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Summary: The harpy strikes again
Review: Ann "thrax" Coulter told a crowd at the University of Washington (Nov. 15, 2001) that she would not condemn abortion clinic bombers or those who murder doctors because they had tried to work within the system to change the laws on abortion and were frustrated by their failure. In her book "High Crimes and Misdemeanors," she called for the assassination of President Clinton. Last year, in an interview with George Gurley in the New York Observer, she said: "My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times building." She told David Brock that she wanted to leave her law practice in New York because she didn't want to be around so many Jews, and her racist remarks about Arabs are everywhere. She continues this noble legacy with "Treason," where she expresses her unfettered enthusiasm for Joe McCarthy. Might want to skip this one.
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Summary: A must have/must read Home Run of a Book
Review: Ann has done it again -- Treason is a winner on par with her excellent book Slander!!! I find it interesting that although most of the reviews I've seen on this page focus on Senator Joe, I thought Ann's most powerful observations centered around Alger Hiss. For years we've heard the biased media lament what they characterize as Hiss' crucifixion at the hands of Richard Nixon -- yet has anyone heard a peep out of the left now that Hiss' connections to the Soviets has been brought to light? The book's chapter about Alger Hiss is fascinating. Her comments about Ronald Reagan's tenacious work to bring about the collapse of the Soviet Union are also deeply enlightening. Bravo to Ann for her brave work flashing the light of truth against hypocrites of the left.
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Summary: A Masterpiece of Misinformation
Review: Like her idol, the Nazi sympathizer and right-wing demagogue Joe McCarthy, Coulter feels free to invent "facts" to support her hate-fueled diatribes. Her book doesn't mention McCarthy's 1949 efforts on behalf of SS guards who massacred American POWS, which are a matter of public record. But since she recently remarked that she wants to move her law practice out of New York because she doesn't want to be around so many Jews, maybe this only increases his stature in her eyes.
She also leaves out the part where it was President Eisenhower and Senate Republicans (including Prescott Bush, W's grandfather) who moved to censure McCarthy, after the nation saw his appalling conduct televised.
There's more, of course- Harry Truman in particular is libeled by Coulter- but I don't have the time nor the space.
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Summary: Five Stars for Ann!
Review: Fantastic, well-written, well-researched account of the REAL history of the United States from the end of World War II to the present day. Outstanding documentation and extremely clever and witty prose. Congratulations to Ann Coulter, THE premier author of our time!
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Summary: Coulter's ties into half-truths get the better of her
Review: After thoroughly enjoying her writings as in "Slander," I was hoping for an even more comprehensive slight against liberals and Democrats. Unfortunately, she only got it right about half of the time, and the rest of the time she was wrong to the point where her opponents don't even need to justify themselves to her attacks. This one could be the big "oops" in her writing career. Basically the line between her satire and her scholarly analysis is too blurred. What she honestly believes to be true and what she merely exaggerates for effect can't be well-distinguished, which leads to a horrible mess. The parts of her rally against Democratic liberals as Communists are particularly ill-advised, as "liberal" presidents like Truman, Kennedy and Johnson were all against Communism. They were also pro-war, despised by leftist politicos as "cold war liberals." It was under Truman's administration that the anti-Communist policies were put in place, and the Democrats weeded out Communist strains within themselves. Over half of the original HUAC committee consisted of Democrats. Indeed, in an interview with Chris Matthews, Coulter herself would not stand by her proposition when questioned directly as to whether or not John Kennedy was a traitor or was guilty of treason. Which one could suppose is to her credit, but she could not have been blind to the fact that she would be stepping on the toes of one of the most patriotic and revered Presidents of the last century. How strong could even she really believe her position is? Furthermore, Coulter makes McCarthy out to be a hero, when he was no such thing. He did nothing to help anti-Communism, he only exploited a sentiment that was already there(two years after the Democrats themselves had effectively pushed Communists from their ranks). In fact, he helped to discredit the anti-Communist position with his witch hunt. Not only was leftist political thought granted a degree of public sympathy in the wake of his tirade, it was allowed to reorganize and join mainstream U.S. politics again. It is indeed "McCarthyism" that Coulter herself may be wading into with this book. Rather than help the cause of conservative political exposure, she may indeed hurt it(and herself) badly. There is a difference between anti-American sentiment and honest political disagreement, which has somehow been lost over the last few years but still exists as a fundamental element to our liberty. And while one is not required to give any time at all to contrary evidence to make their case, in this situation the evidence to the contrary is substantial and glaring, and her failure to account for any of that may be a disaster.
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Summary: Train Wreck
Review: Coulter's writing is not just inflammatory but blatantly irrational. Slander, her bestseller from last year, quickly became notorious for its errors and distortions of the facts (a quick google search will lead you to these). In Treason she takes her attacks to a new, and altogether astonishing level. Describing everyone with viewpoints that differ from hers as traitors, Coulter states that she believes that liberals are intentionally attemtping to destroy the United States. She explains to us what a patriot Joe McCarthy was, and how those who support freedom and liberty are guilty of Treason.
Coulter in general, and this book in specific are prime examples of the worst in American political commentary. Rather than attempt to present a viable viewpoint, Coulter distorts facts, takes quotes out of context, calls her opponents names, and lies (with lots of footnotes). Personally, I'm of the opinion that calling ones opponents names does not serve to further any just political cause.
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Summary: Finally the Truth
Review: Coulter hits it out of the park again. It is hard to discount her assumptions made in the book as it is very well documented. She mixes fact with humor better than any political scout out there today. It is very eye opening. To think that the left has controlled this discussion so well is frightening. I dare any liberal to read this book, remember, the truth will set you free.
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Summary: She's gone off the deep end
Review: I wish I didn't have to even give it a star. As an independent, I strive for reasoned thought, not vitriolic partisanship based on poor research. Whether on the left or the right, extremists rarely rely on rational discourse. With this latest diatribe, Ms. Coulter has officially departed from the land of lucid thinkers into her own stratosphere of insanity (or extreme marketing). The contest is now on to see who can spot the most false quotations, misleading sources, convenient overlooking of contrary information, and sentences taken out of context or incorrectly attributed (her prior book Slander followed this route as well). Quantity of citations, not quality, is evidently the Coulter mantra. The icing on this cake is her indefensible exaltation of Joseph McCarthy. Thinking conservatives are disserviced by Ms. Coulter's claim to membership in their ranks. May she go back to the obscurity from whence she came.
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Summary: Less than expected
Review: I hoped this book would shed light on contemporary events with detailed analysis of the right wing agenda. Unfortunately, I think this book is more of a rant than an analysis. Ann, just as in Slander, uses the repetition make truth strategy that she has inherited from Savage.
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Summary: Poor indeed
Review: I don't consider myself either Republican or Democrat, and have voted for candidates from both parties. I have nothing good to say about this woman except Ugh! While there are a few interesting points in her book, most of it is hysteria, hatred and pure venom. I've seen her spit out her venom on TV and she's not a pleasant sight at all. She never answers challenges to what she spouts with any intelligence or directness. She evades probing questions or anything factual that clearly contradicts what she says. Instead she resorts to smarmy, witless sarcasm in that dour fashion of hers or gets hysterical. Her fundamentalism and extremism is as scary if not more scary than anything she criticizes. She's as emptyheaded as they come. Shame you can't give a book zero stars, because this one deserves it.
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