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Summary: Important, Entertaining Read
Review: O'Neill has two primary criticisms of the Bush administration:1) Policy decisions are based on ideology and political ramifications, rather than on process and sound analysis.
2) Bush is unwilling and/or incapable of engaging in serious, substantial discussion about policy. Neither of these revelations is particularly shocking; what's important is the source. But is O'Neill credible? With any insider account, it's hard to know for sure because corroboration is virtually impossible. O'Neill has a reputation for being extremely candid, and he strikes me as a very reasonable, honest person. Bush and Company, on the other hand, have not been honest with us and seem to avoid transparency as much as possible. So whom do we believe? I'll side with O'Neill. I don't buy the bitter former employee theory, although I'm not convinced that everything in the book is 100% accurate. Suskind seems a little too sympathetic to O'Neill, and I think that compromises the integrity of the book a bit. O'Neill is constantly portrayed as a hero, and perhaps he is, but Suskind didn't have to be quite so heavy-handed.
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Summary: What we've suspected all along
Review: This is what many of us had suspected all along. But thanks to O'Neill's candid account we have more of the insider details. Proof that Iraq was in the crosshairs since the beginning of the Bush II presidency. Proof that the government is not concerned with truth. Proof that the large campaign contributers are the ones who shape the government policies. Proof that much of what the public get to see on news is mostly play-acting. Plus more... The major characters as they appear in this book: O'Neill - the hero,
Bush - our not-so-smart leader
Cheney - inscutable, evil puppet master
Karl Rove - political front man If you are a voting American you owe it to yourself to read this book. Unfortunately, I expect very few people will.
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Summary: I agree: this could be the Pentagon Papers of our time
Review: I can remember any former cabinet member stepping forth to provide an inside portrait of the president under whom he served. I get sick of reading those who claim he is disloyal in doing this or lying. Friends, if you would read the book instead of lying about having read it, you will see that "liar" really doesn't apply to O'Neill. Interestingly, the White House hasn't been actively denying what O'Neill says. For one thing, it is too well documented. For another, as Suskind points out, he never relied merely on O'Neill's account of a group meeting, but got confirmation from at least one other source as well. As Molly Ivins would put it, "Does the book pass the smell test?" Yes, it does. As for loyalty, he is being loyal to America in putting forth the truth of the administration as he witnessed it.
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Summary: The Ethically Challenged Exposing the Ethically Challenged?
Review: Reading "The Price of Loyalty" is unnecessary to write the following review: News stories about Ron Suskind's recently published book presenting former Treasury Secretary O'Neill's story only confirm my suspicion -- that the President's Handlers had an idealogical determination to invade Iraq long before 9/11 and misled America about the connection between Iraq and terrorism. However, if Mr. O'Neill was so appalled by Bush's incompetence and the veracity of the administration, why did he not resign? The fact that Mr. O'Neill now tells the truth while making profits simply allows the Bush machine to undermine the credibility of his whistleblowing. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition
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Summary: impeach Bush, prosecute the liars
Review: This book just confirms what we all knew all along: that George W. Bush is a clown in the
circus of American politics. It is not surprising that he is the President: the clown is the most
popular figure in the circus. I would not really care about a clown President but I find incredible the fact that these guys lied
to the American People about the reasons to go to war in Iraq. These guys do not care about
the people, they do not care that they sent our boys and girls to die in a foreign land. That, for
me, is reason for impeachment and to prosecute whoever invented those lies. We should not
even allow Bush to be defeated in November. That is too dignifying. We should send him to
Crawford, Texas, right now. If Clinton was this close to be impeached for lying about an affair,
is it not lying about war a bigger reason for impeachment? The book seems to imply that the Administration policy was decided in Texas, long before the
elections. O'Neill, Powell and EPA lady were just window dressing. That is why Bush seemed
so "detached" on the meetings with O'Neill. Everything was already decided by the big fat
white pigs that run the show from the executive suites of the big corporations and from the "fair
and balanced" airwaves of cable television. These guys sell hate, greed, fear and xenophobia
(just watch CNN's Lou Dobbs daily crusade against "illegal aliens") on cable TV. They sell fear
because they want to stay in power. They know if people are frightened by the "terrorists" they
will vote for Bush, because Bush will protect them. The book has some juicy parts. It would make an excellent Holywood thriller, because the
meetings at the White House are very well described. We almost feel that we are there. The
meeting when they first presented the photos of the "weapons of mass destruction (WMD)"
factory is really laughable. Cheney said, " come , come and see this ". When asked by O'Neil
why that factory had WMD (it seemed like thousands of other factories), Rumsfield said it was
because they were monitoring "regular movements of trucks in and out of the factory". What a
bunch of clowns ! Note: I am signing this review as "a reader", and not by name, because, unlike O'Neill that is
"old and rich" (and famous), I am young and poor. And I am afraid of them.
