Hillary's History (P.J. O'Rourke reviews 'Living History')

The Weekly Standard ^ | 07/14/03 | P.J. O'Rourke

[JulieRNR21]

Speaking of amazon.com, those who have read her book need to go and give her some feedback and more stars. The liberals are making her star rating only 3 stars. Her avg star rating is the same as Hillary's book. That needs to be remedied.

Exactly.....anyone who has read Ann Coulter's "Treason" needs to get to Amazon.com ASAP & write a review!

Freepers please ping your friends and ask them to join this effort!

[Mitchell]

P. J. O'Rourke bump.

Thanks for posting this.

[Avoiding_Sulla]

I believe your ping list could use a bit of the lite side of Mugabe as seen by his fan, Hillary -- to wit<G>:

On page 402 we are presented with a rare, possibly unique, portrait of the likeable side of Robert Mugabe: "President Mugabe said little during my courtesy visit with him in the presidential residence in the capital, Harare. He paid close attention to his young wife, Grace, while I made conversation with her, and he periodically broke into giggles for no apparent reason."

There must be some suitable use for this excerpt, perhaps on a continuous loop tape, at some not-too-soon-in-coming setting-arights.

[thegreatbeast]

But do we now as a fact that she failed the DC bar exam? I never heard that before.
Inquiring minds want to know. But your point is well taken. Neither Bill nor Hillary could have gotten where they are without the other. They fill each others dark, empty void.

[Jhensy]

Man, that is a classic of literary criticism; it should be in every textbook. PJ is a comic genius.

[Bringbackthedraft]

"I just waved and let the cheers wash over me." Like the benefit for the NYPD and NYFD? Amazing what they can do with dubbing. However she was with her following therefore we can believe that. Soon the " The Party is Hillary, Hillary is America, All of America is Hillary!! (Fill in your own type of cheers.) Please not again in my lifetime.

[woofie]

The Alpha-dork husband, the super-twerp wife, and the hyper-wonk vice president--together with all their mega-weenie water carriers, such as vicious pit gerbil George Stephanopoulos and Eastern diamondback rattleworm Sidney Blumenthal--spent eight years trying to make America nothing to brag about. ...............................................................................................Excellent!!!!

[Avoiding_Sulla]

There must be some great material that could be cartooned and made ready for FReep signage.

For instance:

-- when Hillary meets Queen Elizabeth, "She reminded me of my own mother."

-- When Jiang tells her that the Chinese had liberated Tibet "I don't think Jiang . . . was being quite straight with me on Tibet."

[cyncooper]

Good catch. It's too bad that PJ missed this. ('course I did too when I read his review.)

I think he was more taken with the visual image hrc paints, along with her commentary on what it all meant to her:

One snowy night during my freshman year, Margaret Clapp, then President of the college, arrived unexpectedly at my dorm. . . . She came into the dining room and asked for volunteers to help her gently shake the snow off the branches of the surrounding trees so that they wouldn't break under the weight. We walked from tree to tree through knee-high snow under a clear sky filled with stars, led by a strong, intelligent woman alert to the surprises and vulnerabilities of nature. . . . I decided that night that I had found the place where I belonged.

No fair consulting Freud.

[Paulus Invictus]

PJ! That was a choice review and spot on! I did a quick read of the book and had to put it down fast. Boring is not the word. Soporific fits better. If anyone is actually reading this tripe, they are brain-dead.

She comes off as I have always thought she was, a commonplace leftist idiot with grand self-delusions of intelligence and wisdom, neither of which attributes will ever describe her Heinous.

[Paulus Invictus]

But old Billy found and dallied mightily with the real Ms. Arkansas.

[willyboyishere]

Priceless P.J.

[OldFriend]

I only read about two hundred pages and had to give up. But I remember a paragraph that sticks in my mind.....she bragged about getting a rape charge plea bargained down for a man who was accused of raping a young girl.

Anyone else remember the details?

[Deadeye Division]

bttt

[Mia T]

[FBD]

Great review of the Hildabeast's 'Lying Herstory'.

Thanks for the ping. PJ is hilarious, and spot on as usual.

[b4its2late]

What a waste of good trees.

[sweetliberty]

"a normal reader would have lost interest by the 3rd chapter."

Considering that the average DUh'er has the attention span of a gnat, how far you reckon they'll get? Actually, they'll probably just figure after the first chapter that she is simply too smart for them to understand.

[AnnaZ]

[sweetliberty]

"the rise of Clinton-style über-mediocrity--with its soaring commonplaces, its pumped trifling, its platinum-grade triviality"

Yep; I would definitely agree that is the best line.