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Summary: Politcal Hate Speech at it's most Best
Review: A vitriolic, hyperbolic polemic, guaranteed to please those who can only see the world in black and white, and who think everyone who fails to believe as they do is a treasonous, evil, brainless idiot. This book is a screed, a shrill hate-fest riddled with errors and outright falsehoods.....which Coulter simply shrugs off when confronted.It's particularly amusing to see complaints about the uncivility of those who dislike President Bush when folks like Ms. Coulter make money publishing such uncivil and hate-driven efforts. Perhaps they've forgotten (all too conveniently) the amount of nastiness they've been unleashing for more than a decade? Seems, in the mind of Ms. Coulter and her syncophantic fans that there is only room for one point of view in this country. Theirs. Anything else is "treasonous." As for the book's content, there's not much to say. Anyone can pull together a one-sided, accusatory list of alledged evil-doings and present them to the public (and conservatives hardly have a monopoly on this sort of thing). There's no effort or intent to be balanced, nuanced, objective or intelligent here. That's not the point. This is angry, destructive, devisive propaganda at its worst. And having written such a critical commentary about Ms. Coulter's broadside, I will no doubt be dismissed as one of the vast legion of evil, treasonous, liberal-leftist, wimp, socialist America-haters. So be it. It should be an honor to reject this kind of divisive, angry politics, no matter what names one is called.
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Summary: Beyond Belief...
Review: This is the worst book I have ever read. I had high expectations of finding an intelligent book oriented toward conservatism. What a joke. The publisher should give refunds.
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Summary: If it were not true...
Review: ...Wold the left be so quick to attack it with nasty little lies? Get a clue you fools.
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Summary: Let's Be Serious for a Moment
Review: Honestly, I can't understand why people are giving this great book one star. I'd be willing to bet most of them never even read the book. It's more likely that they are conservative bashers who routinely come to this site to bash any book written by any conservative. Don't believe their lies. You'll notice each of their negative reviews lacks one very important element: facts to back up their claims.
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Summary: Read it before you rate it!!
Review: Who are these idiots who keep giving books one-star ratings without having even read them?! "Treason" is an excellent read. Ann Coulter shows us that the liberals in the country have an uncanny knack for being on the wrong side of history, whether it be by siding with Communists during the Cold War, or by siding against America during the War on Terror (Those who say we deserved to be attacked on 9-11-01.). It's okay for the Libs to savagely attack and criticize America, but when anyone tries to call them on it, these drama queens scream "McCarthyism!" (That myth is debunked here, too.) Nearly a decade after the declassification of the Venona cables, American liberals continue to insist that Alger Hiss and the Rosenbergs were innocent! Yes, this book has become the target of a lot of rage and hate from the al-Quaida cheering section (a.k.a. the Democratic Party, the mainstream media and the Hollywood Left.), but Coulter should be thanked, not despised, for shedding the light of truth on these people.
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Summary: Not Exactly Treason.
Review: Ann Coulter is a heroine to many conservatives as she writes voluminously and is a ubiquitous figure on television where she can be seen championing our cause several times a week. Regardless of the media venue, she'll stand up to any foe that the left brings before her and unflinchingly debates firebrands like Gloria Allred, James Carville, Paul Begala, and Eric Alterman. She is more Green Beret than Hessian mercenary. Ann Coulter is simply the best sword that we on the right possess. With this in mind, I joined thousands of others who bought her new book the first week it was released.
Coulter's theme is that although "the form of treachery varies slightly from case to case, liberals always manage to take the position that most undermines American security." To this particular reviewer, a better title for the book would have been "Negligence" as it is a more accurate description of the positions taken (or not taken as the case may be) by the left. To have focused on negligence rather than treason would have been less inflammatory, and it would also have decreased the breadth of her critics' argumentative ground.
