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Summary: The irony is rich. (What was suglia reading?)
Review: I don't know what suglia was reading --Wood answers suglia's question right in the paragraph where The Prisoner is mentioned --says the American people are just like Number Six, not sure if they're in control or being controlled and trying to figure that out. How is that a false analogy --did suglia even read the footnote? And what's the evidence for the feebleness of Wood's grasp? I found the essay pretty compelling, and it proves to be more correct every day --the enthymematic argument thing is pretty useful information, and Dick Cheney's been doing it again in just the last two weeks saying Iraq was in cahootz with Al Qaeda, even after the 9/11 commission said they weren't. (And it's a footnote, not a preface; it says so, right there on the cover, "With a historical footnote by Joley Wood." A footnote goes at the end of the book, which is where the note is, but I guess that's a concept one would have to grasp first --like irony, because there's a lot of it in the book.)
The captions were taken directly from Bush's own speeches, so it's not like anything was doctored up, as they can all be found in the public record. What they show is Bush's own lack of interest in what he's saying as he's saying it --kinda like a ventriloquist's dummy, no thought about what's being said. Since this came out, Bush still hasn't figured out how to say Abu Ghraib, and doesn't seem to care. I would think that says something about his own moral character, when he doesn't bother to learn the name of his own troops' torture chamber. Or does Bush even bother to learn who in his administration blew the cover of a CIA agent --which is a federal offense. Bush's disinterest is kinda like Wolfowitz's, who didn't know how many troops had died in Iraq when asked by congress (he said a couple hundred --he was off by 600 at that point). What's that say about their moral character?
Such examples should make people just a bit worried --we have leaders sending people off to war and not even paying attention to how many are dying. I think the humor in the book, brought out through the irony of abstracting already abstract statements into images, provides a little breathing room and allows for those who might be alarmed by what he says and does to get some perspective and not sit apoplectic with disbelief. If you'd vote for an orangutan before a Democrat, there's probably no use in reading it (or reviewing it without having read it). If you're an independent looking for a laugh, or someone who just likes creative political humor, this is a good bet.
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Summary: Laugh Out Loud!
Review: This coloring book exceeds C. W. McKee's Clinton coloring Book that came out in 1999. I'm adding this one to my collection. Though I may not share the same politics as Wood or Ocker, I certainly can't debate the facts and quotes that it's based on. I'm a republican and still capable of finding the humor in Bush's constant verbal blunders and wish that his mis-speaks were the worst of it. I'd rather laugh than cringe. Ocker's drawings have me laughing out loud. I reccomend this book to anyone, regardless of party affiliation, with half a sense of humor. The quotes are carefully selected and the drawings are skillfully composed. They are hilarious. I'm banking on this becoming a collector's item.
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Summary: Not as clever as it sounds
Review: This seems like a good idea in theory - take the President of the U.S. and poke fun at him through a coloring book.
In reality what you get is a biased and unfair portrayal of a man who has sworn to protect and uphold the Constitution.
Save your money and purchase Ann Coulter's "Treason" instead.
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Summary: Not a childrens book
Review: To re-state what to me what was completely obvious, but from reading a review here must not be so:People... This is NOT a childrens' coloring book. It is for ADULTS. An innocent childs mind is not the place to exercise political beliefs. Let children be children and let them decide for themselves. That said, this book is a bit funny and a good gag gift for a Bush hater, or even funnier, for a Bush lover. Crayons would be optional ;)
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Summary: This is Democrat humor
Review: When you lose an election, stomp on all your sour grapes and then make pulp for paper on which to print your whiney liberal tomes. This coloring book is the low point in Democrat commentary. This is what they are left with after the "serious" Bush-bashing books are read successively in a frenzy of Bush-hating.
I also can get tongue-tied and I would probably look foolish if someone were recording my every word and compiling a list of mispronunciations, stutters and foot-in-mouth comments. So would probably a lot of other people. It's funny what liberals resort to criticizing when they've run out of steam on all their other complaints. They seem to prefer a president who appears to be a great speaker, but with low moral character, than a president who is man of integrity but who sometimes stumbles over words. Even the apostle Paul said people criticized him for his lack of eloquence.
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Summary: Comic Relief In It's Best Form
Review: You don't have to hate Bush to have a sense of humor. I strongly reccomend this book to anyone who isn't threatened by the truth or afraid to laugh.
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