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Summary: Readable Food for Thought
Review: After reading this book, I decided that I've been too hard on Rush Limbaugh. Although I still remain skeptical of his tone at times, and I think he could have done a better job of citing his sources, I have to admit that his ideological principles are right on the money. I especially like his positive view of America, his emphasis on individualism, his distrust of government, and his knack for expounding the absurdities in liberal ideology. By putting things in understandable terms and adding a dash of entertainment (narcissistic though it may seem at times), I think Rush Limbaugh has helped many Americans understand what has gone so wrong in their country during the past half century. You have to give him credit for that.
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Summary: Rush helped me come out of the closet.
Review: Armed with degrees in Poly sci and Urban studies, I emerged from college a liberal Democrat. As an insurance agent I reveled in the fact that i was always the only dem in the room when i got together with my peers. Insurance agents and realtor are heavily conservative and pro-business. I probably was more conservative than most democrats but got turned on to rush by a young female office worker in our agency. I was walked by and the guy on the radio was speaking passionately so i asked, who is that jerk? Well Rush was talking about hilary's healthcare proposal, something i know a lot about and I was tunned that he was getting it right. Over the next 12 years I became a regular listener and even voted republican for the first in my life. Rush gets a lot of things right. It takes courage to open ones mind and consider what he has to say. For a long time, I would listen and then test to see if what he said was correct. He doesn't get much wrong when it comes to the facts. Opinions are another matter. Opinions are not facts. Reading this book is a worthwhile exercise. It is not great prose, nor is it a great Star Wars novel. It will make you think so it is a better than average book.
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Summary: Must reading for the political novice
Review: Before i review this book, I would like to address the issue that other so-called reviewers have raised about rush's pain pill addiction. Since the left have decided to label Rush a hipocrite, I would suggest that they take a long look at their icons. First Ted Kennedy, the liberal's own Ted Kennedy is a self-professed drunk and least we forget a certain incident in Chappaquiddick with a young campaign aide who mysteriously drown. Next we have Bill (I did not inhale) Clinton, and his record also speaks for itself, and lets not forget the rape charges that the Clintons swept under the rug. Since the left have decided to refer to Rush as a hipocrite then might I suggest they take a long look at their party, otherwise they might just be labeled hipocrites themselves for failing to repremand their own.
Now to review this book! Great from start to finish, I may not agree with all Rush Limbaughs anecdotes and comments, but I certainly admire the man to be this brazen and brash, calling extremist women's libbers feminazi's and extremist enviromentilist's as wacko's. I belive Rush to totally belive what he preaches and it certainly shows with this book. I would recomend this great work of core conservative values to anyone who wishes to learn what the republican and democrat party's truely stand for. I'ts informative, funny and just plainly a great read...
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Summary: Rush knows liberals!
Review: From the beginning rush made himself successful by exposing liberal institutions as out of touch anti-american anti-capitalist extremists. That's basically what his first book was about. In this his second book he digs even deaper to the very heart and soul of how liberals think and why. For whatever reason rush has this incredible understanding of liberals and he was right from the beginning about the clintons. He predicted the increase in taxes though clinton actually proposed a middle class tax cut in 92 and he was right on the money when he painted bill and hillary as power hungry elitists. It is that great insight into what makes liberals tick that really touches a nerve. What really makes this book fun today is the opportunity to go back and read how things used to be. While rush limbaugh became a rising star in the late 80s early 90s it was the clinton presidency that pushed him to such dizzying heights of popularity. This book is very readable and will illicit an emotional response no matter who you are. ................socks
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Summary: Awful, AND I'M A FREAKIN' CONSERVATIVE!!!!!!
Review: I am about as conservative as they come, but this is horriable. All he talks about is me, me, me, me; I, I, I, I,; my, my, my, my; I did this, I did that. We're not all like that. Rush gives a bad name to the right. Don't listen to him. He's a prime example of why the liberals think we're this way. This book alone could turn an undecided liberal. If you don't know whether to be a Democrat or Republican, don't listen to Rush Limbaugh or Michael Moore (for liberalism.) Same crap, different fat guy. I hated it. Awful, awful, awful. Rush get over yourself. THink about someone else, or (gasp!) the conservative PEOPLE!!!!!!! What an inspirational idea. And to think, Al Franken didn't even have to lie like he did to make Rushy look bad. I am a conservative, but not like this guy. A must miss. Guy must've been high when he wrote this book. I guess so. I gues so. Rush Limbaugh could have been great, but it went to his head. SHUT UP ABOUT YOUSELF and your stuff you sell!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Well, I want to be balanced here...
