Slander

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Summary: To Soft, an Appeasement to the liberals, ex-parte outlook
Review: Ann H. Coulter attacks the liberal positions, philosophies, and outlooks throughout the book. I was expecting more academic rigor and stronger factual support to build a case of slander.

Law punishes slander, but we haven't seen a lot of punishment by the law, so that begs the question, "Do we live in anarchy?" Liberals decide which laws to enforce, who should be punished by law and who can be given leniency. Coulter's stories and insights are public knowledge, anyway, so the book seemed more of an accounting of the liberal accomplishments than a case for slander in the courts that I was expecting from the title (at least from an advertising point of view, it worked-I bought the book!) The strategy seems to be: Attack the Liberals to appease them by using their own style of rhetoric, which turns out supporting them. Why not? Am I confused?

She needs to write more books-not that I loved her style and want to read more pro-liberal debates-but because by writing more, she may figure out how to write something more substantiated that would be worth reading. We know the liberal ideas and Coulter needs to demonstrate she knows the conservative ideas. If you don't actively read "The New York Times," then some of the information brought up in the book will be insightful to you. I spent as much time searching the appendix for Coulter's sources of information as I did on the chapters she wrote. In many ways, the book restates and interprets much of the liberal media stories directly from the newspapers. The flavor was, "If you missed this article in the paper, then I'm going to make sure that you know all about it now!"

Powerful, rich, epicurean liberals are not threatened by Coulter's arguments; if anything, the arguments are a recounting of liberal successes. They are amused at the programs for the poor, strongly supported by unions, single women, blacks, and the rich. They despise the Republicans labeling them as stupid, tax-loving advocates of Nazism (the right wing conspiracy.) Coulter says liberals hate patriotism, the flag, and a strong military defense and think flag celebration is silly. Liberals have undermine the security of this country. Likewise, Liberals control the media bias but deny any unfair character definition, biased editorials, or liberal philosophies in the media.

Coulter demonstrates liberal media control by rehashing the Gore and Bush election announcement giving Gore the win and switching after Fox announced Bush won. The Florida Supreme Court expanded the regulations, smashing common sense and suffocating the process with regulatory interpretation based on fear.

Four times, Gore had a chance to take the election from Bush. It seems that Coulter has built a strong case that the liberals control the media and politico-legal machinery. So what? That's politics! It's powerful, it's intelligent, it's corrupt, and people tolerate it anyway! Liberals are advancing their vision of America, and the world is their message.

I will say Coulter's analysis of the "Conservative Right" caught my attention. In the "Battle for God, " protestant fundamentalism is the sleeping giant. It's very powerful and has strong media exposure, political interest lobbying capabilities, and can invoke a strong patron response. Coulter thinks the liberal tactic for dealing with the "Conservative Right" (a hateful slang term for those who think logically) is to first call them fanatics, second to generate a language of hate and even deny they exist or at least not recognize them for fear of drawing attention to them, and third of all, to call them intolerant and dictatorial.

Coulter recounts a Jesse Ventura interview when Ventura spoke his mind with courage calling the Conservative Right "weak minded" and organized religion authorities "dictatorial," telling people "what to think." It is a well-used liberal tactic to avoid the discussion of ideas and to label the conservatives as stupid-their other arguments fall flat as unmitigated lies. Ventura immediately lost public support, but in one fell swoop, he caught the attention and admiration of liberals in the media and politics who praised his courage. The liberal uncertainty is evident when dealing with the Conservative Right. Liberals find the Conservative Right "irritating" and "difficult to control." Liberal legislation continues to oppress the Conservative Right, as does hate crime legislation, judicial expansion and abortion. Freedom of Speech protects the liberal tirades while suppressing the Conservative reactionary response, labeling it "intolerant and irrelevant."

In one final mistake, Coulter does not even make an attempt to reverse the perspective and tell how the Conservative Right views the liberals or what course of action they have decided to take to oppose the liberal force. Is she afraid to look at it from "their" point of view for fear that she might be "to hard on the liberals or a Christian Fundamentalist", or does she just feel like riding the top of her wave of "liberalisms" without apology to those she pretends to squash with her rhetoric about the liberals ruling over the Christians? I think she falls flat because of her blatant, ex-parte outlook. No positions of strength or outlook. Come Coulter you can do better.

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Summary: if you're liberal you probably won't like it
Review: I consider myself a liberal. I'm concerned about the alienation felt by people on opposite sides of the political spectrum. I read this book with the intention of really trying to listen to what concerns conservatives have about liberals, but I was ultimately dissapointed about the content. This kind of book does have a place, but if you're liberal and interested in reading about the issues that divide the counrty - this is not the book to read. If, on the other hand, you share the political viewpoint of the author, I would imagine you would enjoy the book much the same way I enjoy Michael Moore's films.

I'll limit my criticism to one chapter, the ninth chapter (Shadowboxing the Apocryphal "Religious Right"). She puts forth the idea that there is no such thing as the 'religious right', that it's just a construction of the left to rally behind. At least she puts Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell down as people associated with the RR. I would suggest that it's not very difficult to understand what people are refering to when they say "religious right." It's not a conspiracy theory like the Illuminati (who really don't exist). What we're talking about is that bloc of voters who side with the GOP primarily because of moral issues such as abortion, homosexuality, and (more at the local levels) teaching evolution and sex-ed in schools, etc. These moral issues are framed within their religious worldview and do not come from a political ideology.

