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Read the reviews for Hillary Clinton’s new book! Really!

It doesn’t matter who you support in the upcoming presidential election. You have to read the customer reviews on Amazon for Hillary Clinton’s new book. They are really hilarious, and do a nice job of poking big holes in the bloated pompousness of all politicians. Here is just one example:

I was going to read this book…..I really was. But just as I got started, I found myself under sniper fire, passed out, and fell and hit my head. After that I got double vision and had to wear glasses that were so damn thick I couldn’t even see to read. Then I had an allergic reaction to something and started coughing so hard I spit out what looked like a couple of lizard’s eyeballs, my limbs locked up, and I passed out and fell down again, waking up only to find out I had been diagnosed with pneumonia 2 days earlier. Somehow I managed to power through it all, but it’s a good thing I was able to make a small fortune on this random small trade in the commodities market (cattle futures or some such thing) and then, miracle of all miracles, a few banks offered me a few million to just talk to their employees for a few minutes – and all that really helped out because I swear I was dead broke and couldn’t figure out how I was gonna come up with the 6 bucks to pay for this book, let alone pay the $1,500 for my health insurance this month. I still want to read it, but, honestly, what difference at this point does it make? I hear it sucks anyway.

Then there is this: “”I bought the audio-book version and all I could hear was coughing.”

If you want a few more good laughs take a look. Quite entertaining.

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11 comments

  • Cotour

    Someone emailed me this, written by, Dick Morris. (and don’t forget during all of this Bill is brutalizing and sexually abusing the many women who have publicly accused him of these offenses against women. All abuses of women that (his wife) and the feminist movement apparently can not or are unable to see)

    Bill Clinton’s Loving Wife

    By Dick Morris
    Former political adviser to President Bill Clinton.

    If you happen to see the Bill Clinton 5-minute TV ad for Hillary in which he introduces the commercial by saying he wants to share some things we may not know about Hillary’s background, beware. As I was there for most of their presidency and know them better than just about anyone, I offer a few corrections.Bill says: “In law school, Hillary worked on legal services for the poor.”

    The facts are: Hillary’s main extra-curricular activity in law school was helping the Black Panthers, on trial in Connecticut for torturing and killing a federal agent. She went to court every day as part of a law student monitoring committee trying to spot civil rights violations and develop grounds for appeal.

    Bill says: “Hillaryspent a year after graduation working on a children’s rights project for poor kids.”
    The facts are: Hillary interned with Bob Truehaft, the head of the California Communist Party. She met Bob when he represented the Panthers and traveled all the way to San Francisco to take an internship with him.

    Bill says: “Hillary could have written her own job ticket, but she turned down all the lucrative job offers.”
    The facts are: She flunked the DC bar exam; yes, flunked. It is a matter of record, and only passed the Arkansas bar. She had no job offers in Arkansas – none – and only got hired by the University of Arkansas Law School at Fayetteville because Bill was already teaching there. She did not join the prestigious Rose Law Firm until Bill became Arkansas Attorney General and was made a partner only after he was elected Arkansas Governor.

    Bill says: “President Carter appointed Hillary to the Legal Services Board of Directors and she became its chairman.”
    The facts are: The appointment was in exchange for Bill’s support for Carter in his 1980 primary against Ted Kennedy. Hillary then became chairman in a coup in which she won a majority away from Carter’s choice to be chairman.

    Bill says: “She served on the board of the Arkansas Children’s Hospital.”
    The facts are: Yes, she did. But her main board activity, not mentioned by Bill, was to sit on the Walmart board of directors for a substantial fee. She was silent about their labor and health care practices.

    Bill says: “Hillary didn’t succeed at getting health care for all Americans in 1994, but she kept working at it and helped to create the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) that provides five million children with health insurance.”
    The facts are: Hillary had nothing to do with creating CHIP. It was included in the budget deal between Clinton and Republican Majority Leader Senator Trent Lott. I know; I helped negotiate the deal. The money came half from the budget deal and half from the Attorney Generals’ tobacco settlement. Hillary had nothing to do with either source of funds.

    Bill says: “Hillary was the face of America all over the world.”
    The facts are: Her visits were part of a program to get her out of town so that Bill would not appear weak by feeding stories that Hillary was running the White House. Her visits abroad were entirely touristic and symbolic and there was no substantive diplomacy on any of them.

    Bill says: “Hillary was an excellent Senator who kept fighting for children’s and women’s issues.”
    The facts are: Other than totally meaningless legislation like changing the names on courthouses and post offices, she has passed only four substantive pieces of legislation. One set up a national park in Puerto Rico . A second provided respite care for family members helping their relatives through Alzheimer’s or other conditions. And two were routine bills to aid 911 victims and responders which were sponsored by the entire NY delegation. Presently she is trying to have the US memorialize the Woodstock fiasco of 40 years ago.
    Here is what bothers me more than anything else about Hillary Clinton: She has done everything possible to weaken the President and our country (that’s you and me!) when it comes to the war on terror.

