Are these authors merely delusional?
Or are they on the Hillary Campaign payroll ?
Via WSJ:
….Two new picture books put such a gloss on the life and career of the presumptive Democratic Party nominee for president that book editors in Pyongyang could take a few tips from them. In the doctrine of these tales for children 4 to 8, not only has the mark of greatness been upon Hillary Clinton since her birth, but she has also been the liberator of her people—that is, of women.
Michelle Markel’s “ Hillary Rodham Clinton: Some Girls Are Born to Lead” (HarperCollins) begins with an alarming account of the darkness that enfolded this land as recently as the 1950s, when, horrible to relate, “it was a man’s world. Only boys could grow up to have powerful jobs. Only boys had no ceilings on their dreams. Girls weren’t supposed to act smart, tough, or ambitious.”
…Yet, wait: What’s that gemlike glow in the far corner of this maudlin masculine montage? Could it be a girl? It is a girl. It is Hillary Rodham, age 8! Yes, we read, “in the town of Park Ridge, Illinois, along came Hillary, wearing thick glasses and a sailor dress, acing tests, upstaging boys in class, and lining up sports events to raise money for the poor.”
“Take that, 1950’s!” (These would be the same 1950s in which future JusticeSandra Day O’Connorgraduated from law school, Indira Gandhi ran India’s Congress Party, and Margaret Thatcher took her first seat in Parliament. But never mind.) In the following pages of this paean to Hillary, we see the future Mrs. Clinton striding at the head of a pack of multiracial students at “a prestigious East Coast women’s college,” her arm raised in dear leadership….
And then there’s this:
…“Hillary” (Random House), a jamboree of Rodham-puffery that puts the former Arkansas first lady on an absurdly grandiose female continuum. “Once there was Queen Elizabeth, perhaps the wisest ruler England has ever had,” author Jonah Winter begins.
In a pallid illustration that departs from his vibrant custom, illustrator Raul Colón shows the Virgin Queen looking baleful on the throne. The text continues: “Once there was Joan of Arc. She carried a sword and led men in battle,” and, “Once there was Rosie the Riveter. She was a fictional character used by the U.S. government. She was patriotic. She was strong.”
Then we turn the page and find, in full color, a noble picture of the eponym: “And now there is Hillary.” Mr. Colón poses her in front of a hazy portrait of George Washington, as if the first president is bestowing his ghostly blessing.
From this fabulously pompous opening, the book leads, ultimately, to a silhouette of Mrs. Clinton against a golden sunrise—and the promise that she “may soon change the world.”…
We can only hope the classified emails lead to her burning at the stake.
That will be a lesson for the kiddies.
LOL!
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon’em. Thy Fates open their hands.”
Malvolio, Twelfth Night. Malvolio is the villain fool. Wikip. says most recently played by Stephen Fry at the Shakespeare Globe theater. I bet he was good.
I think Shakespeare’s insight into those believing greatness is their due, stands up fairly well 500 years later.
Even then she knew. Except it was all made possible by marrying a lecher. What a role model for feminists.