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Title: IT TAKES A VILLAGE by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Clinton ISBN: 0-684-81843-4 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 18 January, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.06 (49 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Try reading the book
Comment: My leanings are more right than left but I would take issue with anyone who actually read this book (not just decided to berate the title because you don't like the author) and didn't conclude that Hillary Clinton is every bit a proponent of "family values" as the most right-wing republican.
Mrs. Clinton gives the reader a compelling portrait of her vision for America's Children. To all the rocket scientists who'se reviews made the bold statement "It takes a Mother and Father to raise a Child" you are completely missing the point and obviously didn't read paragraph one of the book. In no way does Clinton devalue parental roles she simply acknowledges that at other people have effects on a child's well being. Children rely on safe neighborhoods, good teachers, readily available health-care and many other facets of "The Village" to be raised properly.
Within the book Ms. Clinton introduces a whole litany of social programs some of which I agree with (better health education and diets in school's to combat obesity, required marital counseling, ) and some of which I don't (socialist medicine and Charter Schools--the former will never fly in this country and the latter are proving to be a flop). Reasonable people can disagree, and while I don't see eye to eye with Clinton on some issues her objective is noble and her writing is enjoyable. FOr the record if Chelsea is any indication--Hillary Clinton is an excellent Mom.
There's little middle ground in this country when it comes to Hillary---I've heard the most vile and disgusting things uttered about her and I've seen her almost worshipped. I like to think I can be part of that middle ground--a right-winger who appreciates the intelligent passionate argument that she brings to the table.
Rating: 1
Summary: Utter Poppycock!
Comment: Fiddle faddle, I say, to this socialized notion of communal raising of children. The only child a village raises is the village idiot! Reduced to expecting handouts and spare change, the idiot becomes predestined for failure.
My father, God rest his soul, taught me with a firm leather bullwhip that success goes to those who work hard for it. With his merciless beatings and occasional encouragement, I became self-reliant, hard working, and quite indifferent to what the village thinks. Not to mention, my fleshy buttocks are now coarser than month-old steel wool. I have never been wont for food or shelter, and have never taken a dime from the elitists.
If only all of America had my father!
Rating: 4
Summary: More books like this needed
Comment: Book Refreshing in Many Ways !
Reviewer: A reader from Wisconsin, USA
Hillary may have her political faults, but she does realize what America's most important priorities should be. If, as a nation we take care of our children, we will be able to start to clean up our culture. In the book, Clinton talks openly about the vulgarity on TV and in the movies and says more regulation and awareness is needed in the area. She says the government must be involved, which hard core republicans may disagree with, but
she also stresses (in so many words) that the government is us, and we must take responsibility for the children that we raise..some on an unhealthy diet of junk food, PlayStation and All Star Wrestling.
She also is strong in her opinion about changes needed in the Family Medical Leave Act. Her words ring true when she says
our culture focusses more on business production than on familyu development, in our get it now culture.
I wish more books like this would be attempted. I believe the family in many ways, is in crisis, and we must be man enough to face it. We need more brave, Harry Truman like democrats who are not afraid to face the facts.
Jeffrey McAndrew
author of "Our Brown-Eyed Boy"
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Title: Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton ISBN: 0743222245 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 09 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: An Invitation To The White House : At Home With History by Hillary Rodham Clinton ISBN: 0684857995 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 14 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Dear Socks, Dear Buddy: Kids' Letters to the First Pets by Hillary Rodham Clinton ISBN: 0684857782 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: On the Road With Hillary: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at the Journey from Arkansas to the U.S. Senate by Patrick S. Halley ISBN: 0670031119 Publisher: Viking Books Pub. Date: 22 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Hillary's Choice by Gail Sheehy ISBN: 0345436563 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 15 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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