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The Hillary Nutcracker
$59.99
I love this nut cracker! Totally funny and suprisingly sturdy. Goes well with the Bill Clinton corkscrew.

The Shadow Party: How George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Sixties Radicals Seized Control of the Democratic Party
$14.99
Obama, the man who never did anything, but is now an expert on everything, is the direct beneficiary of the Shadow Party described by Horowitz and Poe. I began using "Ofraudobama" in the spring of 2008 because little of what the man said bore any semblance to reality. My bewilderment at Obamania was due to the fact that I deferred reading Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals" and "The Shadow Party" until November 2009.

Horowitz and Poe provide an excellent account of the antecedents which produced the coup in Washington in January 2009. While they focus on the influence of George Soros, their real contribution lies in describing the coalescence of disparate Statist special interests into a cohesive political force.

I did not verify the voluminous footnotes, nor can I comment on the precise role Soros actually plays. I can say the authors accurately describe an intricate web of well-funded Statist radicals who intend to redefine America. Some will call it a conspiracy. Some will call it a movement. Whatever it is called, it is in fact an elitist effort to impose their will through authoritarian government, to diminish the global stature of the United States, and to destroy the American economy. It appears they are succeeding.

The authors, writing in 2006, missed the call on Hillary as president. They do describe an element common to all three of the leading candidates for president in 2008: Clinton, Obama, and McCain all received substantial funding from Soros, his foundations, or affiliates of his foundations.

The authors provide a valuable service by naming individuals and organizations involved in the Statist movement, and the tactics they employ. Those same individuals and organizations are well represented in the Obama administration and intimately involved in the promotion of "health care reform" and "cap and trade". The tactics employed by this Statist movement bear an uncanny resemblance to those of Lenin and Alinsky.

The movement described by Horowitz and Poe has matured and has produced a president. Squabbles between "liberals" and "conservatives" are now irrelevant. The argument is now about a free society versus Statism.

The authors provide a road map for understanding this ascendant political power and its authoritarian objectives. Anyone concerned about individual and economic liberty would be well advised to read this book. I particularly recommend this book to those on the Left: what you think you see is not what you will get. If the Statists pass health care and cap and trade legislation, the American experiment in individual liberty and economic freedom will become a footnote in history.

Hillary Clinton's Race for the White House: Gender Politics and the Media on the Campaign Trail
$26.50
Senator Hillary Clinton won 18 million votes in 2008 - nearly twice that of any presidential nominee in recent history - yet she failed to secure the Democratic nomination. In this compelling look at Clinton's historic candidacy, Regina Lawrence and Melody Rose explore how she came so close to breaking the ultimate glass ceiling in US politics, why she fell short, and what her experience portends for future female candidates in the media-saturated game of presidential politics. The result is more than just a postmortem of the Clinton campaign. Lawrence and Rose craft a sophisticated argument about the complex mix of gender stereotypes, media routines, and the particulars of individual character and electoral context that will shape the prospects of any woman who competes in the presidential arena. A compelling look at how Hillary Clinton came so close to breaking the ultimate glass ceiling in US politics, why she fell short, and what her experience portends for future female candidates in the media-saturated game of presidential politics.

Living History
$16.00
I wish Hillary had used a professional writer for this biography that encompasses a most difficult time in modern history...an account of Bill Clinton's youthful success as the governor of Arkansas to becoming the president and going down with Monica Lewinsky.
Most of the time it seems that Hillary has just put her daily diary together but the part where she has to deal with the personal trauma of Bill's infidelity is very moving.