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Summary: Liberal Intolerance Exposed
Review: Ann Coulter's premise in this book is that American liberals are not interested in political dialogue or honest debate. They are interested in destroying the reputations and public personas of conservatives through lies, fear-mongering and outright slander. Karl Marx once wrote, "Criticism is not a scalpel, but a weapon. Its object is the enemy, whom it wishes not to refute but to destroy."Borrowing a page from Marx, liberals and their enthusiastic accomplices in the major media regularly imply or state outright that Republicans are dangerous, racist, anti-democratic and intolerant. Thus supposedly responsible Democratic sources have stated that that Newt Gingrich was involved in "race-based, anger charged politics," Judge Bork would bring back "segregated lunch counters," and Tom DeLay is "the meanest man in Congress." If you are a Republican woman, the personal attacks become even more venemous and hateful, attacking the looks of these women in order to destroy them psychologically. Thus Linda Tripp looks like "Howard Stern in a fright wing," Katherine Harris "applies her makeup with a trowel." Paula Jones and Lucianne Goldberg were also beneficiaries of this kind of liberal "sensitivity and tolerance." Coulter uses the LexisNexis database and search engine to compile overwhelming statistics and facts to prove her point, and her point is this: modern politics is a hateful enterprise, and liberals have made it that way. Since they have controlled the major media for the past twenty years or more, liberals simply have no need for honest debate, and no proclivity whatever for simple civility. Indeed, they are ruthless, win-at-all costs, and increasingly Machiavellian. If you are a conservative or a Republican, this book will sicken you. Bernard Goldberg told us that the media is liberal biased, but the problem is much worse than mere bias. The problem involves a major campaign of lying, slander, fear-mongering and personal destruction for any whose politics do not coincide with the liberal catechism.
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Summary: Amen, it is about time someone told the truth.
Review: I loved her book, because I know what she is saying is true. She gives plenty of research and facts in her book to support her statements (A big part of the appendix is reference sources), unlike the liberals who attack with name calling and lies and never a logical argument( if you don't believe this, listen to the news). She backs up all her arguments with researched facts. I bet all her critiques who attack her book won't look up any of the resources or actually read her book, I dare them. They teach tolerance, but are usually the ones who are lacking in it. Amen, Ann. Don't let the name calling get to you, because we need you to speak out. We need more people to speak out I am tired of the media, liberals, television and Hollywood controling our country. Wake up America and read this book.
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Summary: I Want More
Review: Liberals can't stand it when conservatives adopt their rhetorical style to expose them. In "Slander", Ann Coulter once and for all speaks for the "silent majority" and challenges us to get mad as hell and not take the liberal mass media lie any longer. Don't be deceived by liberals disguised as conservatives (Bill O'Reilly) or beguiled by ranters (Limbaugh, Hannity). Like Laura Ingraham, Coulter is smart, honest, fearless and -- did I mention babe-alicious? She says what we conservatives (Americans who love America)are thinking. This and Bernard Goldberg's excellent "Bias" together form the opening salvo in the war against liberal domination of the media. I hope it sells truckloads, and I hope a media revolution emerges. If more people had Coulter's sense of frustration and courage to state the facts, we'd all be better off.
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Summary: She Cites Her Sources
Review: I purchased this book through Amazon and I read it from cover to cover. With over 30 pages of endnotes, this book is clearly well-researched. The information she provides allows the uniformed to better interpret what they read in print and watch on news channels. Her section on President Regan does not touch upon the possibility that he may have exhibited some early symptoms of Alzheimer's at the end of his presidency. Addressing this would have strengthened her argument that conservatives are open and honest about the facts. (I hope to see a conservative columnist address this someday.)
The material in this book does not flow as smoothly as Ann's brilliant, dry columns, but the writing is far superior to the caliber of Michael Moore's, Molly Ivin's or Al Frankel's books. Several times I laughed out loud.
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Summary: Great
Review: One of the best conservative books I have ever read! Coulter uses the MLA handbook as her bible as she documents and exposes the liberal domination of most media outlets. She definitely has a point to get across. "Even Islamic terrorists don't hate America like liberals do. They don't have the energy. If they had that much energy, they'd have indoor plumbing by now."
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Summary: This book is awful
Review: I read this so-called heavily researched book, and got a lot of great belly laughs at just how poorly written and researched it really is.
Coulter says the fact that "far right wing'' came up about 10 times more than "far left wing'' in the NY Times Nexus search "proves'' that it is slanted to the left. Well, guess what? The Washington Times - a paper renowned for its right wing slant - had the same percentage on the same Nexus search.
But, of course, Coulter didn't put that in her "book.''
Coulter said liberals only give us invective instead of argument, but calls Katie Couric the "likable Eva Braun of morning TV.'' Yeah, no invective there.
If you want a truly good read that exposes (fakes)like Coulter, read David Brock's "Blinded by the Right.'' He has the revealing sentence, "In 12 years writing for the right wing, not once was my work subject to fact checking.''
Neither was this horrible book.
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Summary: The truth hurts, doesn't it?
