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'Bossy? Aloof?' Index of Hillary Bio Is Way Off

Blogger dissects back pages of book on Dem hopeful

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(Newser) – Readers looking for a crash course in everything Hillary can try the index of Carl Bernstein's A Woman in Charge, and find a laundry list of moody traits: "bossiness," "aloofness," "anger, temper and hurt" are only the A's and B's. But New York Times blogger David Kelly uncovers just one problem: the bio doesn't live up to its index.

"Between Pages 90 and 266, she’s apparently not acting bossy at all," Kelly writes. And the index implies that Clinton was "lacking introspection" only once, and felt "unhappiness" but twice. And "just three references to grudges?" Kelly muses. "If I were Hillary Clinton, I’d be holding a grudge on every other page."

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks at a campaign stop at Bowie State University in Bowie, Md., Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks at a campaign stop at Bowie State University in Bowie, Md., Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., has her makeup touched up at WJLA-TV studios in Rosslyn, Va., Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., has her makeup touched up at WJLA-TV studios in Rosslyn, Va., Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., laughs as she is introduced prior to her lecture in Cabell Hall at the University of Virginia Center for Politics in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., laughs as she is introduced prior to her lecture in Cabell Hall at the University of Virginia Center for Politics in Charlottesville,...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., lectures in Cabell Hall at the University of Virginia Center for Politics in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., lectures in Cabell Hall at the University of Virginia Center for Politics in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. sits inside a hybrid General Motors Yukon sports utility vehicle while touring the GM Allison Transmission Plant, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008, in White Marsh, Md. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. sits inside a hybrid General Motors Yukon sports utility vehicle while touring the GM Allison Transmission Plant, Monday, Feb. 11,...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., greets supporters as she enters a campaign stop at Bowie State University in Bowie, Md., Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., greets supporters as she enters a campaign stop at Bowie State University in Bowie, Md., Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn...   (Associated Press)
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