It's always good to take a gander at the other side of the political spectrum, do a little "opposition research." For those of you in the "anti-Hillary" camp, I would suggest you start reading all you can about Ms. Rodham, who will very likely be the Democratic presidential nominee in 2008. You can't defeat an opponent until you get inside his/her head, and IT TAKES A VILLAGE is Hillary's vivid socialist manifesto.
Yes, as Ms. Rodham contends, 75 years ago our towns and/or neighborhoods consisted primarily of extended families. Uncle Jake and his brood lived across the street, Cousin Maple had the pink bungalow on the corner, and Grandma and Grandpa lived upstairs. Everyone took an interest in and kept up with everyone else--including the kids. But even back in those days, the ultimate responsibility for a child's well being and upbringing rested exclusively with the parents. Mom and Dad called the shots, no matter what Grandma or Uncle Jake or Cousin Maple thought. Fast forward to today, and Hillary's argument that we must somehow replace the extended family of yesteryear with social workers, bureaucrats, and other outsiders--augmented by socialized health care and education--and the village she advocates is frighteningly Orwellian.
Not that village. Not with my kids.
Ms. Rodham's benign prose fails to mask social activism that has systematically derailed, destabilized, and destroyed the core human values that once were transcendent in our culture... She also has a disquieting affinity with the word, "invest (i.e., "tax")." We must "invest" in our schools, "invest" in our day care centers, "invest" in child health care, "invest" in a myriad of social programs, "invest" to end poverty, homelessness, drug abuse, domestic violence, and every other societal malady one can think of. Never mind the fact that the "investee" perhaps should take some responsibility to alleviate his or her need for "investment dollars"; Ms. Rodham only advocates her view of a village to put a happy face on any situation.
Wonderfully Utopian, but where is the "investment" going to come from?
IT TAKES A VILLAGE gives us a front row view--up close and personal--of Hillary Rodham Clinton's socialist beliefs and activist agenda. Stephen King doesn't write stuff this scary. |
