The creators of this book did a great job. I especially liked the photo of Hillary with the North Vietnamese AA gun . . .

this book took you back through the times the each president lived there

This is a short, enjoyable read that reprints a series of essays written by Ms. Barlow during the course of the Clinton presidency for a magazine called Chronicles. Each article is essentially another analysis of the character manque of Bubba and his First Lady Macbeth spouse, Hillary. Ideally these essays were better read at the time, because the political events that inspired each are only mentioned in passing. What compensates for this lack of context is the astonishing psychological insight into the personality of our worst First Couple that came as a revelation even to this long time observer of the Clinton years. This is the best description of the personality flaws and dynamics of Bill and Hillary that I have ever seen in print. Even if you think you understood these two, as I did, you will find nuances and hidden dimensions to their motivations and methods that you probably have never thought of or read elsewhere.<>
My only criticism of this book is that it is too much of an intimate character study, brilliant as it is. These essays beg to be rewritten and expanded, to take into account how the flaws in the Clintons' character (and marriage) translated into specific missed opportunities and lousy political decisions for our country. This is a story that has not yet been properly told, nor has the full damage of the Clintons to our political institutions and the respect for the rule of law been made clear to the public. If Ms. Barlow would connect her personality insights to what was actually done - and not done - at the time, this would have been a world class political book.<>
One example, on "gun control" will suffice. The Clintons ran the most antigun administration in our nation's history and even some gun owners have yet to realize how far they were willing to go to nullify the Second Amendment and defang the Bill of Rights. In 1995, Clinton signed the Safe and Drug Free Schools Act which outlawed the possession of a loaded firearm within 1000 feet of any public school receiving federal funds. Prior to this capstone of Sen. Diane Feinstein's legislative career, we had exactly two school shootings in our nations history or one every century or so. After turning our schools into gun-free zones, we had over a dozen schools shootings, of which the one at Columbine High in April 1999 became the most lethal. Was it possible for an avowed policy wonk like Clinton not to recognize that this law was producing the exact opposite of its intent, that it was making our schools less safe and more dangerous? Yet when Wayne LaPiere of the National Rifle Association tried to point out that Bill Clinton may have been willing to have people killed in order to further his antigun legislative agenda, he was vilified by the media. This kind of cold-blooded political ruthlessnes is possible only in a President who has something missing in his own humanity. This is only one example where Ms Barlow would have done her readers greater service by connecting the dots for them, particularly since the national television media scrupulously avoided any mention of the clear pattern of failure associated with the Safe and Drug Free Schools act or how an American President sat in the Oval Office while we had shooting after shooting in our schools and made no move to amend a clearly counterproductive law. And this is only one example on one topic; the Clintons' inaction during the breakup of Yugoslavia would have been a book in itself, resulting in a far greater loss of human life, all of it preventable by a President with the courage to act early on. It would be a great service to the public to have developed the pattern of how the Clinton Presidency took a pass on such missed opportunities and how the pattern is explainable only as a complete lack of character in the incumbent.
This is what Christopher Hitchens tried to do with his book, No One Left to Lie To, but I believe Ms. Barlow could do an even better job if she would concentrate more on the Clintons' policies and how these grew out of their mutually flawed personae. It is my hope that she will go back and turn these insights into a full fledged analysis of the Clinton admininstration and how these two sociopathic parvenues dragged the Presidency and the Federal Government down to the level of a small, failed Southern state, both ethically and politically. Now that would be a read.

