Reaction to Partners in Power by Roger Morris
Bill and Hillary Clinton’s path to the White House can be looked at as one of the more interesting, as well as sinister, in Presidential history. Roger Morris takes the reader through the maturation and evolution of arguably the most powerful partnership this country has ever seen. Partners in Power gives us a look at this couple that many people could never envision. This bibliography takes us from the early years of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton’s parents up to Bill’s inauguration in 1992.
Bill Clinton’s life took a crucial turn before he was even born. On May 17, 1946,
Bill Blythe died in a car accident. Bill Blythe was Bill Clinton’s father. While Clinton’s mother, Virginia, was pregnant with him, Blythe was traveling along a Missouri highway on his way home to Arkansas when his back tire in his maroon Buick sedan blew out. Blythe was found downstream drowned in just inches of water. A death that could have been prevented if he was only found earlier. This traveling salesman would have a very promiscuous existence in his short life that would show us many traits that our future President would display throughout his lifetime. Bill’s father died at a young age and Blythe had to take care of the family that would be ravaged with poverty. The ambitions of the young Bill Blythe would not let him be poor and destitute. He would soon enter the life of a salesman. Bill had the qualities for the profession being a very pleasant and amiable man.
Bill Clinton’s mom, Virginia Cassidy, was raised in Hope, Arkansas by her parents Eldridge and Edith Grisham Cassidy. Edith was a very harsh woman who took out her anger on Eldrige and Virginia, but Virginia was still capable of putt...
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Overall, the book was very informative. It was very interesting at times, but it seemed to drag at others. However, it was a fair view of the Clinton regime. It seemed to be a very well researched book. The book revealed a side the American public may have never conceived of the Clintons. Bill and Hillary were portrayed as two politicians that would be conditioned to do whatever was necessary to get elected and make the almighty dollar, and that description was very evident in Partners in Power. Morris made it easier to understand how the President could look into the eyes of an entire country and flat out lie. Partners in Power is an interesting book that can take a reader throughout the Clinton’s lifetime informatively
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The U.S. president is a person deemed to be the most fitting person to lead this country through thick and thin. It’s been such a successful method that it has led to 43 individual men being put in charge of running this country. However, this doesn’t mean that each one has been good or hasn’t had an issue they couldn’t resolve when in office. But no matter what, each one has left a very unique imprint on the history and evolution of this nation. However when two are compared against one another, some rather surprising similarities may be found. Even better, is what happens when two presidents are compared and they are from the same political party but separated by a large numbers of years between them. In doing this, not only do we see the difference between the two but the interesting evolution of political idea in one party.
To summarize this analysis, Hillary Clinton shows us how as we unite, the stronger our bond is. She uses clever ways to show this action. Though she did not win this presidential election, she is still loved by many. She helped herself because of the way she wrote and persuaded people to join her. Using rhetorical appeals
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Hilary Clinton was born Hilary Diane Rodham, in Chicago Illinois during the year 1947. She was the oldest of three born to Hugh Ellsworth Rodham, a small textile supply owner, and his wife Dorothy. From her youth up until the time that she married, Hilary was a very busy lady. In her youth, she worked as a babysitter after school. She also watched children during her vacation times. After graduating from grade school she applied to NASA, only to find out that women were not accepted into the astronaut program. Inspired by a speech by Martin Luther King, she spent a lot of her off time in college working at various public service jobs. She worked for various Democratic candidates subcommittees, mainly dealing with children’s defense and children’s studies funds. During her second year of law school, she...
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Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton was born on October 26 1947 in the city of Chicago Illinois Hillary Rodham was the eldest daughter of Hugh Rodham, a prosperous fabric store owner, and Dorothy Emma Howell Rodham; she has
Thomas Jefferson: President and Philosopher is a special edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by writer Jon Meacham. Jon Meacham is known as the talented author, who is the winner of 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography and Biology for the American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. The book Thomas Jefferson: President and Philosopher holds many historical information about Thomas Jefferson’s itinerary from the beginning to his’s life as the third president of America, then to the rest of his duration. This book also revolves around Thomas Jefferson’s relationships, especially, the relationships between the president and his wife, his possible mistress, his white offspring, and his possible
Page, Clarence. (1998, October 25). Bill Clinton can teach Machiavelli a thing or two. The Houston Chronicle, p. 3.
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Bill Clinton’s main audience he intended the speech to be was for his family and friends. This included Hillary Clinton, his daughter, friends and Monica Lewinsky. Clinton said in his speech, “And if my