Carson, Fantasia, Rumpole, Clinton, Precinct 13, and shopping carts - Uncle Orson Reviews Everything
From Carson, Fantasia, Rumpole, Clinton, Precinct 13, and shopping carts - Uncle Orson Reviews Everything: Review of Morris "Because he could", book on bill clinton.
"....The remarkable thing about Because He Could is that at the beginning, Morris does what I would never have thought possible: He actually makes a convincing case for Clinton having been responsible for some real achievements during his years in the White House.
At the same time, Morris also lays out Clinton's most disastrous mistakes and shows why Clinton did what he did -- and failed to do what he failed to do.
There's nothing in this book for a diehard Clinton supporter to like. But it brings some needed perspective to people like me, who recognized his deep dishonesty and detested his smarminess long before he locked up the Democratic nomination in 1992.
I spent the 90s barely watching television news, because I got nauseated -- or maybe just sick at heart -- whenever I saw his face on the screen as President of the United States.
Morris doesn't change my mind -- I still see the fact that he was elected twice as a permanent black mark against American civilization. But he does make it plain why good and intelligent people served this man, and continued to serve him even after his (and his wife's) utter selfishness and dishonesty were fully exposed."
Well, Card again displays a deep outporing of emotion and stance, without conceiving that the other side could share the same feelings and position about the current president. I expect that sometime in 2013 we'll see a similar book on GW Bush and read the same kind of reviews from a 'blue state' person.
I do give Card this: he perfectly explains the position of a republican-voting person living through the Clinton years. And the marvel of his writing is that, word for word, you can say exactly the same thing about a democrat-voting person today.
"....The remarkable thing about Because He Could is that at the beginning, Morris does what I would never have thought possible: He actually makes a convincing case for Clinton having been responsible for some real achievements during his years in the White House.
At the same time, Morris also lays out Clinton's most disastrous mistakes and shows why Clinton did what he did -- and failed to do what he failed to do.
There's nothing in this book for a diehard Clinton supporter to like. But it brings some needed perspective to people like me, who recognized his deep dishonesty and detested his smarminess long before he locked up the Democratic nomination in 1992.
I spent the 90s barely watching television news, because I got nauseated -- or maybe just sick at heart -- whenever I saw his face on the screen as President of the United States.
Morris doesn't change my mind -- I still see the fact that he was elected twice as a permanent black mark against American civilization. But he does make it plain why good and intelligent people served this man, and continued to serve him even after his (and his wife's) utter selfishness and dishonesty were fully exposed."
Well, Card again displays a deep outporing of emotion and stance, without conceiving that the other side could share the same feelings and position about the current president. I expect that sometime in 2013 we'll see a similar book on GW Bush and read the same kind of reviews from a 'blue state' person.
I do give Card this: he perfectly explains the position of a republican-voting person living through the Clinton years. And the marvel of his writing is that, word for word, you can say exactly the same thing about a democrat-voting person today.
posted by DLoyd76 at 2/02/2005 12:06:00 AM
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