I am a Clinton hater. At least that is what I have been labeled by the mainstream, Clinton worshiping media and the many people I know or have spoken with who seem to believe that if you disapprove of anything either Bill or Hillary have ever done, either professional or personal, then you are simply a narrow minded, judgmental, basically evil person who can't come to terms with the fact that the Clintons are brilliant, dynamic, and...cool. According to these people we should feel lucky that the Clintons have graced us with their wisdom, and if we're not, then we're simply out to bash them for no good reason. I mentioned the word judgmental earlier. This is a word that, in recent years, has become synonymous with evil. It seems like there used to be a time when it was okay, even expected, to disapprove of a man compulsively cheating on his wife with women young enough to be his daughter. The reason this is no longer accepted is because the Clintons have created the "everybody does it and if you say you don't then you're lying" mentality. In this book, Mrs. Barlow perfectly describes and disects this mentality, poking giant holes in the glowing media coverage of both Bill and Hillary, and yes, even weighing in with her own personal (some would even say judgmental) opinions. Eight years ago I knew quite a few people who were very supportive of Clinton. They were thrilled that he had been elected and were more than ready to defend his sleazy personality, which, if you think back, had already fully exposed itself even before he took office. As the years wore on and the scandals and lies piled up, these people stopped defending him on a personal level but remained firmly behind him from a professional standpoint. Now that we have reached the end and Bill has left office in a storm of pardon scandals that embarrass even his most dedicated supporters, these people have grown very quiet. They don't even talk about "moving on" as so many people are fond of doing when it comes to Bill and Hillary. They are simply quiet, too smart not to realize that this man is indeed a monumental phony. There were many arguments I had with these people in which I got confused and tongue tied, unable to fend off the creative wordplay that Clinton himself had perfected in his own defense. I only wish I had had this book then, so I could hand it to them and say "this is what I mean." The writing is quick, concise, and most of all, funny. All those thoughts you "Clinton haters" had (or have) swimming in your heads that you can't quite articulate are articulated here. This is not to say that Mrs. Barlow simply bashes away at her subject. She is analytical and intelligent, showing not only why Bill and Hillary are a uniquely awful cultural phenomenon, but also how the mainstream media essentially played the fool for these people. It is amazing to read some of the quotes from columnists that the author responds to. It is also amazing to read some of the quotes from Hillary's speeches. We have been told so many times that she is basically the most brilliant woman ever tht we are quick to accept it. This book very specifically takes these assumptions apart. My only complaint would be that the book is too short. I want more!

I don't pretend not to be a "Clinton hater". Almost everything they have done over the past eight years and beyond has disgusted me. Therefore I am predisposed to liking this book. That being said, the book is useful for anyone who is even the least bit skeptical about these people and what they stand for. It says exactly what I have been trying to say for eight years, and it says it calmly, precisely, with dignity and restraint. This book gets to the point. If some people think it is judgmental, I wouldn't call them wrong. Maybe it's just time we all realized that that isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Read this book.

Even as a life-long democrat, I always knew Bill Clinton was a phony, but I didn't think he was the low-life his critics claimed he was. So, I was reluctant to read this book. I'd heard enough Clinton-bashing. A friend of the author convinced me to read the last chapter, and I ended up reading the whole thing. Mrs. Barlow does her share of bashing here, and, as a collection of essays written over several years, the book seems a little uneven and disjointed in spots. But, having seen from Bill and Hillary what we've seen during the last several weeks, I think Janet Barlow has said something unique and accurate about these people. For all the good they have done, I believe they don't have any real concept of patriotism. Which isn't to say that they are unpatriotic, just nonpatriotic. It's all about them, in the end, no matter what wreckage they leave behind. It's kind of sad, really. Barlow's sense of humor keeps you chuckling along the way, however, and the book is a quick read. I recommend it to other Clinton supporters out there who are ready to take a fresh look at these two people we've defended so steadfastly since 1993. Not every observation in this book is original, but many are, and the author writes beautifully.

Barbara Boxer wrote this book very well...for the avid political guru or for the beginner. She gives a detailed and most personal account of how it was growing up and evolving as a woman in the political arena. hope to get this one signed by her!

I reviewed this book for a political science class, and have since refered to it many other times for enlightenment, inspiration and that general pick me up. Boxer and her daughter write a frank and enlightening journey of the path that modern political women have taken in the baby-boomer generation.

Born at a time when women were encouraged to be a Senator's wife, the women elected during the 1992 "Year of the Woman" were also influenced by the women's movement of the 1960's and 1970's. For the first time in history, women were told that they had a right to seek power in their own name and the above mentioned sense is growing stronger with each new generation.

While women went to Washington before 1992, there was an unspoken assumption they were not going to make waves, instead defering to their male colleagues. Perhaps most importanly, they would only mention women's issues if it was in the context of maintaining the status quo (ie help for homemakers) and did not work as directly for women's equality as would be expected today.

Although it is written by one Senator, the reader can really sense that it was a collaborative effort for all the women in the class of 1992. Even as we have reached higher numbers of women in office (with the election of Michigan's Debbie Stabenow, Missouri's Jean Carnahan and New York's Hillary Rodham Clinton) the journey will never be completed until society becomes more comfortable with independent women office holders.

Obviously very relevant to political women, this book is a good mentoring tool for women in all professions. Even though it is biased towards the next generation of liberal democrats, I also believe that conservatives will be able to draw some inspiration from this book as well. Women will continue to break down political inequalities making our legislative bodies more accurately reflect the population.

