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Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right
Enough of lunatics like Rosie O'Donnell who think "Radical Christianity" is "as big a threat to America as Radical Islam." Enough of the hyperbolic liberal rhetoric comparing Bush to Hitler and Abu Ghraib to a Saddam Hussein torture chamber. And please, enough of the military-hating crazies who run San Francisco
But Goldberg doesn't stop with the cra
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Published
May 1st 2007
by Harperluxe
(first published April 1st 2007)
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It is always a pleasure to read anything by Bernie Goldberg, if for no then reason then because of the wit and humor that he brings to the discussions of contemporary issues. This is a very varied account of many of his personal gripes that he has with both left and the right in the US, but at the final analysis it is still the right that comes somewhat ahead, although it would seem it is primarily because they are better at not getting their foot stuck in their mouth as often as the liberals se...more
Oh, it's "comeuppance time" for those pesky liberals and those wimpy Republicans, and Bernard Goldberg is just the guy to scold both sides of the elitist aisles. The former CBS News correspondent writes what I've been thinking for five or six years--since the Bush administration and its rubber-stamp cronies in Congress started acting like free-spending, pandering liberals--in his hard-hitting yet humorous polemic CRAZIES TO THE LEFT OF ME, WIMPS TO THE RIGHT.
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I read more than half of this book in one sitting in a bookstore. I didn't buy it, and neither should you. I took two things from it:
1) That anybody who is a Republican, Centrist, Democrat, Green, or Anarchist is to the left of Goldberg; white supremacists and John Birchers are to the right--maybe.
2) It helped validate my still-unproven belief that any book of social or political analysis whose cover contains a picture of the author will inevitably be terrible. If t...more
1) That anybody who is a Republican, Centrist, Democrat, Green, or Anarchist is to the left of Goldberg; white supremacists and John Birchers are to the right--maybe.
2) It helped validate my still-unproven belief that any book of social or political analysis whose cover contains a picture of the author will inevitably be terrible. If t...more
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This is analysis for people that think a monster truck rally is a study of transportation history.
Okay, for starters, I will TRY not to allow my political views to skew this review. This book makes very good points both for and against both Democrats and Republicans. The arguments portrayed in this book, illustrates the many weaknesses that have become full out problems plaguing both parties, and the country as a whole. It also touches on many touchy subjects in truth rather than the political correctness that we are used to; race, poverty, Islamic Extremism, and the severe hate that each po...more
I liked this book a lot. There wasn't a whole lot of new information for me, since he is on the O'Reilly Factor once if not twice a week, but some things did catch my eye.
Bernie talked about his transformation from a liberal growing and through most of his adult life into holding more conservative views. He attributes this to the change in the Democratic party from the early 1970's when the angrier far left took over the party. No longer was this the party that FDR, Truman, ...more
Bernie talked about his transformation from a liberal growing and through most of his adult life into holding more conservative views. He attributes this to the change in the Democratic party from the early 1970's when the angrier far left took over the party. No longer was this the party that FDR, Truman, ...more
I loved this book. Although Bernard Goldberg is a conservative he attacks both sides (okay so he attacks liberals more) of the issues. This book was published in 2006 at a time when most of us would have assumed that Hilary Clinton would be the Democrat running for president and his insights into that possibility are pretty informative looking back on how the race played out.
The election this year is.. ugly - the closest word I can find for it. I am so tired of hitting the mute button on the TV remote control whenever the ads about changes are shown. Give me a break, you can change your thoughts in less than a second, you can change your clothes in maybe 5 minutes (it takes me at least 20mins every morning), you can change the roof of your house maybe in one day.. but someone is talking about changing the whole country, its people lives and its laws/regulations/etc....more
Not as bad as I thought it was going to be, and I expected something "guttery," I guess. Instead, there were fantastic passages and terrible passages, so the average is 3. Goldberg's conservatism is more cultural and instinctive than philosophically consistent. But I enjoyed quite a bit of it.
