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Summary: Journalism at it finest
Review: Excellent journalism exposing the facade of Hillary, a power hungry faithless fool.
It is easy to see why the reader Mark Bearn rated this book with one star. He gave the following book five stars
Losing My Virginity : How I'Ve Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way Isn't that a Hillaryish!
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Summary: A Brilliant Examination of What Makes Hillary Clinton Tick
Review: Those who expect a hatchet job on Hillary Clinton will be pleasantly surprised. Peggy Noonan has written a sober, thoughtful analysis of Hillary Clinton which notes her virtues - however, these are very few - as well as her numerous flaws. She accurately portrays a woman who is more obsessed with acquiring more political power than with any genuine desire to help her country.To her immense credit, Peggy Noonan makes her strong, persuasive case in clear, lucid prose. It is regrettable that a sizeable majority of my state was hoodwinked by Hillary Clinton; I regret that many are still entranced by her illusion of power, not at all dismayed by her utter lack of statesmanship, grace, and dignity. Peggy Noonan's fine, terse book should be read by all who hope Ms. Clinton never realizes her Presidential ambitions. And more importantly, it should be read by those who remain convinced that Ms. Clinton and her husband are fine, decent folk. Indeed, Ms. Noonan's book is the finest indictment against Clintonism that I have yet read.
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Summary: to quote Peggy on Hillary...
Review: I don't hate Peggy Noonan, I merely have contempt for her.Thanks Peggy, couldn't have put it better myself. Except to add that your article describing how close to tears you and other "good conservatives" were for W's inaguaration made me powerfully and violently ill, much like this sick-making book. PRAVDA isn't dead - it still lives, but just re-named "The Wall Street Journal Editorial Pages". This book is simply propaganda gone mad.
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Summary: TRASHY TOME PADDED WITH FICTION TO FILL IT OUT
Review: This book was obviously written to convince New Yorkers not to elect HRC to the U.S. Senate. Did her efforts pay off? Nope. Noonan says she doesn't hate the former First Lady, but she slices and dices HRC into tiny little pieces in her highly biased, villifying book. She exposes HRC as an ambitious, ruthless politician who is hellbent on making the history books instead of doing real good for the people. I agree with Noonan on many points about HRC, but I would have respected Noonan's book more if she would have stuck to the facts and not decided to venture into fiction writing. As a way to pad this book, Noonan attempts to tap inside the First Lady's head and record what the First Lady MIGHT BE thinking during actual events. And if there aren't enough real life events to "record" HRC's thoughts, she invents situations. To me, these ficitonal fantasies cheapens Noonan's book and are a real turn-off. Whatever convincing arguments and valid points she makes are GREATLY diminished because of this outrageously ridiculous gimmick. Stick to nonfiction, dear Peggy, because fiction and mindreading are NOT your foray.
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Summary: Could've been better
Review: I picked up this book (actually audio cassette) to learn more about Hillary and, perhaps, confirm my suspicions that Hillary is not exactly the most honest of people. I enjoyed the book but was not overly impressed with Peggy Noonan's style of writing. I enjoyed the stories about Hillary's manipulating others and the "case" Noonan builds to support her premise that Hillary is a self-serving, lying, career politician. In support of these great stories she goes on and on about how disgusted she is with Hillary and why the New York voters should consider before they vote. Not being a Hillary supporter myself, I don't mind a a small amount of preaching but cut out the preaching and the book is about 80 pages long. I prefer Noonan's and others' personal experiences and anecdotes with the Clintons. Oh this book does, by the way, confirm my suspicions.
