Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America

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Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America

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Who are the victims here?

To hear liberals tell it, you’d think they do nothing but suffer at the hands of ruthless entities like the “Republican Attack Machine” and Fox News.

Really?

It’s just another instance of the Big Lie, of course. In Guilty, Ann Coulter explodes this myth to reveal that when it comes to bullying, no one outdoes the Left. For instance:

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Published November 10th 2009 by Three Rivers Press (first published 2008)

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Jan 30, 2009 Garbo rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Extremists

The only people who read Coulter are Extremists; she fuels their political conviction. There is nothing moderate about Guilty. It doesn’t persuade, argue or take stance. It is a blatant venomous rant against the Left. It is too obvious to be humorous, too predictable to be exciting. Her research department is a handful of college conservatives running Lexis-Nexis searches for articles she can assault. Her proof of Liberal media bias consists of out of context quotes from obscure politicians and...more

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Jan 14, 2009 Winnifred rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Wow! After I heard NBC banned Ann Coulter because of this book, I just had to read it. Liberals are just SO sensitive. She has all the names, dates and stats. Ambrose Bierce said "Use emotion when the facts are against you".

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Jan 17, 2011 Brian rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: politics

This would be my favorite of her books because she really slams the double standard and silliness of the liberal position. The classless slander and debasement of anything to do with republicans or conservatives.

She over and over again shows the complete breakdown of the liberal logic, which is a brand of insanity rather than any form of logic. She clearly explains how liberals find a victim of some supposed atrocity that the right has done and then goes to work to either ruin the supposed per...more This would be my favorite of her books because she really slams the double standard and silliness of the liberal position. The classless slander and debasement of anything to do with republicans or conservatives.

She over and over again shows the complete breakdown of the liberal logic, which is a brand of insanity rather than any form of logic. She clearly explains how liberals find a victim of some supposed atrocity that the right has done and then goes to work to either ruin the supposed perpatrator of injustice or at least make them run and hide because of the shame they bring down on them. I nearly needed a barf bag to read this book because of the many well documented cases she writes about with her usual wit and sarcasm that her fans so enjoy.

Chapter two really opened my eyes to the mess created by single mothers, I was shocked to see the ramifications of this movement, she documents the statistics, the cases, the liberal bafoons that promote this lifestyle as it tears our country down day by day. Its clear that the liberals aren't for america, they are for doing whatever keeps them in power.

Chapter three she points out the silliness of the claim that there is a republican attack machine, all the while it's really a Democratic Attack machine, and of course backs it up with all the newspaper reports that show the bias on the search engine nexus, again the insanity caused my stomach to burn with disgust.

Chapter four describes the lefts desire to go to great lengths to show the failings of the Republican party and its members by the kiss and tell books by members of the Rep. party who switched sides write, it is always the morons of the republican party that leave to join the party of change, she goes over the countless examples of the Dems inability to reasonably look at History or its own mistakes and judge soundly, instead they name call, point fingers and throw tantrums whenever their side is held to the same standard as Repubs. Too many details to give account but eye opening to say the least.

Chapter five is about sex and scandal, the left has innapropriate sex and it's no big deal, hetero or homosexual sex, the right has innapropriate sex in or out of marriage, hetero or homosexual sex and its a scandulous hailstorm of negative press, there could be identical instances and the right would be raked over the coals, while the left would get a pass, again countless sightings by Ann makes you wonder if you are really living in a dream sequence.

Chapter six was more of the same but its what I fear is the chapter that defines our time, the lefts need for domination of power, humans have a propensity toward that, they (democrats) are the power-mad do nothings that are a commercial for this brand of wickedness.
They held control of congress for near 50 years, and I suspect their goal is to try again to gain that power, they have destroyed the ability to think critically with the educational system they employ, laws are made to shut people up so they can't dissent, they have most of the lawyers, the schools, the judges, the supreme court possibly, so the last thing is capitalism which is teetering, with countless regulations and will topple if they have their way. They received a gift wrapped control of the U.S. by more than 50% of Americans in November. Scary stuff this chapter so read with a tissue to wipe the tears as you see the best country in the history of this world being swallowed by those who think they can help by doing the very same things they accuse the right of doing, fascism, dictatorial power, jihad against our constitution and a loss of liberty that has never been seen in America nor expected by the utopian liberals who don't get it.

