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Stronger Together
For more than a year, Hillary Clinton has laid out an ambitious agenda to improve the lives of the American people and make our country stronger and safer. Stronger Together presents that agenda in full, relating stories from the American people and outlining the Clinton/Kaine campaign’s plans on everything from apprenticeships to the Zika virus, -Building an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top. -Making the biggest investment in good-paying jobs since World War II, including infrastructure, manufacturing, clean energy, and small business. -Making debt-free college a reality and tackling the student debt crisis. -Defeating ISIS, strengthening our alliances, and keeping our military strong. -Breaking down the barriers that hold Americans back by reforming our broken immigration system, ending mass incarceration, protecting voting rights, and fixing our campaign finance system. -Putting families first through universal, affordable health care; paid family and medical leave, and affordable child care. Stronger Together offers specific solutions and a bold vision for building a more perfect union.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
83 books3,166 followersHillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) was the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving in the cabinet of President Barack Obama. In 2016, she became the first woman in U.S. history to win a major party's presidential nomination, and the first woman to win the popular vote in a presidential race - despite losing the election.
She was a Senator from the state of New York from 2001 to 2009. As the wife of the 42nd, President of the United States, William Jefferson Clinton, Hillary served as First Lady from 1993 to 2001. In the 2008 election Clinton was a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.
A native of Illinois, Hillary Rodham attracted national attention in 1969 when she was chosen by her peers to be the first student commencement speaker at Wellesley College. As a graduate of Yale Law School, Class of 1973, she served temporarily as a Congressional legal counsel. Rodham moved to Arkansas in 1974, marrying Bill Clinton a year later. Hillary Rodham Clinton co-founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families in 1977, and became the first female chair of the Legal Services Corporation in 1978. Named the first female partner at Rose Law Firm in 1979, she was twice listed as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America. First Lady of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992 with husband Bill as Governor, Clinton successfully led a task force to reform Arkansas's education system. She has served on the board of directors of Wal-Mart as well as several other prominent corporations.
In 1994 as First Lady of the United States, her major initiative, the Clinton health care plan, failed to gain approval from the U.S. Congress. However, in 1997 and 1999, Clinton played a role in advocating for the establishment of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, the Adoption and Safe Families Act, and the Foster Care Independence Act. Her time as First Lady drew a polarized response from the American public. She is the only First Lady to have been subpoenaed, testifying before a federal grand jury in 1996 due to the Whitewater controversy, but was never charged with any wrongdoing in this or any of the other investigations during her husband's administration. The state of her marriage was the subject of considerable speculation following the Lewinsky scandal in 1998 that spurred Articles of Impeachment to be issued against her husband, Bill Clinton.
In January of 2000, Clinton was elected as senator to the State of New York after moving to the small suburban hamlet of Chappaqua in Westchester County. That election marked the first time an American First Lady had run for public office; Clinton was also the first female senator to represent New York. In the Senate, she initially supported the Bush administration on some foreign policy issues, including a vote for the Iraq War Resolution, subsequently opposing the administration on its conduct of the war in Iraq, and most domestic issues. Senator Clinton was re-elected by a wide margin in 2006. In the 2008 presidential nomination race, Hillary Clinton won more primaries and delegates than any other female candidate in American history, but narrowly lost to Senator Barack Obama. As Secretary of State, Clinton became the first former First Lady to serve in a president's cabinet
She was a Senator from the state of New York from 2001 to 2009. As the wife of the 42nd, President of the United States, William Jefferson Clinton, Hillary served as First Lady from 1993 to 2001. In the 2008 election Clinton was a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.
A native of Illinois, Hillary Rodham attracted national attention in 1969 when she was chosen by her peers to be the first student commencement speaker at Wellesley College. As a graduate of Yale Law School, Class of 1973, she served temporarily as a Congressional legal counsel. Rodham moved to Arkansas in 1974, marrying Bill Clinton a year later. Hillary Rodham Clinton co-founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families in 1977, and became the first female chair of the Legal Services Corporation in 1978. Named the first female partner at Rose Law Firm in 1979, she was twice listed as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America. First Lady of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992 with husband Bill as Governor, Clinton successfully led a task force to reform Arkansas's education system. She has served on the board of directors of Wal-Mart as well as several other prominent corporations.
In 1994 as First Lady of the United States, her major initiative, the Clinton health care plan, failed to gain approval from the U.S. Congress. However, in 1997 and 1999, Clinton played a role in advocating for the establishment of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, the Adoption and Safe Families Act, and the Foster Care Independence Act. Her time as First Lady drew a polarized response from the American public. She is the only First Lady to have been subpoenaed, testifying before a federal grand jury in 1996 due to the Whitewater controversy, but was never charged with any wrongdoing in this or any of the other investigations during her husband's administration. The state of her marriage was the subject of considerable speculation following the Lewinsky scandal in 1998 that spurred Articles of Impeachment to be issued against her husband, Bill Clinton.
