Rating:  Summary: Why we need to vote Bush/Cheney out of office!! Review: This book unmasks the reign of havoc that the Bush/Cheney team has undertaken upon our country. This is a wildly zealous conservative administration totally intolerant to open mindedness or anything that differs from it's own approach. Simply put, this book argues convincingly that Bush must be defeated in 2004.The book makes a clear point that Bush is all about facades. In fact, it could be said that George Bush is as much a legitimate participant in the military during Vietnam as the fellow who portrays a cowboy in the band "Village People" is a legitmate cowboy.
Rating:  Summary: Lies and the Lying Liars That Tell Them Review: This is just another piece of garbage from the Democratic Bush-haters. Nothing in this book is real -- it's all lies, made up by folks who think, as the Nazis did, that if you tell lies long enough, some fool will believe it. Why anyone would publish such garbage, much less sell it to the public, is beyond me -- they must lack all character in doing so. If there were honest lawyers out there, these authors would be sued for the libel they have foisted on us. Dont' bother buying this trash!
Rating:  Summary: The dissection of a jackass Review: This might be the most informative book to date in what has become a rapidly growing -- and critically needed -- cottage industry: the denouncing of President George W. Bush. Eric Alterman's and Mark Green's impressively exhaustive research exposes the utter failures that are Dubya's foreign, domestic, economic, military, civil, education, healthcare and environmental policies. Each chapter begins with a specific quote or promise made by Bush within the past four years, then proceeds, harrowing fact by harrowing fact, to prove it ignorant, misleading, or, in many causes, an outright blatant lie. A truly scary but essential chronicalling of one of the most corrupt and incompetent men to ever lead a progressive, democratic nation.
Rating:  Summary: On The Far Right Wing And A Prayer Review: Through this whole book, I was impressed by these authors restraint. They steered clear of off handed and juvenal remarks about President Jr. They stuck to a just the facts type of reporting and left the name calling to pundit crowd. This impressed me even more given that at least one of these authors, if not both have been roundly criticized by the far right and painted with the now too familiar anti American label basically because they dare to look past the surface on the current administration. The authors take the Bush presidency on one issue at a time and they painstakingly cover each mistake and policy decision and the effects they have on the country.
What impressed me was the clear and steady march the authors took in revealing the Bush administration missteps. One area that might leave the average anti Bush book reader a little disappointed with was the no-nonsense approach the authors took. One might even call it dull, but they just did not stoop down to any name calling or cheep shots. I always like a fair and balanced book , but even I was wanting them to take a cheap shot or pointed barb here and there. With the authors taking this high handed review, it sometimes came off a little pompous. Regardless of this slight criticism, this book was even handed and I think fair. The authors tell you right up front that they think the Bush team has made a number of mistakes and they then spend the next 300 pages detailing them out.
Given the large population of anti Bush books I have read, it is my opinion that this one falls into the top tier. It provides a large amount of detail and does not spend a lot of time on minor issues. The book probably would have been better served if the authors would have included maybe one of two items that they felt the President handled well, because it does seem to be a bit of a piling on about 200 pages into the book. Then again these types of book are usually meant to bolster a persons opinion and not create a fair historical look. Overall the book was well written, interesting and not overly negative. It had a tendency to get dry about the mid point of each chapter, but always finished strong. If you are an avid reader of this topic or if you are just getting started, this book is a nice addition to your collection.
Rating:  Summary: Clean and powerful truth. Review: Well researched. Powerful indictment of a runaway administration. Recommended. Pay attention to the Doctor Moore review. Notice how each attack he makes on the book and its writers redound to a fair assessment of his own blindness. He is one of many examples of how the dangerous memes of right wing thought transmit their infections; even one paragraph of this kind of propaganda would take many pages to clear up and realign with reality. That's why attention must be paid, because his viral thinking is epidemic.
Rating:  Summary: The Goods on Bush Review: While paper airplanes fly overhead re: the case Bush, in the considerable literature exposing the administration, this collation of data takes the issues to a more detailed level and puts substance behind the charges with a detailed reckoning citing particulars from the budget to the war on Iraq. Good backup for the books of Franken, Corn, et al. at the crucial point where the election cycle is starting to take off.
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