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Bloodthirsty Bitches and Pious Pimps of Power: The Rise and Risks of the New Conservative Hate Culture
by
Gerry Spence
Gerry Spence is perhaps America's most renowned and successful trial lawyer, a man known for his deep convictions and his powerful courtroom presentations when he argues on behalf of ordinary people. Frequently pitted against teams of lawyers thrown against him by major corporate or government interests, he has never lost a criminal case and has not lost a civil jury ...more
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
October 30th 2007
by St. Martin's Griffin
(first published 2006)
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When Jon Stewart went on Fox News and begged them to stop what they were doing because they were hurting America, this is what he was talking about. These people sell anger and hatred, first because it gets ratings, and second because this demagaugery is an easy road to power. They get the public worked up about stuff, the public's perception of what is both important and true is damaged, and we get conservative idiots voted into office. Spence very deliberately compares conservative hate messag...more
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Spence does a good job analyzing hateful right-wing commentary and defending trial lawyers, but loses me with his proposed solutions to the American dilemma--for instance, he wants to choose House members randomly by computer, and those selected would have no choice but to serve. Sounds like involuntary servitude, i.e. slavery, which Spence elsewhere claims to oppose. But I never read books like this for the positive proposals, I just like reading about how everything's going to shit. If you sha...more
By the title and cover, I thought this would be more entertaining. Not that I had problems focusing on the book though. By mid-way through the book, it started depressing me.
It starts out how I thought the whole book would go, by discussing the various pundits out there and why they do what they do and why people watch them. He tries to offer sympathy for them here and there.
The book then progresses to how the pundits are working for corporations and how corporations ru...more
It starts out how I thought the whole book would go, by discussing the various pundits out there and why they do what they do and why people watch them. He tries to offer sympathy for them here and there.
The book then progresses to how the pundits are working for corporations and how corporations ru...more
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Gerry Spence, bestselling author and legendary defense attorney, discusses his new book, Bloodthirsty Bitches and Pious Pimps of Power: The Rise and Risks of the New Conservative Hate Culture. "Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham, Nancy Grace, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and Pat Robertson - their faces and voices are ubiquitous as they drown out all debate, using God's and Jesus's names to justify oppression and ignorance." Using the full force of his own rhetorical skills, Spence exposes the ...more
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I already knew that Ann Coulter was a crazy bitch, but Gerry Spence really opened my eyes about the culture of hate that is brewing in our nation-its definitely a page turner.
I must apologize for the title, but it is very interesting reading. A famous trial lawyer, Gerry Spence presents his case against Team Hate. But refreshingly he also offers very practical solutions to the problems of political parties, campaigns, elections, etc., most notably LOVE & FORGIVENESS.
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"The warriors for the people are trial lawyers."
I have enjoyed Spence when I have heard him on television and radio, but I have to pan this book. He is no different than all the conservatives he speaks so poorly of. I get tired of it all. I guess there's just no middle ground in politics--either you are liberal or conservative and whichever you are, you abhor the other. I don't know why I thought this book would be any less vindictive and accusatory than others I have read. I should have judged it by its title (and cover).
I give this book an extra star because it's timely. Lays bare the right wing mediatocracy and the motives of the worst of the talking heads. And I use the term "heads" loosely.
An absolute must read. Please, before it is too late.
Perceptive. Prophetic. Damning.
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Gerry Spence is a trial lawyer in the United States. In 2008, he announced he would retire, at age 79, at the end of the Geoffrey Fieger trial in Detroit, MI. Spence did not lose a criminal case in the over 50 years he practiced law. He started his career as a prosecutor and later became a successful defense attorney for the insurance industry. Years later, Spence said he "saw the light"...more
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