In January of 2000, Clinton was elected as senator to the State of New York after moving to the small suburban hamlet of Chappaqua in Westchester County. That election marked the first time an American First Lady had run for public office; Clinton was also the first female senator to represent New York. In the Senate, she initially supported the Bush administration on some foreign policy issues, including a vote for the Iraq War Resolution, subsequently opposing the administration on its conduct of the war in Iraq, and most domestic issues. Senator Clinton was re-elected by a wide margin in 2006. In the 2008 presidential nomination race, Hillary Clinton won more primaries and delegates than any other female candidate in American history, but narrowly lost to Senator Barack Obama. As Secretary of State, Clinton became the first former First Lady to serve in a president's cabinet
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September 17, 2016
The book has good ideas although I would go about many of them differently. The real problem is the author, time and time again is caught lying, or doing things for personal financial gain. Pay to play is bad for America.
September 8, 2016
Democratic Progressive Optimism!
The choices in the 2016 Election Year have never been clearer. Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine have outlined a very extensive agenda that will help make a 'Great America' even more accessible to all citizens. Getting these programs into law may be a bigger problem with the Congress mired in gridlock and obstructionism. It would be great if the new Congress learned to compromise and show some political courage.
The choices in the 2016 Election Year have never been clearer. Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine have outlined a very extensive agenda that will help make a 'Great America' even more accessible to all citizens. Getting these programs into law may be a bigger problem with the Congress mired in gridlock and obstructionism. It would be great if the new Congress learned to compromise and show some political courage.
September 19, 2016
Stronger Together for Everyone not just a few
Really inspiring and hopeful. So nice to get a more detailed look at how she wants to govern & her outlook on the world and the future. It's easy to see that the future POTUS & VP, have taken their life experience from childhood to formulate their perspective on their careers of service. I look forward to seeing how they will forge forward & hope they will rise to the task of the office which they seek as they will be held accountable. So refreshing to have a positive perspective rather than the doom, gloom & despair espoused by the other side.
Really inspiring and hopeful. So nice to get a more detailed look at how she wants to govern & her outlook on the world and the future. It's easy to see that the future POTUS & VP, have taken their life experience from childhood to formulate their perspective on their careers of service. I look forward to seeing how they will forge forward & hope they will rise to the task of the office which they seek as they will be held accountable. So refreshing to have a positive perspective rather than the doom, gloom & despair espoused by the other side.
September 26, 2016
This book is missing about 30,000 pages. Author seems to forget half way through the book what she started writing about.
September 25, 2016
Stronger Together by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Tim Kaine
“Stronger Together” is an average collection of talking points that outlines Clinton and Kaine’s campaign plans. Former Secretary of State, Senator, First Lady and attorney Hillary Clinton and former mayor, governor and senator Time Kaine provide the public with an easy to access book on their agenda for the country. This straightforward 288-page book is broken out into four sections: 1. Growing Together, 2. Safer Together, 3. Standing Together, and Working Together.
Positives:
1. Accessible prose for the masses.
2. An important topic, the Democratic Party’s plan for America.
3. Each section is summarized with a “together, we will:”.
4. Brief bios for Clinton and Kaine. “To drive real progress, you have to change both hearts and laws. You need both understanding and action.”
5. A look at income inequality. “Income and wealth inequality in America today has reached levels not seen since the 1920s. Corporate executives are making millions while working families are barely scraping by. The very richest Americans—the top one-tenth of 1 percent—now have nearly as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent.”
6. Find out what their number one priority is.
7. The importance of infrastructure investment.
8. Accepting the reality of climate change. “To avoid the worst effects of climate change and avoid leaving our children to inherit a planet that is damaged beyond repair, we need to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy and sharply reduce the greenhouse gas pollution that causes global warming.”
9. An important section on how to improve communities left behind.
10. Making college-debt free, an interesting idea.
11. Profit-sharing. “Profit sharing is a win-win.”
12. The reckless behavior on Wall Street that led to the 2008 market crash. “They have tried to hamstring the government’s authority to regulate some of our riskiest financial institutions, and are committed to defunding and defanging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency dedicated solely to protecting Americans from unfair and deceptive financial practices.”
13. A look at health care. “Insurance companies can no longer discriminate against people with preexisting conditions or charge women higher rates just because of their gender.”
