biographer, hugh rodham turned debates into something much less palatable. he would go around the table and call on hillary and on her brothers and then hillary s mother would try to express herself and he d say what the hell do you know, miss fancy pants? it was vicious and disdainful. how tough was he? he was tough. man of his time. had been a chief petty officer in the navy in world war ii, training thousands of young sailors to go off mostly to the pacific. so my dad was very old fashioned. if i would bring home a good report card, he would say, oh, you must be going to an easy school. he was always trying to push me further than i might otherwise go. hillary s mother taught her no matter what stood in her way, she could always push through. one day she took a
of that because she was an absolutely fabulous mother. so this is where hillary rodham grew up. this is where we grew up. park ridge, illinois. salt of the earth. a town that took a great deal of pride in its middle class values. the conservative, nearly all-white chicago suburb is where hugh and dorothy rodham would raise all three of their children. ernie ricketts was a neighborhood friend. on this corner we would play baseball and the manhole covers were the bases. in addition to baseball, her friends said hillary loved a good debate. hill s dad loved nothing better than to throw out a topic that he knew we would go, no way! and i think we all learned to debate by sitting around their dinner table. but according to a
pride in its middle class values. the conservative nearly all-white chicago suburb is where hugh and dorothy roberts would raise three children. rickets were friends. we would play baseball and the manhole covers were the bases. friends say hillary loved a debate. her father would throw out a topic and we would all go no, wait. hugh rodham was known to turn family table debates into something less powerful. he would call on hillary and hillary s brothers and dorothy rodham would try to express herself and he would say, what
critics say she was far from the inclusive, consensus builder her husband had promised. republican congressman peter king. having this secret team of experts, it was very secretive, arrogant plan coming that s going to be imposed on the american people. as her public battle for health care intensified, a personal medical crisis surfaced in arkansas. my father had a massive stroke, and i immediately flew to little rock and was by his bedside. less than three months after she arrived at the white house, hillary s father, hugh rodham, died. it was, you know, just a terrible loss. he was very demanding of his kids. i think hillary gets a lot of her tenacity and her determination from her father. tenacity and determination
in arkansas. my father had a massive stroke, and i immediately flew to little rock and was by his bedside. less than three months after she arrived at the white house, hillary s father, hugh rodham, died. it was, you know, just a terrible loss. he was very demanding of his kids. i think hillary gets a lot of her tenacity and her determination from her father. tenacity and determination she d need five months later for her marathon health care testimony before five subcommittees on the hill. first of all, there is no free lunch in this health care plan. it is not going to be free. everybody s going to be paying something, even people who are on medicaid now will be paying something if they work, unlike today. we think that is a big step forward for responsibility. the detractors were