Well, the books on Hillary are coming too fast and furious to read all of them. Yet, better to learn more than less. What I cannot understand is why people just do not leave her alone and let the people decide when she runs for election. Speaking of elections, Hillary should switch from running for the Senate of New York to running for The Presidency of the United States. Why? Because she has a great opportunity to win based on her their power of incumbency. No can manipulate people, votes and power better than these two political gurus. If she loses the Senate race and when he leaves the seat of power, like what is in the book, the choice for Americans will be to not recall the past. She is viable, willing and able to win the Presidency now not in 2004. The book discloses such insight between the lines. She has the right to put forth her agenda and have it accepted or rejected by the voters. Read it, it will not provide you with the greatest of stories but it is interesting.

This is a very well written biography of Hillary Rodham Clinton's life from childhood to the aftermath of the Monica scandal. It portrays Clinton as a woman of uncommon intellect and empathy. Warner shows Clinton's dream of a better well-being for America's children, and her personal and not so personal successes and failures. I believe Warner does show the "real" Hillary Clinton.

This book portrays Hillary Clinton as an intelligent, complex, strong, sensitive person. Her identity as a thoughtful, dedicated public servant has been derailed by marital troubles, the harrowing pursuit by partisan bloodhounds, and the fickle opinion of the press and public. This is a book about the stigma that still exists in being a smart, bold woman. It is a sad, frustrating story about misunderstandings, personal foibles, and distortions of Clinton motives and activities created by politics and the media. A believable portrait of Hillary Clinton as a lively, spirited individual who cast her fate with a man whose ideals she shares, suffering pain and doubt that the public and press presume to be privy to but don't understand. We see her expend her incredible energy and talents in public service, only to have her intentions twisted. The book details a great body of work she's done in the areas of family and child advocacy, which endears her as a truly dedicated public servant. I want my daughter to read this book and to learn to persevere, as I cheer Hillary Clinton on to do.

What most impresses me about Ms. Olson's book is that it's an extremely readable, comprehensive account of the Clintons' scandals, lies, and PR dodges and spins throughout their many years on the public payroll. Although little in this book breaks entirely new ground, Olson does chronicle each episode without histrionics, and the astonishing weight of her evidence is a damning indictment of their arrogance, abuses of power, and diabolical manipulation of the media and public opinion -- not the least of which was the absolute willingness of each of them to commit perjury. Brava, Barbara, you made your case!

This book is enough to scare any patriotic American. Barbara Olsen was a brave woman to go ahead and print it , considering what has happened to some others who crossed Hilary or "The Clintons". It is no wonder Krushev said "We will take you without firing a shot." This is what he meant--We will infiltrate your media,children,congress men and women, senate,any official ,newspapers and keep on badgering until you have become a changed country. Hilary is still adhering to the
Saul Alinsky rules for radicals. She has done what they teach all radicals--to dress and talk like the establishment and continue the agenda of a true radical,while seeming to be a regular guy, meanwhile demoralizing and destroying America. In other words be a "Wolf In Sheep's Clothing." According to the book "Hell To Pay" she has known Tom Dashle for a long time. It is interesting to watch her when she can get right up under his shoulder and mastermind him like she did Bill Clinton. "Dashle,the next Bill Clinton."
Also, former federal prosecutors don't make mistakes, Barbara Olsen did a terrific job of exposing Hilary Clinton for what she is. We should all be frightened that she is in our senate!

It's all here in a concise and entertaining package--the truth about the infamous, pear-shaped, waddling atrocity in a pantsuit. Fun and factual, this book is a definitive portrait of the over-the-top, Grand Guignol life of a true villain. Don't miss it!

Mr Halley is simply a stooge for the Clintons; he is their response to Drudge they hate so much for having first revealed the Lewinsky story; needless to say, Drudge is as a disgusting a character as anyone trying to balance out his role in the media at the behest of the Clintons who know no limits so far as manipulating public response to their doings is concerned;
nice try, Mr Halley--put on a cap instead of Drudge's stupid hat and make a few bucks along the way...

There is always a possibility that your stalwart support of Senator Clinton (D-New York)will yield a second-tier position in the future Clinton II administration.

