Rating:  Summary: Destined For the Dustbin of History Review: Self-promotion and greed must be the motivation behind this book because it sure isn't motivated by critical conservative thought. She may very well be popular, but so are other vapid blondes with nothing to say.This book doesn't add up in any serious way. In Coulter's vastly over-simplified politcal world, conservatives are good, and liberals evil, end of story. This book is so full of ridiculous opinions that are easily proven false. I won't waste time doing it here it's been done all over the Internet. When she gets away from her hate and McCarthy-revisionism (What next Ann, No Holocaust?) she can be kind of funny. Especially when she makes up words like "liberal hobgoblinism". Puts me in mind of a very appropriate quote: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" (Ralph Waldo Emerson).
Rating:  Summary: Wasted an entire week Review: My parents had this book, so I read it while visiting them for a week. Then, because of all the uproar over whether it's the truth or not, I decided to check footnotes on the internet. I checked 50 of the references she used to give "facts" in the book, and 49 of them were either wrong, misquoted, or downright lies. Unfortunately, the only conclusion I can come to is this is the type of "writing" that, while it appeals to the Jerry Springer-esque crowd, is dangerous and inciting. This book should be read as fiction, since most of it is simply made up.
Rating:  Summary: No stars Review: This book is a total waste of time. I try to read books from both sides and try to stay neutral, even though most of the time I lean to the right. However, this book will not give you any information or any ideas. It is a collection of cutouts and out of text quotes from different newspapers. There are comments of highly opinionated and stupid woman, with no proper education, knowledge, and background to comment on any of her sources. Pretty much every paragraph in her book is absurd, some contain stupid blabbers, some are taken directly from fantasyland. Everything she says about Soviet Union and cold war is lies. Everything she said about Truman and Roosevelt is lies. She might be mad, but that does not make her a worthwhile reading material. Do not waste your time - read something else.
Rating:  Summary: Hey you libs: Read the book first! Review: It's obvious in the review section here that most of the idiot liberals who gave this book 1 star have not even bought or read it. This is a history book that has not been massaged by freaky liberals to the point of being fiction. I grew up in these times and she's right on. I have yet to read a better documented treatise on the subjects in the book, and combined with her charming wit, what a great way to learn or re-learn history. Keep up the great work Ann, and thanks so much.
Rating:  Summary: Finally! Some vindication for Joe McCarthy Review: Outstanding read. No matter what one's political leanings, you cannot argue the facts: 1. Although people love to claim that Joe McCarthy ruined people's lives with his "commie witch hunt", they have yet to produce even one example of such. 2. Joe was finally vindicated, as Ann eloquently points out, when it was discovered that there were, in fact, communist spies in high-level positions of our government. It doesn't require genius to recognize that it has become a pattern of the liberal left to fight those who hold dissenting opinions by destroying their lives using deception and outright fabrication. One need only to remember what was done to Kenneth Starr - a man who was only doing his job during the investigation of our former commander-in-chief Bill "what does under oath mean?" Clinton, and he will find the impetus to believe every word of this book. I have done extensive web-searching to find anyone who has found even one serious flaw in the material facts of this book as presented and have yet to find it. Thanks, Ms. Coulter.
Rating:  Summary: Lies Review: Ann Coulter claims to have her sources backed up. But how about this? She accused Evan Thomas, a journalist for the New York Times, of being the son of 4-time socialist candidate for president Norm Thomas. It turns out that his father was really Evan Thomas, Sr. How can you get that wrong? She is totally making up everything in that entire book. Don't read it; you will corrupt your mind.
Rating:  Summary: Insulting to conservatives and liberals alike. Review: This poorly researched hate proaganda is a direct insult to liberals - as it is intended to be, but is an unintended insult to conservatives by making us look like whiny idiots. Come on. We know who hates America and it isn't other Americans. Utter trash. This is nothing but one woman's opinion. There is nothing new in here - just history spun from a hysterical right wing pont of view. If that's all your looking for, then go ahead, close your mind and read. Here's your book.
Rating:  Summary: Very Surprising Review: I originally bought this book out of a morbid curiosity. So many here do not want anyone to read this at all costs so naturally I had to. What I found was surprising. She really does make an excellent case that McCarthy was not the monster that we were taught he was. That indeed, with the exception of Lattimore, the people he accused were proven to be spying on the United States. The best her detractors here can come up with is that "she lies" although they can't seem to document those lies where she has gone out of her way to document her facts. I think that there is a huge problem of sexism here, the boys refuse to take a pretty face seriously.
Rating:  Summary: Gotta love it Review: I thoroughly enjoyed Coulter's observations about the lack of backbone and decisiveness in liberal America, especially during war. Her arguments are backed up by historically proven facts, and feature endless quotes of liberals making fools of themselves via their favorite media forums in America. Liberals time and again prove one of Coulter's main points in the volume; when it comes down to making the case on an issue, conservatives provide facts and liberals whine.
Rating:  Summary: More than the usual Coulter Review: One doesn't need to be "on the right" to read Ann's book. Once again she's right on, but I did have some trouble reading it even though I am a writer myself (From the First Date to the Bedroom; the Single Man's Official Guide to Success with Women.) I'm sure Ann would not consider my book politically correct; but then neither is she. On the other hand, Ann has more facts at her finger tips than any current political writer today--go for it girl! Butch Mazzuca
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