Comments on: Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/non-fiction/game-change/ reading material to get excited about Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:08:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rod Lott http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/non-fiction/game-change/comment-page-1/#comment-65312 Rod Lott Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:57:26 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=12537#comment-65312 I would've been cool with Hillary as president. I would've been cool with McCain as president ... until he chose Palin to run with him, seemingly at random. I would’ve been cool with Hillary as president. I would’ve been cool with McCain as president … until he chose Palin to run with him, seemingly at random.

]]> By: Rod Lott http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/non-fiction/game-change/comment-page-1/#comment-65262 Rod Lott Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:36:07 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=12537#comment-65262 That may be the second dickiest move on the part of the Dems (and Clinton). The first is starting the "Obama's a Muslim!" rumors to scare the hell out of everyone, which the Republicans then ran with. But that also leads to one of the funniest lines in the book, when a woman in a focus group says she fears Obama for being "an Arab," yet won't vote for McCain because "if he dies, then Sarah Palin would be president." Well, at least that woman had half a brain. That may be the second dickiest move on the part of the Dems (and Clinton). The first is starting the “Obama’s a Muslim!” rumors to scare the hell out of everyone, which the Republicans then ran with.

But that also leads to one of the funniest lines in the book, when a woman in a focus group says she fears Obama for being “an Arab,” yet won’t vote for McCain because “if he dies, then Sarah Palin would be president.” Well, at least that woman had half a brain.

]]> By: Allan http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/non-fiction/game-change/comment-page-1/#comment-65251 Allan Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:26:33 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=12537#comment-65251 One reason I think Clinton comes off better in the book then she might have is because the authors essentially ignore the bitter battle over the super-delegates whose votes could essentially void the actual result of the primaries. I was shocked that the importance of Florida didn't come up until the Republican chapters, when one of the greatest examples of Clinton's dirty tricks came from her campaigning in the state even though all of the other democrats agreed to boycott it due to its changing its election date and then claiming that her landslide victory there represented a clear mandate for her candidacy and that any attempt to ignore those votes was a clear attempt at disenfranchisement. That, as far as I could see, was as dirty as the Democratic campaign got, so I couldn't believe it didn't even rate a mention in the book. One reason I think Clinton comes off better in the book then she might have is because the authors essentially ignore the bitter battle over the super-delegates whose votes could essentially void the actual result of the primaries. I was shocked that the importance of Florida didn’t come up until the Republican chapters, when one of the greatest examples of Clinton’s dirty tricks came from her campaigning in the state even though all of the other democrats agreed to boycott it due to its changing its election date and then claiming that her landslide victory there represented a clear mandate for her candidacy and that any attempt to ignore those votes was a clear attempt at disenfranchisement. That, as far as I could see, was as dirty as the Democratic campaign got, so I couldn’t believe it didn’t even rate a mention in the book.

]]> By: Michael http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/non-fiction/game-change/comment-page-1/#comment-65250 Michael Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:29:02 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=12537#comment-65250 This may well be the most fascinating book about politics I've ever read. Edwards comes off as a total sleaze and even his wife, Saint Elizabeth, fares badly. I'd say Hillary Clinton comes off better than any of the others, and I still sorta wish she were president instead of Obama. The most reassuring thing in the book, though, comes from the Republican side--the fact that even the high level McCain staffers were scared shitless at the thought of a possible Palin presidency. This may well be the most fascinating book about politics I’ve ever read. Edwards comes off as a total sleaze and even his wife, Saint Elizabeth, fares badly. I’d say Hillary Clinton comes off better than any of the others, and I still sorta wish she were president instead of Obama. The most reassuring thing in the book, though, comes from the Republican side–the fact that even the high level McCain staffers were scared shitless at the thought of a possible Palin presidency.

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