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She asks a good question. The answer is simple. She lost.
She just must get over it and face the truth.
The people didn’t want her in the White House.
There is a principle I learned in my Psychology class—the
more you talk about a subject trying to justify an action, the more likely it
is that you are trying to convince yourself of a truth which isn’t true.
When I pick up a book written by Mrs. Clinton I get the feeling
a snow job is being presented. We may never really know what happened if the
only document you depend on is written by a politician. Their job, as I see it,
is to snow the people. And with a history such as Hillary has going into this
book, the more your snow discerner should be active.
Not that she doesn’t believe her explanation to be truth and
as such only she can properly present the facts. In this book she whines (in
the fourth grade I wore glasses and the children called me four eyes. That
hurt.) and blames.
When the dust settles and historians in years to come
research the time covered in this book, from the start to the end, the massive
tomes left behind by Clinton will be one of the documents they use. Care must
be taken to understand the context, the time in which it was written, and the
internal factors that went into the reporting.
This seems to be a popular book. I
got my copy through the library. I had to put it on the hold list and I was one
of the 325 people who were waiting for one of the 26 books held by the library
to be made available. So that is why I am doing this book in 2018
Reading this book, I still don’t
know why she lost. What I do understand is her view of the journey. She tries
to justify her deserving of the position she didn’t get. She whines and seems
in shock. Ultimately, she talks about herself, and do we really need another
book about Hillary?
Her chapters are long and rambling
somewhat. I do notice when she talks about women she portrays them as strong,
independent individuals. Most all. She may be doing this to try to present
herself as a strong woman.
In her chapter about her youth her dad is
somewhat absent.
What Happened is more a
justification for her than an explanation of why she fought so long and still
came short of the prize. She spends a large portion on her political carrier,
justifying her right to be president. She tends in portions to become a bore.
It has 464 pages and an index.
Published by Simon and Schuster.
