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i know i only said i'd start only one new thread this week, sorry, but this will come up in the next week or two.
http://www.hillaryclintonquarterly.com/documents/HillaryClintonThesis.pdf
References[edit]
the journey of hillary's thesis is a lot like the obama birth certificate...
White House and Wellesley limiting of access[edit]
The work was unnoticed until Hillary Rodham Clinton entered the White House as First Lady. Clinton researchers and political opponents sought out the thesis, contending it contained evidence that Rodham had held strong radical or socialist views.[4]
In early 1993, the White House requested that Wellesley not release the thesis to anyone.[4] Wellesley complied, instituting a new rule that closed access to the thesis of any sitting U.S. president or first lady, a rule that in practice applied only to Rodham.[3] Biographer Donnie Radcliffe instead used extensive recollections from Schechter in order to describe the thesis in her biography published later that year, Hillary Rodham Clinton : A First Lady for Our Time.[8] David Brock was similarly unable to access the thesis for his 1996 book The Seduction of Hillary Rodham, writing that it was "under lock and key", and instead also used some of Schechter's recollections.[9] By the mid-1990s, Clinton critics seized upon the restricted access as a sure sign that the thesis held politically explosive contents that would reveal her hidden radicalism or extremism.[10][7][11]
Syndicated columnists Jack Anderson and Jan Moller tried to gain access to her thesis in 1999, but were rebuffed by both Wellesley and the White House.[12] Writing in their "Washington Merry-Go-Round" column, they surmised that the thesis's conclusion might be at variance with Clinton administration policies, saying they had "discovered the subject of her thesis: a criticism of Lyndon B. Johnson's 'War on Poverty' programs. Mrs. Clinton's conclusion? Community-based anti-poverty programs don't work."[12] Clinton biographer Barbara Olson wrote in her 1999 bookHell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton that, "The contents of Hillary's thesis, and why she would want it hidden from public view, have long been the subject of intense interest. Most likely, she does not want the American people to know the extent to which she internalized and assimilated the beliefs and methods of Saul Alinsky."[13]
In her 2003 memoir Living History, Clinton mentioned the thesis only briefly, saying she had agreed with some of Alinsky's ideas, but had not agreed with his belief that it was impossible to "change the system" from inside.[14]
Years after the Clintons left the White House, the thesis held its allure.[4] For example, in 2005, columnist Peggy Noonan speculated that it was "the Rosetta Stone of Hillary studies".[15]Clinton staffers still did not discuss why it had been sealed.
http://www.hillaryclintonquarterly.com/documents/HillaryClintonThesis.pdf
References[edit]
- Jump up^ The First Time Hillary Clinton Was President
- Jump up^ Carl Bernstein, A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Knopf, 2007, ISBN 0-375-40766-9, p. 57.
- ^ Jump up to:a b c Bill Dedman, "How the Clintons wrapped up Hillary's thesis: 'A stupid political decision,' says her former Wellesley poli-sci professor", msnbc.com, March 2, 2007. Accessed March 3, 2007.
- ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g Bill Dedman, "Reading Hillary Rodham's hidden thesis: Clinton White House asked Wellesley College to close off access", msnbc.com, March 2, 2007. Accessed March 3, 2007.
- Jump up^ Leibovich, Mark (2007-09-05). "In Turmoil of '68, Clinton Found a New Voice". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
- Jump up^ ”The First Time Hillary Clinton Was President
- ^ Jump up to:a b c d Peter Slevin, "For Clinton and Obama, a Common Ideological Touchstone", The Washington Post, March 25, 2007. Accessed August 10, 2015.
- Jump up^ Donnie Radcliffe, Hillary Rodham Clinton : A First Lady for Our Time. Warner Books, 1993, ISBN 0-446-51766-6, p. 77.
- Jump up^ David Brock, The Seduction of Hillary Rodham. Free Press, 1996, ISBN 0-684-83451-0, p. 17.
- ^ Jump up to:a b Michael Levenson, "A student's words, a candidate's struggle", The Boston Globe, March 4, 2007. Accessed July 14, 2007.
- Jump up^ Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta, Jr., Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Little, Brown and Co., 2007,ISBN 0-316-01742-6, p. 33.
- ^ Jump up to:a b Jack Anderson and Jan Moller, "Hillary's College Thesis Off-limits", Washington Merry-Go-Round, United Features Syndicate, The Hour (Norwalk, Connecticut), March 9, 1999, page A12.
- Jump up^ Barbara Olson, Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Regnery Publishing, 1999, ISBN 0-89526-197-9, pp. 45–46.
- Jump up^ Hillary Rodham Clinton, Living History. Simon & Schuster, 2003, ISBN 0-7432-2224-5, p. 38.
- Jump up^ Peggy Noonan, "Eine Kleine Biographie", The Wall Street Journal, June 23, 2005. Accessed March 3, 2007.
- Jump up^ Rick Heller, "Hillary Clinton's Bachelor's Thesis", Centerfield Blog, December 19, 2005. Accessed July 9, 2008. Archived June 14, 2011.
- Jump up^ "Hillary's Wellesley Thesis Shows Want of An Enemy",Human Events, March 9, 2007
the journey of hillary's thesis is a lot like the obama birth certificate...
White House and Wellesley limiting of access[edit]
The work was unnoticed until Hillary Rodham Clinton entered the White House as First Lady. Clinton researchers and political opponents sought out the thesis, contending it contained evidence that Rodham had held strong radical or socialist views.[4]
In early 1993, the White House requested that Wellesley not release the thesis to anyone.[4] Wellesley complied, instituting a new rule that closed access to the thesis of any sitting U.S. president or first lady, a rule that in practice applied only to Rodham.[3] Biographer Donnie Radcliffe instead used extensive recollections from Schechter in order to describe the thesis in her biography published later that year, Hillary Rodham Clinton : A First Lady for Our Time.[8] David Brock was similarly unable to access the thesis for his 1996 book The Seduction of Hillary Rodham, writing that it was "under lock and key", and instead also used some of Schechter's recollections.[9] By the mid-1990s, Clinton critics seized upon the restricted access as a sure sign that the thesis held politically explosive contents that would reveal her hidden radicalism or extremism.[10][7][11]
Syndicated columnists Jack Anderson and Jan Moller tried to gain access to her thesis in 1999, but were rebuffed by both Wellesley and the White House.[12] Writing in their "Washington Merry-Go-Round" column, they surmised that the thesis's conclusion might be at variance with Clinton administration policies, saying they had "discovered the subject of her thesis: a criticism of Lyndon B. Johnson's 'War on Poverty' programs. Mrs. Clinton's conclusion? Community-based anti-poverty programs don't work."[12] Clinton biographer Barbara Olson wrote in her 1999 bookHell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton that, "The contents of Hillary's thesis, and why she would want it hidden from public view, have long been the subject of intense interest. Most likely, she does not want the American people to know the extent to which she internalized and assimilated the beliefs and methods of Saul Alinsky."[13]
In her 2003 memoir Living History, Clinton mentioned the thesis only briefly, saying she had agreed with some of Alinsky's ideas, but had not agreed with his belief that it was impossible to "change the system" from inside.[14]
Years after the Clintons left the White House, the thesis held its allure.[4] For example, in 2005, columnist Peggy Noonan speculated that it was "the Rosetta Stone of Hillary studies".[15]Clinton staffers still did not discuss why it had been sealed.
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