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Summary: Coulter Spells It Out
Review: After reading several dozen of the more critical reviews of Slander, it is obvious that many of those who dislike the book and its author never actually read it and posted a review with the sole intent of hurling invective at the author. If one already hates the author and despises her ideas, then he/she is not likely to waste several hours reading a book with which disagreement is a foregone conclusion.
Yes, Ann Coulter is controversial and she can be polarizing. I have seen her on TV and after reading Slander, I can tell you she is far more articulate and less excitable in print than she is in a discussion. Here she really spells out so many instances of bias against even mildly conservative thinkers and ideas by the mainstream media that every thinking person has to sit back and say that she is so right. That doesn't mean liberals should not gloat about it. If I were liberal, I would be quite satisfied with the media's demonization of things conservative, and I would recognize and even revel in the anti-conservative bias of nearly every major media outlet.
Coulter says little new to those of us who recognize bias on a daily basis, but she has a lot to say to those fair-minded liberals and moderates who never really had the occasion to think about how the American people are basically fed managed, scripted news stories designed to provoke certain emotions. She tells us who, where, when and why and provides copious footnotes to document her charges against those deemed guilty.
I highly recommend Slander to anyone interested in politics, particularly to the non-conservative who can by reading the book get a better grasp of why conservatives appear to be angered by media bias against them.
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Summary: Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right
Review: I loved this book! Ann Coulter hits the nail on the head in this dead-on compilation of liberal bias in the media. The author is smart and funny and the book is fascinating. Read it and your eyes will be opened!
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Summary: Absolute trash
Review: There are a lot of lies in here, and they're all courtesy of Ann Coulter. For a woman who complains that liberals do nothing but attack their enemies, she does nothing but attack her enemies with seemingly endless streams of senseless right-wing propaganda. I see no reason for anyone to buy this book, or spend any time reading it; for conservatives, there are many well-written and well-thought out works available from intelligent authors who take up conservative stances, and liberals can better spend their time working for social justice, sustainable economic growth, etc.
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Summary: There is one thing you can learn about this book.
Review: There is only one thing that can be learned from reading this book: The difference between liberal writers and conservative writers is that liberals use actual evidence to backup their opinions while conservatives simply throw their potatoes on the plate with nothing behind them. Coulter's 240-page rant consists of baseless mudslinging at the Democrats as well as other liberals such as the Greens. She defends the Republicans with what she calls "truth under the curtain," claiming that liberals are to blame for every ounce of lost potential progress in the past 50 years. What facts does she have to back up these controversial claims? None, of course. Absolutely none. If you like mindless opinion with no real factual basis, or you just hate Democrats, buy this book. Otherwise, save your dough.
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Summary: Cut and Paste
Review: Well, if Ann actually wrote this little tome, which I doubt, the bile gurgling around inside her must have created an ulcer the size of Connecticut.She likes to brag that her editor cut the book down so much she has enough left over for her next one. I can hardly wait. The floor of the bird cage will be very happy. Oh, well. I guess I should be thankful for small mercies. I'd rather waste my time reading her, than being her.
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Summary: lyrical assassin
Review: Ann Coulter's brilliant conceit--and it's a conceit that seems over the head of certain reviewers--is her writing is a vehicle meant to provoke. Much like free-style rappers come up with outrageous lines to show down their opponents in verse, Ann Coulter drops lyrical bombs meant less to offer incisive critique on the great issues of the day than to humorously point out the abject illogic of the liberal position in today's world. If you take her work as anything more than that--if you assume that she aims to be the Socrates of Hegel of our time--you will be sorely disappointed. Her aim here is not critical thought or substantive thought but rather to embarras liberals. Witness one paragraph of her book, from page 20 of the hardcover edition: "At the risk of helping liberals formulate more persuasive arguments, there are a few pointers that might help them upgrade from the overheated demagogic rhetoric of fanatical cult members...."Nazi" can be used properly in a sentence, but it tends to lose its sting when you call every Republican a Nazi....Using the same words to describe school vouchers as to characterize the Holocaust tends to leave the impression that you forgot your point." All in all, hers is a brillaint method aimed at exposing the naive simplicity with which the reactionary left rails against those that wish to preserve our liberties.
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Summary: Can't Conservatives Have Fun ?
Review: Go over and read the reviews from readers of Michael Moore's "Stupid White Men" (which I've also read), then read the at least SUPPOSED "conservative" reviews of this book. Moore's book doesn't have a single footnote, isn't even well written, and is WAAYYY more over the top that this, and they just love it. Ok, so Ann's book isn't "nice", but it is heavily footnoted, and a LOT of fun. The one-liners are worth the price of admission alone. Excellent book, and a comparison with Moore should make any liberal jealous that we have Ann, and they only have a Stupid (and not very attractive) White Man.
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Summary: Let's Boil It Down
Review: What Miss Coulter essentially tells us here is that liberals argue in childish and hypocritical ways. Hard leftists are excepted, as they merely wish to talk all detractors to death. Liberals are the focus here, and they use methods that serve more to amuse their opponents than to do anything that could ever help their cause. Typical is, the liberal says, The one thing I have have against all you hateful rightwingers is that you stereotype. Another is, All you rightwingers generalize. Miss Coulter points these things out to the great discomfiture of those broad-minded enough to accept the orthodoxies of the New York Times editorial page and this week's DNC talking points. For this she is damned, her appearance is attacked, and she is accused of, say, support for the Kaiser in WWI. The reaction to the criticism of liberals tells much about their current political status, ideas, and whether they are aware Eleanor Roosevelt has long since passed from the scene. Liberals whined; conservatives laughed. Miss Coulter has earned her scars--and she's laughed loudest.
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Summary: Irrational, Biased and Hateful
Review: Whatever "facts" Ann Coulter is able to come up with against liberals, they are quickly colored by her irrationality, bias and hate. Not a recommended read. In fact, a complete waste of my time. I am glad of one thing: I didn't spend my hard-earned money on this book.
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Summary: Good but not offering much new information
Review: This book is fine. It offers data to support its conclusion and the data follow a logical sequence. The problem with the book as I see it, is Ann's overall snide, dare I say mean attitude. She is not as nice and joyfull as Rush Limbaugh, and is more brash than Michael Medved. Nor is she as funny as Larry Elder. The book also wont win converts like BIAS might, but none the less if you are a member f the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, like myself its a worthwhile read.
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