Coulter has some very valuable and timeless observations apart from the controversial Senator McCarthy. She argues that, "[h]istory is an endless process of liberal brainwashing," and I find much truth in this statement. I've read over 100 books on Hitler and Stalin but I'd be hard-pressed to tell you which one was more evil. They were both a level of sadistic monstrosity that makes comparisons arbitrary and meaningless. Yet, to embrace the Soviet Union is still a socially acceptable (or really socially neutral) act, but to embrace the Third Reich is the act of a pariah. Why is this true? Unfortunately, it is because communism is thought of being on the left side of the political spectrum and Nazism is thought of being on the right side of the political spectrum. Of course, such perceptions are not accurate. In my opinion, both are pathologies of the left but I'll save that argument for another time. Regardless, I believe that Coulter's statement about history is quite insightful.
The fundamental premise of Treason, that leftist-liberals care little about this nation's security and often display an anti-American bias when analyzing world events, has considerable evidence behind it. She states that the only part of government that the left ever wants to reduce in size is national defense. Whether America has a right to defend itself is central to this work. It is also a very topical discussion. This reviewer just penned a piece about Liberia and my belief is that their struggle does not advance America's interests in any way, so it seems an unworthy use of force. In Treason, Coulter provides the microscope through which the left would examine my arguments. She stated, "The left's theory of a just war had evolved to (1) military force must never be deployed in America's self-interest; and (2) we must first receive approval from the Europeans, especially the Germans. Good thing we didn't have that rule in 1941." Indeed, the left never expects us to act in our own interests because defending the nation is something that ironic and rational adults would never consider.
Treason is a polemic and thus is imbued with a great deal of hyperbole (as if I have any room to talk). This has not been lost on any of Coulter's critics and they have, and will, spend considerable time attacking her politically incorrect speech. I acknowledge that name-calling weakens her case as the use of "Oriental beasts" will offend practically everybody. She further describes America's defeatist male liberals as being "women" along with labeling professors: "sissy-boys in academia."
People will make much of this non-PC talk, but I don't think it's anything more than the purposeful desire to blow the veneer off the edifice of society's submission to leftist dogma (a.k.a.-PC). Coulter, like many other conservatives, knows that calling grown men "girls" irritates the recipient to no end and horrifies the radical feminists who despise everyone that refuses to obey their commands. Ann Coulter is guilty of too much zeal but considering the lies and deceit that the left foists upon those of us who defend western civilization, it is nearly warranted. Given our times, I am not surprised that venomous invective is so much a part of this book. I agree it would be a more scholarly work without it but I think it unlikely she would willingly sanitize her own words even if one hundred million people requested it. It's not in her nature. This book will be a huge money-maker for all involved and I recommend it without hesitation to my brothers and sisters on the right, yet I acknowledge it will have little appeal to those in the center.
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Summary: Aryan Girl Tries To Appease Her Dominant Males...
Review: Ann Coulter, nationally recognized as the most accurate fountain of historical reference, launches an attack on the left wing throughout the last seventy years of American Life, explaining how they were wrong about McCarthyism (Of course they were! And to think, he almost had that Stalinist Subversive Lucille Ball and he let her go!), all matters of foreign policy (Truman really was lily-livered. Only dropping two atomic bombs on Japan. Either one of the George Bushs would have deep-fried everything between Paris and Hawaii, given the chance) and basically writes between the lines that any opposition to her American Fascism views are nothing short of treason. In Dallas, on November 22, 1963, signs were held up that read "Wanted For Treason" with a photo of President Kennedy. They claimed he was soft on communism, after having saved the world from a Nuclear Holocaust in the Cuban Missle Crisis; I suppose she thinks we should have followed through with that as well. Coulter's claims that the American Left was wrong about George W. Bush is a matter of (imensley tainted) opinion; his family is responsible for the ascension to power of both Saddam Hussein and Bin Laden's family, along with decades of ties to the Saudi Royal Family(17 of the Hijackers on those planes were Saudis, by the way). Soldiers are dying needlessly in Iraq, but anyone who champions peace instead of war is a dissident traitor. Little Orphan Annie should walk away from her attempts at actual journalism and settle back into her political love affair with Sean Hannity.
