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Summary: Lowering the bar for ¿greatness."
Review: Lowering the bar for 'greatness."Really, if Mr. Podhoretz believes Bush is a 'great' president, where does that leave - say Lincoln or Washington?
Mr. Podhoretz is only able to make a case for Bush's 'greatness" by using tortured (no pun intended) logic and reasoning. For example - Weapons of Mass Destruction exist in Iraq - They do? Where are they?
There is a link between Saddam and al Quida - oh really? Tell us about it.
His case for the 'compassionate conservative' is just as weak with mere anecdotal evidence to support his claim.
This book is thin and is meant only to supplement Mr. Pudhoretz's income.
In all - it is a must to avoid and by November, when bush is sent back to the village in Texas, will be remaindered for 99 cents.
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Summary: "We are now living in Bush Country"
Review: Having a good half hour until my next class, I explored the political science/current events section of the university bookstore in search of a good read, although, admittedly, I wasn't too optimistic given the recent barrage of anti-Bush books and the liberal proclivities of universities. You can therefore imagine my joy upon discovering the newly published Bush Country: How Dubya Became A Great President While Driving Liberals Insane. A smile now illuminating my face, I knew that with a title with that, this had to be good! Indeed, reading this book was not only a highly informative look into the presidency and many accomplishments of our commander-in-chief, but simultaneously highly entertaining, filled with much humor. Try this one on for size, directly from the first page of the book, "One might conclude, from his conduct over the past three years, that George W. Bush was put on this earth to do two things: First, to lead the United States into the third millennium, with all its terrifying challenges and wondrous opportunities. And second, to drive liberals insane. He's succeeding brilliantly at both." Podhoretz addresses each "crazy liberal lunacy" about Dubya, demolishing them all, one by one. Lest one think that the author is merely a "kool aid Republican," one need only recall Podhoretz's Hell of a Ride, an extremely critical account of Dubya's father's administration. Indeed, an entire chapter of Bush Country is devoted to outlining the sharp differences between Dubya and his father. This book is utterly refreshing, an important read, and a great gift to annoy and hopefully enlighten your liberal friends. G-d bless George W. Bush and his reelection campaign!
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Summary: this book is a joke
Review: The only people who will enjoy this book are the same right-wingers that listen to O'Reilly and Hannity and think they are truthful and moral. It's too bad the conservative media (like Fox) has preyed so effectively on the ignorance of so many.
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Summary: UNHOLY LIBERALS: BOW DOWN BEFORE YOUR MASTER GW BUSH, NOW!!!
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Podhoretz's book is admirable because it aims to corrosively disprove derisive liberals with their ultimate Achilles' Heel: incontrovertible fact which they've no defense against--it's sorrowful that Podhoretz misjudged to approach this flawless prospect with such mediocrity. There are EASILY many other conservative/pro-Bush books available that correlate with Podhoretz's aim, only succeeding a lot better. Podhoretz's adversity stems from some derisiveness in presuming he's exorbitantly witty that he can effortlessly compose interesting rebuttals to arch-villain liberals' charges against Bush. Podhoretz's suppositionally refuting contestations are more on the elementary scale, with foundations that are apparent to even the most novice of news-watchers. Nonetheless, the book's later stages, specifically regarding AIDS money, Patriot Act, and the War on Terror, impinge on more analytically convincing arguments.
When Podhoretz supposedly debunks a hopelessly errant liberals' blasphemies, his debunking is constricted more to his opinion or some sarcasm or ridicule of the liberal in scrutiny, rather than point-by-point disestablishment. For instance, when Podhoretz challenges the NYT's mentally ill Krugman concerning Krugman's iniquitous complaining that the Bush Admin. wasn't spending enough federal dollars on post-911 NY, Podhoretz cites this is due to local politicians' complaints, who'd rather want the federal government to subsidize them than spend their own funds--without providing basis. This is also flimsy evidence as part of Podhoretz's material, on top of Podhoretz's mockery of Krugman for living in NJ as a rebuttal after citing Krugman's envy of federal money being distributed equally among states rather than just urban areas.
Other instances, Podhoretz simply resorts to the most glaring of translucent facts that anyone with just the slightest exposure would be aware of to cheaply debunk his liberal fiends. In example, in recalling Bush's across-the-board tax cuts not for the wealthy, Podhoretz self-evidently mentions the fact that child tax credits and a reduction in the marriage penalty both amount to middle class tax cuts. Anyone who's been following economics for the past year realizes that. Still other times include Podhoretz pointing out the most defamatorily obvious facts to liberals' horrifically insane charges, charges that don't even justify dignity, in some cases. Referencing liberal taints that Bush is solely a puppet being manipulated by the "hawks" or Cheney because he's so "stupid", Podhoretz goes to the nuisance of actually explaining how nauseously insane that is because of how inconstant and contradictory liberals' accusations are. Ergo, liberals smear that Bush is a puppet for oil companies, Jews and neoconservatives--all tarnishes which are racist, conspiracy theorist and speculative, which disqualify themselves out of their own contemptibility.
