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Summary: Wow...
Review: it does not take a whole lot of research to find out that Mr. Bush's administration is full of holes. But it does require research and critical thinking. Lets face it, we all love America and all the partisian bickering is stupid. Even if you are a devout right-wing republican and you do your research I believe you will find that you will want a different republican administration in place before more damage is done to OUR country. It's idealistic, but we should all be voting on the issues and not solely along party lines. Great book...KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!
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Summary: Leave no billionaire behind
Review: A lot of this book has been covered in Molly's columns, but this work goes into a lot more depth. I noticed several customer
reviews called the book "drivel" and the like. If she is lying, where's the evidence? I know she is on target when decribing Bush's tenure in Texas because I have had to live through it. While running for governor he accepted millions of dollars in corporate donations inside and out of TX to insure his election. Then he appointed executives from those corporations (like Enron) to head state agencies such as the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Then they instituted deregulation. Consumers and the environment paid the price. In short, he has been bought and paid for by corporate interests.
He passed tax cuts which wiped out a budget surplus and left the state in a fiscal crisis (sound familiar?). Molly Ivins's
writing is largely political satire in the tradition of Mark Twain. She cares deeply about this country and uses the truth mixed with wit to combat self-serving politicians.Wh
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Summary: Definitely interesting and thought-provoking...
Review: ... but it's not journalism. Or, at least, it's journalism told from a slanted point-of-view. As I read through this book, I became angrier and angrier with the leadership of our nation. Ivins and Dubose tick off the areas in which Bush and his administration are ruining our nation. Scary examples of environmental setbacks, insane fiscal policy, dictatorial foreign policy, too much political influence by Big Business, etc., play throughout the book. I became convinced that the Bush administration is destroying our country and everything it stands for. But then about half-way through, I realized the reason I was so angry was because at no point do we hear a rebuttal from the administration itself. There has got to be reason that Christine Todd Whitman decided to do away with the ombudsman office within the EPA. But danged if we could find out the reason, or even if Ivins or Dubose attempted to contact Whitman's office to hear their side of the story. Don't get me wrong, I DO think Bush and his high-paying cronies are evil. It's just that they need to have more of a voice in this book if it's aspiring to be anything close to journalism. Even Al Franken, in his most recent book, contacted his intended targets for a response/rebuttal. I have absolutely no doubt that if Ivins and Dubose were to have given those within the administration a voice, they would have quickly hung themselves, so to speak. There's no way the administration's representatives could have stood up to the heart-wrenching individuals who are the focus of each chapter. Had there been more balance, this could have been a journalistic classic.
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Summary: Among Ivins' Angrier Works
Review: I don't mean to suggest that Ivins doesn't have a lot to be angry about, but frankly, I'm too heartsick to read too many more books like this. The book has a lot of important facts, and it's well researched. But without Ivins' trademark humor, which is lacking here, it makes it a difficult pill to swallow. I know it's difficult to make light of Bush's policies, especially when they've hurt so many people. But there are books that do it, like Al Franken's Lies, Michael Moore's Dude, Where's My Country? and Jason Johnson's I Hate Bush and So Do You. I don't want to knock the book for not being funnier, but I warn you not to read it with a weak stomach.
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Summary: Necessary and Scary
Review: Essential reading right now; proof of the nerve Molly's hitting in this book is the torrent of right-wing invective posing as reviews on this site. (These "impartial critics" might stop their verbose, illiterate yowling long enough to take a couple of style tips from the clean, clear prose on display in BUSHWACKED.) Most readers will be familiar, to a depressing degree, with the litany of lies, misconducts and deceptions chronicled here. Useful, though, to see them dissected so straighforwardly. Read it and weep, then get thee to the voting booth!
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Summary: Funny, smart, and inspirational
Review: Not only have I read this, but I have also attended a book signing given by her. I recommend this book, and I recommend seeing her in person. She's a feisty woman whose book documents some other feisty Americans, and she's trying to get us to be feisty. Her interviews lead to information about the choices those in charge have made affecting these Americans. Her only real complaint with Americans themselves is the great disconnect she's witnessed that prevents ordinary people from understanding how decisions made far away affect them. Ivins spells it out in no uncertain terms. Practically a companion volume to Michael Moore's "Dude, Where's My Country?", which I also recommend.
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Summary: An Important Book
Review: Though this book is characterized by the sardonic wit and style Molly Ivins' readers have grown to expect, it is not always enjoyable. In fact, for me parts of it were difficult to read, for it reveals the pain lots of folks have suffered because of the policies of the current administration. However, it is important for us to know the facts about what is happening in and to our country. And what is written in this book is based on fact; twenty-two and a half pages of documentation follow the text. I hope everyone who plans to vote in the next election will read this book.
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Summary: Excellent.
Review: Well written,and very revealing about King George of Arabia.
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Summary: The Truth Hurts!!!
Review: I posted a review at the beginning of this review cycle, advising folks that this is a must-read book for anyone who intends on voting in the next prez election (especially if you are undecided). I find the rightwing's silence (on the talk-show circuit) about this book to speak volumes about the irrefutable facts in Bushwhacked. They, I am sure, would rather this book go silently into oblivion so they aren't asked to address the points raised in the book. If you have read the reviews of the people here who give Bushwhacked one star, you will notice that they are not commenting on the CONTENT of the book, just the book-reviewers views about the content. That, in itself, should tell you how angry they are that someone actually wrote a book that is readable, funny (at times, although the content is sobering), and TRUE. The light of truth, if allowed to shine on the Bush policies of the last 2 1/2 years (is that all? it seems as if its a lifetime), will out the current administration for what they are -- profiteers of the worst sort, who do not care what their policies do to the average citizen or the land that we all must share (including the global community).
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Summary: Molly Ivins lets Dubya's record speak for itself.
Review: Molly Ivins has given us a wonderful account of the job Bush II has done so far. It's not good. The book is good, not the job Bush II is doing. Bush and his administration should be doing hard time, not wrecking our country. Molly has the facts the "liberal" media can't or won't report accurately. The wolf is in the henhouse but he thinks we're to stupid to realise he's not a chicken. BUSHWACKED is great reading, though very troubling. Buy the book for yourself and for everyone on your holiday shopping list. Then get out the vote. Let's not have BUSHWACKED II.
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