Hell to Pay

The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton

De: Barbara Olson

Narrado por: Tessa Dalton

Television commentator and former congressional investigator Barbara Olson has conducted countless interviews and tapped sources of Washington insiders to reveal the real Hillary Rodham Clinton.

©1999 Barbara Olson (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

The parallels to the world today is insane

I loved this book not only because she was my great-aunt, but it was just a well written book that kept me listening!

Before dying in the 9/11 attacks, Barbara Olson

Before dying on 9/11/2001, when her jetliner crashed into the Pentagon, Barbara Olson did her country a solid service by era searching and exposing the corruption of Hillary Clinton. Olson also gives credit to Hillary where it is due, observing that Hillary was a superbly organized campaign manager for her husband in his campaigns after 1980, although Hillary herself downplays that role.

Just a week or so before her death, I saw Barbara Olson interviewed on C-SPAN, and it was clear that she was no Hillary Clinton fan. At the time, I was pretty much unaware of what bad news Hillary and her husband were, and I found Mrs. Olson's presentation rather off-putting. Now I know better.

Much praise to the late Barbara Olson. May she rest in peace.

The style of the audio book reader is a bit of an acquired taste. She pronounces almost all the words well, but the prosody of her reading comes off a bit snooty . . . sort of like Lovey Howell of Gilligan's Island, but with less of a lisp. I give her a B+.

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Is there anything you would change about this book?

The narrator. I understand that it is hard to find a balance when reading books. There are those with no tone inflections that, despite a great book, tends to put the listener to sleep. Then there are narrators like this one, where everything is stressed as though what is being said is of great revelation even if all they are saying is "she was born on.." You get the feeling that there are 20 exclamation points at the end of every sentence. You start to find yourself rolling your eyes at ever drawn out word and every spike in tone.

Would you be willing to try another one of Tessa Dalton’s performances?

I will not say no, as this could have just been a case of bad direction, but I will be weary in the future.

Any additional comments?

Narrators are a personal performance. The narrator ruined the audio-book for me. This does not mean the book itself was a bad one. I think the author makes some good points and her arguments are verifiable. However, until I read the actual book I cannot give this book a fair review on its content.

Shockingly how blind people are!

Everyone should read this book for the “Clinton Truth”! Back in the 80’s and 90’s I did not have “my ear to the ground” as I do now! Sickening evil people they are!

Hillary Exposed

What made the experience of listening to Hell to Pay the most enjoyable?

I was very much surprised to read about how treacherous Hillary actually is when outed from behind her mask of moderation.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I have always had a less than favorable opinion of the Clintons but this expose of Hillary's desire for power at ANY cost was even shocking to me.

You tell em I'm comin', and Hell's comin' with me

Barbara Olson was a partisan Republican hack before her death during the false flag 9/11 attacks. While often entertaining, this prevented her from being a truly reliable commentator on political issues. One such topic her partisan biases intruded upon was Hillary Clinton.

It is difficult for anyone but the most loyal Clintonista to view Bill and Hillary Clinton as anything other than repulsive vermin. "Hell to Pay" focuses more on Hillary, and does a solid job of showing her for the blatant political creature she is. Whether it is her naked pursuit of raw power, or her transparently disingenuous attacks on her supposed political enemies, this book rarely shows Hillary in a good light. There is good reason for that. No amount of disinfectant could ever clean up the scum that is the Clintons.

The book does an excellent job of making the case the Clinton marriage is one of convenience...made not for love, but to further political ambitions. There is very little discussion on why anyone would want to marry Hillary Clinton, other than she was smart and an asset to achieving power. Hillary and Bill promoted their co-presidency and as a "buy one, get one free" deal for the American people, who, despited being dumb enough to elect Bill, still somehow found this arrangement a bridge too far. Her disastrous overreach on health care, and countless scandals (Filegate, Travelgate, Whitewater, Chinagate, campaign finance skirting, etc) are discussed briefly, as is the Lewinsky affair. Some discussion is given to Hillary enabling Bill through all this sex sideshows, and again this is used to make the case the marriage is a sham. Well, duh.

Lacking from the book is any true investigation into who and what the Clintons actually are. No mention of the well known "Clinton Body Count". Sparse mention of the outright murder of Branch Davidians at Waco. Nothing on Somalia. Nothing on bombing the shit out of Serbia. We could chalk this up to Hillary not being involved in any of these decisions, but that undermines Olson's case that Hillary was deeply involved in everything during Bill's presidency. I would instead conclude that Olson is simply avoiding deep truths because she was working within the acceptable talking points of partisan division.

On that same note, she never even entertains the notion of Vince Foster or Ron Brown being murdered (no doubt in this readers mind of both cases). This is probably because Olson was planning on many years of arguing on CNN and FOX, and if you go accusing the president and First Lady of being involved in murders, that might marginalize you. Or perhaps she was warned, like so many of Clintons trysts were (don't talk about this or else). On a side tangent, the narrator keeps pronouncing Kathleen Willey like Wile E Coyote. Has she never heard of this person? Will-e. Will-e.

All in all, a solid, unspectacular book that is a by-the-numbers Republican Party diatribe about the Clintons. Many good points are made, but in the end it is gatekeeping and a limited hangout.

Above the law

Why do Americans forgive & forget? Good story...unbelievable Clinton legacy! Very interesting especially during election time!

The story was informative

Informative, but the narration was lacking. Very difficult to follow. Poor performance. The experience was less enjoyable to me because of that.

Told by a lawyer about a lawyer

Sorry to say, this book was chock full of legalese and this made it a challenging read for me. The book required a level of attention that I was not expecting. While there is no doubt that Clinton's behavior is scandalous, I was simply not in the mood to listen to the endless legal explanations of her conduct.