POWER HUNGRY? NEW BIO, SAME OLD HILLARY ATTACKS

[William769]

June 24, 2007 -- A WOMAN IN CHARGE: THE LIFE OF HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
BY CARL BERNSTEIN
KNOPF, 640 PAGES, $27.95

CARL Bernstein's "A Woman in Charge" begs a basic question: Does a market-saturation point exist for Hillary Clinton anecdotes seeking to prove the irrelevant claim that she is ambitious and calculating, two traits that go with politics like peanut butter with jelly?

Anyone who has spent three seconds in Washington - a hotbed of narcissistic overachievers - can recognize the bizarre double standard to which Clinton is constantly held. But like many previous efforts to analyze the former first lady, U.S. senator and presidential candidate, Bernstein's book rehashes the standard litany of Hillary-bashing complaints: She's calculating; she's ambitious; she's arrogant. (Never mind that the people making the accusations - politicians, reporters and political operatives - possess those characteristics in spades.)

Many people may forget that the Clintons and their staff were once outsiders. Bernstein, a legendary Washington observer, aptly captures Mrs. Clinton's sense of destiny bumping up against the mob of self-important swells and press corps that enforces Washington's rituals with the zeal of fraternity hazers.

He details Mrs. Clinton's disdain for an inbred Capitol culture she believed harmed the country and the price paid by the young Clinton administration for her refusal to stroke Washington's fragile egos. While her supporters regarded this as evidence of her idealistic commitment to fixing the country's problems, her detractors found it damning proof of her arrogance and "messianic" sense of purpose.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/06242007/postopinion/postopbooks/power_hungry__postopbooks_kirsten_powers.htm

[illinoisprogressive]

1. Everyone was an outsider at one time. After so many years they have become the ultimate insiders.

[RufusTFirefly]

2. Ah yes, the illustrious New York Post...

... that bastion of journalistic excellence, owned by (anyone? anyone?)..



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[William769]

4. If thats all you have to offer for a rebuttal.

I'm not even going to waste my time

[RufusTFirefly]

6. And if that's all you have as a rebuttal to my rebuttal...

[William769]

7. My rebuttal trumps your rebuttal.

:rofl:

[jefferson_dem]

5. And this op piece was drafted by Kirsten Powers, one of FauxNews "faux Dems"

that they roll out from time to time to pretend as if they're balanced. Not to be taken seriously.

I know Kirsten is a Hillary backer. Is she on the payroll?

[MrPrax]

8. hehe...

Yeah...that's a good rebuttal!

if the Post likes her, then it probably best to have another 'hard' look at the other candidates -- who thunk an endorsement from the NYPost is a positive anyway. Depending on who the Pukes shove out on stage, I'll assume National Review will probably endorse HRC eventually. :eyes:

[William769]

3. self delete, posted wrong place.

I'm not even going to waste my time.

[AZBlue]

9. Have you read the book?

I haven't and can't decide if I want to or not. I hear conflicting things about it. Which I suppose is really the answer to my own question - I should read it and make up my own mind, huh?!

Also - thank you for a non-abusive post. You're one of the minority here who post reasons why I should support your candidate, not why I shouldn't support another. And that is a big deal to me!

[coco77]

10. Where was he in 2004...

and where is his book on W and cheney. He really expects us to believe that she is worser than these people, and all of the rest of them who are writing these books.