Patrick S. Halley's book On the Road with Hillary is a terrific, rollicking, fun read. For Hillary fans, political junkies, or just folks who want to know what really goes on behind the scenes, this is a great book.
I'm not a political junkie but I learned a lot from this book and enjoyed it...Halley is a great story teller, and he tells a story as if you were in his favorite pub in Boston, with him regaling you with tales of a trip just completed, laughing over a glass of his favorite potion, Guinness stout.
Halley is one of the pople that set up appearances for political figures. He prepares successful appearances for Hillary all over the country, from isolated rural college campuses to big city parades and fund raisers. He visits umpteen countries, suffering the hardships of dining in Paris and visiting the poorest places in the world, including Mother Teresa's orphanage in Calcutta. Through it all he never loses the pinch me sense of wonder of a working class kid who makes it good on his native talents but still can't believe his good fortune.
One of the best parts of the book is getting to look at Mrs. Clinton as a real human being. Halley is an unabashed Hillary lover, and he is right up front about that. The thing I liked though is the book does show her as a real flesh and blood human being, and not the one dimensional figure we get through the media at times.
Halley has a real talent for finding trouble and then getting out of it, usually in a daring and funny way. Some of his best stories are about how he wound up buck naked in the lobby of Tokyo's finest hotel, in a losing test of wills with an enraged yak, and in a shoving match with President Clinton while an aghast Mrs. Clinton looked on. But everyone will have a different favorite from this book.
So Hillary bashers, down a quart of maalox and loosen up a bit! But for Hillary lovers, Hillary neutrals, people who like politics, or just people who like fun, this is the book for you.

Just finished this book. I found it to be a very honest account of Mrs. Clinton. A must read. I've always found it amusing that all the Clinton "haters" out there buy the books and read them!Interesting.

I am not a fan of the Clintons and I emphatically voted against Hillary in the recent New York senatorial election. Nonetheless, I must say that this is a beautifully illustrated, tastefully written book about the White House and the Clintons' life in it. The book is chock full of excellent photographs and the glitter and style of America's most famous address is well covered. The book does not rate a fifth star for one reason: daily life in the Clinton White House is not well covered. If there was a book about the Ford White House, for example, you would have probably seen the photos of Ford preparing waffles for breakfast and daughter Susan, in shorts, tee shirt and bare feet, washing her car. Such personal glimpses of the Clintons are not in this book. Still, this is a wonderful book that belongs on your coffee table. I may not like Hillary but, I like this book.

Loved this book! Fabulously illustrated celebration of the White House's 200th. Annv. Nice variety of behind-the-scenes photos of the First Family and the White House staff, and a sneak-peek into the private places (once not allowed) hidden from the watchful-eye of the "JQ Public," historic treaures now ours to look at for as long as we like and to enjoy! Thank You, Hillary!

For many of us, the White House is a fascinating topic. There are never enough books to read. Hillary Rodham Clinton has given what I love to see: a book that is genuinely democratic, that is, featuring the butlers and stolling musicians alongside the statesmen and superstars (even to giving us the names of tree-decorating volunteers shown in the photographs). Like no other book on the President's House, this one makes it clear that this is the people's house. Of course it is much more. Within my lifetime it has become a magnificent museum of American History. And take note, not just an archive: the book clearly indicates that visitors will see objects received as the legacy of previous presidents and their families. I remember my once-only walk tour of the White House. It went so fast! While many rooms are a kind of blur, I will never forget leaving by the front door and walking down the curved drive to the street! What a rush. If you can't get to Washington or don't know the president well enough to get his personal guided tour, Mrs. Clinton's book is the next best thing.

