woman who can take care of herself--and who likely would have told Lazio to back off. Why didn't she? Read and judge for yourself. If you have any interest in politics, this is vital reading. Even though her New York poll numbers are suffering as of this writing, we haven't seen the last of Hillary Clinton by a long shot, and you'll have a good idea of why after this book.
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Summary: Barbara, I miss you so much
Review: This is simply a great read. Barbara tells it like it is, about a woman who is ruthless and hell-bent on getting what she wants. There is only one reason Hillary stays with Bill and that's to advance her own future. Barbara tells us clearly that Hillary has not yet, not once, had to answer the hard questions about her past. My only regret is that Barbara will not be around to help us when Hillary runs for president. If that ever happens, I think I'll retire early and start hanging dont-vote- for-Hillary signs all over America. Sweet dreams for eternity, Barbara. You died a hero.
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Summary: Slick Hillie, A to Z
Review: Barbara Olson has done a superb job of assembling all the facts on Hillary. This is the definitive work; if you are only going to read one book on her, this is it!
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Summary: A must read
Review: Hillary Clinton is intelligent, hard-working, and married to a former President. The story of her rise to power as told in this book is thought provoking. How a young hippy feminist woman hitched her wagon to one of the best politicans of this century and choked down her dignity and self respect for many many years is a good story. It is better to read the story from the perspective of a Clinton-hater than to read a fawning, isn't-Hillary-wonderful story by one of her many admirers.
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