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Summary: $Rightwing Pap Smear
Review: ... The book is replete with irony, not the least of which, for a woman who
would like to see the nation's women totally lose their voice (she is
actually on record as advocating a repeal of suffrage(!) because she thinks
women voters support too many taxing social programs), Coulter herself has
quite a bit to say. Most of it is merely repetitive abuse and at least as
slanderous as that which she is castigating, but nonetheless entertaining.
Inaccurate, out of context quoting is a motif of the book. She starts
immediately with the charge that the "leftwing media" (where is this leftwing
media she seems to find everywhere? I would love to watch something left of
center in the mainstream media, if I could find it!) has labeled Rep. Tom
DeLay (R.-Texas) "the Hammer" and "the Exterminator". He does indeed have
these nicknames, but what many readers will not know is, he proudly adopted
them HIMSELF. I guess they feed his macho pride. And he literally WAS an
exterminator before he came to Congress, which is how that one got started.
When he was minority "whip" he kept a large leather whip in his office and
brandished it liberally (pardon the expression) at visitors. The guy is
nothing if not literal-minded. There are many other examples of this kind of twist; the "lawn jockey"
charge against the NY Times is another--that's the one where she cleverly
quotes a critical editorial headline from the Times and combines it with
out-of-context pejoratives aimed at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
from other sources--so the reader gets the (mistaken) impression that the
Times called Thomas a "lawn jockey". It would be quite a research project to
parse every one of her quotes and separate the wheat from the chaff, and
Coulter knows most folks don't have that kind of time--so her inaccuracies,
sadly, will probably stand. Life is definitely a comedy to those who think. Another amusing irony in
the book is her hoisting of the Paula Jones banner. I guess we feminists
should really thank Jones for turning every conservative Christian in the
country into a virulent feminist, frothing over the scourge of sexual
harrassment. Oh but I forgot--sexual harrassment is an outrage only when
it's committed by Democrats. Conveniently omitted from the book is the fact
that Coulter's very own marbled icon, Phyllis Schlafly, to whom she refers
often in wide-eyed adoration, has ridiculed the entire concept of sexual
harrassment and once stated primly, "Men don't make passes at virtuous
women." Before Clinton, most Republicans wouldn't even acknowledge that such
a thing as sexual harrassment even existed. It's wonderful how the law-and-order thumpers of the far right can always
generously excuse their own wrongdoers. In her torrents of sympathy for the inferiority complexes of Jones and fellow rightwing pawn Linda Tripp for how
they were "driven" to numerous plastic surgeries to satisfy the whims of the
sadistic media (!), Coulter doesn't mention how they amassed all the bucks
for these operations: mostly, by hitting up their conservative database for
donations towards "legal expenses." Last time I checked, a nose job,
facelift and liposuction were not exactly "legal expenses". So does
law-and-order Annie think that Jones and Tripp should be prosecuted for
embezzlement and raising money under false pretenses (felonies)? Don't be
silly---prosecution of criminal behavior is only for Democrats. I could go on, but on cursory examination those were the salient points I
noticed. Here's hoping some of her "facts" will be more accurately
deconstructed.
Rating: 
Summary: You know, the reviews support her facts from the book!
Review: Amazing to see the response here. Just read the book. Amazing. Thank you Ms Coulter! Our eyes begin to open...
Rating:
Summary: Great Book
Review: It is very clear that those with the one sentence, one star, reviews did not read the book. I did. It is very hard to argue with the well researched facts and logic.
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Summary: ZERO STARS for Ann's latest
Review: Its almost impossible to avoid ANNTHRAX Coulter on TV. But buying the book is optional so I'd advise you to AVOID IT AT ALL COST!!!! As anyone who has been subjected to Ann's daily appearances on TV (or her "column" on-line and in some of the nation's poorer newspapers) knows, this woman is insane. Her "political" rhetoric appears to be the pundit's version of turret's syndrome, she will say the most horrible and personal things about people, then attack them for quoting her and call it "slander". There, you just got the idea of the book. For Coulter, its all about ME ME ME. She is a lunatic. Don't read this book.
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Summary: hypocritical, name-calling garbage
Review: from one who supposedly condems liberals for resorting to name-calling. as usual, ms coulter resorts to making page after page of outlandish claims (which she backpeddles from when confronted during television appearances). this is one of the most excrutiating reads i've ever endured. and lets not forget the fact that ms coulter wouldn't know a liberal if she saw one (she actually thinks that bill clinton, advocate of coroprate welfare, the wto, and welfare "deform" is a leftist!) this book is a blessing in disguise for liberals. the more exposure this vile woman receives, the worse conservatives look. if you want the truth on liberalism and what it's all about, then i'd suggest giving senator paul wellstone's excellent "the conscience of a liberal" a read.
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Summary: Too much whine - - goes too far.
Review: Ann Coulter's basic premise is that Corporate America has created an unstoppable hydra of liberal news media that actively seeks to tell lies about Republicans and exclusively Republicans. It just goes too far. About half way through this book, she launches in to a story about how news reports on senility increased after Ronald Reagan was re-elected. If there was such a secret cabal of liberalism that hated Reagan, why would they wait until after he started his second term? Why not do it during the campaign? Because Presidents can only be elected twice, it just did not matter once he got into office a second time. I can't believe that "conservative" people are sitting around reading this book and muttering "ditto" to themselves. It's just too over the top, and most of it comes from a point of view that even the most ardent Republican wouldn't really buy into. I think the book is more entertaining for "liberal" people to read, and get a chuckle out of, when they think "hey, if CBS and NBC are so darned liberal, how come they constantly skewered Clinton.
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Summary: Slander "slammers" keep making Ann's point
Review: I find some of the negative reviews of this book very amusing. Those making assertions that the book is "mean" and full of "hate," obviously have not read it. Quite comicly, they are walking right into the behavior of the modern liberal movement that Ann speaks of. "If you don't like the opinions you are hearing, attack the speaker, call names, and label them as an "extremist." In other words, never address the substance of the argument. Rather, discredit the person who is making the argument. I'm sure some "intellectual" on the left will be labing Ann Coulter a "Blond Bimbo" in no time. I guess it's much easier to make an intellecutally lazy argument when you speak in broad generalities (about "mean" and "hate") while refusing to invest the grey matter to cite specifics. Ann clearly invested the time to substantiate her arguments and it is very compelling.
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Summary: Liberal hate speech, finally cataloged
Review: Finally, someone's documented the intellectual poverty of the liberal "arguments" and put everything in one place for all to see. I would dearly love to hear a liberal refute the points she makes in this book, but it's certain they won't. They can't. Way to go, Ann Coulter! Great book.
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Summary: Are you censoring our reviews?
Review: The last two reviews I have written have been critical of blowhard, drivelous conservatives such as Frau Coulter, and have not been posted. Is this a deliberate pattern? Have the conservatives so cowed you that you are afraid to let criticism be aired uncensored?
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Summary: I guess a "liberal" is anyone who disagrees with Ann
Review: I'm a moderate. I saw a poll that stated that over 70% of Americans consider themselves moderate, not liberal or conservative. As a moderate, sometimes I vote for conservative candidates, sometimes more liberal ones. I wish someone would explain to me, in a rational way (which this book does not do) why the media is supposed to be so liberal. I find it very balanced, with several viewpoints available both in print and on T.V. I think this book will only appeal to ultra-social-conservatives, not the mainstream American. I didn't like this book at all. Not because I disagreed with all of it (I agreed with much of it), it was just poorly written. $ave your money (I wish I did)!!!
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