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Summary: The worse President we have ever had
Review: This book exposes the truth about a man so arrogant and ignorant he would be willing to sacrifice American soldiers for his own cause.Granted nobody is sad Saddam is gone, but what about North Korea(Kim Jong Il), Fidel Castro, Ghaddafi. Why Hussein...revenge and oil (who do you think is getting most of the work in Iraq...Halliburton). Bush hasn't vetoed a bill since taking office and then he cuts taxes for the rich. This book spells out all the ways this President has been fiscally irresponsible and Kerry needs to beat him in November to save this great nation. My support for our troops they are the heroes not George W. Bush. Read this book and hear the truth.
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Summary: As bad as Watergate?...maybe
Review: As an idea, comparing Bush's presidency to the presidency of Nixon, its an intriguing theory. Dean offers an interesting perspective of the secrecy surrounding the White House.However, he doesn't offer much proof. Its more in line with the reasoning the Bush admin has stating there are WMDs in Iraq, although there is no convincing supporting evidence of it. The end result is a book where it reinforces your beliefs going in--if you don't like Bush, you'll love it, if you do you'll notice its flaws. (For the record, I dont like Bush, but I cant support the book as flimsy as this).
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Summary: Dubious Word of a Dubious Character
Review: While the major networks and NPR are going crazy over Mr. Dean's latest "revelation," I think it is important to remember who and what John Dean is. Even before his brief time with the Nixon administration, Dean had been fired by his former law firm for engaging in suspicious and illegal activities and that was only the begining. After becoming special counsel to the President, Mr. Dean stole Whitehouse money to pay for his honeymoon and most likely stole funds for other purposes. Furthermore, his wife, Maureen Biner, had ran a Washington prostitute ring to help pay for the couples life in the fast lane. Most recently, Dean had to admit that he didn't write the book "Blind Ambition" while under oath. While Dean would like to make you think he was involved with major decisions during the Nixon Administration, nothing could be further from the truth. Since Dean had shaggy hair and refused to wear an American lapel pin, Nixon would use him for press photo opportunities to appease the anti-Nixon media. On the other hand, Dean was heavily involved with the Committee to Re-elect the President (CRP)and there is new evidence that suggests that Dean may have even ordered the Watergate break-in. After Dean became "aware" of his criminal conduct, he jumped ship and told the Ervin Committee that he would reveal all that he knew if they would give him immunity. So, Dean cut his hair and bought a pair of horned rimmed glasses to look more credible, and gave a very self-serving testimony. Unfortunately for Dean, the committee decided not to give him immunity and he went to prison anyway. "Worse Than Watergate" is a ridiculous comparison of Nixon and George W. Bush's "secrecy." First of all, Dean wasn't even close enough to Nixon to observe his behavior so there is no way that he could even compare the two Presidents. Furthermore, let us not forget the positives of Nixon's secret diplomacy, such as the China iniative that forever changed the stucture of the world or the Moscow trip, in which President Nixon became the first U.S. President to set foot in the Kremlin and signed the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty. None of these magnificent feats would been accomplished if they were not done in secret because anyone who knows anything about the Chinese or the Russians know that they care about 'face' and they are not going to negotiate in public where they could possibly lose 'face.' Despite popular misperceptions, the Cambodia bombing was not secret and that is why the Democratic Congress could not impeach Nixon for this fabled offense (although they did try but realized that it would be hypocritical to impeach someone for something that was not secret). Furthermore, there was no 'enemies list.' What came to called the enemies list was a list of people that Chuck Colson made of political opponents of the Nixon Administration. They were legally investigated by the IRS and the press members were denied various White House privileges. These ideas and practices were nothing new, JFK and LBJ had both used this practice against their opponents, including Nixon, his mother, and his good friend the Reverend Billy Graham. In conclusion, the point is that historically John Wesley Dean III has only ever cared about one thing and no, it is not justice, it is not governmental reform, but it is infact the welfare and reputation of John Wesley Dean III. It is most likely that a publisher encouraged Dean to release the book at this time and Dean has never been one to miss out on a self-serving opportunity.
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Summary: Important read
Review: This book should be considered a must-read for undecided voters before the November election. It's an eye-opener. I'm a little surprised this book hasn't gotten more notice; perhaps because it's somewhat dry and fact-filled, rather than a screaming polemic like some of the other political books filling the pipeline right now.