Chapter seven was the last and my favorite because it shows the emotional makeup of liberals better than anything I've read. They seem to remind me of the last kid picked in kick ball in grade school, and they are now going to show the world that they can't be kicked around now that they are senators, they are important, they are sticking up for the little guy, they care, they will be there for the down trodden of society, yet all their programs fail, because they instill laziness. Ann communicates again and again that if people want to do nothing they should suffer the consequences not be fed funds from others who are doing something. They don't mind making laws that hurt the average person because they don't effect their (Congress)standard of living, their safety, their education, they shield themselves from those woes because of money, power and connections. Liberals have bought into the idea of questioning authority, as long as the authority is conservative, they have bought into the idea of stopping racism even if they become racists in doing so, they save one child from scorn while scorning another, Ann points these things out page after page, and I have shaken my head in disgust so many times I have a neck brace now. If you are liberal read this and be open to the possibility that the smoke that has entered you from your posterior has clouded your judgment, and if you are conservative read this for knowledge of the leftist agenda and to make the NY Times mad for having it on the best sellers list for a long time...well at least for the few more months of their existence anyway. (less)

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Feb 11, 2013 Holly Procida rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adult-non-fiction

Here are some things about Ann Coulter

1. She's a not a very nice person (at least her "writing" voice is nasty, she may be perfectly lovely in person)
2. She's a hypocrite (she "whines" more than any liberal I've ever met)

But on the other hand

3. She is brilliant
4. She is funny

I read her stuff because it gets me thinking, I always have a visceral reaction and would love to meet this woman in person and argue with her.To be fair and opened minded there are plenty of things I agree with her about a...more

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Jan 20, 2009 Lisa rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: everyone should at least take a look at this book--it has some interesting ideas.

Shelves: nonfiction-political

Ann Coulter researches every possible case where liberals play the victims in order to advance themselves in some way. There are some interesting ideas in this book, and as always, Coulter's research is vast. In some of the chapters, like the first one, I started to get restless with all of the cases where liberals rescued or attempted to rescue victims. I wondered why we needed so many examples. I guess Coulter decided that if she didn't just pack each chapter with a million examples, her point...more

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Apr 07, 2011 Damon Suede rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Less a book than a piece of carefully calibrated propaganda for Ms. Coulter's tweets, GUILTY will find exactly the audience it is intended to, and speaks directly to their prejudices and anxieties, like all good fascism does. So you can expect middle class values ensrhined as a kind of self-congratulatory gospel of intolerance. No sense of global politics, no sense of history, and no real grasp of the imaginary statistics that might back up her (un)shocking assertions about the evils of social r...more

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Feb 27, 2009 Bethany rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: non-fiction, history-politics-war

I used to like Ann Coulter's stuff, especially Treason, which I think is her best book... but this one was just irrational screaming. I only made it through about a chapter and promptly returned it to the library. She does bring up some interesting points, but she does it in such an unnecessarily inflammatory way, it undermines her credibility severely. She needs a good editor to tone down the crap.

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Feb 04, 2009 Ger rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Anyone

Ann, in her usual pointed way, makes a forceful case that those who claim to be victims are often the ones who have created havoc on others. There is plenty examples of liberal hypocrisy which should make any fair thinking person angry at the unfairness of it all. The main stream media is a rich target at which Ann takes deadly aim.

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Jan 21, 2009 Annie rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Ann Coulter writes like she speaks which is entertaining in the spoken word but frustrating to read.

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Mar 19, 2009 Lynn rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

so sorry, but i must admit to a guilty pleasure. i love to read ann. she is witty and brilliant in her assessments of the people and times we live with and in. while one may not always agree with her analyses, she always tells it as she sees it. great fun to get a different perspective on the current culture. she knows it too. folks should just learn to take her statements and enjoy her refreshingly candid pronouncements and go with the flow. she is the conservative response to bill maher who ma...more

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May 13, 2013 Nancy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It’s comforting to believe in absolutes, especially when you yourself are a subscriber to that which is absolutely superior, whether it is your clan, religion, ethnicity, or nationality. Ann Coulter’s absolutes are (her interpretation of) the U.S. Republican Party and Conservative social ideology, which she assumes as inseparable from each other.

The problem with claiming absolutes and black-and-whites in a realm that is full of relatives and in-betweens is that your logic will inevitably falter...more It’s comforting to believe in absolutes, especially when you yourself are a subscriber to that which is absolutely superior, whether it is your clan, religion, ethnicity, or nationality. Ann Coulter’s absolutes are (her interpretation of) the U.S. Republican Party and Conservative social ideology, which she assumes as inseparable from each other.

