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Summary: What a Crock!
Review: You know, I voted for Bush in 2000. I supported Iraq. I read this book. It's looking more and more like I made three mistakes, three more than Hughes says Bush has made. This book is nothing more than Hughes showing that she is Bush's cheerleader.If this is how deep this administration is, they've lost my vote. Unfortunately, I can't get back the time I spent reading this claptrap of a book.
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Summary: Troubling
Review: What a waste of time. If you want to read about President Bush ordering cheeseburgers, KH using bacon on her skin, and other inane topics, then this book might be good. But it is shameless in its star struck representations of GWB. She makes him out to be superman, cary grant, and god all in one. Save your money.
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Summary: Give the Country a break. Stay home.
Review: What a complete suck up! This is pure trash looking for another suck up to buy it. No insight here, just a boring broad with an ax to grind about liberal Americans. Talk about hate mongering...this fool takes the cake. If this is the best and the brightest of the Bush Administration, our Country is in very sad shape...but then, who didn't know that already without reading this paper waste. This crap isn't even worth burning. Recylcle the paper already!
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Summary: Shame, shame
Review: As a female conservative, I feel that I should support other strong female conservatives in the public eye. But I have one thing to say to Karen Hughes: SHAME ON YOU. Not only is this book a poorly-disguised toadying hymn to a president that I'm not sure that even I will support again, it obfuscates any solid facts with meaningless rhetoric. It is also some of the worst writing I have ever read. Not to mention the fact that no matter where you stand on the abortion issue, to equate pro-rights activists with terrorists is perhaps the dirtiest trick that this increasingly dubious administration has pulled to date. I personally do not believe in abortion: but after this book and Ms. Hughes recent quotes, I no longer believe in Bush.
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Summary: What a loser!!!!!
Review: Anyone who can compare the ability of women to choose what to do with their lives to 911 and the war on terror is a terrorist herself. Don't buy this book and support this kind of mind set. What the bushies want to take complete control of your lives and to create rules of what we can and can't do. I though the wall came down years ago. Apparently they shipped it to the US and are building here. Stand up for what you believe and the right to make our own choices. Boycott her book and book tour!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Karen, what happened?
Review: I was so thrilled when my mother-in-law purchased this book for me this weekend! Unfortunately, this book was not only a disappointing read but has led me to rethink my admiration for Hughes. I understand that life in D.C. changes even the best of people but I was shocked by Hughes' confession that she spent $40,000 on a Prada hangbag. I found myself crying for Hughes' son at several points during the book. While I'm sure that Karen felt she was answering to a higher cause when she went to work for the President in D.C., as a mother myself I cannot personally understand how a woman could leave her 13-year-old alone for weeks at a time! It did seem like she learned her lesson when he burnt down the kitchen and half of the garage trying to reheat cold pizza though. One thing I did like about this book was that Hughes shared her personal beauty secrets with her readers. I've been admiring her highlights ever since she got them and I already bought a bottle of Sun-In - I only hope that I can acheive such great results. The bacon grease facial thing worked really well. Overall, I walked away with a few good skin care tips and little else. Save your money and donate it to your church or some other good cause!
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Summary: Hypocrisy
Review: A poorly written paean to our Worst President Ever. A cheap suck-up piece. The one thing I learned from this book is that the woman responsible for the "John Kerry looks kinda French" smears that circulated early in the campaign was herself born in Paris. She looks kinda...Soviet...to me.
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Summary: Behind The Scenes Of History
Review: In her political memoir "Ten Minutes From Normal," former presidential counselor Karen Hughes draws readers into her world of family, friendship, and business. Only she happens to have a friend who became president of the United States and her business became handling his affairs and advising his administration. Moreover, she had to perform her duties through one of the most embattled elections in presidential history and through the first attack on American shores since Pearl Harbor - and do it all while still maintaining a working relationship with her husband and son! A master of communication, Karen Hughes weaves an exciting tale of her life from journalism student to trusted aide of the most powerful man in the world. The first chapter of "Ten Minutes From Normal" (a phrase which Hughes plucked from a train conductor on a long train ride during the campaign) summarizes her tug-of-war with career and family and why she left what many would consider a dream job in order to move back to Texas with her family and live a normal life. The first chapter quickly flashes back to the roots of the author's childhood, replete with a number of stories that helped shape her early life. We then learn of Hughes's developing interest in journalism, her crossover from television news to chairwoman of the Texas Republican Party, and eventually, her first meeting with George W. Bush. Hughes goes into great detail in recounting her first meeting with the man who would one day be president. Her affection and loyalty for Bush is evident to even the most disinterested reader, reinforcing the pain of her decision to leave the president in the midst of war for the best interests of her family. "Ten Minutes From Normal" lacks the knock-down, drag-'em out partisan bickering and commentary typical of most books put out by today's political figures. What it does give the reader is something far better (and a more lasting contribution to the literary world) - a complete, behind-the-scenes look at American politics. Hughes lets the reader into her world, a world where politics is real, decisions cost lives, and war is real. Even the best thriller writers can't do that... Britt Gillette
Author of "The Dittohead Guide To Adult Beverages"
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Summary: Book raises many questions
Review: I am sure that Ms. Hughes considers herself a Christian woman. She did return to Texas to be with her family and works with youth members of her church. The book leaves me with more questions than answers. What kind of mother leaves her son at Neverland while she trots off to campaign for Arnold Schwarzennegger? Who would allow a youth group to spend time together in a hot tub? What does Laura Bush think of her husband's relationship with Hughes? I will not let my children read her book. Parts of this book are offensive and objectionable.
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Summary: Back to Oblivion Please
Review: Why anyone would believe a word from this amoral sow's pen is beyond me. To equate pro-choice with 911 terrorist is beyond the pale. Let's hope she goes from Ten Minutes From Normal to a Way Way Deep into oblivion and we don't have to ever hear another word of drivel from this shill's mouth ever again.
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