AllS Fair
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AllS Fair
by Authors:
Mary Matalin
Released: 31 August, 1995
ISBN: 0684801337
Paperback
Sales Rank: 26,028
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Customer Review #1:
 For every political junkie in America
James Carville and Mary Matalin are always entertaining to watch on television, no matter what theyre talking about, so there was no way this book could have been anything less than massively entertaining. It works outstandingly on two different levels -- first of all, its a blow by blow of the 1992 presidential election, with a lot of the background scuttlebutt and the inside information. You get a real sense of how disarrayed the Bush campaign was, how amazingly the Clintonistas got over some of their hassles. Secondly, though, its a profoundly in-depth look at the way in which two people who supposedly could have nothing in common develop love, and in that sense its very touching. James Carvilles puppy-dog slavishness to Bill Clinton reads a little off-key now that Big Bill is coming to the end of his eight controversial years (Monica was still in the future when this book was written), but all in all this is a wonderful book.
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Customer Review #2:
Romance for obsessive political junkies
James Carville and Mary Matalin (with a rather large assist from Peter Knobler) take the reader behind the scenes of the Clinton and Bush 1992 Presidential campaigns.The incredible behind-the-scenes details are great, and, as a Clinton supporter, its nice to relive the highlights (Bush being followed by a guy in a chicken suit, Pat Buchanan). I dont know if Bush supporters will enjoy this book as much, although they might enjoy the Matalin sections. The only sour note comes from Matalin herself, who refers to the Clinton campaign as "Clintonistas" and continually harps about the medias (alleged) distortions of Bush and his record, and genuinely, truly seems to despise Bill Clinton. By contrast, Carville is generous to the Bush campaign. All in all, a political junkies dream.
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Customer Review #3:
Is all really fair?
ALLS FAIR lively describes what happened behind the presidential campaign of both parties, plus the Perot camp in 1992 in most vivid (and vulgar at times) spoken language.
It makes me long for the 2004 presidential race, in such a way that Hillary decides to run at the end, forcing Carville to leave CNN to run her campaign to repeat the success of her husband. It remains mystery, however, how those two (now) talking heads remain happily married with kids.
Though, in this book, both Carville and Matalin remained rigidly royal in defending their clients (Clinton and Bush) against various accusations, in real life after the 92 election, Clinton ended up acknowledging his womanizing behind the green door of White House library to embarrass his country to the rest of the world in an unprecedented fashion, while Bush Sr. continues his activities which are highly suspected of conflicts of interest, not withstanding what his son is doing in the White House right now. Is ALL really FAIR?
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