Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America (Vintage)

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Summary: Nothing New.
Review: Quite honestly, this tales of this book didn't surprise me in the least. George Dubya is sneaky crook who somehow became president. He may have friends in high places and he may have Poppy Bush to bail him out.. but nothing lasts forever. This book just tells what we already know. Bush is a crook. He's a liar, one hundred times over. He's not out to help the little guy, but rather step on his back while Bush attempts climbs higher. Luckily, Dubya's days as the pres' are numbered.

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Summary: Powerful
Review: She brings an enormous amount of research to this critique of the Bush policies in an engaging down-home tone. She lacks the vituperative toxin of Coulter, although like Coulter, I fear she is preaching to the faithful. Will be an informative read.

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Summary: A book which is more fiction than fact
Review: This book is really a rehash of Ivins' columns that make her a rich liberal living in Austin. Her selective accounts of Texas politics, her ignoring the facts about the Enron scandal happening on Clinton's watch, her changing of history when it comes to Texas environmental issues, education issues, and other topics makes this a work of fiction. This is not a book about "George W. Bush's America" as its title claims. It is about Ms. Ivins distorted view about the record of G. W. Bush. There are far too many factual errors, and outright misrepresentations to list them. But one example is the education issue. Numerous studies have shown that the "No child left behind" act has resulted in dramatic improvement in test scores for underprivileged children where school systems have had to change focus on education instead of the school lobby. Ms Ivins' references to this change refer only to discredited "studies" by special interest organizations whose methodology has been discredited.
This is a very mendacious book. The good part of this book is that it is one of those reinforcement exercises for delusional liberals. They will read this, support Howard Dean, and lose the next election. Molly is a gift that keeps on giving.