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Summary: Legacy of Shame
Review: Barbara Olson may have died during the 9-11 terrorist attack, but her legacy of courage, honor and patriotism will live on. Olson's expose on the final days of arrogance, decadance and abuse of power of the Clinton Administration only illustrate the fact that William Jefferson Clinton's legacy will continue to grow more soiled with each passing year.
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Summary: Enlightening Book
Review: Being a former Clinton admirer, I wasn't too sure I wanted to read this book by Ms. Olson. However, she presents the facts well and in an unbiased way. I was stunned to read some of the things that didn't make it into the newspapers. We need more writers/reporters like Ms. Olson. I was saddened to hear of her death.
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Summary: Get this book
Review: Yes, I am a democrat. Yes, I voted for a Clinton three times (President twice, Senate once). This book is an wonderful romp (and wonderfully, sometimes laughably, skewed to the right) that gives you one person's view of Clinton's last days in office. Barbara Olsen has made virtually made her career bashing the Clinton's and she brings out the claws and starts scraping away in this book. Trust me you can't put it down.
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Summary: Just incredible!
Review: Olson details, in exhausting detail, how Bill and Hillary conducted themselves in the White House. It will be interesting how the Clintons address this expose' in their upcoming memoirs--I'm not holding my breath. This is a good book to give to those who haven't been in U.S. for awhile (expatriots and immigrants).
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Summary: The Book vs. The Author
Review: Barbara Olsen died a brave and tragic death, and is rightly commemmorated for it. But that does not mean her final work should go without scrutiny. Olsen was one of the smartest of the recent crop of female conservative pundits, and I always found her insightful. But she had an anger about her that sometimes clouded rational argument. That unfortunate quality is on display in this book. The shenanigans of the last days of the Clinton Administration were pretty blatant -- even once-loyal Democrats were appalled. It seems, then, that an objective, almost detached, examination of that period would have been more effective. Olsen instead deploys rancor and emotion. The result: The book comes off as one more right-wing attack, not a factual assessment of very real dirty doings.
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Summary: Frightening. Truly Frightening.
Review: If THE FINAL DAYS were made into a movie, no one would believe it. It's too fantastic, too incredible, too cynical by even Hollywood standards; there is no way a president who abused his power, his people, and the U.S. Constitution this badly should ever have even been elected, let alone ravaged the country for eight years. Yet we know it's true; we read story after story about it in the papers. We thought we knew the whole story. But, as Barbara Olson's final masterpiece details, we didn't. The surrealistic saga of Bill and Hillary Clinton's desperate power grabs over the last days of the Clinton presidency is truly frightening. How in the world does anyone have as much of a sense of entitlement as the Clintons obviously did and be taken seriously enough to get elected to public office? Olson details in no-nonsense fashion documented with thorough footnotes and extensive quotes the depths of the Clintons' depravity that was only hinted at in press stories. The "stroke of the pen, law of the land" executive orders. The massive Federal land grab. The bridal (sorry, new senator) registry and gift grabbing, trying to sneak by Senate ethics rules. Hillary's $8M just-under-the-wire book deal, another attempt to circumvent ethics rules. Pilfering White House furniture and artwork. Rerouting of money and property in clever accounting techniques that even the likes of Enron wished they had. Dueling Manhattan office spaces, at taxpayer expense. Oh, yeah, and then there were the pardons. To paraphrase Dennis Miller, if there were any more symbolism to pardons bought with bribes by guys named "Rich" and "Green", Andrew Lloyd Webber would be writing music for it. The Rich/Green pardon scandal would be bad enough for any one president's image, and Olson documents it throughly, giving a detailed explanation of just what kinds of traitorous criminals Rich and Green really were and how egregious this pardon really was. But more importantly, she delves into the rest of the Clinton pardon list, the remainder of which were just as outlandish as the two most prominent ones. If you have any doubt whatsoever that the Clinton pardons were mere commerce, mere sales transactions, bought and paid for by donors willing to give up money, votes (the Hasidic Jewish town that went almost 100% for Hillary after its four favorite sons were pardoned), and any remaining ethics they may have possessed beforehand, you REALLY need to read this book. Citation after citation, scrupulously documented, thoughtfully written, calmly rendered, this one chapter is worth the book's entire purchase price. Someone should make a movie about Barbara Olson's life. A true American patriot, she had the courage of her convictions, was never afraid to speak her mind even if it was unpopular, and even risked her own life on that fateful September morning by calling her husband and relaying vital information about the hijacking, serving her country until her last breath. THE FINAL DAYS is a fitting tribute to Mrs. Olson's courage, her intelligence, her dedication to her country and her beliefs. Buy it.