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Summary: Peggy Noonan is Fair and Balanced Towards Hillary Clinton
Review: Some Liberals have attempted to smear Peggy Noonan as a "Clinton hater" hinting that she is unable to write an objective and honest book concerning Hillary Clinton. On the contrary, the Republican speech writer may very well have understated the situation. This work was released before the election and Noonan hoped that Mrs. Clinton would fail in her quest for the U.S. Senate seat from New York. Noonan describes HRC as a woman who enjoys wealth and power. The need is so great that she has endured betrayal and humiliation by her husband that would have ended most marriages years ago. Did they ever love each other? Has the Clinton relationship always been primarily about the acquisition of power? Noonan cites an incident where an exhausted Bill and Hillary perk up immediately when alerted that an adoring crowd awaits them. The Presidential couple seem to truly enjoy adulation similar to a drug addict enjoying his latest high. "Mrs. Roosevelt did not think," adds Ms. Noonan "as they say, that it was all about her." She distinguishes between the committed self sacrificing Liberalism of Eleanor Roosevelt, and the self indulgent actions of HRC. Noonan perceives the now Senator Clinton as someone totally absorbed in seeking power for its own sake. The question whether Hillary has any substantially well though out positions is indeed legitimate. Mrs. Clinton never engages in vigorous public give and take discussions. Noonan also contrasts the Clinton White House staffers with those of recent Democrat and Republican administrations. The former come across as childishly immature while the latter engaged in dedicated seriousness. The Jimmy Carter Democrat Presidential era, for instance, was always strait laced and adult. She argues the Clintons surround themselves with ruthless and amoral followers who virtually will stop at nothing to do the bidding of their masters. Even the outrageous behavior of Nixon's top Watergate people pale in comparison. Peggy Noonan even devotes a few pages to the questionable pardons granted by President Clinton to the FALN Puerto Rican terrorists. Many speculated that this was done to increase his wife's election chances in New York. Was Noonan peering into a crystal ball? The very recent uproar over "pardongate" has greatly vindicated her conclusions regarding this dysfunctional political family. Hillary Clinton will now have power for the next six years. Have individuals such as Noonan blinded themselves to Senator Clinton's virtues and talents? Are they prematurely writing her political obituary? Peggy Noonan is so far winning her case against Hillary Clinton. The current New York Senator, though, has a splendid opportunity to prove her wrong. However, my bets are on Noonan. Leopards rarely change their spots.
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Summary: A Must-Read for All Clinton Supporters
Review: If you supported the Clintons (as I did, initially), Noonan's clear-headed, albeit polemical, book will help you understand why so many people abhor them. As one who has seen Clintonian politics up close, though not in person, I believe this book paints an accurate portrait of HRC as a person for whom achieving power is more important than what might be accomplished with that power. Those who read hostility into Noonan's words would be well advised to examine their own emotions. The book appears to be well crafted, although the author relies on secondary sources. As a survey of what others have written about the Clintons, it is unsurpassed.
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Summary: Should Be Filed Under Fiction
Review: I'm all for attacking the Clintons, and I frankly expected this book to be a vicious partisan hatchet job when I picked it up. What I didn't expect was that it would be completely without merit and utterly pointless. Noonan is not concerned with the ideology that Mrs. Clinton espouses nor with what she has actually done. She simply uses the book to promote her own absurd beliefs (i.e. TV causes violence and dirty sex) and to assign Mrs. Clinton an agenda and a set of bad actions based on nothing more than her imagination. From the very beginning Noonan uses imagined events (like Mrs. Clinton's victory speech in the first chapter) and projects thoughts into The First Lady's head, much like a fiction writer would. Frankly, that is all this book is, a poorly written work of fiction. Frankly no fiction writer worth a damn would end a chapter with the phrase 'and then I woke up'; it would be insulting to the reader, an unacceptable, distracting and pointless device. In a nonfiction book it is completely inexcusable. I suppose that the most devoted enemies of the Clintons might enjoy this groundless attack on The First Lady, but any normal person, even those who despise the Clintons as I do, will be insulted. Indeed, the idea of Noonan, herself the author of the most famous political lie of our time (George Bush's 'No new taxes' pledge) would attack anyone's integrity is absurd on its face. The worst thing about this book is that it might be mistaken by some as a serious book on the subject, rather than the flight of fancy that it is.
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Summary: Riddiculous fabrications
Review: Once again, the opponents of the Clinton's purport to save America from an allegedly unparralled evil, only to come up incredibly short. Judging by the lack of research and quality writing in this book, one would have never guessed that the author is a regular commentator for Time magazine. I am unfortunately familar with her work, but this type of journalism seems better suited for high school or junior high. In fact, a suprsing amount of bile stems from Noonan's dislike of Hillary's fashion sense and her constitutional right to run for office (I am happy that she won)Really, most educated people realize these are rather childish reasons to declare somebody a threat to the nation's best interests, and I strongly suspect Noonan knows this too. Her ultimate attempt of course is to appeal to the angry and ignorant who cannot pinpoint why they dislike Hillary so much. Instead of at least attempting to explain policy differences, she knows it is easier to get people whipped up over the new political woman.
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Summary: Emotional ranting!
Review: Great writing, but where is the content? She tells us nothing, absolutely NOTHING, new. Okay, so she doesn't like Hillary's personality, appearance, friends, husband and so on and so forth, which is fair enough, but never ever does Peggy Noonan give us a good reason WHY. In fact, the only slightly interesting part was the fiction scene with the entertainment execs in LA. That was actually my favorite part of the book, because she surprised me - which the rest of the book definitely failed to do. I agree with whoever said this book deserves 0 stars. An extremely un-intelligent effort from an otherwise bright woman.
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