I'm reading Carl Bernstein's A Woman In Charge, after my mom sent it to me on recommendation.
The following passage is just too good to not pass along. Bernstein is addressing the Clinton "ruthlessness":
"But Hillary's is not the caricatured, bitchy, ball-breaking toughness that their enemies like to attribute to her. She has almost always been much more thoughtful than they accorded. It is more like a kind of military rigor: reading the landscape, seeing the obstacles, recognizing which ones are malevolent or malign, and taking expedient action accordingly. Bill's process is different. He is slow to recognize the malevolence in others, he wants to assume the best about them, and he is willing to spend months trying to win their hearts and minds. Hillary means to cut off the enemy at the pass."
--- From "A Woman In Charge," page 84.
(For those of you who remember my "BumperSticker gate," during the '06 Harpool-Champion race, note some of my new ones in the background on my desk.)
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I'm "clearing the deck" reading wise next Tuesday when "Cheney: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President" comes out. I hope it's a fair read (it is written by a writer for the Weekly Standard). Cheney's such an intriguing figure as has appeared to undergo a metamorphosis since 2000. Stephen Hayes goes all the way back to the 1960's in telling the story of Cheney. I hope he answers some questions and gives us a fair and unvarnished look at the VP, who likes to shroud himself in mystery in live in his own world.
Another book note, I'm now reading Newt Gingrich's novel "Pearl Harbor"- very good read.
I just want to know...
is Hillary going to cook Bill breakfast every morning? After all, a woman's place is in the kitchen while barefoot. I guess she can still do that in the White House.
(j/k)
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