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Summary: Packed with interesting, proven facts.
Review: From beginning to end, Barbara proves every statement via a footnote/index. She shows the Clintons for how they operated and what they did. The "why" becomes obvious. Barbara wanted us to know the truth and anyone who is not afraid of it will see it clearly. Her legacy to us could be a warning for our future.
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Summary: Partisan Definitely...........Genuine absolutely
Review: I found Barbara Olson book quite unimpeachable. Though most of her research is nothing of earth shattering headlines it is easy to believe Bill and Hillary Clinton did spend their final hours trying to sabotage the incoming administration. Unfortunately this might be the Clinton's legacy.
Not for those who are compulsively obsessed with the Florida recount. Most people will enjoy it as it reinforces their sentiments about the Clintons a year after they have left the Whitehouse.
Clinton supporters will be unable to put it down. The unceasing frustration will rendering them into a stupor momentarily but hoping for a chance to find some chink in the authors evidence they will scrutinize every chapter looking for vindication of their champion. All in all a great read.
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Summary: THE FINAL DAYS, THE FINAL INSULT
Review: Were the Clintons high-minded, principled people, serving their country with dignity and honor? Or were they what their worst detractors claimed, i.e., completely without moral scruples of any kind, their record in public office clouded with sordid business deals, conflicts of interests, abuses of power, influence peddling and bald-face lies, often under oath? In her final book, "The Final Days," Barbara Olson makes a strong case for the latter, citing in particular Bill Clinton's abuse of power in granting pardons to terrorists, embezzlers and a "most-wanted" fugitive in exchange for votes for Hillary's senate campaign, payments of over $400,000 to her brother Hugh Rodham, and great quantities of cash for Bill's Presidential library. Of course, the Clintons deny that there was any "quid pro quo" involved in his decision to grant these pardons. But why then, did Bill override established procedures and review by the Justice Department? Why were some of these pardons vehemently denounced by leading Democrats like Jimmy Carter, Hamilton Jordan, Tom Harkin and others? Why did the New York Times excoriate Bill for it in an op-ed piece? And most interestingly of all, why did two people (Denise Rich and Beth Dozoretz) who were involved in the Marc Rich pardon request "take the Fifth" when questioned by a House Committee that investigated the pardons? Olson quotes prominent Democrats and liberals and allows them to make her case. Bob Herbert, a New York Times journalist, wrote that "some of Mr. Clinton's closest associates and supporters are arguing what his enemies have argued for years - the man is so thoroughly corrupt it's frightening...The simple truth is that the way in which some of the pardons were granted seems to fit neatly with the standard definition of a bribe..." Bob Hebert, it should be noted, is a strong Democrat, the first journalist to advocate a senate seat for Hillary. Olson's quote of liberal comedian Dennis Green possibly sums up the message of her book best. Green said "We've all been watching in astonishment these last few weeks as the Clintons merrily parade their greed and corruption past us like a garish Mardi Gras float powered by the drivetrain of Bill Clinton's gargantuan sense of entitlement. Hillary steers, while Bill sits on the top tossing pardons out to the crowd like a drunken Bacchus with a perpetual h___ for a scepter." Barbara Olson also covers the Clinton's attempt to remove furniture and artworks from the White House when they left, that did not belong to them, and describes Hillary's new, plush senate office suite as the most expensive of all U.S. senators, paid for by the U.S. taxpayers. The Clintons have never been impeded by a sense of embarrassment. "The Final Days" seems to make it clear, that the Clintons are self-absorbed people with no discernible personal ethics or moral principles, whose only ambition is the accumulation of personal wealth and power. Indeed, in light of the facts presented by Ms. Olson, only the most credulous and dedicated of the Clinton toadies could still believe otherwise.
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Summary: Barbara Olson's books out to be required reading...
Review: Mrs. Olson tells it is like it is. Her integrity is undeniable and she exposes what the Clinton's really are. This story has been generally squashed by the liberal media. The American people need to understand, and especially New Yorkers, what her real agenda is and keep her away from any further elective office. I read both books straight through. Real page turners !!
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Summary: One of the best assessments of the Clintons
Review: I've just finished reading this book and agree with those who gave it five stars...It's well written, deals with facts, with touches of Barbara's humor, and with excellent notes backing up the quotations...It's interesting to note that many of the most damning observations come from George Stephanopolous's book, as he was a close advisor to Clinton during his administration, and certainly knew the Clintons as well as anyone did. If I have any criticism of the book it might be that it is a much better assessment and portrayal of Hilary than of Bill, probably because Barbara had previously written an excellent book about Hilary, which I am now reading, Hell to Pay.