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Summary: God Help Us
Review: A well-crafted page turner proving truth (and this dim-witted president, and his protective circle of neoconservative cretins) is scarier than fiction. The removal of Bush from the White House is imperative. His tax cut packages have insured a future drenched in red ink, and quite possibly economic disaster. His obsession with Iraq, and unconscionable exaggerations about its weapons capabilities and al Qaida ties to lead us to an expensive and unnecesary war deserve criminal prosecution - not a chance for a second term. Thanks are in order to Mr. O'Neill for firing this important warning shot. God help us if this inept president - who has no regard for process, analysis, or facts - and is guided by radical idealogues and remuneration for "the base" is re-elected. Should such a catastrophic event occur we can thank the brain-dead, limbaugh-listening bible thumping hate mongers on the right for the ruination of the country. It really is THAT serious. I wake up, see the smirking chip, and wonder if I somehow endend up in some twisted alternate universe. Unfortunately, it's for real.
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Summary: Look inside the White House
Review: In this book, Ron Suskind takes us into the White House from the point of view of former cabinet member, Paul O'Neill. The book essentially vindicates all the opponents of our president by portraying him as a slow-witted individual who was intent on invading Iraq from the get go. The only problem I have with the book is that it's validity may be questioned, but in the end, the common man will never know the complete mechanics of what goes on in the White House.
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Summary: Looking for unbiased 2-sided information? Look elsewhere.
Review: Like with Michael Moore's work, if you want a complete picture of a situation, you need to look elsewhere. This is sadly just another book for those who don't want to _learn_ anything, just want new facts to support their already cemented opinions. What's the point?
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Summary: Is this the "Pentagon Papers" of 2004
Review: I voted for Bush and I don't particularly care for Paul O'Neill but this is a well written book in language which working stiffs can understand. I'm sure Mr. O'Neill wasn't happy about being fired but at his age and with his bank account, I don't think he would have agreed to this book unless he felt strongly about making his experience as Treasury Secretary public. Most folks in his position would have taken their $60 million in the bank and said the hell with being a hero. I enjoyed reading this book even though it confirmed a lot of the doubts I have about Bush Jr. and his posse. It basically gives you a fly-on- the wall view of the way the Bush Administration ran the show. I am recommending this book to ANYONE who cares about the future of this country.
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Summary: Dubya's Final Days
Review: In the enormously controversial THE PRICE OF LOYALTY, acclaimed journalist Ron Suskind reveals what everyone has suspected for the longest time: President Dubya is a slow-witted puppet on a string whose only purpose is to respond with robotic acquiescence to the cynical money grubbing machinations of the staff and advisors who actually run the administration. Suskind's chief source of information is former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, who was present during many of the discussions and meetings that helped set the twisted agenda of the most appalling presidency in the history of this country. The most shocking revelation, although its one most of us have already surmised, is that Bush was openly hellbent on attacking Iraq long before September 11 and was willing to use any excuse, no matter how feeble, to start a war. O'Neill provided literally thousands of documents to Suskind that fully corroborate all of his assertions. Suskind's further research found several other insider sources who validate O'Neill's claims about the odious intellectual lightweight who currently occupies the White House. With several ongoing horrific scandals finally sending Dubya's mysterious popularity plummeting into the lower depths, this book may very well be the first of many to herald the final days of our most incompetent president ever.
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