Review: As is always the case with books like this, liberals have come out of the woodwork to write as many one star reviews as possible. I wonder how man of them actually read this? Ann Coulter has written an intelligent, well-researched, well-laid out, well-argued case against modern liberalism. Her thesis is that liberals are so smug, so complacent, and so out of touch with the American people, they continue to believe what they want to believe even when the facts indisputably refute them. Coulter was trained as a lawyer and she has made a slam-dunk case against the American left. One of the more outrageous quotes comes from Congressman Charles Rangel of New York, who said talking about tax cuts is the moral equivalent of using the "n" word. How do you argue with people like this? Liberalism has become a fundamentalist religion, complete with zealous acolytes like Rangel, and many others she quotes from. Coulter writes that liberal are incapable of rational argument... I defy any liberal to write a point by point rebuttal of the arguments she makes within the pages of this book. None of them will though. Why? After reading this book, arguing that Coulter is wrong is like trying to argue the sky is green.otes so you can corroborate everything she says. The light has been turned on. Sure the attic's FILTHY. But don't blame the light for exposing what's always been there. And don't blame Ann Coulter for shining the light on the horrific left leaning bias in the media. Trust me, it's always been there. (At least in most of our lifetimes.) Isn't it a blessing to finally see the Clinton supporting left wingers be exposed as the American-hating Arab-Supporting enemies of freedom that they are? I mean when you find wholesale numbers of Jewish Americans praising Alan Keyes, you know something is afoot in the American psyche. The mainstreamliberalnewsmedia can't figure it out. (They are ALWAYS the last to know.) But Ann has. It's the reductionist, nihilistic and destructive forces of liberalism that has enbalmed the country into a sort of chronic place of passive non-resistance which in turn have made us susceptable to the attacks and scandals about which we now so
obliviously ask, "How could that have happened?" Why is anyone surprised that Worldcom BALD FACED lied about its earnings to the American people? They took their cue from their CEO's good buddy - Bill Clinton! And why is anybody surprised that the venerable Martha Stewart received illegal inside information from an almost entirely democratic run company - Imclone? That's how liberals/democrats operate. They say they're for the little guy when it comes to YOUR money. But when it's their money on the line...well as Martha's little adventure proves...they are for anyone BUT the little guy. Ann captures the essence of the hateful caustic nature of liberals values and throws them back in their ugly face. And it makes such a nice juxtopostion to Ann's face. She is DEFINITELY A HOTTIE! (Don't worry liberals, you have your own poster girls - Janet Reno, Madeline Albright and Hillary Clinton!) This book is filled with hilarious exposes on how liberals really think and shows that, in large numbers, they really do hate (amongst other things) God and country. Plus, it's just so refreshing to read a book filled with FACTS and not just touchy-feely mush minded sentiments about how things OUGHT to be. If you are a conservative, I guarantee this book will bring tears of joy to you. If you are a liberal...it will also bring tears to you. Ann Coulter...the one person who can unite both liberals and conservatives into a shared moment with the writing of a single book. God bless her.
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Summary: My eyes have been opened....
Review: As a liberal, I hate to admit it, but my eyes have been opened -- Not so directly from the content of this book, but from others' reactions to it. It was well written and seems impeccably sourced. She goes out of her way to not take anything out of context as seems to be done to her so often. I am puzzled by the brazenly negative reviews from other liberals that say she took everything out of context. It was quite a good read. In the past, I may have "poo-pooed" the idea that the media was liberally biased, but judging from the reactions of political pundits and prominent members of the media to Ann Coulter's book, my eyes have been opened. I watched the interview with Katie Couric shortly after reading the book and was embarrassed by the blatant bias. This interview as well as other blatantly misleading comments and reviews only lends more credibility to the book. I must say that this book has directly and indirectly dealt a blow to the views I have held for some time. I have grown up hearing the news reporting and taking it as factually accurate. It's the news ....it is only fact reporting, right? Though in recent years have begun to see some of the things and recall some of the things documented in this book. This book helped me to see by documenting many cases of the bias in one place. I wonder now what other cases were left out of the book? Could she have strategically left out more cases for a sequel? We'll just have to wait and see. I will be returning my borrowed copy and adding this to my personal collection. For those looking for an actual review to base a purchase upon, disregard flaming negative reviews. I doubt they read the book, or read it with a closed mind anyway. I highly recommend it. Both of my thumbs are up. Once again, I am now embarrassed to have called myself a liberal.
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Summary: Responding in kind---but overdoing it----
Review: Ann Coulter is the James Carville and Paul Begala of the right. Giving the Liberals back some of what they get away with daily on CNN!! They ALL do a GREAT disservice to political dialogue in this country!! Coulter's book is WAY over the top, but evidently is finding lots of fans. Sad!!!
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Summary: Fun, Witty, & Informative Reading
Review: "Methinks thou dost protest too much" would, I believe, prove to be a more than adequate Shakespearian quote to respond to the many frenzied protestations we find here amongst the reviews. The fact is that Coulter's barbs, razor sharp and unforgiving, are mostly a collection of direct quotes showing a host of contradictions and expressing a myriad of lunacies which, unfortunately for the Democratic party, seem to have found a comfortable home within the liberal worldview. I myself do not subscribe to the point of view that absolutely every notion that emanates from the left is destined to bring the downfall of American civilization (just a disproportionately large number of their ideas); however, Coulter does make a good argument to the contrary. What cannot be disputed is the fact that Coulter does bring to light many straw man arguments used by the left with every breath and then goes about systematically dismantling them. As an avid reader of the New York Times, an excellent paper in my opinion- though surely leaning towards the left of center to such a degree that it may soon topple over completely (Coulter would no doubt argue that my leaning "Times Tower of Pisa" has long ago fallen and crumbled)- I was very much entertained by her total evisceration of some of its duplicity in presenting itself as an utterly objective institution. In her acknowledgements, this one dripping with sarcasm, she gives "sincerest thanks to Pinch Sulzberger and the entire staff of the New York Times, without whom this book would have been impossible." Even though many people may harp about the inevitable disagreements that may arise between themselves and Coulter, how could it be otherwise in a book full of opinions, the truth is that Coulter does bring some interesting new perspectives to even seemingly tired topics such as the 2000 elections and the proposed regulations for the Internet. Ultimately, I found the book extremely entertaining - laughing out loud a good two dozen times or so as I read it - but it is this same deadly combination of wit and well referenced liberal positions and quotes that will inevitably sting the more thin skinned of those with left leaning political inclinations!
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