Liking Clinton, I always felt nagging worry as Whitewater was constantly mentioned. "How the Media Invented Whitewater" INVENTED!! Surely that's biting off more than could possibly be said with confidence and a straight face. Then I read the book. Apprehension turned to outrage. Jeff Gerth of the New York Times went to Arkansas looking for a story. He extensively interviewed Clinton's Commissioner of Securities regarding S&L regulation. Finding Gerth long on opinions and shakey on the facts, the Commissioner wrote Gerth long memos (reprinted in "Fools for Scandal") detailing the facts of regulatory activity, corroboration existed in state government files and the RTC office that had participated in the joint regulation that included ultimately kicking Jim MacDougal out of Madison Guaranty, then the RTC taking it over. With these facts, Gerth went on to write "news" stories that are half false and half disinformation, published at a time when Clinton's 1992 campaign was imploding and this kind of story could have been the last straw. But nobody is tougher than Clinton. Lyons details each basic fact of Whitewater as a business, as a deal, and as a scandal. That it has been turned into a scandal is a tribute to how easily we can become victims of a hoax. Take the case of Jean Lewis, the so-called RTC whistle-blower. Since Madison Guaranty had no assets to recover for the RTC, Jean Lewis was assigned to other Arkansas S&Ls that had cost the government 20x more and did have recoverable assets. Jean Lewis announced to the coworker she was "out to change history" during the fall 1992 campaign and disobeying her superiors and her assigned case load worked full time to follow Madison Guaranty. She referred criminal charges and pressed the Republican Federal prosecutor in Little Rock, who said he would be guilty of prosecutorial misconduct if he brought a case with such a lack of evidence. Did you know that Jean Lewis had a side business selling "Presidential Bitch!" coffee cups with Hillary's picture on them, and on her company's business cards she used her RTC's office phone number? Jean Lewis is a cross between Mary Matalin and Gordon Liddy. She bought a tape recorder, and secretly taped her coworkers as she attempted to get them to make implicating remarks. She testified to the Whitewater Committee quoting coworkers based on her tapes, but adding insult to injury she misquoted what they had said. She testified she had bought this tape recorder after these quoted conversations occurred. Richard Ben-Veniste, the Committee's Democratic counsel, subpeoned the records of the store to find the tape recorder was bought before any of these conversations started. Jean Lewis committed perjury about half a dozen times in her tesimony to the Whitewater Committee. Having watched her testimony that day, and Richard Ben-Veniste's interrogation of her, I couldn't believe she was still being called a whistle blower. Afterwards, she puked from stress, and was too nervous to testify the next day. But the Republican propaganda machine was in full swing, with Jim Leach as pointman, who I lost all respect for as a result of his reckless attacks. Ken Starr, who continued to represent clients in litigation against the RTC even while serving as Independent Counsel, took Jean Lewis as an "advisor" since nobody at the RTC wanted her back. Those big S&L's in Arkansas she was assigned to recover money from? The statute of limitations expired while she ignored her assigned work and changed history. Don't expect Ken Starr to prosecute her for perjury. Don't expect the news media to put her tesimony up to scrutiny. Personal sarcasm not in the book: Arkansas politics, always referred to in the media as "inbred" (read: hillbilly), is an easy target of the "sophisicated" Eastern media. A subliminal message is they're looking down their collective nose at Arkansas - as if no scandal in New York politics? Or no one who would subscribe to a scandal sheet for entertainment? No, everything we print is true. I see why The Star is now quoted in the same company with this media, and reeking of resentment that a little hillbilly from a backwater state, took the government from its self-appointed owners, and "now we'll punish them for being successful" mentality. Arkansas the state has taken such a beating from national Republicans that the Arkansas Republicans started complaining. Negative politics, which we profess to hate, is recycled in the form of smear, scandal and the Rush Limbaugh School of Character Assassination. Bill Clinton is smarter and tougher than can be imagined. He is tough enough to withstand this unbelievably insane assault, and he is the real victim of Whitewater both financially and politically. Finding no substance in Whitewater, we have watched all year while attacks are packaged into another series of accusations. The media parrots the Republican smear campaign, and are insulted at non-cooperation from the Clintons, having distorted quotes and facts. Clinton is smart enough to use the legal protections of the justice system for the innocent. He is also smart enough to keep his mouth shut, and suffer the slings and arrows. Bill Clinton went into business with Jim MacDougal. Other people went into business with Jim MacDougal, such as Sheffield Nelson, Clinton's 1990 Republican opponent for governor, and Jerry Jones, natural gas/real estate wheeler-dealer turned Dallas Cowboys owner. "Fools For Scandal" provides considerable perspective of the business activities engaged in by these people. It's a big story. Don't make the mistake that you think you understand what's going on. Many people are convinced Clinton is guilty of crimes in Whitewater. Ask them what they are, though, and they can't tell you. Ask them why it's illegal to have lost $42,000 in a business venture, which the Clintons did, and they can't explain why that's a crime. Then neither is any thing else. There are other victims in Whitewater, I think. Like Roger Altman, who may have made the mistake of believing what The New York Times reported about the President, and got nervous, like I felt hearing it too. It's always easier to announce the conclusion of a book in a review than it is to recount the facts point by point. I feel the book stated the facts convincingly and the facts were woven together with background and context. If you can find any thing in this book that can't be verified by original documents, I'd like to know. This book is an investigative report where the media is investigated and scrutinized and found untrustworthy. And it took somebody from Arkansas to show us that.

Lyons makes it depressingly clear how the contemporary media, particularly the New York Times and Washington Post, is owned by the Republican party. That fact became obvious to millions of previously naïve Americans in the aftermath of the stolen presidential election, and certainly explains reporter's fascination with Whitewater in the absence of public concern. At the time of Clinton's Presidency, I subscribed to the NY Times, and had no idea how corrupt and biased they were and are, but couldn't understand why they were latching onto the Whitewater story, when there didn't seem to be any substance. I now know better, thanks in part to this book.

