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Summary: both sides of events covered fairly - good reading!
Review: Covers a very current event in the political field that opens many doors to situations and opinions in Washington .
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Summary: Great read
Review: This book is a great inside look at the White House, but it will bore you if you lack knowledge of history, government, or politics. I'd give the book five stars, but it was a tad verbose, so ya lost a star there George.
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Summary: Internal discovery in high-speed politics world
Review: What an amazing book: Being 26 and at the beginning of my career, I couldn't help but notice that what George went through really represented all of ours internal struggles in todays world. Replace white house with corporate America, aides with entry level jobs, you notice that everybody (especially young people) are trapped between being recognized fast, doing good things at their work, want their ass covered while still enjoying life doing all of that. It seems George sacrificed his all being in order to be what he wanted to be. To be someone, to achive, is the immigrant flu that gets to everyone in USA; If you don't watch your internal balance, it can consume you. You will be stable only as long as you are appreciated and rewarded, but if you didn't learn to respect yourself and love yourself, the moment that external support diminishes you will break down. In George's book, Clinton is the person with that power over George, and it's not good to let anyone become so important for your own self-respect. I found so many of George's struggles and his character so similar to mine, that I feel like I know the man. This book is also another proof that a book has to be educating in order to be valuable. Although I looked for gossip, I looked for lessons and smart observations even more of which I found lots in his book. Good work George!
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Summary: This is much more that just a tell-all political book.
Review: It seemed to start a little slow, but after awhile I couldn't put it down. "All Too Human" describes White House operations through the eyes of a young intelligent idealistic person who was initially mesmerized by Clinton. Power was defined by how many minutes per day were spent with the president. The author wanted power and influence over important decisions but often had to deal with "bimbo eruptions" instead. Long days, sleepless nights and the stress of his job took its toll. The underlying theme, which I found so intriguing, is the coming of age of George Stephanopoulos.
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Summary: A Great Book about the Clinton Administration
Review: A really good insiders view of the White House/Clinton Administration and how decisions are made. The author makes it enjoyable to read filled with conversation, so one gets to know the main characters better through their own words. I did not ever vote for the Clintons, and despise them for all their scandals, but the author actually had me admiring them in the end. The last statement in this book sums up the Clinton administration beautifully. This book is a must read!!!
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Summary: I perspective of Clinton from a friend, very insightful.
Review: I am a person seeking the truth, not a favorable impression of Clinton but a portrayal of him by someone besides a Republican critic. George shows what the game is like from the inside out. It reveals the nasty, the grand and the reason why it's all worth it. It shows that Clinton was a very principled man who had to push his agenda by staying in power, and that made him bend at times. But that is inevitable. It shows how the media gave this modern president no pardons and how they wanted to make a big story out of anything that turned up. It shows what it's like to be personally inspired by our president. It's a great book and I highly recommend it.
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Summary: A political education for all of us
Review: Forget about the fact that George Stephanopoulos wrote a tell-all book about an incumbent president. At this point, it's a moot issue as the book is in stores and libraries already. History will decide whether or not the author deserves praise or condemnation for his timing.That said, in terms of the book itself, Stephanopoulus amazes the reader on many counts. His writing is graceful and full of wit, his storytelling skills delightful to behold. At times his segues from one event to another are awkward, giving the impression of a fast-paced, His Girl Friday-type of narrative, but this only underscores one of his main themes of a chaotic White House with a leader who apparently deserves the reputation of being a waffler. Stephanopoulus has been accused of many things, but betraying his former boss and erstwhile colleagues shouldn't be one of them, as this book proves. Save for one individual, he reserves his harshest criticism for himself and his own mistakes, drawing a portrait of himself as a young, idealistic man steeped in the ambitions and dreams of Bobby Kennedy and the philosophies of Reinhold Neibuhr, St. Augustine, and Thomas Aquinas, but who instead finds those same ideals severely tested in the glaring and very public life of national politics. Unfortunately (or fortunately), he finds that in order for him to reconcile his dreams of service, he must also make some very painful sacrifices. Nearly everyone, including President Clinton, comes out of Stephanopoulos' book as a sympathetic, "all too human" character. Stephanopoulos devotes an entire chapter to one particularly unsavory figure, however, the one for whom the author saves his most biting and bitter criticism. In the words of one White House official, Dick Morris' appearance in the book makes one want to "tak[e] a shower," he's that slimy of a character. Considering the man's well-known reputation, I'm not surprised. Stephanopoulos has written a fascinating book about the day-to-day life in the Clinton White House, one that beautifully conveys all the excitement, all the dignity, all the prestige, and all the disillusionment of working in the presidential offices under the present administration. Highly recommended.
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Summary: not too bad for a kiss and tell
Review: I have always admired George S. and was eager to buy this book, although a little disappointed that he would write it about a sitting president. I do believe he has given an honest account, and probably could have been more brutal if he chose to be. Very well written and an easy read. This book makes me 100% certain I would never go into politics.
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Summary: Not Enough Information
Review: I would have liked this book better if it had given more information on how to actually produce information-hiding packages in Oracle. The treatment of how to use Oracle PL/SQL to create stored procedures was also shallow and superficial. I feel that Oracle Unleashed was a much better book. Hopefully next time Mr. Stephanopolous will enlist an experienced database administrator to flesh out the book's weak points. Academic credentials have very little to do with real world database administration, and this book proves it.
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Summary: Interesting and engaging look into the White House
Review: While in the White House, George Stephanopoulos was a role model for me. A few years older than I, he represented to me, the embodiment of an idealistic, hard-working wunderkind who could, with earnest, help to make the fundamental changes needed in 1992. It was not surprising to me that he chronicled the pressure-cooker environment of chaos and stealth. The Washington he describes, the paranoia and mistakes of the Administration, in hindsight, was somehow inevitable. Unlike George I still believe in Clinton 100% as I have recognized that the Republicans wanted him to fail from the beginning. After all, the White House is for Republicans to keep. How dare Clinton usurp that?
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