14. Strategy to defeat global terrorism. “Our strategy should have three main elements. One: defeat ISIS in Syria, Iraq, and across the Middle East. Two: disrupt and dismantle the global terrorist infrastructure that facilitates the flow of fighters, financing, arms, and propaganda around the world. Three: harden our defenses and those of our allies against external and homegrown threats.”
15. The need to fix our broken immigration system.
16. A look at our broken criminal system. “Ending the systemic racism that plagues our country—and rebuilding our communities so the police and local communities all see themselves as being on the same side—will require contributions from all of us.”
17. Gun violence always a hot topic. “People on the terror watch list have tried to buy guns more than 2,400 times since 2005—and 90 percent of those purchases were successful. This is because the federal government currently does not prohibit suspected terrorists from buying firearms.”
18. The for equal rights for our LGBT community. “LGBT rights are human rights, and human rights are LGBT rights.”
19. The Supreme Court and the need to overturn Citizens United.
20. Final summaries by Clinton and Kaine.
Negatives:
1. Very poor format. It’s more a talking points style and quite frankly it didn’t work well.
2. Repetitive.
3. Lacks depth.
4. I didn’t like how the book was written, it lacked engagement.
5. On one side, you have a promise to make college debt-free for every American but then it applies to those families with family incomes below $125,000. The buying power of money varies greatly from state to state and within the state.
6. A lot of missed opportunities to make clear the differences between parties. A table showcasing the differences between political parties on key issues would have been welcomed.
In summary, I was a little disappointed in this book. Full disclosure, I’m a progressive-minded citizen and will vote for Hillary Clinton. The book however, was written in a talking-points, repetitive style and missed opportunities to make clear the differences between the political parties. However, the book does cover the main issues albeit in a quick rather general way. Read if you want to have a quick reference on where Clinton/Kaine stand on the main issues. Average book.
Further suggestions: “Hard Choices” by Hillary Clinton, “We’re Still Right, They’re Still Wrong: The Democrats’ Case for 2016 by James Carville, “The Divide” by Matt Taibbi, “A Call to Action” by Jimmy Carter, “Why the Right Went Wrong” by E.J. Dionne, “A Fighting Chance” by Elizabeth Warren, and “American Amnesia” by Jacob S. Hacker.
“Stronger Together” is an average collection of talking points that outlines Clinton and Kaine’s campaign plans. Former Secretary of State, Senator, First Lady and attorney Hillary Clinton and former mayor, governor and senator Time Kaine provide the public with an easy to access book on their agenda for the country. This straightforward 288-page book is broken out into four sections: 1. Growing Together, 2. Safer Together, 3. Standing Together, and Working Together.
Positives:
1. Accessible prose for the masses.
2. An important topic, the Democratic Party’s plan for America.
3. Each section is summarized with a “together, we will:”.
4. Brief bios for Clinton and Kaine. “To drive real progress, you have to change both hearts and laws. You need both understanding and action.”
5. A look at income inequality. “Income and wealth inequality in America today has reached levels not seen since the 1920s. Corporate executives are making millions while working families are barely scraping by. The very richest Americans—the top one-tenth of 1 percent—now have nearly as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent.”
6. Find out what their number one priority is.
7. The importance of infrastructure investment.
8. Accepting the reality of climate change. “To avoid the worst effects of climate change and avoid leaving our children to inherit a planet that is damaged beyond repair, we need to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy and sharply reduce the greenhouse gas pollution that causes global warming.”
9. An important section on how to improve communities left behind.
10. Making college-debt free, an interesting idea.
11. Profit-sharing. “Profit sharing is a win-win.”
12. The reckless behavior on Wall Street that led to the 2008 market crash. “They have tried to hamstring the government’s authority to regulate some of our riskiest financial institutions, and are committed to defunding and defanging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency dedicated solely to protecting Americans from unfair and deceptive financial practices.”
13. A look at health care. “Insurance companies can no longer discriminate against people with preexisting conditions or charge women higher rates just because of their gender.”
14. Strategy to defeat global terrorism. “Our strategy should have three main elements. One: defeat ISIS in Syria, Iraq, and across the Middle East. Two: disrupt and dismantle the global terrorist infrastructure that facilitates the flow of fighters, financing, arms, and propaganda around the world. Three: harden our defenses and those of our allies against external and homegrown threats.”
15. The need to fix our broken immigration system.
16. A look at our broken criminal system. “Ending the systemic racism that plagues our country—and rebuilding our communities so the police and local communities all see themselves as being on the same side—will require contributions from all of us.”
17. Gun violence always a hot topic. “People on the terror watch list have tried to buy guns more than 2,400 times since 2005—and 90 percent of those purchases were successful. This is because the federal government currently does not prohibit suspected terrorists from buying firearms.”