This book emcompasses and grasps what Ann Coutler could not. Yes I am a repbublican and yes I am young. But I know what I believe in and this man is it. He examines faults of both sides but ultimately takes a stand on why Repbublicans are in the right.
I didn't know who this guy was but the title caught my attention. He does well to explain why most liberals are too far gone and how the right is getting there by expelling their conservative spending policies,the one thing he says they had going for them.
It was fun. He has some great conservative logic to throw at the Democrats, but after a while the politicizing gets old. His more biographical stuff at the beginning is interesting, but I got tired of the whining once he made it to the present. I don't know what I was expecting. If you're in to politics, sure, but it was a little much for me.
Love it. You will too if you want a smaller gov't that leaves you alone to be successful and charitable on your own. Great analysis of the liberal shift and conservative sheepish retreat
I freely admit that this is not my type of book, but I read it after one of my patrons highly recommended it and insisted I read it after him.
When I got it, I figured I would just skim through it -- wrong! The more I read, the more immersed I became -- I learned a lot about my political beliefs and stands as well as others on the political spectrum.
This book was not some boring political analysis. It was very interesting and entertaining -- Goldberg doesn't just bash the co...more
When I got it, I figured I would just skim through it -- wrong! The more I read, the more immersed I became -- I learned a lot about my political beliefs and stands as well as others on the political spectrum.
This book was not some boring political analysis. It was very interesting and entertaining -- Goldberg doesn't just bash the co...more
I enjoy reading perspectives of people who have walked on both sides of the fence. This book resonated with me on so many levels...
Nothing really new. Should of explored how and why the conservative movement made such a quick transition to big spenders.
Goldberg tells it like it is with wit and humor. Both the right and left would do well to read and heed this book.
I enjoyed learning the story of how Bernard grew up democrat and converted to republican/conservative.
I enjoyed this book because he spares no bull about people on both sides of the political isle.
Not as good as Bias. Bit more ranting than serious analysis, but interesting just the same.
Very good and scary - that these nut-jobs can get away with so much crap!
Great so far, I can truly relate to this book...
Bernie is hilarious.
This was kind of a disappointment. I've seen him on TV before and, even though I didn't always agree with what he said, is almost always made me think. This was more "bitching" and less "thinking." He only offers a handful of proposed solutions to the world's problems, and they're all at the end, and offered half as a joke. The rest of the book he spends bitching about politics on both sides of the aisle. Very "grumpy old men." I hear his other books are bette...more
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It's... "ok".
While Goldberg is pretty smarmy in some of his essays, I really found some of the humor a bit.. unfunny.
There are some great points made in this book, but as a very conservative reader, I found some of the material a little center-left, most notably his rant on evolution.
Sadly, I found myself hoping the book would finally come to an end.
While Goldberg is pretty smarmy in some of his essays, I really found some of the humor a bit.. unfunny.
There are some great points made in this book, but as a very conservative reader, I found some of the material a little center-left, most notably his rant on evolution.
Sadly, I found myself hoping the book would finally come to an end.
We all know that my politics are a little different than most of you. If any of you are at all curious why I'm not a Democrat and why I'm not a Republican read this book. It is light and easy to read and offers some great food for thought while very clearly outlining my belief systems in regards to politics. I think it's funny too! Check it out.
So, Goldberg has gone from being a true blue liberal to being a reddish conservative, but he spares no ones feelings in this one. It's so great to read a book based around politics and to not have to put up with all the whining and leftist commentary. Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, this is a good read for sure.
I just finished Goldbergs latest... this guy gets it.. There are so many leftist extremists and right wing crazies, he puts them on the grill and puts them in their place. The bottom line though is if you stand by conservatism all will be well with America...
Goldberg claims to be Libertarian now. He tells of his hippie anti-Goldwater attitude back in the 60's, but later in life evolves his thinking to be Conservative. Overall just a book written by someone in the press who is Republican (which is rare) and is really a closet neo-con.
Although I found that I don't agree with the author on everything, I do agree with him on a lot of things. He tells it like it is and does not worry about being politically correct. It was an enjoyable read and I even got a few laughs out of it.
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