It's really quite chilling to read Lyons' account of how processed the NY Time's version of "news" was, how much of the truth they covered up, and how few of the inconvenient facts they allowed their readers to see. The Time's just prints all the news that fits the myth. It's very scary that most other newspapers follow the mighty Times like sheep and just accept their accounts.

I really didn't have much sympathy for Hillary Clinton until I read this book, and now I have some insight into what she endured, and why she made certain decisions. It's a disturbing and uncomfortable truth that Lyons tells, but Americans need to know.

The nucleus of Lyons' book began as an October 1994 article in Harper's Magazine. In it he confirmed what I and others had suspected: There was no there there in the Whitewater story, and that it was a hoax with regard to the Clintons.

Two years later, at around the 1996 elections, Lyons and the editors of Harper's came up with this book. More than just a recounting of the Whitewater saga, this book is one of the most damning indictments of journalistic malpractice ever written. At the core of the book is the behavior of journalists at various newspaper and broadcast media outlets in general, with particular emphasis on the New York Times and the now-discredited reporter Jeff Gerth. Needless to say, Lyons' book got a lousy review in the NYT Book Review, yet nobody has ever refuted anything Lyons wrote. Indeed, his book has stood the test of time.

Breezily written, yet meticulously researched, Lyons' book can be read in a sitting or two. I also recommend the section in the back of the book featuring a discussion with Lyons and a number of other journalists with regard to the lack of journalistic standards in the Whitewater reporting.

This book can also be seen as a forerunner to Lyons' (and Joe Conason's) upcoming book on the so-called Clinton Scandals, "The Hunting of the President." If that book is anything like "Fools for Scandal," it should be very good, indeed. Lyons and Conason will still not be invited to the Georgetown cocktail parties, however.

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.

The late Barbara Olson chronicles in expert fashion and honest conservative journalistic style the many horrific and unspeakable travesties perpetrated by Bill and Hillary at the tumultous conclusion to their 8 year co-presidency. I read in horror and shock as the business partnership, not anything remotely resembling a couple, that is Bill and Hillary, or PLOTUS and FLOTUS as Barbara succintly refers to them as, time and time again committed heinous injustices.

"Not since the opening of the gates of the Bastille have so many criminals been liberated on a single day." On his infamous last day as Commander-in-Chief, Clinton granted 140 highly dubious pardons along with 36 commutations to bring to a deplorable record grand total of 450 for his tawdry tenure of depravity. Olson masterfully documents the infamous Marc Rich as Clinton pardons the #6 Most Wanted Fugitive by the Justice Department saying that the biggest tax defrauder in U.S. history, who by the way had renounced his U.S. citizenship and was conveniently "living abroad" and whose ex-wife channeled countless donations and gifts to the Prez, was "wrongly indicted".

Among the shady and unscrupulous criminals pardoned were Bill's cocaine-snorting and habitually law-breaking half-brother Roger Clinton, as well as ex-lover Susan McDougal, drug king pins(whom Clinton had pledged to put away only 8 years ago apparently in meanignless campaign rhetoric, notorious cop killers, convicted anti-American terrorists, and a slew of other so-called unfairly indicted miscreants. Olson tells of the ostensibly coincidental(as Hillary calls it) DNC, Senate, and Clinton Library contributions and gifts well in excess of a million dollars that were gratiously received by Bill and Hillary in exchange for the unethical and as if it matters to Bill - highly illegal as well -quid pro quo deals for immunity and pardons. From the Secret Service's codename for Roger(Headache) to the White House Lawn Marines' refusal to right face when the draft-dodging, military-gutting Clinton walked past(and how they miraculously reconvened the first day of George W. Bush's tenure) are just a couple of the insider tidbits that the articulate and dearly missed Barbara Olson conveys to the reader in this entertaining and informative short read. The benefits and knowledge of the real & unadulterated truth - the stuff the liberal media conveniently let slip through the cracks - proves worth the little time needed to read this compelling book.

America's collective jaw is still touching the floor after what happened in the final days of the Clinton presidency. The whole thing seems so surreal and hard to believe. White House treasures stolen, pardons to fugitives, vandalism, etc. A book that will leave many heads shaking.

Also recommended: "COCKPIT CONFESSIONS OF AN AIRLINE PILOT, "
by Keshner.