I wrote this review quickly because Barbara told me she was sick of looking at Hillary's face on the cover. If she had only read the book. There is so much more of Hillary Clinton about which to be freightened other than her face.

I got this book thinking it would be a behind-the-scenes look at Hillary's White House conduct. The title is what a Secret Service memo said would happen if a desire of the First Lady's wasn't carried out. The book turned out to be a biography. A lot of her history is well known. "Goldwater Girl". Conservative parents. The author, Barbara Olson, was one of the special prosecutors that investigated Filegate and Travelgate. These two scandals are outlined in gruesome detail.

What I didn't know was her radical college life. She supported the Black Panthers, and idolized radical left-wing activist Saul Alinsky. Quotes from his book "Rules For Radicals" are featured at the beginning of each chapter. Particularly revealing were her papers written for various law journals that promote the government taking over child-rearing. Child's rights, in the form of lawyers assigned at birth to represent the interests of every child. Major issues in children's lives would not be decided by parents, but by judges. She learned from civil rights activist Marion Wright Edelman, founder of the Children's Defense Fund, that tying an issue with the "protection of children" makes it easy to push your agenda. If people oppose your issue, they are opposing children.

She worked for the prosecution in the Watergate case. Frequently assigned to find "dirt" on Nixon and his accomplices. You might say she was part of the "vast left-wing conspiracy".

She has a paranoid attitude to much of what she does, preferring to do work in secret. HillaryCare, the great socialized medicine fiasco was such a private matter that no one knew who was on the committee (that at one time reached 500).

It was common knowledge that she knew full well of her husband's womanizing. She used her husband's charisma to propel her (and her radical left-wing idealogy) into a position of power.

This was a very informative look into the writings, behaviors, and (ultimately) behind-the-scenes peek into the actions and "training" of Hillary into the person she is today.

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