18. The for equal rights for our LGBT community. “LGBT rights are human rights, and human rights are LGBT rights.”
19. The Supreme Court and the need to overturn Citizens United.
20. Final summaries by Clinton and Kaine.
Negatives:
1. Very poor format. It’s more a talking points style and quite frankly it didn’t work well.
2. Repetitive.
3. Lacks depth.
4. I didn’t like how the book was written, it lacked engagement.
5. On one side, you have a promise to make college debt-free for every American but then it applies to those families with family incomes below $125,000. The buying power of money varies greatly from state to state and within the state.
6. A lot of missed opportunities to make clear the differences between parties. A table showcasing the differences between political parties on key issues would have been welcomed.
In summary, I was a little disappointed in this book. Full disclosure, I’m a progressive-minded citizen and will vote for Hillary Clinton. The book however, was written in a talking-points, repetitive style and missed opportunities to make clear the differences between the political parties. However, the book does cover the main issues albeit in a quick rather general way. Read if you want to have a quick reference on where Clinton/Kaine stand on the main issues. Average book.
Further suggestions: “Hard Choices” by Hillary Clinton, “We’re Still Right, They’re Still Wrong: The Democrats’ Case for 2016 by James Carville, “The Divide” by Matt Taibbi, “A Call to Action” by Jimmy Carter, “Why the Right Went Wrong” by E.J. Dionne, “A Fighting Chance” by Elizabeth Warren, and “American Amnesia” by Jacob S. Hacker.
October 4, 2016
The book is a great, easy read that explains in simple terms what Hilary's plan is for her Presidency. If she managed to do half of what she proposes in her domestic and economic policy the country would be much better off! Don't buy the lies, read the plan yourself.
Interesting how this book has a 3.5 star average in GoodReads and only a 1.5 in Amazon. Might it be because thousands of haters have taken to Amazon to write fake reviews while those people don't tend to hang out in GoodReads?
Interesting how this book has a 3.5 star average in GoodReads and only a 1.5 in Amazon. Might it be because thousands of haters have taken to Amazon to write fake reviews while those people don't tend to hang out in GoodReads?
October 22, 2016
I read Trump's Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again earlier this year, so now it's Hillary's turn. Trump's book was much more amusing, but had zero complexity and only a meme-like understanding of the issues. This book, on the other hand, was pretty freaking dry. However, Madame Secretary really seems to enjoy figuring out complex issues. While I have many disagreements with some of her proposals, I appreciate the fact that she (and co-author Timmy Kaine) have thought them through. The book even made me think about some issues I haven't previously thought much about at all. Not a particularly fun book, but it has more info than the TV news.
August 9, 2024
Quoting Alexis de Tocqueville to begin the introduction, "It has been said that America is great because America is good." (xvii) is not a strong opening statement to lay out your presidential agenda.
While many of Clinton's plans and ideas for effective progress are in fact good, they should also have been adapted in her book, What Happened, instead of making excuses why she lost for some four hundred pages.
My biggest complaint besides the fact that Tim Kaine probably had nothing to do with this publication is that there is tons of blank, unused space throughout the pages. This book reads more like a power point presentation in high school.
While many of Clinton's plans and ideas for effective progress are in fact good, they should also have been adapted in her book, What Happened, instead of making excuses why she lost for some four hundred pages.
My biggest complaint besides the fact that Tim Kaine probably had nothing to do with this publication is that there is tons of blank, unused space throughout the pages. This book reads more like a power point presentation in high school.
October 1, 2016
Well written and solid plans
So many of the reviews here seem to be from people who have opposing political views and haven't actually read the book. It's well written, thoughtful, and contains actual plans to help American families and workers. Great ideas and the means to get them done. This vision of America is what I want for my kids.
So many of the reviews here seem to be from people who have opposing political views and haven't actually read the book. It's well written, thoughtful, and contains actual plans to help American families and workers. Great ideas and the means to get them done. This vision of America is what I want for my kids.
May 31, 2022
”I will give you everything you desire, and even things you didn't know you needed, just give me dictatorial power and your tax money” would be a very short version of this book.
November 4, 2016
Let’s end this noxious election season on a constructive note, shall we?
This quick book, couched in rally-speak, offers a vision, the first full explanations of fifty detailed policy ideas. There’s something here for everyone. Stronger Together, as a manifesto, divides into three main sections: Growing Together on the economy, Safer Together on world security, and Standing Together about domestic policy.
Growing Together, about the economy, occupies the first half of the book.
Every dollar of infrastructure more than pays for itself. For example, better-designed transit systems connect more people to jobs. Current transit investment does not keep up with demand, this book argues. Clinton-Kaine say they will encourage cities to work with low-income communities, ensuring new transit investment that increases access for those who need it the most.