The problem with claiming absolutes and black-and-whites in a realm that is full of relatives and in-betweens is that your logic will inevitably falter once you permeate the most superficial exterior of any issue of gravity. And so she engages in an enduring rhetoric that can be summed up as, “When your guy does it, it is WRONG/WRONG/WRONG. When my guy does it? He had a really good excuse! Listen, I’ll explain…”

This book is a rant about all the ways that people Ann Coulter approves of (white wealthy Christian male heterosexual wed never-divorced Conservative Republicans, born in the USA and raised by white wealthy never-divorced married heterosexual Christian parents) are all blameless victims of the vicious Liberal Media, while Liberals themselves are never victims but always “GUILTY!” (hence the book’s clever title). The things “Lib’rals” are guilty of? Slander, of course, along with the downfall of society (ie., single motherhood, which Liberals created), miserliness, criminal insanity, terrorism, child molestation, the Holocaust, the bursting of the housing bubble, dereliction, and every political assassination in American history with a single exception—the list goes on (…and on…and on).

The phrase “Liberal Media” (interchangeable with her own brilliantly coined “Liberal Hate Machine”) is regurgitated more often than any other phrase in the book, except for “B. Hussein Obama,” by which she exclusively refers to the President. Picture Anne, poised over her memoirs, rejoicing coyly: “I can appeal to all of my friends’ general xenophobia--and specific fear of Muslims--just by constantly referring to the President exclusively by his own legal middle name!” Oh Ann, the hilarity!

Ann Coulter is not the antithesis of Michael Moore: she is indeed his soapbox singing kin; his complement from the other side of the aisle. Exploiting part-truths and twisting reality through the warped lens of one’s own will to view the world in absolutes is not trustworthy reporting, but blatant sensationalism. While good to some degree for their entertainment value (hey—I did give her book 3 stars!), such single-minded mud slingers never end up changing anyone’s mind: rather, they drive their dissenters into further opposition, while tickling those whose perspectives already are identical to their own.
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Jul 29, 2011 Bonnie rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

When I picked up this book at the library (I wouldn't actually spend money on any book she writes) I was determined to read it with an objective focus, despite the hateful titles which one could judge by the cover. I just wanted to see what kind of arguments she presented. Yet I knew full well there'd be a lot of eye rolling.
Obviously I skimmed most of it but it didn't take long for me to surmise that very few people would actually take her seriously. She's there for shock value and the amuseme...more

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Jul 25, 2011 Patrick rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I have only one problem with Ann Coulter, and that is that she writes books to settle scores. Unlike Inigo Montoya, who observed in "The Princess Bride" that "there's not a lot of money in revenge," Coulter has built a lucrative career on using her razor-sharp wit and impressive research to skewer progressives at every turn. She can be mordantly funny, but because -- in public, at least -- she has no "off" switch, she can also be mean. Those traits make her book writing maddeningly inconsistent....more

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May 18, 2011 Bojan Tunguz rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Many people, and not just liberal, see red when the name of Ann Coulter is brought up. This has very little to do with the design of her book covers, and everything to do with the perception of her being unduly confrontational and mean-spirited. And yet many of her critics when pressed are seldom able to come up with any particular statement of hers that is outrageous, but rather relay and hearsay and other secondary sources. Granted, she does make many outlandish statements, but they are made a...more Many people, and not just liberal, see red when the name of Ann Coulter is brought up. This has very little to do with the design of her book covers, and everything to do with the perception of her being unduly confrontational and mean-spirited. And yet many of her critics when pressed are seldom able to come up with any particular statement of hers that is outrageous, but rather relay and hearsay and other secondary sources. Granted, she does make many outlandish statements, but they are made as a joke and people who take them too seriously usually don't have very good sense of humor or are unable to appreciate irony. What her critics usually don't hold against her is the factual validity of her writing. Unlike many other pundits with a few books credited to their name, Ann writes and researches all of her books on her own. Despite the healthy dose of humor in her writing, she is not an author of light-reading material. There is a lot of thought-provoking stuff in her books. "Guilty" is no exception. From the opening pages till the end it presents the reader with some of the more outrageous behaviors that have either been neglected or downright praised by the media. The most outrageous of these is the recent cult of single motherhood. As Ann points out, being brought up by a single mother is one of the most significant risk factors for all sorts of problems later on in life. There are many women who with no fault of their own end up raising children on their own, but these are not the women that Ann has an issue with. What's at stake are the women who choose to raise their children with no father around, and these women are increasingly lauded as role models in today's culture. This trend has negative consequences that are already being felt, but are likely only to get worse in the upcoming years. Unfortunately, most of those who criticize Ann for this book miss the point that she was trying to make. This is just one of the examples of the material that is covered in the book. It will inform you, entertain you and outrage you - all at the same time. We are fortunate to have someone like Ann write about these things.(less)

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May 12, 2011 Johnrh rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

She's smart, very smart. She's good looking. She has a supremely acerbic, acidic, wryly humorous wit. She's in love with herself I suspect. I know I am. In love with myself that is, or very very fond of at least. A healthy dose of egoism along with a pinch, dash, or splash of egotism might do us all a bit of good. My motto (one of many) the last few years is that I'm contributing to my fellow man by taking care of myself, at my own expense and not someone else's. Rational self-interest. But I di...more

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Nov 17, 2009 Nate rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I realize this author has burned a lot of bridges with people by not speaking in tones deemed appropriate by the media, but I found the examples and arguements she raised in this book very telling of the left's tactics in our evolving democracy.

