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Summary: Does "Shut Up and Sing" apply to talk radio hosts?
Review: Don't waste your time on this one. However if you are interested in the topic there are some excellent books that actually address the issues. The Revolt of the Elites: And the Betrayal of Democracy by Christopher Lasch is a facinating and thoughtful look at some of the ideas that Laura Ingraham can only ramble and complain about but never grasp.If you are tired of her relentless and destructive approach or want more than invective and one-liners take a look at Robert D. Putnam and Lewis Feldstein's Better Together: Restoring the American Community which attempts to look into solutions to some of these issues facing American democratic culture.
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Summary: Read it, am ashamed of it
Review: Hmmm. Expecting to gain some insight on the influence the wrong people have on our political process, I endured only the first 80 pages of this rant. Contrary to many Dems who will diss this book without reading a page, I am a dyed-in-the-wool conservative. But even I found the general tone of this book to be so extreme and unsupported that I wanted to defend liberalism! You know the t-shirt that says, "The more people I meet, the more I like dogs"? I'm worried that one will come out that says, "The more Ingraham I read, the more I like liberals." In the words of O'Reilly recently to Franken, "Shut up, shut up, shut up!" And please don't sing either.
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Summary: Utter garbage
Review: Laura Ingraham is such a clumsy, awful writer she actually makes Ann Coulter look coherent. And just like Coulter, Ingraham's right wing allies are buying this one in bulk to artificially push it up the charts (see the "dagger" on the NYT list). In reality it probably hasn't sold 10 honest copies. Pure right wing dreck. Even if you're a republican, you shouldn't waste your money on this book. There's nothing new here in the way of opinions, just more screeching to the choir. Save your money.
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Summary: Worse than terrible!
Review: This book is beyond bad! It could not hold my interest at all. It was just a bunch of rambling about stuff that no one cares about. I really think this could possibly be the worst book of the year! PLAIN TERRIBLE!
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Summary: YUK!
Review: Could there be a worse book out there? I really don't think so. This book is plain terrible!!
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Summary: How many reviewers actually read this book?
Review: I suspect that many people who left 1 star reviews and trashed the author have not read one page of this book.
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Summary: Accurate Indictment of Socialist Elite
Review: I would be willing to bet my life against a dollar that not one of these one star leftist reviewers read one page of this book. The obvious strategy is to depress sales by skewing the overall rating with their dishonest rants. I thought Ingraham was at her best explaining how the socialists rely on judges to subvert democracy and make possible the adoption of their destructive agenda.
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Summary: Worse than I thought!
Review: This is the worst book I have ever read, PERIOD! Enough said.
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Summary: The right doesn't complain when the celebs are conservative!
Review: Why doesn't Laura Ingraham tell Arnold, Regan, and Dennis Miller to shut up? Oh, that's because they're helping to propagate the right wing agenda. Celebrities are citizens just like me and you and they have the right to speak out if they want to. It actually takes balls for a successful person to risk their careers by standing up for what they believe in. This book is just another example of right wing hypocrisy because when a conservative celebrity speaks out they become a hero to the right. 'nuff said!
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Summary: Pretty Hate Machine
Review: After minutes of exhaustive research I suspect I may have stumbled on to why Laura I. ( and others of her far-right brethren ) are so perenially peeved. It must simply be due to the fact that our author has realized that her favorite entertainers are (gasp! ) Liberal. Ouch!! Yes, it must upset her to no end to find herself supporting these Hollywood artists/elitists such as Barbra Streisand, Susan Sarandon, Bruce Springsteen, etc. knowing full well they are the very antithesis of her rather bizarre o' world of politics and social criticism. But what's a poor girl to do? I mean, if Laura listened only to entertainers of the 'right persuasion' she would sadly suffer on a daily diet of music by Charlie Daniels and Toby Keith. Or, worse yet, only watch films by Charlton Heston or Mel Gibson. Well, perhaps thow in a couple of Ronald Reagans old movies ( " Bonzo Goes to College " anyone? ) but you get my drift. Perish the thought... so our Ms. Ingraham must resort to stamping her pretty little feet and shouting for her favorite singers to just " Shut Up and Sing. " Sadly, the life of a Conservative talk show host is not an easy one. Anyway, as far as " Shut Up and Sing ' goes I'm afraid its all rather predictable. Just the latest in the typical far-right ' all-you-can-eat character assasination ' that many of these so-called pieces of journalism end up being. ( just a thought...how many more of these must we suffer thru? ) In this latest offering Laura seems to have gotten her knickers in a twist over many subjects near and dear to this Liberals heart. Taking potshots at everything from higher education, Hollywood 'elitists' ( a term she resorts to on EVERY PAGE ), religion ( Godless Liberals that we are ), the music industry ( we may never see Laura at a Dixie Chicks concert ), and of course the old stand-by...Democrats. All written in such a manner that would have the reader believing that our author has 'formed these truths to be self evident.' But for the truly 'book challenged' Conservative she has generously provided photos of the entertainers who seem have the temerity to piss her off the most. No, our Ms. Ingraham doesn't miss a trick. The book ultimately is a rather odd cross between playing the proverbial finger-pointing 'blame game' and questioning anyone's patriotism that doesn't subscribe to this self-styled hate-fest. Ultimatly while Laura does have one or perhaps two points to make it sadly gets lost in the rather ham-fisted fashion that is passed off as journalism. In the end other then getting other Conservative readers all 'hot and heavy' with the many wildly accusations that she misguidedly thinks of as social criticism there isn't much here that is new or noteworthy. So the question remains...is there intelligent life in the world of the far-right radio talk show host? Sadly, we may never know. Fun facts: Who can guess how many times the word 'elitists' can be found in Laura's new book? Any ideas? Mmm, its kind of like how many jelly beans are in any given jar. Oh well, good luck!
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