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Summary: Let's go, David; there's work to do.
Review: ...I...spent a few days rapt in the writer's good prose and detailed accounts of who, what, when, and where.This is a little akin to the famous deathbed conversion of Reagan's chief hitman/strategist, Lee Atwater. In telling us what he did to trash the president (for hire), he lays open the "vast right-wing conspiracy" Hillary alluded to...the one the media pooh-poohed. OK, David. I accept your version of events. Now what the hell are you going to do to try to get this book into every reader's hands? And what do you plan to do to help us oust the cynical Republican cabal you helped get elected?
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Summary: An insider and former "favorite son" names names
Review: Very good book...he tells all, and I see why his ex-cronies are running scared and attacking him left and right. They **know** he knows where the bodies are buried, so to speak. He is very brave to do this - I don't care what epiphany brought him to this point, what matters is verifiable information that points to a power-mad group who will do anything to keep themselves in power, and have succeeded in subverting the democracy that we tout around the world. None of the information is surprising - after all, we were all witnesses to the madness that took over the political process for 8 interminable years - vitriol, lies and attacks were the order of the day. I was asked by fellow passengers at the Amsterdam Airport "what is wrong with you Americans" as the impeachment affair revved up to its sordid end. So the global onlookers had front seats to the madness, too. This illogical cry of "if he was lying then how do we know he is not lying now" is a testament to the power of spin and "heads-in-the-sand" defensiveness. He **cannot** be telling lies now if his pre-epiphany writings were also lies - the information presented *now* is opposite of the *past* info. It is like saying because he lied and said something was ON, if he decides to come clean and say that it was really OFF (by the way, at great cost to himself re: credibility, embarassment, harassment, "excommunication", etc - who would **choose** this experience if it wasn't true) that OFF must be a lie because ON was a lie. It is not possible to have it both ways. It is also ironic that the group of "believers" who have made an industry of publishing hate- and vitriol-filled books (of which Brocks own "Anita Hill.." book was one) is whining about his personal characterizations of his partners in crime. He is expressing his OPINIONS - beauty is, after all, in the eye of the beholder. If he describes someone as "horsey" or drunk, so what? If it was what he observed and is not a lie, let it go. These complaints are yet more red herrings to diver attention from the expose - the meat of the book. IMO, he is telling the truth now and there is a desperate attempt to kill the message and the messenger before the masses catch wind of both. Read the book with an open, non-defensive mind, compare what you read to what you have observed over time in the national media, including the sordid 2000 elections and their aftermath, and then decide for yourself what to do about the coup.
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Summary: Worth Considering
Review: Have read lots about the right wing lunatics... but couldn't put this down, even if it covered familiar territory. Unfortunately, the people who should read this book probably won't.
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Summary: Every American Must Read this Book
Review: Is it fair that Brock should get rich by spinning malicious lies, then get richer by recanting them? Maybe not, but anyone who's read this book will understand that politics are not fair. This is a terrific read, astounding even to those who are inclined to believe everything in it. But everyone should read it, and with open minds: Brock's arguments apply to any ends-justify-the-means ideology, and his searing revelations about the anatomy of Beltway politics do much to offset the hypocrisy of politicians on all sides of the divide.
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Summary: Left, Right, What's the Difference?
Review: This book is an accurate depiction of the power elites' attempt to thwart the Constitution and undermine democracy in the name of power. However, if Brock had written a book entitled "Blinded by the Left" about the Left's attempts to undermine democracy it would be equally as true. In fact, one merely has to replace the word "Right" throughout the book with "Left" and "Conservative" with "Liberal," etc. and the premise still holds true. The true message Americans should come away with after reading this book: question authority--all authority, even if you happen to agree with it.
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Summary: Lucky guy, this Brock
Review: The most shocking thing about this book is what a weak writer Brock is. I've never read any of his previous diatribes, and thought I'd at least get an entertaining look into the Right with this offering. But long, ponderous paragraphs of stiff prose serve to prove only one thing: Had Brock not gone the "way of the right," he would never have had a writing career.
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Summary: Totally believable.
Review: I don't think, after reading it, that there is ANY doubt that he's now telling the truth; and that back then he, and his cohorts, were blatantly and unashamedly lying.
The only difference is that he stopped.
The only thing I find odd is how little self-examination went into his decision to embrace that side to begin with. He writes about being closeted and about shrugging off anti-gay attitudes in the 'movement' as not 'personal'. But I will never understand how he, as a gay man, was EVER able to throw his lot in with that bunch, as HE describes them.
It's a bit like reading the confessions of a Jewish Nazi propaganda minister.
But still in all, those attacking his credibility now are clearly only doing so because they are uncomfortable with his betrayal.
This still has the ring of truth.
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Summary: Liar
Review: When was David Brock lying? In his first book or in this book?
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Summary: Dont listen to the conservative reviewers.
Review: Dont listen to the right-wingers who bash this book. They are bitter that David Brock wrote this book and betrayed his former party. Some of the reviews are the standard republican claptrap; He's a communist because he doesnt like the republican party!,Lying little weasel, the liberals are wrong, always wrong, blah blah blah... The names named and the facts uncoverted are important need to be brought out to the public. This is an important book that will re-write history. Liberal, Conservative, independent, whatever, BUY THIS BOOK!
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Summary: Conscious beats morals
Review: I am in the same boat as David Brock was when he wrote this book. I have just recently turned my loyalty to the left due to my conscious. I honestly believe every American should be required to read this book...due to the nature of it's content. It is very revealing in how the right operated and [pulled] me in in the late '80's and early '90's. Definately a must read book.
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