The
First Partner : Hillary Rodham Clinton
by Joyce Milton
Hardcover - 435
pages (May 1999) |
The
First Partner : Hillary Rodham Clinton |
A story of the First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Review |
Hillary Rodham Clinton is a touchstone for a generation. Supporters view
her as a feminist icon, detractors as an enabler for her husband's constant
philandering--and as someone with her own dangerous political agenda. The First
Partner is a well-written, well-researched, and insightful biography in which
Joyce Milton fully considers her subject's many contradictions. Hillary Rodham's
upbringing was as stern and demanding as her husband's was loose and adoring. She has
always provided discipline; he, charm. Milton concludes that the first lady's "most
significant public accomplishment by far" has been "saving Bill Clinton from
political ruin" by standing by him and stage-managing behind the scenes on numerous
occasions. Those who crave sensational tidbits will not be disappointed by the book's "greatest hits" recap of the various Clinton scandals: the suggestion that Bill Clinton used drugs when he was governor; that the Clintons considered divorce; the alleged affair between Hillary and Vince Foster; her use of profanity with Secret Service agents; the banning of Barbra Streisand from the White House; the "kitchen coup"; the pornographic Christmas ornaments; the failure to credit her collaborator on It Takes a Village--not to mention Whitewater, Filegate, Travelgate, Chinagate, and Monicagate. Milton claims that whenever there is trouble, Hillary Clinton can usually be found right in the middle of it, but that she consistently denies involvement, expecting friends and employees to cover up for her. Perhaps Milton's most valuable contribution in The First Partner, though, is to take a hard look at HRC's liberal ideas and politics going back to her college days, including the groups to which she has belonged and the people with whom she has associated. An understanding of these views, obviously strongly held, will become increasingly important and relevant when evaluating Hillary Rodham Clinton's political character during--and after--her husband's presidency. --Linda Killian |
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