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Summary: Needs More on the Ladies!
Review: If you need to know, Brock tells how disgusting the right wing is. Reagan put a happy face, unity, and some civility on it all, but when Daddy left, the "kids" started to lose it. Gingrich and so many others could throw bombs, but couldn't lead. Nope. Brock found himself fronting and digging dirt for this wingnut crowd, after (understandably) shying from and countering ultra-PC lefties in college. So Brock went Reagan's direction in formative years, like so many others his age. And then... well, Brock tells the story best... and I can't think of a more encompassing history of 1990's politics. The story is dark, and if you're too alert you'll keep questioning Brock's initial motives for the book, and how he spins his tales in his book. (Especially after Bill Clinton's performances - with fingers to chest -, this reader is cynical toward apologies). But, if you lay back and give Brock the benefit of doubt (at least until you finish the book), it's a good read about 90's right-wing politics, tactics, $$$$, careerism, "friendships" of convenience, and hypocrisy, not in that particular order. When I finished the book (which is hard to do -- just keep plowing through it; the info and perspective *is worth it*) I actually felt for Brock (and I don't *think* I'm a bleeding heart :-). Brock's arc and inside perspective are wholly unique. Is this book a new Whittaker Chambers' (who left the communists and spoke up) "Witness" for the *left*? A little, maybe? Anyway, I'm pretty conservative, and learned a lot. Brock's is a hard book to get through, but I'll never view the 90's (Newt, Clinton, all media) the same again. Oh yeah, back to my review title: Brock tells of his relationships with right-wing queens Arianna Huffington, Laura Ingraham, and Ann Coulter. More details next time! Do they like to play quarters? Caps?! Keggers or wine boxes?
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Summary: A good read...
Review: A great perspective on two decades of American history. Engrossing and powerful.
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Summary: OUTSTANDING - a fantastic account of the clinton wars
Review: Brock comes clean and writes a fantastic account of the late 80s and 90s war between the Right and the Left. He strode to prominence in the Conservative movement with horrific attacks on Annita Hill during the Clarence Thomas hearings and fired the first shots of the Clinton Wars with his article on the "TrooperGate" scandal. He outed Paula Jones in this article formenting the eventual charge of impeachment. He fires back at the unjust hypocrisy of his old friends whose "high morals and values" almost brought down the 42nd president. He outs gossip queens like Matt Drudge and Anne Coulter and fires back at the establishment that once called him comrade. If your looking for a great book on the inside fight to TRAP CLINTON IN A PERJURY CHARGE this book is for you. it was highly entertaining and full of gossip about everyone associated with the hatred spewing RIGHT WING attack machine.
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Summary: Amazing insight into the dirty politics of the right
Review: I just finished reading this book . . . I stayed up to 5 a.m. last night finishing the book because it was so riveting. The book provides a great looking into the world of dirty politics via character assassination. During the entire Clinton presidency, right-wing billionaires funded investigations and right-wing publications with attempts to bring down the Clinton presidency. Most of the alleged Clinton scandals we heard about (Whitewater, travelgate, filegate, troopergate, etc.) were figments in the wild imagination of right-wing operatives. Only the Monica Lewinsky affair was real. Only the word 'vast' in Hillary's famous reference to a "vast right-wing conspiracy" was an exagerration. This book is a must-read for anyone that wishes to understand the American system of scandal-driven politics.
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