Hilary and Tim also want to close the loopholes that help companies ship jobs and profits overseas. Johnson Controls earns a couple of paragraphs for its corporate inversion, moving its headquarters overseas to avoid paying taxes here.
Safer Together covers our leadership position in the world while working on security. Among the top concerns, defeating ISIS and combating climate change.
Standing Together through domestic policy, means building bridges, not walls. Reform the criminal justice system. Among the many ideas, focus federal resources on violent crimes, not simple marijuana possession.
Getting Results. Good ideas come along as non-partisan ways to improve the common good. These ideas find the leaders who can make the change.
Mayors recognize innovation, write Hillary and Tim. Denver, for example, is building a twenty-first century transit system that will keep the city growing for generations.
This book serves as a blueprint for the new administration that begins in January. This is the signal, everything else is noise. Nonetheless, the agenda fails to include arts and culture as a vital part of our education and society. By now, we know STEM as science, technology, engineering, math. By adding arts to the mix, we create STEAM.
The book published two months ago. Better Than Bullying published last week as a new fact sheet, https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefi...
We know Hillary after all these years, but Tim Kaine’s story still seems fresh. He attended a Jesuit school, volunteered with missionaries in Honduras then married a daughter of a Republican governor. Kaine served as mayor, governor and senator, one of thirty people in American history who held these offices at the city, state and federal levels. He knows how government works. (Imagine an election campaign with the two veeps at the top of the ticket. More civil, less baggage and focused on issues.)
Over two hundred fifty footnotes support the ideas and assumptions.
In a footnote to history, Hillary Rodham and Steve Goodman ("Go, Cubs, Go") went to the same high school at the same time, while I attended one in the next district. We graduated the same year and were in the same league because our schools played each other for football and basketball. After the home games at my big high school, I played the rock 'n' roll hits as the sock-hop DJ. less)
This quick book, couched in rally-speak, offers a vision, the first full explanations of fifty detailed policy ideas. There’s something here for everyone. Stronger Together, as a manifesto, divides into three main sections: Growing Together on the economy, Safer Together on world security, and Standing Together about domestic policy.
Growing Together, about the economy, occupies the first half of the book.
Every dollar of infrastructure more than pays for itself. For example, better-designed transit systems connect more people to jobs. Current transit investment does not keep up with demand, this book argues. Clinton-Kaine say they will encourage cities to work with low-income communities, ensuring new transit investment that increases access for those who need it the most.
Hilary and Tim also want to close the loopholes that help companies ship jobs and profits overseas. Johnson Controls earns a couple of paragraphs for its corporate inversion, moving its headquarters overseas to avoid paying taxes here.
Safer Together covers our leadership position in the world while working on security. Among the top concerns, defeating ISIS and combating climate change.
Standing Together through domestic policy, means building bridges, not walls. Reform the criminal justice system. Among the many ideas, focus federal resources on violent crimes, not simple marijuana possession.
Getting Results. Good ideas come along as non-partisan ways to improve the common good. These ideas find the leaders who can make the change.
Mayors recognize innovation, write Hillary and Tim. Denver, for example, is building a twenty-first century transit system that will keep the city growing for generations.
This book serves as a blueprint for the new administration that begins in January. This is the signal, everything else is noise. Nonetheless, the agenda fails to include arts and culture as a vital part of our education and society. By now, we know STEM as science, technology, engineering, math. By adding arts to the mix, we create STEAM.
The book published two months ago. Better Than Bullying published last week as a new fact sheet, https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefi...
We know Hillary after all these years, but Tim Kaine’s story still seems fresh. He attended a Jesuit school, volunteered with missionaries in Honduras then married a daughter of a Republican governor. Kaine served as mayor, governor and senator, one of thirty people in American history who held these offices at the city, state and federal levels. He knows how government works. (Imagine an election campaign with the two veeps at the top of the ticket. More civil, less baggage and focused on issues.)
Over two hundred fifty footnotes support the ideas and assumptions.
In a footnote to history, Hillary Rodham and Steve Goodman ("Go, Cubs, Go") went to the same high school at the same time, while I attended one in the next district. We graduated the same year and were in the same league because our schools played each other for football and basketball. After the home games at my big high school, I played the rock 'n' roll hits as the sock-hop DJ. less)
November 3, 2016
I won't comment on t he policies or their authenticity.
Simply put the book is awful. The organization is so bad.
To begin with the table of contents is the longest section in the book. It has about 20 topics hyper-linked on each of the six pages it takes up. There are only four section in the book so looking at one page there is no numbering, three sub topics with about 5 subsubtopics under that...
