NOTES- CLINTON Flashcards
4 essay Q 20 TERMS
after first exam
clinton family myth
-tragedy endured and diversity overcome
- dedicated mother devoted to her sons welfare
- small town valor-civic affairs and church
-only abuse was his stepfather
- family myth bc his
clintons childhood and family differs from the Clinton family myth by….
virginia kelley was not the adoring, loving, devoted mother from a fractured home
main elements of virginia kellys psychology
- narcissism - center of attention
-drawn to men of questionable character
-drinking, gambling, nightclubs
NOT of values of small town America
most important factors that shaped clintons early childhood
- entitlement
his needs did not come first, but later came first, his mothers did - loss of his father
- 2 year loss of his mother
- parenting of his grandparents
- stepfather to nightclubs
-return of mother and conflict with grandmother
-an emotionally abandoned child
virginia kelley and her mother, edith cassidy relationship, affect on young clinton
clintons mother was determined and focused on getting out from under edith control , except she needed edith to look after clinton
- clinton has 2 mothers, his and his grandmother
vietnam draft issue reveal abt clintons psychology, his conflict
- conflict between ambition and ideals - a political corner, wanted it both ways with the war
- special and entitled
Clintons two mothers
clinton being caught between 2 mothers, one who abandoned him and his grandmother
clintons marriage mean politically and psychologically ?
Hillary Clinton
- clintons rock
- more politically intelligent than her husband
- she changed her appearance , gave up her glasses, hair, fashion , looked like an ambitious person
- took clintons name
- genius behind Clintons ambitions
Bill Clintons description words
- Complicated figure
- Traumatic childhood
- Very ambitious
-wanted and needed to be loved
-very smart - aspects of both active neg & active positive
1992 presidential election campaign themes
- carry on kennedy presidency, new generation of a jack kennedy
- running against george bush, and dif in age was high , so painted george bush as out of touch of what was needed
- lead to his reelection in 1996
clintons major policy proposals during his first two years in office
republican victory in the 1994
come back kid
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