    1. She wants to close GITMO and move the combatants to the USA where they would have access to our legal system.
    2. She wants to eliminate the monitoring of suspected Al Qaeda phone calls to/from the USA .
    3. She wants to grant constitutional rights to enemy combatants captured on the battlefield.
    4. She wants to eliminate the monitoring of money transfers between suspected Al Qaeda cells and supporters in the USA .
    5. She wants to eliminate the type of interrogation tactics used by the military & CIA where coercion might be used when questioning known terrorists even though such tactics might save American lives.
    One cannot think of a single bill Hillary has introduced or a single comment she has made that would tend to strengthen our country in the War on Terror. But, one can think of a lot of comments she has made that weaken our country and make it a more dangerous situation for all of us. Bottom line: She goes hand in hand with the ACLU on far too many issues where common sense is abandoned.

    Share this with every democrat you know. Ask them to prove Dick Morris wrong. Think about it — Dick Morris has said all of this openly, thus if he were not truthful he’d be liable for defamation of character! And you better believe Hillary would sue him.

    Is America ready for a woman president?
    Perhaps we are, but definitely NOT THIS one.

  • Mitch S.

    Figured i’d check trump’s book to see if he’d get the same treatment.
    Looks like Amazon reviewers prefer Trump (and have a great sense of humor).

    https://www.amazon.com/Great-Again-How-Crippled-America/dp/1501138006/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474135641&sr=8-1&keywords=donald+trump

  • PeterF

    I think the number of reviews of Trump’s book exceeds the number of sales of Clintons…

  • Localfluff

    I hope she survives the next six weeks. Any replacement would be a harder competitor for the D J.
    And I truly wish even her the opportunity to retire gracefully. She sold her sold and she’s paying for it. But Jesus is forgiving.

  • INSOMNiUS

    What if Trump’s numbers go up?
    Will Hillary try to out-Trump the Trump?

  • D K Rögnvald Williams

    Thanks for sharing this, Bob. I had a very stressful day and needed some levity.

  • Dave Nicholas

    Thank you, Mr. Zimmerman. I laughed until I had tears in my eyes. Then I just kept reading the reviews out of fascination. I had no idea that so many people were actually paying attention to what has been going on. For the first time in a long time, I feel there is some hope for this country.

  • Cotour

    Got another email: I do remember how Lauer was disciplined in the media after the event, totally believable to me.

    Behind the scenes look at Wednesday, September 7 Commander-in-Chief Forum what Hillary Clinton said and did…

    According to inside sources, after the town hall with Matt, Hillary went ballistic, throwing a huge tantrum, with personal callsto Comcast executives, the parent company of NBC Universal. I guess they got the message with all of the ridiculous headlines to follow over the next couple of days.

    “Matt Lauer was heavily criticized After Moderating Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s Commander-in-Chief Forum by the Clinton camp. Matt Lauer is now facing major backlash following his moderation of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s Commander-in-Chief Forum.

    As viewers witnessed during Wednesday night’s broadcast, Lauer, 58 — who was granted only 30 minutes with each presidential candidate — devoted a good portion of his time with Clinton, 68, to questioning her about sending confidential information over a private email server while she was serving as Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013.

    Hillary’s meltdown included throwing a water glass at a staffer- narrowly missing her head, and demanding Matt Lauer be fired! She was overheard threatening executives at NBC saying “If I lose, we all go down and that Fascist #$%^ will have us swinging from nooses! What the @#$% is wrong with you idiots?”

    It is reported Hillary then screamed at everyone for close to an hour and staffers felt like she was having a “Hitler-like rage meltdown”.

    Calls were made to New York Times, Washington Post and Huffington post and Twitter executives with orders to “Crush Matt Lauer”. As you can easily see with all the headlines from these puppet MSM sources, they are completely bought and paid for.

    Hillary also screamed that she wanted Matt taken off the October debate…
    Let’s see if that command is met. My bet is that it will be.
    Staffers at HRC campaign report that they scared of her, and one described Hillary as “an out of control psychopath”.

    Since Hillary does not allow any staff to have cell phones when she is there, no footage is available, but Hillary is in full frenzy now. She has made it clear that she wants Matt Lauer to be “persona non grata for the rest of his days on earth“.

    Donna Brazile was singled out by Hillary during the rant. Donna was told “You stare at the wall like a brain dead buffalo, while letting $^%&*(% Lauer get away with this betrayal? Get the #$%^ to work janitoring this mess- do I make myself clear???”

    Is this the person we want running the United States…

    http://victuruslibertas.com/2016/09/temper-temper-killary-goes-on-rampage-for-over-an-hour-throwing-glass-at-staffers-head/

  • INSOMNiUS

    I loved the 5 star rating “I want to live”
    “Nothing new here. The book is full of lies, just like Hillary. I’m leaving a five star review so I don’t get straight up murdered.”

    genius!

  • Edward

    Robert,
    That reviewer that you noted had forgotten to mention the missing legal document that suddenly and mysteriously appeared on a White House coffee table, absolving the then First Lady of all wrongdoing at the Rose Law Firm. That was my favorite, because there could be no doubt as to its authenticity. Or, rather, lack thereof.

    However, I got a good laugh. Not only were the top critical reviews hilariously (Hillary-ously?) critical, but the top positive reviews were, too. Apparently, five percent of reviewers were afraid to give a review that was other than stellar — five-star stellar, to be exact.

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