J. Peter Freire
Krull, Kathleen
booKs IN revIeW The Slaughterhouse Presidential Material Parents, you may be worried about all the time your 30-something kids spend “trying to figure it all out” while they live in...
...Apparently, Barack Obama friggin loves beaches...
...He also passed the “did you spend your early adulthood handing out pamphlets in an urban dwelling” litmus test, proving an early aptitude for handouts that would make him a star among the Democratic Party...
...In fact, the 2008 Democratic presidential This holiday season, give the gift of The American Spectator and receive an exclusive Ronald Reagan print, free...
...booKs IN revIeW The Slaughterhouse Presidential Material Parents, you may be worried about all the time your 30-something kids spend “trying to figure it all out” while they live in your basement...
...The cover resembles a portrait of Nelson Barack Obama friggin loves beaches...
...The campaign’s motto, I think, was “Kenya Dig It...
...But what a precocious tyke...
...Obama went to Indonesia as a kid, too, so that he might discover really poor people and learn how not to become one of them...
...One intern suggested throwing the clipboard itself...
...Foreign policy...
...Opening each book and setting them next to the each other will provide a subtle contrast: Hillary Clinton smiling while she single-handedly runs health care into the ground, Obama glowing like a magical pixie, and John McCain sitting in a prison cell, alone and beaten...
...And like any trailblazer, Hillary… uh…quit...
...At some point, you want to say, “Yes, but what did you actually do...
...When a kid sits on a beach to wonder what it all means, it’s called “California...
...Young Hillary Rodham J. Peter freire is managing editor of The American Spectator...
...Guns and religion...
...After all, it is written for the core liberal demographic: screaming eight-year-olds...
...Thebookdoesn’tgetinto Hillary Rodham Clinton: Dreams Taking Flight By Kathleen Krull (Simon & SchuSter, 40 pageS, $16.99) Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope By Nikki Grimes (Simon & SchuSter, 48 pageS, $16.99) reviewed by J. Peter freire that, though...
...Housing crisis...
...Obama’s time abroad wasn’t all Africa-based...
...Then Obama goes to Africa, where he finds out that they kind of do...
...Tip: Find a corrupt slum lord like Tony Rezko to get you a bargain on your property...
...These books look patently ridiculous set next to Meghan McCain’s own book, My Dad, John McCain (Aladdin, 2008), which chronicles her father’s heroism in war...
...When most 14-year-olds announce their intentions to become astronauts, parents smile politely but secretly wonder if it means the kids will move out earlier...
...Just call 800-524-3469...
...Why would you bring those to a beach...
...Just look at these two children’s books: Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope and Hillary Rodham Clinton: Dreams Taking Flight...
...But these two books show exactly the sort of self-absorbed dinkelspiel that makes personalitydriven politics so messy to begin with...
...And in a way, this is why Barack Obama was the Democratic nominee for president: He passed the “traveled to Indonesia at an early age” litmus test...
...So here’s my recommendation: this Christmas, give these books to the kid you like least...
...November 2008 THe amerIcaN sPecTaTor 79 booKs IN revIeW Instead, the author directs children’s attention to the fact that by eighth grade, Hillary was able to not only talk but also “argue about current stories in the news...
...A second poll unanimously voted for the clipboard...
...herself wanted to be an explorer in outer space, but was cruelly denied the chance to volunteer at NASA because “some paths were still closed to women, such as the job of astronaut...
...Kids’ books are pretty hard to read...
...Mandela next to a sand castle...
...They successfully communicate the ability of government to glorify do-nothings as heroes...
...Barack Obama’s story takes a Matisse-meetsstrips-of-watercolored-wallpaper approach to illustration...
...Wouldn’t it be cool if we lived in sand castles...
...I’m not sure, though...
...Not to worry...
...There, as a child, he contemplates racial tension or his parents’ divorce, a perfect reminder of what inspires Democratic politicians to wreak havoc with America’s own core values...
...At least not in so many words...
...She quit early on...
...There, as a child, he contemplates racial tension or his parents’ divorce, a perfect reminder of what inspires Democratic politicians to wreak havoc with America’s own core values...
...Before Barack chased his future, he visited his past, traveling to Kenya…” There, he got an idea of the kind of robust economics he should bring to the U.S...
...Democrats call both “presidential material...
...This theme continues through the rest of the book...
...Well, I don’t know if you’ve heard, but McCain’s pretty old...
...The accompanying illustration shows Hillary primly sitting in class with a clipboard and pencil, with a newspaper underneath.Basedonthisinformation alone, a recent poll at AmSpec headquarters shows that if we had known Hillary in eighth grade, a majority of us would have thrown rocks at her...
...Guys, let’s just go to the beach...
...Well, anyway, she did forge ahead by hitching her wagon to Bill Clinton and then winning a Senate seat on her husband’s name and her courageous willingness to look the other way...
...80 THe amerIcaN sPecTaTor November 2008 platform becomes much clearer when viewed through this lens...
...Doing nothing appears to be the best way to become a Democratic Party front-runner...
...Reading these books is like reading a memoir by an alcoholic...
Vol. 41 • November 2008 • No. 9
