Oath and Honor

 

My first completed book for 2024. I pre-ordered it on Amazon and received it on the day of publication. Then Christmas, etc., happened.

I don't feel as though I can write a coherent review, so I'll just bullet my thoughts:

• I'm glad I read it.
• There wasn't much about January 6 that I didn't already know.
• However, it was interesting to read the process of getting those hearings in place.
• There was very little mention of Bennie Thompson, the Committee's chair. Too little. As though he were a figurehead and Liz did all the work.
• It's a memoir, so it's got to be mostly about her, and although she profusely mentioned other people, it felt as though she was the star and everyone else on the Committee, supporting actors.
• She mentioned multiple times a new closeness with Nancy Pelosi. That seemed odd.
• It's been said that there is no purely altruistic act. And Liz knew going into it that she was likely to lose her seat in Congress. She says she did what she did to protect the Constitution. But one can't help wondering: What were her other motivations?
• Is she hoping for a Presidential run? Surely not as a Republican in today's climate.
• I learned some things I didn't know about the machinations of Congress and reached a deeper understanding that it's all political, all about power and control.
• Despite my wondering about her motivation, I admire her.
• That's not to say I agree with her politics, I hasten to add.
• I wonder what she wants to do next.