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Title: The Hillary Trap: Looking for Power in All the Wrong Places by Laura Ingraham ISBN: 1-893554-65-1 Publisher: Encounter Books Pub. Date: December, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.83 (70 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Hillary Trap Rocks the First Lady's World
Comment: At first I was skeptical about the publication of yet another book about Mrs. Clinton, but The Hillary Trap has something for everyone who is curious about the never-ending allure of the Clintons. Ingraham moves the debate about Hillary beyond scandal rehash to a serious and pithy dissection of Hillary's political agenda--along with her personal/power-hungry decision to stand by The First Cheat. The chapters are organized as a series of political and cultural "traps" Hillary has created for herself--the antigun trap and sisterhood trap were my favorites! On page after page, I found myself saying "yes! I especially enjoyed reading Ingraham's anecdotes about her own life and how her family and political experiences shaped the way she looks at the world (and the one Hillary would have us live in). I found that page after page explodes the myth of Hillary Clinton as self-reliant, independent, feminist icon and reveals her to be the opposite. I never thought of it this way before reading this book, but Hillary belongs in the Smithsonian! The woman clings to an outmoded way of thinking, one where all women are victims in need of govt protection, where individual liberty should give way to the liberal social good. I agree with Ingraham that this, combined with her pathetic and sustained defense of her hound-dog husband, proves Hillary to be not the First Feminist, but the First Hypocrite! The Hillary Trap offers an important warning: Women and Men Beware--Mrs. Clinton's social and political "solutions" for children and families will pull you right down into the same mindless groupthink that has kept her stuck in the intellectual quicksand of the late 1960s. A perfect book for anyone who wants substantive artillery in the ongoing Hillary debate. I bought two copies--one for my son, a college freshman; and one for my sister still believes Hillary is misunderstood!
Rating: 5
Summary: BIG SISTER, HILLARY-STYLE
Comment: This book is chock-full of insightful analysis and useful facts for anyone who cares about the integrity of the American political system. Is Mrs. Clinton really the best we can do in New York Democratic politics? Beyond that, does she have a record of achievement that entitles her to a Senate seat or role model status? Ingraham sees Hillary's leftist ideology as offering women nothing but a series of traps of dependency. After all, if women are truly strong and independent, they don't need Hillary or N.O.W. or some other victims' group to "protect" their rights. This isn't another tome of hate against Mrs. Clinton, it's a book that unpacks her ideas, and scrutinizes the effects of those ideas on society at large. Hillary's campaign rhetoric might sound moderate these days (she "cares" about EVERYTHING deeply), but what Laura shows us brilliantly in this book is that in the end, Hillary's policies would just have us replace Big Brother with Big Sister.
Rating: 4
Summary: Book is Really About the Failed Views of Elite Liberal Women
Comment: Laura Ingraham poses an interesting thesis: Hillary Clinton uses the language designed to "liberate" the masses of women in America, yet her policies are less likely to do so. For instance, low-class Sen. Hillary Clinton often speaks of a need for a "village" to raise a child, but in doing so, Ingraham points out, this means taxes must be higher, which decreases the independence of women, and places one's child in a stranger's hands--a child-care provider, which is a necessittee considering our high-tax system (reaching a federal income tax maximum of 35% as of this writing, but was 39.6% when Ingraham published her book).
Similarly, it is also true with other areas--such as self-defense. Hillary Clinton believes that women should not be able to defend themselves, and should instead, while being raped or abused, to accept their victimhood or try to call the police by dialing 9-11, which is not practicle considering police officers cannot be everywhere. Of course, in Hillary's world, this is not a problem since she has Secret Service protection and lives in an upscale neighbhorhood in New York.
The prose is not of the highest quality in this book. It seems that the writer is using the same tone that she would on her radio show, which takes away from the quality of the book. There is a difference between a spooken and written voice, and that is a major defefiency here.
Also, it is important to recognize that while Ingraham is talking about Hillary Clinton, her focus is not necessarily exclusively on her. She is criticizing elite women--those who subscribe to the views of the National Organization for Women, the university professors, female anchors at major news networks (excluding Fox News), and those who work for liberal think tanks or female Democratic Members of Congress.
Overall, it is a good book, although it does lack the quality I have experienced in other conservative books such as Ann Coulter. It lacks the superb logic, researched material, and ability to seriously call one's political opponents for what they are: usurpers of power.
-- Michael Gordon
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Title: Shut Up and Sing: How Elites from Hollywood, Politics, and the UN are Subverting America by Laura Ingraham ISBN: 0895261014 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: 15 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat by Zell Miller, Smyth, Helwys Pub Stroud, Hall Pub ISBN: 0974537616 Publisher: Stroud & Hall Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Treason : Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism by ANN COULTER ISBN: 1400050308 Publisher: Crown Forum Pub. Date: 24 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Arrogance: Rescuing America From the Media Elite by Bernard Goldberg ISBN: 044653191X Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 03 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: The Case Against Hillary Clinton by Peggy Noonan ISBN: 0060393408 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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