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Summary: Great Book
Review: A disclaimer is in order: I am a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat and a Carville fan. That being said, there are lessons to be learned in this book for anyone. Regardless of whether you, like me, think the Clinton impeachment was a sham, there is something to be learned from Carville in that episode. He would have been the toast of Washington if he came out and trashed the President. He did the exact opposite and showed what true loyalty is.
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Summary: I like James Carville, even if he is deluded
Review: Carville is an interesting and funny guy, I love to see him on talk shows and I like the way he writes, so he deserved 5 stars. However, he needs to wake up and realize that liberalism has failed miserably. Read "Vision of the Annointed" by Sowell.
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Summary: Mostly Hogwash
Review: Carville is the quintessential spin-doctor; he's good at it, granted, but it doesn't change the fact that his presentation is smoke and mirrors.He rambles (somewhat aimlessley, in my opinion). He misdirects. He makes a few, rare, solid points. The problem is that the points he makes don't really apply to what he's talking about; they exist only to give some sense of validity to his spin-doctoring. For Carville, truth is what you want it to be, there is some question as to what the word "is" means, etc. The case for stickin'? What about the case for truth, for right and wrong, for honor and principles over some skewed sense of personal pride? Save your money; read something the founding fathers wrote (try 'Our Sacred Honor' or 'The Spirit of America', compiled by William Bennett), read history, read philosophy -- even something written by C. Paglia would be time better spent.
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Summary: Loyalty isn't exclusive of Politics
Review: Carville's book, though delving mainly in his politically consumed world, is filled with interesting insights into mankind and the human bonds that have brought us through the last 3000 years. While he takes his shots at the GOP, he also talks about family, war and reasons we " Do or don't do unto others". While an admited Democrat, I believe we can all learn a lesson or two from this reading, for loyalty knows no party.
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Summary: "Stick with your friemds.And stick it to your enemies."
Review: I mainly know Carvillefrom Crossfire and other appearances on TV. While I almost always disagree with his political positions;I have always admired his quick wit and command of language.There was much more to his book than I ever expected and I strongly recommend it to anyone who follows politics ;particularly if your politics don't agree with his.As a matter of fact ;if Carville really irks you,all the more I suggest you give it a read.I guess the one thing that surprised me is how true to himself he is.His statement "I am not a loyal Republican.I am not an objective person.",tells it all.
Carville believes in loyalty to the n th. degree and does an excellent job of defining what Loyalty means.
Any person who is fortunate enough to have as loyal a friend as Carville ;would be blessed.
While I will probably continue to differ with him on most matters,I will appreciate his banter even more as a result of this book.I have no problem agreeing with him on Gingrich;but Loyalty explained his standing by his friend Clinton.
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Summary: STICKIN' THE CASE FOR LOYALTY
Review: In Stickin', the always colorful and insightful political strategist James Carville, who has been accused of being loyal, examines this much - maligned and misunderstood political good. Along the way, he looks at loyalty in the family and among friends, in theory and in practice. He praises some loyal people and skewers some deserving backstabbers.
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Summary: Ragin Cajun Is Ramblin But Real
Review: In STICKIN, James Carville sounds conflicted. I think that is why he rambles a bit, rambles the way people sometimes do late at night, maybe after a few beers, when they are trying to deal with some painful choices they have made and navigate around convolutions. The rambling is honest. I admire it. Loyalty is a rambling, damned-if-you-do-and-damned-if-you-do-not issue. Questions over his loyalty to Bill Clinton led Carville to explore his feelings and experiences with loyalty, resulting in this book. Carville writes with a down-to-earth bluntness, using the pronouns THEY and YOU in their most colloquial form; his prose has an urban blue-collar sound that belies his roots in a Louisiana community named for his ancestors. He candidly shares his pain and loyalty conflicts about people and institutions, ranging from Clinton, to the Roman Catholic Church, to a racist but loving grandmother...while sharing his own far-from-Eagle-Scoutish history (even letting a sibling weigh in). Self-righteous he is not. He gleefully skewers the self-righteousness of some political foes (Gingrich, Bennett). Actually, he skewers Republicans in a global way, but pays loyal tribute to his Republican wife. Personally, I agree with Carville that the sex life of President Clinton is far less deserving of outrage than are some sell-outs Clinton made legislatively. Carville has some thoughtful things to say about McCarthyism, the brother of the Unabomber, Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese and Robert E. Lee. I do not buy everything Carville says about loyalty (for example, his praise of one judge for having frankly admitted showing favoritism on the bench to a friend). I was disappointed that his chapter about loyalty in business turned out to be about choices of restaurants and airlines instead of the loyalty issues most of us grapple with in the work world. (Choosing between sticking by the company you work for versus sticking by consumers, clients or the public; choosing between the boss and a friend; etc.) But I am heartened by this book and other books by Carville. He is honest. He is passionate. He does well in sticking it to the right-wing claim for a monopoly on virtue.
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Summary: Decent but not on the level of Mr. Carville's other efforts
Review: Stickin': The Case for Loyalty is well worth reading for any of the James Carville fans out there. I am a Republican but I enjoy the passion and loyalty that Mr. Carville displays in his books and TV interviews. I am a huge fan of his other books which I strongly suggest to anyone. However Stickin' left a bad taste in my mouth. For one it really gives no new reasons for why Carville "stuck" with President Clinton. We all know the story. Two, it rarely invokes the sense of humor that we expect and enjoy. Read We're Right They're Wrong, ...And the Horse He Came in One, and All's Fair first. If you're hooked try this one.
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Summary: Carville is treading water here
Review: This book reminds me of a typical Saturday Night Live movie: one good joke and 85 minutes of filler. The story of Carville's history with the Clintons and why he defended them is interesting and well-written. Unfortunately, once told, Carville needed to write over a hundred more pages in order to have a book-length volume. At almost every juncture where he could have written something insightful about loyalty (like his marriage to a very partisan Republican and his love for his racist grandmother), he rarely fails to back away, throw his hands in the air with a "gosh, ain't that weird?" sort of attitude, and leave it at that. If you're a hard-core partisan Democrat, you might like it just because it hits all the right spots by beating up on nearly every prominent Republican in sight. But that's not exactly tough, and other books like "Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot" do the same thing, but with humor and more than ten minutes of research.
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Summary: Not a Political Book
Review: This is largely my fault for not reading reviews carefully, but if you're looking for a book with great Political insight like Love, War, and Running For President...this is NOT the book for you. While it's an entertaining book and I like Carville's style, I wish there was more info about WHAT Carville did for Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal and HOW he went about doing it, than hearing all his views on loyalty. I just wanted something different out of this book and don't be surprised by what you DON'T get
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