Podhoretz's intended points sometimes crumble into questionable effects. Where he's revisiting the Bush family's interplays, Podhoretz stumbles onto some unintelligible conclusions. He compares GW Bush's upbringing as similar to Gore's--both attended preppy schools--to qualify that GW had a tougher time than his father who was an oil entrepreneur in convincing people of his commonness, which goes without saying!!!! Similarly, Podhoretz postulates Bush realized there was something amiss with liberal derision mentality when a Yale chaplain derogated his father's name to his face. Complementary, Podhoretz' remarks Bush was living in his dad's shadow to the effect of rejecting to chose career moves different from him, and as a result of fear, quit drinking since it may've reflected on his father--both of which don't need explaining. Still, Podhoretz stoops to unverifiable speculation in Bush's and his dad's relationship--certain friction--unfoundedly based on suffocative blurbs each has said previously. Podhoretz also points out the obvious when gratingly explaining that GW learnt from his dad's unsatisfactory reelection campaign--namely, to disallow your opponent to define you and to keep campaign promises. These stimuli's impact is thoroughly apparent without Podhoretz's nauseous translations.
Podhoretz strives to affectedly praise Bush; while nothing's amiss there, his reasoning's doubtful. He compares Bush to Shakespeare's Prince Hal because some vermin in the liberal media have done so--derogative more than flatteringly redemptive to Bush, since that analogy imposes Bush didn't accomplish anything before 9/11 "turned him around", which is betrayed by his MBA degree and Texas Rangers' revitalization. Podhoretz complements by attempting to psychoanalyze great/not-so-great figures' offspring--where his conclusions aren't substantiated other than by his prejudices. He unfoundedly supposes that not-so-great figures' offspring have the same or possibly even harder adversity to surpass their paterfamilias, but his reasoning's mistrustful.
Podhoretz succeeds when describing Bush's AIDS initiative, where he circumvented the UN's inefficiently disorganized aid-distribution--from an initial, largest contribution of $1000000000 over five years--to administer the "rifle-shot" approach of spending $15000000000 on the fourteen hardest-hit African/Caribbean countries, the most expensive international public-health plan ever. Bush invoked this charity with the parable of the Good Samaritan to subtly intimidate his friends on the Religious Right who he'd know would understand the suggestion: let America be the Good Samaritan or face the ignominy of indifference to a problem, like the Levite. Podhoretz believably crushes liberal's scaring accusations about the Patriot Act, specifically that it can be misused to procure persons' records in terror investigations, although 215 hasn't been invoked, nor does it allow law enforcement to seize records without judicial approval. When pontificating the War on Terror, Podhoretz submits insightful rationale as to why militant Islam prevaricates two "different" forms--religious-extremist and secular-nationalist--which are compatible because of their goal of antagonizing America.
Despite Podhoretz's amateurish mistreatments, perhaps half the book's likeable--approaching the end--starting with his pinpoint detail of Bush's post-9/11 reactions both administratively and compassionately. He bothers himself to highlight Bush's concern for American Muslims. He movingly portrays Bush as a president unconventionally challenged to not have the luxury to distress over paltrier issues like children's literacy or drug benefits because terrorism shockingly eclipsed all. Podhoretz admiringly recounts how Bush profoundly grasped that America had to prosecute terrorists preemptively to prevent America from becoming a treacherous place of lockdown against its founding freedoms.
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Summary: all Bill's fault
Review: John Podhoretz's book, BUSH COUNTRY, does what most authors and pundits have failed to do during the past 4 years: lay the blame for many of the travails of Bush43 squarely on Bill Clinton. Now this is not the core of the book, but it is a feature that makes his analysis of the first Bush43 term different. He organizes the book around a set of lies concocted by the DEMs all aimed at Dubya.
He is a moron, puppet, fanatic, cowboy, and above all, a liar.
He is Hitler-like; is failing to protect the Homeland and is
bankrupting the country.
The simple fact that he is NONE of these simply drives the DEMs crazy. Hence the sub-title: "How Dubya became a great president while driving the liberals insane."
Podhoretz alternately lays out the liberal's view of Bush43, then debunks each of the above accusations. Along the way he offers a few interesting insights.
