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Summary: Interesting, but you have to wonder...
Review: Brock's book is a fascinating discussion of his experiences
dealing with the American right.Unfortunately, there's a fundamental problem with the book:
you have to ask yourself if a book which has, as one major
theme, a confession to massive lying in the past, can be
taken as accurate. Liberals like myself will want to think
that its all terribly terribly true -- that there was a
vast right wing conspiracy to destroy President Clinton -- but
but its still, well, debatable. I don't really want to say Brock is lying, but I just don't
know.
Rating: 
Summary: A Must Read!
Review: Want to know where Rush, and the rest of the ultra right storm troopers get their information? This book is a must read for anyone who isn't aware of the "ultra right wing media" in this country. Read this book, and the go check out Fox News!
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Summary: Blinded by the Right
Review: It looks like you are having to give both this book and the Stupid White Men book away, not surprising.
Rating: 
Summary: One weird guy
Review: This is a book by a guy who was made famous by a group of desperate, sleazy characters -- the ugly right wing of the republican party. This is also a book by a guy who betrayed those who buttered his bread, and is trying very hard to be embraced by the desperate, sleazy left wing of the democratic party. Brock reminds me of Michael Huffington -- wanted to be one of the in crowd but just couldn't manage it no matter how he sacrificed himself to their whims. So now, he's "out" and trying to find a new clique to latch onto. Sound familiar? Yep. It's called High School. So read this book if the ramblings of an immature craven trip your trigger. Or read it because it is yet another version of the first impeachment in the last 100 years. But I doubt it contains any more "truth" than his previous books.
Rating:
Summary: Babbling from the mouth of a fool.
Review: Brock's supposed 'turnaround' is questionable at best. His latest book lacks evidence or proof of any kind to support his, and Hillary's "vast right wing conspiracy" BS. Admittedly, I read this book with my own, Libertarian, bias. But, being a fan of neither the right or the left, this book, and Brock himself, simply lacks credibility.
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Summary: The Real Surprise is that Anyone is Surprised
Review: If this book is only ten percent true, then there are a lot of bad people presently in the second and third tiers of government. This includes all branches of government. For someone like me who practiced law for two decades and reveres judges, the lack of ethics and hunger for power of Clarence Thomas and Larry Silberman is shameful. There is no lie they would not tell, no rumor they would not diseminate, and no one they would hesitate to destroy for themselves and "the cause." To this, one can add Kenneth Starr and Ted Olson, men who have reuptations of being very thorough and have attained great respect, but may have chosen to lie and subvert the law for political purposes. Then, there are the Congressman, Newt Gingrich, Bob Barr, Henry Hyde, and Dan Burton. Hypocrites all. They have had affairs, have destroyed marriages (including their own), and in Barr's case, has, it is contended by one of his wives, consented to and even paid for an abortion. Yet, they can get up in front of an audience or a TV camera and call Bill Clinton and Democrats in general immoral, unpatriotic, murderers, etc. without blinking an eye. I can only ask, who really is the immoral or amoral one? Who really is the danger to the country? A famous saying is that the last refuge of scoundrels is patriotism. (That worked for Ollie North.) Perhaps, in these times that can be modified to state: the last refuge of scoundrels is strict morality. But the reality is that deepdown we all knew that these right wing hitmen were and are sleezebags. What is now apparent is that they are not just driven by hate for any political view other than their own and by homophobia, but by power. Now, they have it and it is worth speculating what that will mean. Brock makes these points in a manner that appears convincing. He names names, dates, and places; thus it sounds true. One can probably believe that after twelve years of no factchecking by rightwing publications, he had the facts of this work checked by the publisher. However, on some occassions, Brock seemed to lapse back into his bad habits and give the reader some juicy tidbit about someone without stating the source or backing it up with evidence. Also, many of his sentences are quite long and difficult to understand. Nevertheless, I would wholeheartedly recommend this book for someone who is interested in the present political scene.
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Summary: mea culpa brock
Review: Blinded by the Right was a book that was hard to put down for a moderate/liberal devotee of fair play and and at least some degree of honesty in government and the fourth estate. It is ludicrous to attack Brock, as some have, for being unbelievable now since he has admitted to lying in the past. Blinded by the Right reads like the truth, a truth Brock has no credible reason for coloring. Independent thinkers who are not affiliated with movements or political parties should find the facts in the book highly illuminating and if they are serious about casting responsible votes, they will take a long hard look at the "brain trust" in the current administration and the forces and events that allowed that "trust" and its agenda to be placed in control of the free world.
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Summary: A book that¿s hard to put down!
Review: Although I'll admit I generally find books of this type rather boring, this one was impossible to put down. Not only is it a great review of political scandals during last few decades, it provides an important perspective from a person who was a major force behind much of the dirt that was generated. I found the personal perspective intriguing. "Blinded by the Right" is a particularly apt (not to mention catchy) title. Possibly Brock should add that he was just as much blinded by his own anger and ego. Brock was an angry man who does a good job explaining why fell in with a crowd that was also driven by irrational fear and anger. The difference is that Brock was able to realize and fess up to his dark motivations, rather than (as most in this cadre continue to do) deny and "justify" them. Nowhere is this more evident than in these polarized reviews where the phrase, "I've got my mind made up, and I don't want to be confused by the facts" seems particularly apt. If you don't have your mind made up (and totally closed), Read This Book!
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Summary: Explores the psychology of hatred
Review: This is an articulate, although artless, confessional memoir in which a wistful David Brock reflects with regret on the harm he has done and the people he has hurt. As an apolitical beast, I read this book from a psychological perspective with a view to understanding the enormous, mindless hatred emanating from the far right during the nineties. Brock portrays this as part projected self-loathing, part jealousy and part weakness and lack of principle. About the Clintons, Brock would apparently agree with Lord Byron, who said, "Who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below."
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Summary: Convincing and very very important
Review: David Brock doesn't have to be forgiven for what he's done for this book to be seen as highly credible. The book speaks for itself, confirming many facts that have already been in print He fills in in missing and totally believeable details. His story makes complete sense, and only reading the book can attest to its veracity and credibility. Conservatives are afraid of this book. They are trying a variety of ways to squash it -- from ignoring it completely, to writing nasty screeds about it and attacking Brock a liar (and if he is a liar, then aren't they admitting that he lied initially as well, back when they championed him). Don't believe them, and don't allow yourself to be swayed by ... people without looking into it yourself. The book speaks for itself and is very important and useful in my opinion. The right has vividly been exposed here. Read it.
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