Wow okay, begin the books content. An unlabeled preface is jammed in after the table of contents. This is the last time I will say the writing is just really awful. Paragraphs don't make sense, sentence fragments all of the place. The unlabeled preface is formatted like someone in M. Word hit center all so the first section of text in t he book looks like the Star Wars opening credits.
The book just gets more random from there, topic do not lead into each other but read like individual article different people worked on and then rushed to press.
With that format set we see each topic, sub sub topic, or however you would label it conveniently taking up just more than one page but never more than half the last page is filled.
That grinds my gears. I really don't like when people pad their book- this is the worst case of it... That should give you an idea of how this book treats the reader. Nothing is set up in a convenient way we would normally consume it . It has been taken granted that we will accept it all unchallenged. It does not attempt to expand ideas, inform and educate the voter.
I think one of the worst things a writer can do is violate Orwell's rules. This thing adheres to none of them. It is a violation of the readers time and mind.
I didn't even get far into this book before having to write this review. It is based solely off the consumer product being sold. This is not a political statement. This book is just the worst produced book I have ever seen.
The fact that this has such positive rating compared to Amazon or other books by these authors exposes the absolute lack of intellectual integrity the majority of this community has in displaying any rational objective analysis rooted in reality.
I honestly can't believe that such a poorly done book is by anyone running for president
How can anyone vote for someone who can't even publish a consumable book- are reviewers on here just rating it for the pictures? I know lots of you have huge shelves of never read books, do you people actually read this stuff and nod along?
I find it funny in a sad way how most of the positive reviews on this site are shit, written by virtue signalling cucks with disgusting neckbeards. we get it!
Simply put the book is awful. The organization is so bad.
To begin with the table of contents is the longest section in the book. It has about 20 topics hyper-linked on each of the six pages it takes up. There are only four section in the book so looking at one page there is no numbering, three sub topics with about 5 subsubtopics under that...
Wow okay, begin the books content. An unlabeled preface is jammed in after the table of contents. This is the last time I will say the writing is just really awful. Paragraphs don't make sense, sentence fragments all of the place. The unlabeled preface is formatted like someone in M. Word hit center all so the first section of text in t he book looks like the Star Wars opening credits.
The book just gets more random from there, topic do not lead into each other but read like individual article different people worked on and then rushed to press.
With that format set we see each topic, sub sub topic, or however you would label it conveniently taking up just more than one page but never more than half the last page is filled.
That grinds my gears. I really don't like when people pad their book- this is the worst case of it... That should give you an idea of how this book treats the reader. Nothing is set up in a convenient way we would normally consume it . It has been taken granted that we will accept it all unchallenged. It does not attempt to expand ideas, inform and educate the voter.
I think one of the worst things a writer can do is violate Orwell's rules. This thing adheres to none of them. It is a violation of the readers time and mind.
I didn't even get far into this book before having to write this review. It is based solely off the consumer product being sold. This is not a political statement. This book is just the worst produced book I have ever seen.
The fact that this has such positive rating compared to Amazon or other books by these authors exposes the absolute lack of intellectual integrity the majority of this community has in displaying any rational objective analysis rooted in reality.
I honestly can't believe that such a poorly done book is by anyone running for president
How can anyone vote for someone who can't even publish a consumable book- are reviewers on here just rating it for the pictures? I know lots of you have huge shelves of never read books, do you people actually read this stuff and nod along?
I find it funny in a sad way how most of the positive reviews on this site are shit, written by virtue signalling cucks with disgusting neckbeards. we get it!
November 8, 2016
Before you read this book, be clear about what it is: a glossary of positions and policy on a multitude of issues. The segments are all very brief and organized in a way that makes it easy to flip to a certain section for your reference. Want to know what Clinton-Kaine thinks about the Zika outbreak? Turn to page 103 (or whatever).
Now, as such, I will admit the book is a bit dry. Some statements are repetitive, as they apply to different issues, and at times it can feel a bit like reading a dictionary. If you have followed the Clinton campaign for a while, you have most likely heard all of these positions either during the debates or during her many speeches. Still, I love that the Clinton ticket provides this book because, let's be honest, the campaign coverage has been about personalities and not policies.
It is also a refreshing contrast to Trump, whose stance on policy is to build a wall and "keep us in suspense" about everything else. Oh, and "the wall" may or may not be symbolic, like the Muslim ban may or may not be taken literally. In "Stronger Together" you not only get a clear vision for the country, but a thick list of references that back up facts and figures. It is doubtful that Trump has ever researched an issue or seriously prepared for any endeavor in his life.
Stronger Together is a short book, easily read in a sitting or two, very optimistic, purely Clinton-Kaine positions with no time wasted on Trump's nonsensical ideas. I write this review on the day of the election, so we'll soon see if Clinton gets the chance to put these great plans to use. For the good of the country, I pray she does.