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Summary: This Is Made For A Movie Book!!! TRUE STORY!!
Review: This book is written so well that you feel you are right there with these people as in the same room, or on Air Force One, or wherever they are! Barbara Olson has acutely placed the Clintons where they should have been placed the first four years of Bill and Hillary's term as President of the United States. Yes, that's right! Bill and Hillary! She ran the show the whole time. He wasn't strong enough without her. He was the puppet and she was the puppet master. If all was known then during the first four years of "their" term of what we know now, there would never have been a second term for "them." This book should be made into a movie as a "true story," so that the everyday American can truly see what went on for eight years in the White House, (...) With all my heart, I know Barbara Olson "hit the nail on the head" with this book, as I have watched the Clintons for nine years now and have been nauseated by all they do and how they have behaved. It is a sad thing that our Nation had to endure their sorry lot. (...) Thank you Barbara Olson for writing this wonderful book so that many Americans may become enlightened to what was truly going on right under their noses! Gee, I thought all along I was just imagining some "strange" things going on or "coincidences." Guess not after all! (...)Thank you again Ms. Olson for the truly beautiful gift, called "books." BUY THIS BOOK! PLEASE!
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Summary: Don't Waste Your Money
Review: Yes - yet another book for those who can't get over the fact that Bill Clinton is no longer the President. Barabara Olson writes several facts in her book, then proceeds to fill the rest of the book with distortions, half-truths, and innuendo. The most shocking fact in the book is that it's labeled "non"fiction. If you're a fellow right-winger, grab your wallet. If you have a brain, on the other hand, look for something that really is nonfiction.
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Summary: A DRAMATIC PORTRAYAL OF ABUSE AND POWER!
Review: One way or the other, this is bound to be a controversial book. As one who is not an American, I can only judge the book for what it is and what I have learned through the media - and that has been plenty! There will be die-hard supporters of the Clintons (no matter what they do or fail to do) and then, there will be those who bless the day they left the White House. One true thing about Barbara Olson, she was a high-spirited woman who called "a spade a spade." This book is no exception. She aptly describes the payoffs, pardons and lootings that went on during the Clintons final days at the White House. Did Hillary stay with her husband to feather her own political career? The Clintons were true public figures and played the part well. They always smiled for the cameras, but who ever really knows what goes on behind closed doors unless, as with Bill, the indiscretions becomes public knowledge! However, according to what is written here, it appears the Clintons did little more than make a mockery of the postion of presidency, abuse their power for their own gain, and make a parody of everything the position of President of the United States of America represents. However, those judgements are best left to a Higher Power than us mortals here on Earth. The reader's viewpoint of the book will be an individual affair. Either you accepted the Clintons for who they were, or you saw them as ordinary people trying to take extraordinary advantage of their positions. As for Barbara Olson, she was one who pursued justice and spoke out for what she believed in - for that she earns my respect. Her book, "Hell to Pay" is also highly recommended reading and most deserving of a five-star rating. Barbara, will be sadly missed. She was an acclaimed and gifted writer, and I am sure she is now "an angel on someone's shoulder" trying to make right the political injustices of the world. Barbara, may you find eternal peace.
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Summary: God Bless Barbara
Review: A great and necessary book. Hopefully, someone can pick up the torch that Barbara Olson carried.
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