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Summary: Nonsense
Review: Truly, this book is mindless propoganda:"George W. Bush was hardly the obvious man for the job" why was this? And really, are we to expect any sense from the man who wrote the speech portraying North Korea as part of the axis of evil - a move which pushed N. Korea to throw out UN inspectors and develop nuclear weapons. Moronic.
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Summary: Islamphobic
Review: I read the book and found it, especially in the chapter "religion of peace", to be full of Islamophobia. There is a difference between being conservative and islamophobic, which is equivalent to anti-Semitism. But, then one should not forget this is a book written by the coiner of the "Axis of Evil" phrase. Also I frankly doubt the credibility of Jewish writers wanting to tell us about Islam and Moslems, because if i wanted to learn more about the Jews I wont pick a German writer! Especially if a German writer is telling us about all the wrong things with Jews and their culture.
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Summary: What a Hack!
Review: This book is just one page after another of contradiction. Surely this is a work of fiction, not a journalistic portrayal of the White House. How could anyone believe anything written here after reading the absolutely false and outragious assertions concerning the arsenic in the drinking water fiasco early in the book. Studies performed during the Bush administration showed that the Clinton administration's policy and studies were indeed credible and timely. However, the Bush administration could never admit they were wrong and did what they always do when someone disagrees with them, cry "politics." Should I even mention the "Axis of Evil" speech which has proven to be the most uneducated and undiplomatic prose to ever come out of the White House. What a fiasco that proves to be, and this author had the utter lack of journalistic integrity to e-mail the speech outside of the White House to third parties without security clearance. Frum should have been deported back to Canada for that stunt. This author just lacks credibility.
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Summary: Lively and Thoughtful
Review: David Frum has a flare for bringing conservative principles to life -- and this book is no exception. In clear, uncomplicated prose, the book paints a compelling picture of President Bush's first two years in office. Frum -- a hard-liner, especially on economic issues -- was at first skeptical of Bush's pragmatic politics, and by the summer of 2001 was doubting his decision to work for the President. But Bush's leadership in the days and weeks following 9/11 convinced him that Bush was just what the country needed. This book has two main strengths. First, it portrays Bush as a decent man with a clear moral compass and a gift for leadership, and provides many illustrations of this point. Yet it is not a hagiography: Frum is careful to point out Bush's many shortcomings and missteps. Second, and in my opinion more interesting, the book provides a glimpse into the workings of Bush's team, especially the very different approaches of aides Karl Rove and Karen Hughes. The book also has three shortcomings. First, the book, not surprisingly, seems to over-estimate the importance of presidential speechwriters. For example, Frum laments the supposed weakness and banality of the President's first speech after the 9-11 bombings. If only he had listened to Frum! But no one I knew was disappointed with Bush's speech; everyone I know was relieved just to hear the President say something at all. Second, though Frum's prose nearly always sparkles, in this book he seems to try a bit too hard. Example: As Bush began his speech at the Pentagon following 9/11, "he blinked his eyes as rapidly as a Spanish dancer clicks her castanets." Oh, come on. Third, the book will soon be dated. After the war with Iraq (assuming there is one) and the 2004 elections, this book will seem very incomplete. So read it now, and catch a glimpse of what makes the Bush White House tick.
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Summary: Great bk. Also read Careers In Computer Graphics & Animation
Review: This book is good. Also read Gardner's guide to colleges. Gardner's guide to animation scriptwriting.
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Summary: Another speechwriter, another memoir, another good read.
Review: Throughout this book I found the tone similar to David Gergen's "Eyewitness to Power." Whereas Gergen was trying to fit 4 presidents in one book, Mr. Frum deals only with our current president. That focus sets this book apart. On the jacket, the book talks about Frum's "honest admiration" for George W. Bush. This might set alarm bells off for some potential readers. It shouldn't. It is easy to perceive Frum's surprise (and he does tell us outright) at feeling this admiration after his doubts during the 2000 campaign. The book is insightful and intimate. The focus is personal, but you can directly compare this profile with those of Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton in Mr. Gergen's book. The observations are of a similar vein. More than that, it is an opportunity to get to know a president who, as Frum admits, is pretty insular. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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Summary: nothing new here
Review: unfortunately, I share the opinion above. there is nothing new here. Frum is a very skilled writer. But he didn't have much to say here. too bad.
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Summary: Personal Perspective
Review: My feelings are the opposite of the "Reader from Washington" who reviews Frum's book here. I in fact DID want the personal perspective of a White House staffer and that's what I got in this excellently written narrative. If anything, I would have traded some of Frum's political analysis (perceptive as it is) for still more anecdotes. The account of the 9/11 experience of the White House staffers by itself makes the book a worthwhile read. Kaddish on a PalmPilot!
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Summary: Candid--and a classic
Review: I was dazzled by "The Right Man." The writing is gripping, witty, and gives ultimately an honest, yet admiring, view of Bush that helps a reader understand this otherwise inscrutable man, and his otherwise inscrutable administration. Like Frum, I've often been puzzled by how the pre-Sept. 11 Bush transformed into the post-Sept. 11 Bush--and Frum explains it, brilliantly. His chapter on Sept.11 inside the White House is one of the most moving and dramatic accounts of that terrible day I've ever read. This book is going to be up there with the great memoirs of presidential histories--ever. Period.
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Summary: The Right Man, and the Right Book.
Review: The hype of this book was nothing more than hype. Don't get me wrong, this book was excellent and gave you an almost true inside look on how the west wing works, but falls short of the complete insider's view. The best part of this book, it gives the names you hear everyday a character that the news cannot deliver to you. You find out how Karen Hughes acts and feels, and how the administration works, from the no marijuana after college rule, to the suit colors Bush makes his staffers wear. This book is a very interesting one to read and you fall right into it.
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