Living History, by Hillary Rodham Clinton


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BOOK REVIEW by OnTheIssues.org:

This is Hillary's autobiography, published in 2003 in preparation for her presidential run. It is the book which is dissected and analyzed by all of her critics and supporters, in most detail in A Woman in Charge (by Carl Bernstein, who broke the Watergate story) and in Her Way (by the reporters who broke the Whitewater story). If you want to form your own opinions, rather than trust those of the pundits and/or Hillary's critics, this book is a must-read. Our excerpts, of course, will do.

This book traces Hillary's life from her girlhood in a Chicago suburb through her election to the Senate. She says in the introduction that it was originally intended to be only a portrait of her 8 years in the White House, but, she writes, "I quickly realized that I couldn't exlpain my life as First Lady without going back to the beginning." The book chronicles, in traditional chronological sequence, Hillary's years in college; meeting Bill Clinton; as Arkansas' First Lady; the road to the White House; and finally her election in new York.

The book has chapters that will provide fodder for Hillary's supporters:

-- Jesse Gordon, jesse@OnTheIssues.org, Dec. 2007

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Abortion    Hillary Clinton: Alternatives to pro-choice like forced pregnancy in Romania.

Civil Rights    Hillary Clinton: 1972: Worked with Edelman on school desegregation in South.    Hillary Clinton: Gay soldiers need to shoot straight, not be straight.

Education    Hillary Clinton: AR Reform plan pushed mandatory teacher testing.

Families & Children    Hillary Clinton: 1974 article: put abused children into state care.

Foreign Policy    Bill Clinton: Months of preparation went into Arafat-Rabin handshake.

Government Reform    Hillary Clinton: Called for ban on all soft money in 2000 campaign.

Gun Control    Hillary Clinton: Congress' failure at Littleton response inspired Senate run.

Health Care    Bill Clinton: 1992 campaign: "It's the economy, stupid" but healthcare too.    Hillary Clinton: 1990s reform called "secretive" but had 600 in working group.

Homeland Security    Hillary Clinton: I despise terrorism and the nihilism it represents.

Principles & Values    Bill Clinton: Nominated Dukakis at 1988 Convention; turned into fiasco.    Bill Clinton: Loves Hillary but has caused pain in their marriage.    Bill Clinton: Gave up job with McGovern 1972 campaign to follow Hillary.    Hillary Clinton: My mom could not live my life; father could not imagine it.    Hillary Clinton: Mother, Dorothy, offended by mistreatment of any human being.    Hillary Clinton: Father, Hugh, focused on self-reliance & personal initiative.    Hillary Clinton: AuH2O: Supported Goldwater on basis of individual rights.    Hillary Clinton: 1976: Organized Indiana for Carter-Mondale campaign.    Hillary Clinton: 1980: Bill practiced Lamaze, but Chelsea delivered Caesarian.    Hillary Clinton: 1992: Meant "active partner" with "buy one get one free".    Hillary Clinton: Loves Bill despite affairs; not just "Stand By Your Man".    Hillary Clinton: Meant "women work conflict" with "stay home & bake cookies".    Hillary Clinton: Hillaryland meant active & influential First Lady staff.    Hillary Clinton: Vince Foster's suicide spurred conspiracy theories galore.    Hillary Clinton: Monica investigation abused process to undermine presidency.    Hillary Clinton: Case for Bill's impeachment was unjustified constitutionally.

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