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Summary: Sure, it's partisan! That's the idea!
Review: A wonderful hate-fest for Bush haters (and there are a lot of them)! And plenty of facts along with the invective. I didn't agree with absolutely everything in the book, but a lot of it was right on target. Wonderful essays, cartoons and quotes from the Misunderestimated Man. Why should the cons have all the fun being partisan and nasty?I was a bit surprised not to see some negative review by an outraged conservative, but then, would a Bush partisan actually ever buy this book?
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Summary: Why Does EVERYBODY Hate This Guy So Much?
Review: That's a strictly rhetorical question, of course. There are virtually hundreds of great reasons to hate/fear our dangerously incompetent buffoon of a president, not all of which are described in detail in this terrific new collection of thought provoking essays edited by Clint Willis. Writers as disparate as Paul Krugman, Molly Ivins, Greg Palast, Joe Conanson, and Michael Moore offer intelligent, impassioned and often darkly humorous pieces about nearly all the egregious misdeeds of Dumbya and his appalling administration. It's been incredibly painful for this country to have been forced to watch all of the shocking scandals as they unravel on the nightly news. THE I HATE GEORGE W. BUSH READER helps put into perspective the onslaught of outrages that have caused the vast majority of the American populace to shudder in horror. For the few remaining Bush-apologists out there, reading this little gem of a book should act as a profound awakening.
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Summary: Why Does EVERYBODY Hate This Guy So Much?
Review: That's a strictly rhetorical question, of course. There are virtually hundreds of great reasons to hate/fear our dangerously incompetent buffoon of a president, not all of which are described in detail in this terrific new collection of thought provoking essays edited by Clint Willis. Writers as disparate as Paul Krugman, Molly Ivins, Greg Palast, Joe Conanson, and Michael Moore offer intelligent, impassioned and often darkly humorous pieces about nearly all the egregious misdeeds of "Dumbya" and his appalling administration. It's been incredibly painful for this country to have been forced to watch all of the shocking scandals as they unravel on the nightly news. THE I HATE GEORGE W. BUSH READER helps put into perspective the onslaught of outrages that have caused the vast majority of the American populace to shudder in horror. For the few remaining Bush-apologists out there, reading this little gem of a book should act as a profound awakening.
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Summary: Great book. Crummy title
Review: This is a great book that really outlines many of the wrong-misguided antics of our present administration. I have used this book with my kids(11 and 13), it's set-up really well to have family discussions with small sections of 5-15 pages. I wish the name would have been changed. I don't hate the president, however I dislike his policies and his agenda. Many of his ideas were good in conception but lacked the backing to make them effective(ie No Child Left Behind). And many of the ideas were wrong to begin with(ie Stem Cell Research Ban). It's a good book to get you started, and will give you a good basis on which to research on the current president.
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Summary: Title scares peole away
Review: This is an excellent book! My wife gave it to me as a birthday gift. I just finished it before the second "presidential" debate. The book could serve as a primer for the debate. In the book there is a chapter on Dubya's language. He vey much uses "I", in short: he personalizes the state a la Luis XIV. If you question Dubya, you question the US. The he uses statements that are either sweeping, or detailed. Both difficult to contradict, since they are not actually false, but not actually true either. He paints everything in black and white, right or wrong. Kerry, when in a more statesmanlike manner, tries to say that for a president, things cannot be that simple, gets mocked.
Enough on that. Many chapters detail the calculated lies of the administration. Some of them are overly detailed, but that just make them so much more painful to read. Luckily there are several cartoons, Dubya gaffes and quotes, and games included in the book, to give the reader the relief fo laughter. The most shocking facts are left to last: the republican spin doctors use the fact that americans want to believe that the US President is doing his best for the country. By careful spin and propaganda they have twisted the mindframe of Americans so that questioning Dubya is equal to questioning the US Constitution or the American Way of Life. Of course, media gets its share too. Bush is treated much more lenient by the media than any other president.
Scary stuff.
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Summary: If this is "tolerant" Liberalism, I want no part of it
Review: Whenever Clint Willis finally gets around to compiling a book about hating Saddam Hussein and Osama bin-Laden, then Clint and his cronies might have some credibility. As it is, their blind hatred and knee-jerk reactionary attitudes against Conservatives have produced reams of commentary...loopy, mean-spirited, small-minded ideas that are fundamentally wrong about nearly everything in the world. These pundits' loathing of Conservatism has blinded them against the real enemies of America and freedom. Ironically, it's the Conservatives who provide the strength, vision, and courage to defend the rights of Liberals to spew their opinions. Hatred...that's what this book is. At least truth in advertising is in effect here.
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