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Summary: Couldn't Read what I was Believing
Review: Had to get a Bushism in somewhere. This is not just another book that pokes fun of Bush for his inability to grasp the English language, but a look at the mistakes that Bush made in statements, and how the media over looked them. It is sad when the media does not press a man and give insight to someone who has made so many goofs in speeches and so forth. Conservatives talk about the "liberal bias," but this book points out that after some of the goofs that Bush made and the media let slid: I'm less sure of this thinking. This book makes a strong case to the fact that now a day it does not matter how smart you are, to be President, but how well you fund raise and have good lawyers. The other case and here is where Miller does a good job is pointing out that Bush may be dyslexic. The humor comes when a reporter asked Bush if he might be dyslexic, and Bush flatly denied it. Yet, there is no shame in being dyslexic, and most people see live normal lives. It is sad when we, Americans, chose someone who clearly lacks any brainpower over someone who can, or might, give clear sound answers to questions. It is even sadder when we chose someone who is arrogant, stubborn, over calm and rational. The dumbing down of American has begun. The EU and the rest of the world is smiling wider than they have in over 250 year.
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Summary: Scary, but brillant
Review: Don't let the title fool you, this book goes beyond Bush's ... speech. It shows the entire charater of Bush. The facts and qoutes about Bush and from Bush are terrifying in that he is the one who is running the country. Conservatives and die-hard Bush supporters could learn something from this book. Read the post 9/11 version!
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Summary: An Idictment of the Media and our Political Process
Review: I read the hard cover edition and while I always considered myself a savvy media consumer I couldn't believe everything that was just glossed over prior to the last election. As a reviewer before me stated, this book is a damming indictment of the media and our current political process. I have to say that I was depressed by the things that were glossed over by the media in the last election.Don't by this book if you are looking for another Bushisms book or some other tome that glosses over this president and his media lap dog's woeful inadequacies. If you wish to be informed and, at the end, maybe even a little depressed at the vacuous nature of our political process, then this book is excellent.
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Summary: A must read that you just won't believe
Review: When I first read this book I had to read it over again just to make sure I read what I thought I read. When I was young I used to think that not just anyone could be President, that you had to have certain qualities such as a brain. After reading this book, I realized that with enough money, brains don't really matter. This book had my jaw dropping constantly. I have another instance of where this man some call President mis-spoke as his handlers like to say. It was when he visited ground zero after 9/11/01 and he said...I can hear you, the world can hear you and the people who took down this construction site....will hear all of us soon(or something to that effect). Umm construction site?? The buildings just got demolished by jet planes and he is calling it a construction site. I live in fear everyday and it is'nt because of Al-Qadea. Just read the book and you'll see.
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Summary: How Can There Be So Many Errors?
Review: I actually did not think I was going to get the level of disdain and outright dislike the author has for Bush Jr. Sure the books main theme is that Jr. is possibly dyslexic and probably not a mental giant, but this author kept on with the name calling through the whole book, idiot, moron and dumb were well used. With this said, it really did not bother me, I actually found his comments to be rather funny. The author filled the book with so many mistakes that Bush Jr. has made in his public speaking that you really have to wonder the total brainpower that the man has. I actually did not realize he had made so many down right stupid statements. I do not think the volume of these misstatements can be explained away as common speaking errors, there are just too many.
There were two things that I was a bit bothered by with the book. The first was the authors fixation of trying to tie Jr. back to Nixon through his father. There may be a slight correlation, but with the author trying so hard to join Nixon and Jr. together it just did not work. Plus the only reason to tie the two men together is to hurt the reputation of Jr. (not that he needs any help). I thought that was unfair and unsubstantiated. The second issues was that the author reached on maybe a handful of the misstatements that Jr. made. The author really tried to tie a few statements to overall errors or mistakes in thinking, which was a stretch. The effect of this stretching was that the overall message is diluted some. I mean Jr. does not need anyone helping him in sounding dumb. Overall the book is interesting and entertaining.
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Summary: God have mercy on us all
Review: The title is unfortunate and misleading, leaving readers with the mistaken impression that it's a funny book. It's not. It is a deeply frightening book that uses George W. Bush's own words to expose Bush's vicious, selfish and cowardly nature even as his handlers trumpet his heroism and "moral clarity". Congratulations to Mark Crispin Miller for his meticulous research and insight. But woe betide the country that has such a man as its leader.
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Summary: Read with a grain of salt, it's very eye-opening
Review: This started off as a "funny" read for me, but became much more quite quickly. I initially bought this book thinking I'd giggle over some of Bush's stupider quotes and that would be that. Instead what happened was that I took an enormously long time finishing a book that scared the ... out of me. I coudln't sit and read this for long stretches at a time and so it took me literally weeks to finish. Miller has an agenda--I won't deny that. And even as left leaning as I am, I still thought that a few of his points were stretched--he would quote something and then give his interpretation of what it meant, and I would disagree. For the most part, however, he paints a pretty vivid picture of our current administration. I won't get into summarizing or citing examples, because then I'd be here all day, but I'll say that as long as it is read with both eyes open and your critical thinking hat on to pick out the times when he's reaching a bit too hard, it's a good book and I'd recommend it. I bought a copy for my mom.
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Summary: Tons of information
Review: This book included massive amounts of information on the pre-election Bush, plus quite a bit leading up to 9/11. It makes a pretty clear case for how the mainstream and loud media has continued to conveniently forget and ignore anything about the Bush clan that would frighten or confuse the message that Karl Rove has forced upon the United States. I encourage everyone to read this book, but as well, keep track of what is going on in the foreign press and where Mr. Bush has led our great country.
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Summary: Excellent debunking of the myths of a hapless president
Review: Crispin Miller gives a very nice historical context using modern and early presidents. He then debunks the myth that George W is an affable, though unintelligent southerner. A persona that Karl Rove likes to project through carefull spin. Miller shows that unlike the myth, the man is actually a crafty politician, though quite illiterate and with a deep disdain for his educational priviledge. Moreover, through an examination of his public comments, the author shows Bush's further disdain for both democracy and its people.
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Summary: Who Cares About Grammar?He copiloted a fighter jet 40 miles.
Review: I agree with the writer of the "Hey Democarts, You Lost" review. The fact that Bush is a complete illiterate with no understanding of what's going on in the world indeed does make him a better president than the morally corrupt, well-spoken Clinton. Although Clinton demonstrated great skill in virtually all areas of domestic and international affairs, the Monica Lewinsky incident negates all of it. It may be true that the 50 million dollar Ken Starr investigation turned up nothing more than a stained dress and something about a cigar, but the incident proves that Clinton and his wife are unfit to hold any position of leadership. How can anyone claim that Bush is less than brilliant? Bush was elected by the biggest landslide in history - the nation's message that it was time to return to the traditions of morality and conservatism. Bush has waged a successful war against terrorism by attacking the Sep 11 instigators in Iraq and finding and destroying all the weapons of mass destruction that Iraq was poised to unleash on the world. Although almost all of the terrorists came from Saudi Arabia , Bush has smartly decided not to go after them, in order to protect our vital oir interests in that area.To top it off, he demonstrated his ace flying skills by heroically piloting a fighter jet on to a carrier that was nearly 40 miles from the coast of North Carolina and then flew back to DC and implemented a vigorous tax cut plan that re-energized the economy and created millions of high-paying jobs and brought the unemployment rate to the lowest in history. So those who would criticize Bush for his lack of grammatical skills and ignorance of what is going on in the world are just sore losers, obviously.
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