Chuck Slate, the author, was born in Connecticut.
He and his wife Marilyn were 
married in December 1950.
They celebrated their 50th anniversary in the year 2000. The
plans were to spend it in Australia and New Zealand. They returned
from that trip just before publishing of his second book. They
renewed their marriage vows in front of the Captain of the cruise
ship. Marilyn and Chuck have four birth children, three boys
(including twins) and a girl. Chuck joined IBM in August 1956.
The family moved several times because of Chuck's job. They have
lived in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina and
Virginia. Marilyn and Chuck also spent six months in England
on temporary assignment.
Chuck has retired from three different discipines
and has held jobs that range from dairy farming and electronic
design to operating his own business. Since he last retired in
1991, Chuck has volunteered for a number of non-profit organizations.
Chuck and Marilyn provided a home for foster children from 1992-2001,
sometimes taking more than one at a time. The number of foster
care placements during their fostering career was sixty.
Chuck's first published book was entitled "There
Are No Bad Kids". He published a second book entitled "Never
Underestimate the Arrogance or Stupidity of Government".
He recently published his autobiography entitled "High On
Life".
PageOneLit: Where did you grow up and was
reading and writing a part of your life?
Chuck Slate: I grew up in Danbury, CT, met
my wife there, worked in dairy farming and joined IBM. After
that it was 'I've Been Moved.'
PageOneLit: Who were your earliest influences
and why?
Chuck Slate: If you mean influences on my
life it was my mom and dad. If you mean who influenced me in
writing, I'm not sure I had any particular influential author.
I just had an interest after being asked to write about my conservative
positions (more about this later).
PageOneLit: Why do you write?
Chuck Slate: I write when something triggers
me, I think trying to get my point of view out to the world and
try to correct some wrongs I think might affect others.
PageOneLit: How did your new book Hillary:
America's First Dictator come about?
Chuck Slate: I was watching one of the Fox
News debating shows one night and one of the guests was going
into a long dissertation about whether Hillary would run in 2004
and whether, if she didn't, would any one of the other Democratic
aspirants ask her to be vice-president. I thought I had some
very good reasons why she would wait until 2008. I began writing
when a friend of mine , who got a job as editor of one of our
local papers, asked me to write a weekly conservative column
to 'offset' another column written by a liberal. THAT WAS FUN!!
When and how did you decide to write this book? What is about
Hillary Clinton that csraes you most and why? I decided to start
on a book right then and in fact generated the first outline
that night. I did a large amount of research (as I always do)
before I vote. The first nomination of Bill Clinton caused me
to look back at the history of both Bill and Hillary. That's
what caused me to NOT vote for Bill. I almost had a heart attack
when the American people elected
them a second time. It was obvious to me that the American people
vote on "The economy stupid" and nothing else. Realizing
what part Hillary had in their presidency and what she will do
to obtain power just put me in a state of terror! Why do you
refer to Hillary as a "dictator"? The country has been
marching steadily toward a socialist country since FDR. I refer
to her as a Dictator (if she is elected). Her background and
her voting record indicates to me that she is a Marxist and a
strong socialist. After researching the history of the down fall
of other democracies I found that the march toward socialism,
the next step is communism. Communism is always a dictatorship.
It turns out that there have been many democracies or semi democracies
that have turned into dictatorships. A Democracy will disappear
when the people begin to ask for more and more and more from
their government. The government then eventually gains absolute
control. Hillary's background and apparent beliefs (her attempt
at control of medicine) scares me to death.
PageOneLit: In Hillary: America's First
Dictator you say, "Hillary attacks her adversaries while
she suffers as a victim..." Please explain.
Chuck Slate: This one is easy - She attacked
and attacked after her husband molested woman after woman. She
was, of course, a victim but certainly never acted as such.
PageOneLit: Please define,from your perspective,
a totalitarian government.
Chuck Slate: I think I did that in answering
question 3. A totalitarian government is one run by a very small
group of people who are either a dictator or in some other way
have complete control of the people rather than the people electing
their leader he/she is appointed (generally by themselves).
PageOneLit: How is Hillary: America's First
Dictator different from other books about The Clintons?
Chuck Slate: I have read most of the books
about the Clintons. There are two basic differences: a. I used
historians studies on the deterioration of a democracy and provided
a scenario of how our country has been marching in that direction.
b. I don't believe any other author even came close to identifying
using background study predicted what will happen. Most of the
books identified what DID happen.
PageOneLit: What do you hope to achieve
with Hillary: America's First Dictator?
Chuck Slate: I hope to show, at least the
conservatives, how I believe what the country will become and
hope they will vote against her. I also hope that liberals may
be inclined to step back and take a look at what has happened
to the country by following their views. My experience, so far,
has led me to believe that getting any liberal to read the book
is almost literally impossible. "Don't confuse me with facts
- my mind is made up."
PageOneLit: What do you hope readers will
take away after reading your book?
Chuck Slate: I hope they will come away
with a small amount of fear about voting for the Clintons and
why the country MUST return to the middle and must stop the use
of radicalism.
PageOneLit: What has been your feedback
from readers?
Chuck Slate:Well, the book has not been
out very long but the preliminary feedback has been "Well
written," "I learned a great deal," "I never
recognized what has been happening." You must remember,
however that most of my readers (that have responded) are, in
general, conservatives.
PageOneLit: What's next?
Chuck Slate: Again, I was triggered by something
I was watching on Fox News. The discussion was why the liberals
could not understand why morals and ethics were a part of the
2004 elections. The liberal was asked if he recognized that.
After the usual amount of blathering and not answering the question
he said "What are morals and ethics, anyway?" I immediately
thought "If this idiot has to ask it is obvious that I need
to write a book and explain it to him." That's the thrust
of my next book.
PageOneLit: What was the last book you read?
Chuck Slate: Oh, I read a great deal.
I have been really busy with publicizing my book lately but I
think the last book I read in detail was the 911 report (if you
can call that a book). I just finished one last week entitled
"The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History."
By Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
PageOneLit: Do you have any hobbies? What
are they? How do they enhance your writing?
Chuck Slate: I used to collect coins
and stamps and had a fairly large collection of both but gave
that up when writing took me over. I still purchase coins when
I am notified of a good buy. I am collecting the new quarter
dollars. I try to get to the gym to work out every day. At my
age I cannot take part in sports anymore but I enjoy football
and baseball and used to play a great deal of baseball. My kids,
grand kids and great grand kids are about the only thing I am
deeply involved in. How do they enhance my writing? - Well, my
eldest son got involved with cocaine. That triggered me into
writing my autobiography to show my family that one could get
"High on Life."