I feel that she engages in much of the ad hominem attacks that she accuses her opponents of, and that it lacks content of political depth. But again, these books have their place. If you do not already share her polital viewpoint, you will not find a well reasoned apologetic for the conservative perspective or rational critique of liberal viewpoint (you will probably be incensed). If you do share her views, you will likely find this book entertaining.

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Summary: Less than zero
Review: If I could give this book zero stars, I would. I believe this is quite possibly the worst book in the history of mankind, and all copies should be burned.

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Summary: Extremely flawed, but a fun read
Review: For a Log Cabin Republican, Coulter sure can spout. She is akin to a rabid dog behind a door with no "Beware" sign. She paints everything in black and white, them or us terms, which just isn't reality. But who cares about facts when she's preaching to a choir? Still, this book is a fun read--and I shall keep a copy next to my toilet for the next year or so.

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Summary: Preaching to the choir
Review: Ann Coulter knows that the conservative right is dominant in this country, but in order to gain readers she needs to create an imaginary source of outrage. Watch a couple hours of those cable news channels, and see how "liberal" they truly are.

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Summary: Slander hits Liberals in the face where they need it!
Review: This book was a mastery in telling it like it needs to be told and without all the left slanted distortions our media vomits(with the exception of Fox News)on a daily basis. Ms. Coulter says what needs to be said and exposes just how much lying the liberals do. Anyone with half an ounce of brain mass should be able to decipher this, if not they obviously have drank way to much "Clinton Kool-Aid" and or are to belligerent to know what is fact and what is not. All you leftists who want a feel good story should consider wasting your money on Hillary Clinton's brainwash bible or anything by Michael Moore and his indoctrination for America Haters. If Ann Coulter is trying to set the record straight with facts and displace the deceit liberals spew then this book is a clarion call to arms for everything the Right stands for! This book is a must read for anyone who wants to know the real truth, nothing less.

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Summary: Wonderfully Hilarious!
Review: Ann Coulter has given us a book that describes, in detail, how the left continues to do nothing but lie about the American right, and not only how they continue to get away with it, but how they also, on occasion, actually convince a person or two that they are telling the truth. Ann makes the point that liberals can only argue on a 6th grade level, which inevitably leads them to their ultimate in logic and persuasion...."you're stupid". The only thing Ann got wrong in this book, is her statement that liberals don't read books. One quick glance at all the negative reviews of this particular book resoundingly refutes that statement, and I thank all the liberals out there who actually took the time to read it. The fact that you bothered to read the views of the "enemy" indicates a certain level of maturity on your part that has yet to be attained by most of your peers.

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Summary: Treasonous Itself
Review: The United States of America was created in 1776 by men of liberal philosophies. The most liberal time this country has ever experienced was when it declared independence from England, demanded liberty and justice, and set about ensuring its citizens' freedom by creating the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Liberals are so-called because they love LIBERTY, and they refuse to be limited by authoritarian regimes, such as one that colonized America. They are broad-minded and open to reform and progress. Had conservatives been more powerful in 1776, we would not have our own country today, and you would be singing "God Save the Queen" at the ballpark.

You can thank liberals for the United States of America.

So when Ann Coulter and her ilk denounce liberals and liberalism itself in their breath-taking displays of ignorance, bias and distortion, they mark themselves as enemies of America--traitors themselves. They denounce the very people and philosophies that made this country great. They spit on America's Founding Fathers and those American citizens today who cling to a fervent belief in liberty and progress.

Ann Coulter is an attorney. She knows the legal definition of "treason," and she knows that acts of treason are punishable by death. Ask yourself this: How can you take seriously anyone who charges MILLIONS of America with the crime of treason? Who, if we are to assume that she's being serious about her accusations, would not think twice about rounding up every American with liberal beliefs and lining them up in front of a firing squad?

She is either a lunatic, or a very smart woman who is playing the American public for all it's worth by stirring up the basest emotions of hate and rage and turning them into millions for her bank account.

Either way, this book isn't worth the paper it's printed on, and anyone who takes this TRAITOR seriously ought to have his/her head examined.

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Summary: Skeweringly funny
Review: I read Treason in a couple of days - it was hard to put down, and I kept reading bits out loud to my husband. There aren't many books that skewer sacred cows, deepen one's understanding of history, and make you laugh out loud repeatedly. This is a great book, and even if you don't (in the beginning, anyway) agree with everything Ann Coulter writes, you will definitely come out the other end knowing more about history, communist spies, and have taken a closer look at long held prejudices. Not boring paragraph in it, and very well researched.

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Summary: More proof as to why Republicans are inferior to Democrats.
Review: Ah Yes another year and another work of fiction from Conservative lunatic Ann Coulter. In her latest book she tells even more lies then in her last, believe it or not. Among her many laughable assertions are that: 1. JFK was a Traitor, even though he was a war hero who fought for his country and brought us back from the brink of nucleur war. 2. Harry Truman was a traitor evn though he defeated the japanese to win the war for America. 3. Joe McCarthy was a great man, even though he was a psychopath who saw communists under his bed, and ruined hundreds of innocent lives. And finally, that Democrats can't win wars, even though we won WWII and Kosovo. Ann Coulter may have a nice booty, but other then that she is a waste of space. In medieval times Ann Coulter would have been known as a "Wandering Idiot", a person who travels the countryside babbling nonsense. The difference is that at least back then, they knew enough not to give "Wandering idiots" Book deals