Posted on 05/05/2017 3:59:59 PM PDT by Signalman
I've read a number of books dealing with the 2016 presidential election. "Game of Thorns" is very good and explains why Trump won the election, despite the fact that almost all the pundits had Clinton winning easily.
The first chapter of the book goes into detail about all the unethical and criminal activity in which the Clintons were involved, things I wasn't aware of.
The next 5 chapters are a detailed description of what happened on election eve.
This is a much more interesting book than "Shattered", in my opinion.
Highly recommended.
Agreed I have the Audible audiobook read by the author, Doug Wead.
PS - Amazon ratings give “Game of Thrones” a much higher mark than “Shattered.”
I agree it is a good book.
I have just finished “How Trump Won”, and give it a very high recommendation.
Please give it consideration for your library, as your children and grandchildren will have an excellent view from two different perspectives on the entire campaign.
We have our own historian, LS giving his view in a chapter, and in the next, a great journalist, Joel Pollock, who describes life on the campaign trail following along as probably the only one who didn’t hate Trump. They alternate throughout the book.
Really good, clearly written, and is a keeper.
Thanks for the recommendation; I’ll take a look at it. Note - I already know why Hillary lost, thanks to journalists who have been explaining the reasons for months now:
People hating Hillary because she is so professional, so polished, such a wonderful lawyer, so brilliant, so good, so righteous, and so much better than us elected Trump.
Robby Mook selecting the wrong travel stops for Hillary and spending heavily in the wrong states elected Trump.
Hillary’s campaign team failing to hone her message and get voters to the polls elected Trump.
Bill Clinton’s appearance of an inappropriate meeting with Attorney General Loretta Lynch elected Trump.
Blatant sexism elected Trump.
The ugly stew of racism elected Trump.
Hillary’s lack of likability and lack of trustworthiness elected Trump.
Self-hating women elected Trump.
Evangelical, Catholic, anti-marriage equality, and anti-choice social conservatives elected Trump.
Misogyny elected Trump.
Hatred of Hillary Clinton at the FBI (how could anyone hate a lovable woman like Hillary?) elected Trump.
The Russians elected Trump.
Wikileaks elected Trump.
FBI Director Comey elected Trump.
Sinister outside forces elected Trump.
Whitelash elected Trump.
Democrat policies that favor the rich elected Trump.
Failure to talk to working-class white voters elected Trump.
FBI investigation elected Trump.
Email scandal elected Trump.
Men elected Trump.
Lower-level FBI agents pressuring their Director (because that’s how professional relationships work) elected Trump.
Tim Kaine gave Hillary Virginia, but he also elected Trump.
White women elected Trump.
Racists elected Trump.
Sexists elected Trump.
Rural voters elected Trump.
The working class voting against their own interests elected Trump.
Fake news elected Trump.
Facebook elected Trump.
Supermarket tabloids elected Trump.
Celebrity (The Apprentice) elected Trump.
White male resentment elected Trump.
Over-shaming Trump supporters elected Trump.
Rejecting Bernie elected Trump.
Reagan democrats elected Trump.
Gary Johnson and Jill Stein voters elected Trump.
Backlash against political correctness elected Trump.
There are many terrible reasons for President Trump’s victory, but there are two things that were not a factor. First, Hillary was the perfect candidate; nothing she did harmed her candidacy in any way. Second, President Trump was the worst candidate imaginable; nothing he did helped his candidacy at all, except with racists, sexists, bigots, and the rest of the basket of deplorables.
“Game of Thornes” was an OK book. The great bulk of the book focuses on the lengthy history of the various Clinton crimes over the decades. It’s a good refresher course for those who lived it and an outstanding introduction of those crimes for the youngsters.
The rest of the book recaps the primaries and the election, and for any of us who followed all of that closely here on Fr, there’s almost nothing new.
I read the LS book (on my Kindle) but got “Shattered” at the library and enjoyed it-——this new one sounds great.
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I'm curious. I haven't read the book, nor the first chapter yet.
You've been here since 2002. What unethical and criminal activity were you unaware of, that hasn't been detailed here on Free Republic over the last 20 years?
Another question - do you avidly follow Free Republic, or just hang out sometimes?
I've seen your screen name come up lots, so I'm wondering about your news sources in light of that sentence that you wrote.
This isn't an attack - I'm genuinely interested, for further discussion.
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