For all we know about Hillary Rodham Clinton, there is so much more that we don’t know; so much scandal shrouded in secrecy by her team of minions and habit of evading the media. We now know that she comes by it all honestly, though, as her father may have been the biggest liar of them all.
Hillary grew up in modest circumstances in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge. Her father, Hugh, who operated a small drapery business, was by all accounts a very gruff parent.
The oldest of three children, Hillary had two younger brothers who were constantly treated differently than she was. According to Tony Rodham, Hillary’s brother, “Hillary was always Dad’s princess. My father adored my sister.”
“Hillary was the only one in the family who really knew how to manipulate Hugh Rodham [Sr.] in order to win his affection,” commented Oscar Dowdy, a cousin. “I grew up with Hillary. I saw how loving and attentive Uncle Hugh was to her. He wasn’t that way to the boys.”
Dowdy also called Hillary’s father “a wheeler-dealer, a shyster-type guy, always trying to screw somebody.”
Sound familiar?
The Rodham family patriarch “resorted to any trick to cut a deal and make a sale,” according to Dowdy. Hillary’s dad also had a reputation for being a show-off, as he would drive around in a metallic gold Cadillac.
Looks like the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
