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Summary: If Only He Could Write...
Review: I will keep this review shortand simple: Rush Limbaugh writes like a grade school child. He often had run-on sentences and sentence fragments. It was utterly PATHETIC
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Summary: Rush Trusts Americans: Liberals Don't.
Review: Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, in his book, "The Way Things Ought to Be," provides general principles that Rush follows. These principles, he says (and to which I agree) are timeless. This book is best read as a method of understanding Rush's approach to the issues of the day. That is, if you listen to his talk radio show, you will see him explain his views in reference to today's events. However, in this book, you will see him explain and flush out the theoretical underpinnings of his views. Rush Limbaugh believes in individual liberty of the same type that Milton Friedman (Free to Choose) and Hayek (The Road to Serfdom) agree with. Rush is pro-markets, limited government, and a strict constitutionalist--all qualities our Founding Fathers agreed with. Rush is a great patriot and I do hope he writes another book.
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Summary: A good presentation of what are called the enterprisers.
Review: Rush calls himself a conservative, but there are different flavors of conservative. Based on the my reading of what Rush believes I would call him an Enterpriser. If you don't listen to Rush then you will be surprised that he is not the evil hate monger that others try to depict him as. Read and understand.Armed with degrees in Poly sci and Urban studies, I emerged from college a liberal Democrat. As an insurance agent I reveled in the fact that i was always the only dem in the room when i got together with my peers. Insurance agents and realtor are heavily conservative and pro-business.
I probably was more conservative than most democrats but got turned on to rush by a young female office worker in our agency. I was walked by and the guy on the radio was speaking passionately so i asked, who is that jerk? Well Rush was talking about hilary's healthcare proposal, something i know a lot about and I was tunned that he was getting it right. Over the next 12 years I became a regular listener and even voted republican for the first in my life. Rush gets a lot of things right. It takes courage to open ones mind and consider what he has to say. For a long time, I would listen and then test to see if what he said was correct. He doesn't get much wrong when it comes to the facts. Opinions are another matter. Opinions are not facts. Reading this book is a worthwhile exercise. It is not great prose, nor is it a great Star Wars novel. It will make you think so it is a better than average book.
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Summary: Limbaugh makes a smooth transition to paper.
Review: Being a new listener to Rush's show, I decided that I'd pick up his first book to get an idea of the man's stances and politics. I was quite happy to find that Rush is just as talented an author as he is a radio personality. Rush makes his points concise and clear, and he uses simple logic to challenge and even dispell some of the more complicated "liberal-science" issues of the day. I fully enjoyed this book, and I'd recommend it to anyone that has a burgeoning interest in Rush Limbaugh or the conservative ideology in general.
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Summary: A great place to start
Review: This was the book that started the Conservative author movement. Rush tackles everything in here: economics, foreign policy, domestic policy, as well as shedding some light into his rise to the top of talk radio. If you're looking to start a Conservative library, I would recommend starting here. This is an easy read that does a great job of introducing the issues facing America
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Summary: Inside the Mind of the Right
Review: Rush Limbaugh did a great job of writing this book. He spells out his philosophy and his method. He talks about several issues: abortion, the State of the Union, AIDS, the Imperial Congress, and the Eighties. Lots of subjects described in this book have lost their relevance in our current times. However, his words don't cease to make quite an impact. Throughout his book he follows a simple outline, common sense. He repeatedly challenges one to think on one's own and not believe the "liberal-pandering mass media and it's one sided views of how things are/should be." From chapter to chapter, Limbaugh gives his perspective on issues dealing with the poor, the savings and loan scandal of the 80's, and why Ronald Reagan was the greatest President of the 20th century. I don't agree with him on all issues, but he always makes sure to back up his ideas. A great comment he makes is that "we need to replace the eagle with a huge sow that has a lot of nipples and a bunch of fat little piglets hanging on them all trying to suckle as much nourishment from them as possible... the sow is not fat and flourishing, she's emaciated. A lot of the piglets have dropped off and are running around lost because they can't get any more nourishment." A look around at society immediately backs up his statement. He has an exponential amount of individuals that are living off of the government. There are too many kids that have the federal government playing the role of wage-earning father. A great example of Rush's classic ideas is presented in his advisory of the book. "I considered advising you to place the jacket sleeve from a similar-size copy of the Bible over this book, which would place you in less jeopardy. But I then remembered that you wouldn't legally be allowed to read it in a school or during a commencement ceremony or many other public places, because God is unconstitutional...Just please be aware that reading this book in the wrong public places could result in its being set on fire or your being pelted with rotten vegetables. Don't be frightened. Read it anyway. Be courageous and brave. Smile when they stick their noses in the air and harumph. Laugh when thy confront you and ask you why you are reading fascism. Chuckle when they blame you for hunger in Ethiopia" Throughout the book I was challenged, because I was persuaded to the conservative point of view. In the end, I considered myself to be very influenced by his words. This is a must for conservatives and liberals alike.
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Summary: Limbaugh, unamerican
Review: The book highlights the hypocrisy of today's right wing talk show host: the author romanticizes war without having fought, pushes tax cuts that assist no one but himself and his elite friends, advocates cuts in education knowing his family will never need public education and launches unamerican personal attacks on political opponents in the name of "patriotism."
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Summary: The ultimate source on censervative ideology
Review: I can't remember reading a book that is so thoroughly enjoyable. If you want to get into the head of a modern conservative and really understand them, get this timeless classic. This tome should be required reading for all high school government classes.
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Summary: The original radio talker writes...
Review: This one book sparked an entire genre by, largely conservative, radio talk-show hosts, from Sean Hannity to Michael Savage and Michael Reagan, so in that sense alone, it's a classic. In this and its follow-up, "See, I Told You So," Limbaugh delivers the underpinning beliefs that guide the views he espouses on his radio show. He does so clearly and convincingly and now, some ten years later, it's hard to look back and understand the controversy this book first created. At the time, Rush Limbaugh was pretty much a lone voice in the wilderness. A player in the much maligned talk radio segment of the media...a segment, much of the rest of the media wished would go away. It didn't go away. In fact, it's grown since those days to the point where now almost a quarter of all Americans get most of their news primarily from a news-talk radio outlet. "The Way Things Ought to Be" is a quick read and an enjoyable one. Rush Limbaugh does have a very natural verbal style and I'm sure Judith Regan's editing didn't hurt either. Of course the book lacks the verbal theatrics, the outrageous political paradies and Limbaugh's trademark bombast, but it makes up for showmanship with clarity and candor. Rush Limbaugh is extremely pro-free market, favors a severely limited government, lower taxes and stiffer penalties for crimes - a message that has resonated with the heartland and working people around the country - a weekly audience of over 23 million attests to that. The "Gingrich Revolution" had a lot to thank Limbaugh for and so did Bill Clinton's move to the right - he started the DLC as a "more moderate" alternative to the traditional DNC. Whether you like Rush Limbaugh or revile him, this book is well worth reading, if only to better understand the views that built the Limbaugh empire and spurred on so much of the current grassroots conservative movement. It is a true classic.
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Summary: This book is still relevant
Review: This book is still relevant. The issues he discusses are still as relevant today as they were when he wrote this book ten years ago. Just last week President Clinton said he attributes conservativism's resurgence to Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'rielly. I just read this book (I bought the used hardcover addition), and it is classic Rush. Rush is witty and funny, but more importantly, Rush is right.
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