In contrast to Bill's largest tax increase in American history, 43's tax cuts plan takes a backseat to JFK's in 1962 and RR's in '81.
In the puppet category, JP points out that while making the claim, the DEMs just can't quite pin down who the puppet master is: Rove, Cheney, Big Oil or "the Jews"! One set of liberal authors hurl the worst epithet that they can think of at Rove; accusing him of being the "co-president"!
In the category of fanatics, JP places the larger circle of Bush-haters led by TIME's Joe Klein.
We are informed that at the outset of his presidency Bush directed his staff to distance themselves from "the moral and ethical troubles of his predecessor." JP attributes to Bush the statement: "I have no stake in the bitter arguments of the past few years." As a result, Bill and his cohort have largely been given a free ride. Rumor has it that while Dubya stood on the Capitol steps in JAN 2001, a cleaning crew was scrubbing the Oval Office clean of `all things Clinton'. It is as if they never existed and are not to be spoken of in polite company.
Although the greater number of "issues" that Dubya has had to deal with are derived from "the 90s" and many directly attributable to Bill (SSA, UBL, the recession, an enfeebled military, ENRON), Dubya rarely utters his name much less offering criticism. It is simply by enumerating these issues that JP lays the blame on Bill.
STOP HILLARY in 2008!
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Summary: Mediocre Book on a Mediocre President
Review: Bush has done very little outside of this war which itself is becoming more and more questionable. The election should have been a shoo-in for a republican president during war time, but instead he was very close to losing it to the "most liberal Senator". His approval rating during most of his presidency has been anything but Great because he is so divisive and not too intelligent.
This book is not very well written and is another example of an author telling you what to think and feel. It is at best a mediocre book about a mediocre president.
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Summary: TAKE THAT, LEFTIES!
Review: In his new book, "Bush Country: How Dubya Became a Great President While Driving Liberals Insane," widely acclaimed New York Post columnist John Podheretz uses this story to hammer away at the common liberal misconception that this man who learned to fly a complicated and dangerous piece of machinery - the F-102 fighter - was rated as a superior pilot, got an MBA, ran a Major League Baseball team and made millions for his partners, and won two terms as governor of Texas is really quite stupid.
Podheretz demolishes this Bush-is-a-moron myth, which he calls "Crazy Liberal Idea #1," and goes on to dismember seven other Crazy Liberal Ideas, doing so with a razor-sharp wit and driving his points home with the obvious relish that comes from skewering a very skewerable left.
George W. Bush, he writes, came into office believing he was put on Earth to do two things: to lead the United States into the third millenium with all its terrifying challenges and wondrous opportunities, and to drive liberals insane.
Bush, he adds, "is succeeding brilliantly at both."
His claim that Bush is one of the nation's greatest presidents is bound to drive liberals mad, but he lays out a stunning profusion of the president's accomplishments as proof of his contention.
In just three years, Bush has led the nation into two wars, ousted two of the world's most barbaric regimes, redirected U.S. foreign policy to confront the threat of rogue states possessing weapons of mass destruction, daringly embarked on a campaign to introduce democracy into the Middle East, and reconstructed both the military and the executive branch of government.
Moreover, as Podheretz notes, he shoved two huge tax cuts down the throats of a Congress that traditionally has preferred to spend the people's money rather than permit then to spend it themselves, and in the process revived an economy that began to slump at the end of the Clinton administration.
Podheretz also reminds us that Democrats automatically label Republican presidents as dunces - Ike and Reagan especially were seen by the chatterers as less than bright.
He is unrelenting in demolishing those Crazy Liberal Ideas. He shows how asinine is idea #2 - that Bush is a puppet - and demonstrates convincingly that Bush is his own man.
What really controls W, in Podheretz's view, is a determination to put America back on the road to the shining city on the hill paved by Ronald Reagan. The author devotes a chapter to showing how W has worked to bring back Reaganism and explains that the two presidents have much in common.
Fantastic book!
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Summary: If John Podhoretz had his way
Review: ...there'd be framed portraits of Trotsky and Bush in every classroom. According to the electoral map, the political vision of his father, Norman, and Irving Kristol has at last been realized. "Red states," indeed!
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Summary: Total crap
Review: The rantings of a neoconservative apologist for President Bush. Total crap...skip it and try to find more objective research on the Bush presidency.
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Summary: I love Bush-and this book!!! :)
Review: This is a great book! It dismisses 8 crazy liberal ideas about Bush, and it also gives you a behind-the-scenes look at what goes on in the White House.
It spotlights the facts that he is a great Christian leader!!
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