Review: I come from a family of conservatives and liberals, and I try to get an idea of both sides of the issues. My grandfather has this book, and I decided to read it. I'll admit, I'm not a big fan of Rush, but he at least can write. The book isn't terrible, but it tends to lack hard numbers. He'll just give an ambiguous statement about Reagan and how much worse Clinton will be(this book is from 1993 after all). If I was a conservative, I'd probly take all of this as a great work. However, I'm not, so I really can't see this as something as great as Mr. Limbaugh projects. He does project an air of arrogance, despite his hate for ego. He also talks about family values, despite three divorces. And he talks about the post WW2 generation not knowing sacrifice, while he gets out of Vietnam. His father was afflicted with the same ailment, and that didn't stop him from serving in WW2(thanks to Al Franken for that little tidbit.) Overall, not a bad book, just without hard numbers to support his claims.
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Summary: Check the Price of This Book - That Says It All
Review: I have listened to Rush for his 15 plus years on the radio and read all his books. He is entertaining, he holds the audience and makes for good radio during the early afternoon drive. Beyond that take his comments with a grain of salt. He is like Art Bell. Great radio guy, entertaining, they both even have good music and command 500 plus stations, but both have programs with a high fiction content. Rush is a de facto and I assume unauthorized Republican propaganda machine on everything from the dem's, to downplaying global warming, to turning the planet into golf courses, supporting gas guzzlers, deriding any opposing viewpoint, now attacking the Florida prosecutors, and commenting on who says what in congress. He talks to a fictional Mr. Snurdly on air who is perhaps his main friend (?). He carefully screens his calls to get specific questions that he can answer in a pre-planned and orchestrated fashion. It is all quite bizarre. I am sure some people actually believe his comments. But all the time while he preached the conservative values - and I am conservative - he was a secret drug addict. His wife says she is tired of the lies and wants out. So should we. The price of this book used is $0.01 on Amazon.com and there are 117 available. That should tell true conservatives and free market people something. Jack in Toronto
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Summary: Rush is (still) right!
Review: In 1993, Rush Limbaugh followed his bestselling masterpiece "The Way Things Ought To Be" with "See, I Told You So." Both of these books helped set the tone for the Gingrich revolution of the 1994 election when the GOP took control of both the House and the Senate. SITYS was written at the beginning of Bill Clinton's first term as President, and Rush almost seems to predict to a "T" how Clinton's presidency would unfold, as the disgraceful stain on our country's history that it truly would turn out to be. Limbaugh takes on so-called "New Democrats" (Leftist radicals disguised as moderates), Hillary Clinton's socialist health care scheme, the political correctness thought police and the revisionists and their efforts to rewrite history. SITYS is at least as good a read as TWTOTB, if not better. In this age of the war on terrorism, I would love to see Limbaugh come out with a third book. Well, how about it, Rush?
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Summary: Grow up Zsa Zsa
Review: In your dozen one star reviews for conservative books, you have cut and pasted that exact same paragraph: "Mr. Limbaugh's jab in one of the sections on defense that, quote, "anyone who has been in the military and fought in a war is a Republican. A veteran who proclaims to be a Democrat should not have come back alive." The only difference is that you've changed the name of the person to whom you've attributed that PHONY quote to. In your review for O'Reilly's book, you've attributed it to O'Reilly, for coulter's book, you've attributed it to Coulter, etc. I highly doubt that you're a veteran as well. Very low to impersonate a veteran.
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Summary: Another Conservative Gem
Review: Rush Limbaugh's second book, "See, I Told You So" is a great follow up to "The Way Things Ought To Be" and a conservative classic in its own right. In trademark Rush fashion, the book begins on a note of optimism with Rush recounting past run-ins with star athlete Danny Ainge as well as his former high school football coach. The stories he tells reveal life lessons that anyone can implement in his own life, and they provide the reader with personal inspiration in addition to entertainment value. According to Rush, the American Dream is still alive... To achieve your dreams you only need passion, hard work, and the pursuit of excellence... Too often these ideals are lost in the everyday bickering of political life, and by injecting them back into the national debate, Rush Limbaugh brings a bit of Jimmy Stewart back into the political landscape. As he did in his first book, Rush then moves into a full-fledged examination of the American culture war, highlighting the liberal bias of school textbooks, the degradation of traditional values, and the dumbing-down of America. As always the book is filled with tidbits of humor, written in a witty style unique to the author and pleasing to the reader. Other aspects of the book assess the then future Clinton presidency and Rush's opinions on how such an administration would govern. These chapters seem almost prophetic in nature following the aftermath of an administration bereft with corruption and scandal (and a president that was impeached, just as Rush predicted)... Overall, if you enjoy The Rush Limbaugh Show, then you'll love "See, I Told You So". (...)
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