Now, as such, I will admit the book is a bit dry. Some statements are repetitive, as they apply to different issues, and at times it can feel a bit like reading a dictionary. If you have followed the Clinton campaign for a while, you have most likely heard all of these positions either during the debates or during her many speeches. Still, I love that the Clinton ticket provides this book because, let's be honest, the campaign coverage has been about personalities and not policies.
It is also a refreshing contrast to Trump, whose stance on policy is to build a wall and "keep us in suspense" about everything else. Oh, and "the wall" may or may not be symbolic, like the Muslim ban may or may not be taken literally. In "Stronger Together" you not only get a clear vision for the country, but a thick list of references that back up facts and figures. It is doubtful that Trump has ever researched an issue or seriously prepared for any endeavor in his life.
Stronger Together is a short book, easily read in a sitting or two, very optimistic, purely Clinton-Kaine positions with no time wasted on Trump's nonsensical ideas. I write this review on the day of the election, so we'll soon see if Clinton gets the chance to put these great plans to use. For the good of the country, I pray she does.
August 3, 2017
What an amazing vision for the future of the United States! I was so excited and hopeful reading this, it was everything I could have hoped for and more in a presidential plan for America.
Reading this now after the election went so horribly wrong, while watching travesty after mortifying travesty disgorged in a grotesque parade from the circus tent formerly known as the White House each day, was almost like reading a Greek tragedy - like reading Cassandra's diary five minutes after the Trojans hauled the gift horse through the gates. We were on the cusp of a bright and glorious victory, the people made one rash, foolish move, and everything has ended up in a hideous, humiliating disaster that could have been avoided if we'd just listened to the one person who knew what she was talking about.
Hillary Clinton really would have made the most amazing POTUS. I was never more ashamed to be American than the day we failed to elect her in favor of the corrupt, incompetent would-be dictator, Donald Trump. But I'm so grateful that she and Tim Kaine gave us this book as a self-contained reference for what we should be working towards to bring America into the future as a world leader rather than a crumbling, has been laughing stock that Trump and his cronies would make it. My greatest hope is that the next president will this book as a guide for their own plan for America. I do believe, as Hillary Clinton said, that America's best days are in the future, and I can't bear to think that this bright, hopeful vision for America might never come to pass. That would be a real tragedy.
Reading this now after the election went so horribly wrong, while watching travesty after mortifying travesty disgorged in a grotesque parade from the circus tent formerly known as the White House each day, was almost like reading a Greek tragedy - like reading Cassandra's diary five minutes after the Trojans hauled the gift horse through the gates. We were on the cusp of a bright and glorious victory, the people made one rash, foolish move, and everything has ended up in a hideous, humiliating disaster that could have been avoided if we'd just listened to the one person who knew what she was talking about.
Hillary Clinton really would have made the most amazing POTUS. I was never more ashamed to be American than the day we failed to elect her in favor of the corrupt, incompetent would-be dictator, Donald Trump. But I'm so grateful that she and Tim Kaine gave us this book as a self-contained reference for what we should be working towards to bring America into the future as a world leader rather than a crumbling, has been laughing stock that Trump and his cronies would make it. My greatest hope is that the next president will this book as a guide for their own plan for America. I do believe, as Hillary Clinton said, that America's best days are in the future, and I can't bear to think that this bright, hopeful vision for America might never come to pass. That would be a real tragedy.
October 2, 2016
Good clear outline of Mrs. Clinton's plan. This is the book every U.S.A. voter should read with an open mind. She's the only real choice for President. Sounds like she'll do a very good job if she can do all she hopes to do. It's my hope that the Dems will be strong enough to keep her on a bold Progressive path forward. I just hope they can win both the House and Senate and get some real work done.
October 11, 2016
This book gives a good explanation of policies Clinton hopes to enact. There were lots of specific examples. I thought the approach to security was strong and realistic. However, looking at transportation and rebuilding schools and roads, it would take a bipartisan approach by Congress, not sure how realistic that would be. I think this book is a good reflection of what the candidates hope to achieve. Informatitive but also looks to build on an emotional appeal.
September 29, 2016
This does what it says - it's Hilary's 2016 manifesto. The publisher hasn't really formatted it properly for a book but the content is very accessible. Maybe too accessible, as a huge amount of substantiation is required. It's like she gave up after the 'economy' section. There are only two pages on foreign policy with Russia, and no mention of Saudi Arabia. King Salman will be displeased.
October 5, 2016
Detailed and referenced account of Hillary's plans goals for our nation.
This books clearly gives information in specific areas of how Hillary Clinton would address economic, racial and foreign policies. If you are truly interested, please read and share this book. I believe most of the negative comments were written by the typical internet troll.