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Summary: Who proofread this book?
Review: I was interested to read this book. Once I got into it however I realized it was hard to read because it jumps around and I also found many misspelled words.
I was also looking for solid proof about Bush being worse than Nixon, or even Johnson. However it's all theory that doesn't stand up to my scrutiny. Unfortunately it's just one more joe looking to make a buck off W.
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Summary: A Little Tidbit on John Dean
Review: I am responding to [those] who don't think much of John Dean. This I heard on NPR Radio:
During the Senate Watergate hearings, There was a glitch in the recording system so that all the testimony of one day was lost. One of the Senators asked if anyone could fill them in. Mr. Dean raised his hand and said, "I could." As he talked, the senators gradually realized that what they were hearing was not Mr. Dean's version, nor a synopsis, but the Actual words that the witnesses had said - yes, John Dean had/has a perfect memory, and was playing back the exact testimony out of his head. Thus when he testified later, his testimony carried immense weight with the Senators.
I'm with the Senators, and the folks that are saying John Dean knows exactly what he is talking about, and when he talks, we should listen.
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Summary: A Scathing Indictment
Review: The various "indictments" of President Clinton, and indeed, nearly all books blaming the country's problems, or those of the whole world, on "liberals," or to make a case for the Neocon movement, all depend on innuendo, ad homienm attacks, rumors, faulty logic and/or mathematics, one-sided reporting, conspiracy theories, general viciousness, and worse. So do some of the more extreme books indicting the Bush Administration, such as those of Michael Moore. This book, like Al Franken's "Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them" and Joe Conason's "Big Lies," does nothing of the sort. Instead, it depends on hard facts, and on using those hard facts to shed a cold, piercing light on the shadows in which hidden far-right agendas lurk. It paints a stark picture of a thoroughly Machiavallian administration that is prepared to dig into the privacy of all who oppose it, while jealously guarding its own secrets like no other previous administration. Moreover, in one chapter, and in opening epigrams to several chapters, Dean quotes several well-known Right-Wing leaders, including Newt Gingrich and Phyllis Schlafly, who have denounced the Bush Administration for its obsessive secrecy. John Dean describes his book as a polemic. And a polemic it is, but not a polemic of the same species as those of Coulter on the Right, or Moore on the Left. Rather, it is a closely reasoned one that sheds light, rather than heat. And light is precisely what is so desperately needed today.
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Summary: Chilling view of the Bush Administration
Review: If this book would only be read by people who think Bush is a good president, it could change the course of the election. Dean makes a compelling case for the scandalous secret government which is running our country and corrupting our basic values. He also makes clear that we ought to be calling this the Cheney administration rather than the Bush administration. Unfortunately, since most of us only read what we already believe, much of this book is merely preaching to the choir, but it should have a powerful effect on the open minded who want to do something about keeping America a democratic and open society.
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Summary: More hatred. Less Credibility
Review: Obviously, there are those who really, really hate President Bush. The crop of books that are coming out during this election year about the President are similar in inspiration and genius as those that came out about President Bill Clinton in 1996. That is to say they're pieces of garbage, twisted journalism and show more introspection into the dark hearts of their authors than on the subject at hand. Why waste your time reading hate?
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Summary: It takes one to know one!
Review: None is better qualified to judge the criminality of the current Bush White House than John Dean. A former White House law-breaker in the service of former President Richard Nixon. Dean knows what it's like to break the law in a fanatical, powerhungry White House. He more than redeems himself in this book on the glaring crimes against the nation, committed by Bush and his neo-cons. Whether you like Bush or not, few of us will be able to avoid the crushing reality of Bush's disastrous policies crashing down all around him. Reality will always smack leaders who choose flights of fancy over fact, our current President is no exception. The consequences of Bush's policies are now coming back upon us with a vengence. This means that Bush will preside over increasing chaos as he seeks to salvage what's left of his diminishing credibility. A believer of his own hype, Bush only listens to his most deluded advisors. As President he has proven, that when confronted with the grave choice of choosing the intelligent course, vs the foolhardy course, he will do the foolish everytime (like invading Iraq)! Our only hope is that most Americans have had enough, and will heed the wise counsel of patriotic whistleblowers like John Dean, and put this dysfunctional adminstration out of it's misery.
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