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Summary: Read this before voting for Hillary or Bill ever again
Review: I closely followed the daily news stories during the Clinton Administration and wondered if Olson's book would be only a simple retelling of Clinton scandals already too familiar. It is not and that is what makes it an engrossing read well worth the time. For example, in these times after September 11, 2001 we are concerned to give no quarter to terrorists, yet exaqctly two years earlier fourteen of sixteen convicted and unrepentant violent Puerto Rican terrorists from the FALN accepted a clemency offer made by Bill Clinton, in spite of the strenuous counsel and objections of every law enforcement agency and of Puerto Rican authorities, themselves. Clinton's unprecendented offer coincided with Hillary's bid for election as New York's junior senator and an effort to gain support in the Hispanic community there. Olson describes in detail the normal criteria for presidential pardons, gives a history of government policy toward Puerto Rican radicals beginning with the Truman years, and describes the reaction of both prosecutors and victims of those released to live freely among us. These things are background material we did not often get in our newspapers and TV news programs. In more than eight years of the two Clintons we became numb to the daily dribble of news bits about scandals. Olson's book gives a good concise reminder of what the Clinton's were and are so that those who read it might not become seduced by their kind again. The book is especially good as a reminder of Hillary's determined ambitions to be powerful coupled with the extent of her Marxist indoctrination. This book is recommended reading for anyone who might be faced with the choice of voting for Hillary or Bill for public office. Now I am eager to read Olson's book on Hillary "Hell to Pay." This is not a simple Clinton bashing book. It is a timely, well-documented reminder of the principles on which our nation is based and how even ardent supporters of the Clintons finally decried the many ways the Clintons flushed those principles down the toilet for personal gain.
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Summary: A scathing indictment of Clintonism
Review: For many of us, the terrible events of September 11, 2001, were made even more tragic when we learned that Barbara Olson was on board the plane that crashed into the Pentagon. Barbara Olson was a noble, articulate, witty woman who put aside material interests in order to passionately, bravely defend the ideals she believed in--the very opposite of a Clinton. It is fitting that her final contribution to American ideals comes in the form of this biting condemnation of the Clintons' final days in office. For those who closely followed the revelations of Clinton's final days of self-indulgence and influence-peddling, there is not a whole lot of new material to be found in this book; for those who did not pay attention to the spectacle of those days, this book will be an eye-opener. Truly, the only people who cannot see the Clintons for what they were (and are) are the willfully blind. This book provides an excellent summation of the Clintons' final actions and the aftermath of disbelief and almost universal condemnation they inspired. These are the acts that forced even Clinton's own liberal defenders to come forth and question his morals and ethics openly and forcibly: the outrageous pardons of Marc Rich, Pincus Green, Carlos Vignali, and an assortment of other terrorists, drug dealers, con artists, Clinton cronies and family members; the despicable pilfering of White House furniture; the shameless solicitation of bawdy gifts from supporters; the almost unlimited issuance of federal regulations and executive orders intended to help pad the Clinton legacy and to stymie the incoming Bush administration; and further abuses of power. Olson forcibly shows the Clintons' explanations of themselves to be morally repugnant, self-serving, easily transparent, and laughable. This is not psychobabble; it is a delineation of facts, with random jabs of wit interspersed throughout. The facts as Olson presents them compel any reasonable person to conclude that Bill Clinton was by far the most corrupt President this country has ever put in office. With Hillary's political ambitions almost certainly set on installing herself in the Oval Office in the future, Olson's warnings are timely and important. This book is rather short and is a very quick read, which disappointed me somewhat. I am sure the author could have devoted thousands and thousands of pages to the moral repugnance, greed, and complete lack of morals that define the Clintons even in their final days in power, but I imagine that it was Olson's purpose to reach and inform as many people as possible about the true nature of the Clintons rather than produce a weighty tome for scholars (most of whom, being liberals, would not have read it anyway). There is but one question in my mind after reading this book: if Bill Clinton were still President, would he, for the right price, pardon the evildoers responsible for the untimely loss of Barbara Olson and thousands of innocent Americans on 9/11?
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Summary: Straight Shooter
Review: I just finished reading this book. I worked with Barbara Olson, in Hollywood, before she ventured to D.C., where her career really took off. Barb was always a straight shooter and this book is right on the money -- reporting what the general media refused to touch -- Clinton's sleazy attitude toward his own country, and to each of us. We lost Barbara, but this book will go on for a long time. I might also recommend her previous book about Hillary Clinton. These are probably the most honest, straight foward books about that crooked administration you'll ever read.
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Summary: Potus and Flotus No More ( read the book to decipher)
Review: What an important reminder of why this country should never experience another Clinton presidency. Let the buyer(voter) beware. Unfortunately, Ms. Olson will never know the contribution she has made in telling this factual "tale". Mandatory reading for all Americans....Forget TV's West Wing. These Clinton episodes are unbelievable!!!!
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Summary: Shocking
Review: For eight years I followed the Clintons' misdeeds in disbelief that most people didn't seem to be paying attention. Barbara Olsen has brought it all together in a concice and compelling case of the Clintons' abuse of power. Even though I knew most of the information presented, I was overwhelmed by Barbara's account. I'm afraid that the very people who should read this book won't. Barbara Olsen was a crusader for truth and justice. Our country misses her insight.
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