This books clearly gives information in specific areas of how Hillary Clinton would address economic, racial and foreign policies. If you are truly interested, please read and share this book. I believe most of the negative comments were written by the typical internet troll.
November 19, 2016
I was still in the middle of this when the election happened and debated at first whether to finish it or not. I did anyway. It's very policy and idea heavy. Some of which it seemed far reaching but were still good ideas and goals. It now seems like a book of what could have been but will now be even harder to reach. It's still a good read to look for ideas and such.
October 25, 2016
I am a staunch Clinton supporter. However unlike those scewing the rating due to partisan bias. I will say the book is kind of repetitive and repeats similar talking points in close proximity to each other.
October 4, 2016
This book is basically a compilation of Hillary's policy papers. Still, interesting read to understand her ideas for leading the country the next eight years.
October 11, 2016
I'm not saying this is a riveting book or that it's easy to read. It is, however, a very important book to read.
October 10, 2016
This book details the Clinton/Kaine platform and the reasoning behind it. I recommend all voters to read/listen to this book if you want to really know the Democratic candidates.
November 9, 2016
Excellent Plan
This is a great breakdown of a real plan to help America be great again. This should be must read material for all Americans!!
This is a great breakdown of a real plan to help America be great again. This should be must read material for all Americans!!
December 13, 2016
The Book was a plan on how Kaine and Clinton would have done things.
December 22, 2016
it was very repetitive and sometimes I had to stop to make sure I wasnt listening to the same chapters on repeat
September 18, 2017
I didn't get a chance to read this book during the 2016 presidential debate/ election season & was wondering if I should still do it. To answer my own question. YES!
I decided to go ahead and get an audio book of "Stronger Together" to listen on my way to work, and so happy I did it. Nice overview about the US economy, political clime and the burning issues facing our country.
Some of the most discussed subjects in the book are:
- trickle down economics
- climate change
- clean energy
- equal pay including paid leave and maternity leave
- student debt
- diplomacy
- counter terrorism
- LGBT and community of colors
- end the privatization of prisons
Did you know?
- NATO invoked Article 5 for the first time in its history after the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United State.
- The US population accounts for 5% of the word's population but has more than 25% of the prison population? Some 2.3 million people are incarcerated in the United States.
- 80% of the brain is developed in the first 3 years of a child's life.
....And so much more you can get from this book. Happy reading!
I decided to go ahead and get an audio book of "Stronger Together" to listen on my way to work, and so happy I did it. Nice overview about the US economy, political clime and the burning issues facing our country.
Some of the most discussed subjects in the book are:
- trickle down economics
- climate change
- clean energy
- equal pay including paid leave and maternity leave
- student debt
- diplomacy
- counter terrorism
- LGBT and community of colors
- end the privatization of prisons
Did you know?
- NATO invoked Article 5 for the first time in its history after the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United State.
- The US population accounts for 5% of the word's population but has more than 25% of the prison population? Some 2.3 million people are incarcerated in the United States.
- 80% of the brain is developed in the first 3 years of a child's life.
....And so much more you can get from this book. Happy reading!
October 8, 2016
Despite affection or mistrust for Ms. Clinton, this book should benefit the reader. I will never completely agree with any single perspective but the policies and goals within this book have been well thought out. Persistent rational approach might get things wrong, but brings with it the hope that a course change is possible if another perspective can use reason and evidence to back their view.
The same can not so easily be said of her challenger who appears use effective crowd manipulation techniques like fear, anger, insult, and film flam. Manipulating a crowd for votes is not the same skill set as thoughtful governance.
The same can not so easily be said of her challenger who appears use effective crowd manipulation techniques like fear, anger, insult, and film flam. Manipulating a crowd for votes is not the same skill set as thoughtful governance.
November 5, 2016
DNF. Got about halfway through before I stopped this. I was enjoying the writing but stopped at the same time I stopped the Donald’s book to be fair to both parties. I like to read something by each candidate in the run up to the election to get a feel for how they write, think, and communicate. Clinton and Kaine have been giving campaign speeches for long enough now that the book read like a long version of one of those. And rightfully so since this is their plan for what they will do if they win in November.
I stopped reading this only because I had other books to read that were more entertaining.
I stopped reading this only because I had other books to read that were more entertaining.
December 13, 2016
Kindle version--An advocate for federal government intervention and leadership on the myriad of challenges for America in the 21st century. A compilation of essays and speeches on various policy and social issues. A nice addition to the Kindle version is the hyperlinked end notes that references sources for further reading on the issues highlighted. The weakness of the book is that there is no chapter illustrating how to pay for the government interventions discussed.
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