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Summary: Ann Coulter, auch du bist eingespert
Review: Ms. Coulter continues with her thesis that only by being a right-wing dupe can you be a true patriot. Funny, I do not remember any of that in any of the writings of the Founding Fathers, maybe I did not read the McCarthy edition.
Ms Coulter has a some fancy degrees, but she does not understand one vital point: she is the darling of the republican establishment because she is a very useful tool. Tools are discarded when they outive their usefulness. She will be in the spotlgiht a few more years, write a few more books; then she will be replaced by a fresh face and removed to the ustbins of history. If she starts complaining her former employers will find out that she was a mythomaniac and a whiner in the first place.
She should have learnt from history. The quote above was written on posters in West Germany facing the East German border guards.
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Summary: Ann, mental health is too important to ignore!
Review: Miss Coulter is obviously a bitter, hateful revisionist. Others have skillfully pointed out the factual innacuracies of her book and the flaws in her research. Skip this reviw if you want another retelling of the many factual and research gaps in this book, I refuse to bore you by repeating. I have also had the opportunity to hear her speak. She seems to really believe that her distorted right wing opinions are the absolute truth. What I find disturbing is the level of hate and malice she harbors toward those who disagree with her, even when they do so respectfully. She basically argues that critical analysis of the right-wing political agenda is treason. She seems to want only one political voice, and she is on a mission to eliminate those who disagree with her agenda. Remind you of any historic figures? Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin come to mind. In person she seems mentally disturbed and hysterical, especially when responding to someone who challenges her opinions. The professional help of a therapist could only benefit Miss Coulter. By the way for those who are blind followers of Miss Colter, I know your first reaction is to get angry, attack blindly, and accuse me of not reading the book. I read this book (checked it out of my local library) and I still have nightmares. Make no mistake, I don't mind reading a reasoned, well written argument by someone who has different viewpoints. I find that I learn more when I read something that challenges me to think critically about what I believe. If that is what you are seeking this is not the book for you. When I read this book and when I heard Miss Coulter speak it became clear that she has a vendetta against liberals, democrats and everyone who does not share her opinions. She is also clearly willing to trash anyone to defend her opinions no matter how ill conceived and poorly researched they are. If you are seeking the disturbed, extreme rantings of a right-wing wacko then look no further. Congratulations! You have just hit paydirt, happy reading. For those of you who have read her book, feel validated by it and want to live in Ann Coulter's version of America please get a comprehensive mental health evaluation. And for my sake, I pray that you come to think of Chicago as a liberal city and a terrible place to live.
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Summary: Amazing propaganda
Review: This book, and others like it from both the conservative and liberal sides (whatever those terms now mean) should be studied as professional propaganda. The formula is well-known. Ann Coulter knows what she's doing. Whether she actually believes what she's writing may be irrelevant at this point. As long as it appears she is presenting serious and factual information about how liberals are, in fact, guilty of treason, then her point is made. What must be admired in a demented way is her total dedication to the cause. That is the mark of a true professional, after all, and she is a professional cheerleader for the far right wing. According to Ann, the left, and liberals, and Democrats (all conveniently lumped together) have been consistently wrong about every single issue for at least fifty or sixty years now, they hate America, they want to destroy America, and Bill Clinton is evil and is responsible for many of the ills now facing America. This is her schtick, in a nutshell. So half the country is guilty of treason. I'm guessing that after this nasty portion of the population is liquidated, America can be safe for people like Ann Coulter: rich, white, overly opinionated, and full of hatred (most notably for herself) and absolute contempt for people, including those who would buy her book. A good sampling of Coulter quotes is enough to tell you what this book is about and what she is about. Go ahead, crack this one open and indulge for a bit. Then put it down, and go on with your treasonous self!
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