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Summary: Love it or hate it!
Review:
Not surprisingly, reviewers of this book either love it or hate it--give it 5 stars (as have I) or 1 star, and those who do the latter protest because they can't give it no stars at all.
The reason? Ann Coulter writes passionately, and she minces no words--she is a conservative, and she dislikes the liberals' polemics, which she claims are mainly lies, ad hominem attacks and slander--a claim she backs up very effectively with detailed quotes, naming names and places. She discusses, in detail, the left-leaning elite media and gives examples of the way in which they ignore people with whom they disagree, like Phyllis Schlafly, and build up liberals like Gloria Steinem, who--according to Coulter--is a ridiculous figure and a failure at all she attempts, who had to sleep with a media mogul to get money to keep her magazine, Ms., going. And, yes, she names him. Love it or hate it, this is a book to reckon with. It is certainly polemical, but she lists her sources, names names, gives explicit quotes, and makes her argument hard to refute. The result? Liberal readers go nuts! They can't argue with her, so they indulge in name-calling and disparage her parenthood--the very things she says they do, in the book, rather than make coherent arguments. When they don't like what they hear from someone who accuses one of their icons--i.e.: Linda Tripp, Paula Jones or Catherine Harris--they attack their looks, calling them "ugly and evil," "a snitch, and an ugly one at that," "Barracudaville," or "smelling of gunpowder and garlic," instead of refuting the accusations. "This," says Coulter, "from the party of Bella Abzug." She makes a good case for media bias, as well, and says that the elite media is far more liberal than even the Democrat constituency. And she pretty much makes an irrefutable case for her claims. So, as a conservative--biased as I am--I think it is a good book. From my standpoint, it reads like the truth. But then, I am, as the liberals would say, just a "Redneck" in "Flyover" country; not a Hollywood star, like Sean Penn, with vast knowledge of foreign affairs. Or Barbra Streisand, who advises presidents. What do I know, anyway? Joseph Pierre
author of "Handguns and Freedom" and other books
Rating: 
Summary: Response Extraordinare
Review: I consider myself neither a conservative nor a liberal. Being aware, however, of media bias, I do tend to form political opinions only after having heard the story reported from various outlets ranging from more left to more right. This being said, Ms. Coulter's book is one of the first I have read where ideology is planted firmly in the right. My first foray into the literary realm of the Republican party, proved to be an eye opening experience. Not overly long and tedious, Ms. Coulter's writing style flows well from page to page, not without an underlying hint of controlled rage. Her arguements are well referenced and clearly spelled out, encouraging the reader to question everything he or she has heard, believed, or insinuated about the Republican party. I recommend this book perhaps as a balance to a book written by a liberal author, perhaps to compare and contrast both views.
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Summary: Not bad, drags toward the end
Review: Coulter is fun to watch on TV but this book meanders a bit. I don't thing writing is her strong suit. You could do worse but you could do better. Buchanan, Rush, those guys can make a point. Coulter comes across as fanatical, but unsure of why. It's one thing to say you are a true conservitive, it's another thing to milk it for speaking fees at colleges.
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Summary: A short excerpt
Review: The first paragraph of this book:
"Political 'debate' in this country is insufferable. Whether conducted in Congress, on the political talk shows, or played out at dinners and cocktail parties, politics is a nasty sport. At the risk of giving away the ending: It's all the liberals' fault." Is she being ironic here? Or not? I don't get it. If you call American political debate "insufferable" in the first sentence, call politics "nasty" in the second sentence, and then make an incredibly inflammatory, insufferable and nasty comment in the third, are you a hypocrite? Or some kind of crazy genius? Was this intentional?
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Summary: Abysmal, "deeply ridiculous," in her own words
Review: I picked up this book at the library because of how much buzz it has received, expecting a Republican rant to giggle about, or, perchance, an actual intelligent argument worth thinking about. Unfortunately, after making myself read 40 pages after the first 2 (at which point i wanted to throw up and return the book), I have to conclude, in all seriousness, Ann Coulter is mentally ill. Completely unrelated to her political affiliation, I think her hate for "liberals" is not healthly. She could just as well have been a rabid liberal -- I think she has an obsessive personality that latches on to an idea to explore and twist it in every direction. It's unfortunate that Coulter is encouraged by the Republican establishment, because I think that, for her own good, she should be phased out of punditry. She does not make any logical arguments, she just seems to be deliriously foaming at the mouth, and it doesn't matter to her exactly what to foam about. As for her arguments, barely worthy of any refutation, she accusses liberals of never making logical arguments and just calling Republicans stupid, and the writes a 200 page book doing exactly that to liberals. She provides no argumentation, she just calls people names. There's nothing admirable about this; it's pathetic, and makes me pity her for being so obsessed beyond the reach of any reason.
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Summary: instantly disposable
Review: This is the latest tirade from the swelling niche of extremist pundits trying to cash in quickly on the naivite and ,dare I say it, slanderous misconceptions of a misinformed public hungry for easy answers and a reinforcement of their dearly held prejudices through faulty data. There are lies, more lies and then there are Ann Coulter's statistics. She has a palpable hatred of anything that doesn't conform to her preposterous worldview where the only solutions to every conundrum are more guns or more Jesus. How long can it be until Ann and her ilk will want to arm Jesus to wipe off her adversaries?. Her illogical rants border on the hysterical and serve one purpose only: to stuff her wallet while prescribing sentiments that were already old and tired 50 years ago.
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Summary: True Perfection
Review: Hands down one of the best books I have ever read. Coulter is a genius.
Rating:
Summary: A real eye opener
Review: If you watch the news, read the newspaper, listen to the radio, or discuss current events with friends, this book is for you. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Slander
Review: As you can see by the comments above, Ann's book "Slander" has upset the commie/libs. If Slander had nothing to offer the reader, the wacko leftwing would never have found it to be a threat, yet the vile spewing crowd has arrived to write nasty commentaries about this great book. Ann is a very serious Conservative...The kind we need many more of. If you can handle the truth, read "Slander". If you voted for Comrade Billy Clinton, call your cardiologist prior before you read Ann's lastest expose' on the radical, God-hating left wing in America...
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Summary: Get It Straight
Review: If you liberals want to leave intelligent reviews, you need to learn the definition of the word "tome." I have Ann Coulter's book "Slander." It is a book. Its not a big book, about medium size. Therefore, it cannot be a tome. A "tome" is, and I quote my dictionary, "a large, heavy book or volume." So, calling Coulter's book "a little tome," makes no sense. Little and tome are contradictory.
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