I have been involved in several political campaigns and organizations over the year's and the idea of being forced to apologize for not wanting a bigger government, higher taxes, and more people assessed based on where they or their parents are from rathe...more

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Oct 16, 2009 Leo Walsh rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shrill, opinionated, one-sided and poorly argued: Personal versus substantive attacks. If this book was researched like her other books, a lot to the "facts" about the "Liberal Media" are based on misleading Nexus/Lexus search results. Takes offense at the mainstream, and calls it Liberal. Bunches together all sorts of groups into an amorphous mass of undifferentiated "Liberal."

And, she is wildly inaccurate in a lot of places. Take, for instance, her scoffing at the Obama campaign's fears of the...more Shrill, opinionated, one-sided and poorly argued: Personal versus substantive attacks. If this book was researched like her other books, a lot to the "facts" about the "Liberal Media" are based on misleading Nexus/Lexus search results. Takes offense at the mainstream, and calls it Liberal. Bunches together all sorts of groups into an amorphous mass of undifferentiated "Liberal."

And, she is wildly inaccurate in a lot of places. Take, for instance, her scoffing at the Obama campaign's fears of the "Right-Wing Attack Machine." Yet this machine actually does appear to exist, just below the radar.

Here's an example from "W's" 2004 bid: In the SC Primary, ads suddenly "appeared" hinting that John McCain had a love child w/ a black woman. Asinine. Unfounded. But the target audience is clear: either overtly or covertly racist white people. Follow that up with the Swift Boating of Kerry in the general election.

Twice, the same thing happened: An unfounded, hearsay attack, running counter to established facts appeared at the right time to push W into office. Plausible deniability from the campaign. Empirically, such strongly correlated phenomena point towards one conclusion: Something is likely happening. I doubt it is a conspiracy. But it does smack of a well run marketing campaign.

So, here's the net result of W's election and the "Right-Wing/ Republican (Rove's ?) Attack Machine:" Two Vietnam vets who served with honor are dragged through the public square. A half informed public running around, trying to distinguish the real from the false--If they have the time or energy after school and soccer practice and laundry and dishes and home improvement projects. Is that the America we want? Is it ethical for political wonks, who know the facts, to willfully deceive? Is there no decency left in this country? Think of that when you listen to claims of Right-Wing patriotism.

The likely reason why the attacks did not take place in 2008 is that A) Democratic strategists, by mentioning the attacks before they actually happened effectively "inoculated" the masses against spurious, viral smears; and B) McCain was, at base level, a man of extreme honor. Not perfect, but a man worthy of respect.

Coulter's style throughout the book is more mean spirited than funny. Though I thought that her calling Obama O-Bambi was witty. But not particularly moving.

BTW: I found her take on the potentially destructive impacts single motherhood has on children and society thought-provoking. Even through her insensitive shrillness. But I question whether her data is accurate: Is it coming from peer reviewed sources? Or from rightist think-tanks without the requisite intellectual rigor that peer review entails, like the Cato Institute? Is single motherhood the cause or the symptom of societal ills?
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Jun 05, 2012 Scott Rhee rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Why?, you may ask. Well, 1) I have never actually read an Ann Coulter book, having only heard her views as one of those conservative talking-heads on news shows as well as some of her early appearances on Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect (remember that show?), and her name seems to come up frequently in some of the books I have read recently, so I figured I would make the attempt; 2) I consider myself a liberal, and I honestly wanted to know why Coulter and fellow conservative Republicans appe...more Why?, you may ask. Well, 1) I have never actually read an Ann Coulter book, having only heard her views as one of those conservative talking-heads on news shows as well as some of her early appearances on Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect (remember that show?), and her name seems to come up frequently in some of the books I have read recently, so I figured I would make the attempt; 2) I consider myself a liberal, and I honestly wanted to know why Coulter and fellow conservative Republicans appear to hate me and my fellow liberals so much; and 3) I do not want to contribute anymore to the already-polluted national conversation in which both sides bicker endlessly by trying to out-insult each other without actually listening to what either side has to say, so I sincerely wanted to read and attempt to understand the other side of the argument. I chose "Guilty" out of her steadily-growing body of work for no apparent reason, completely arbitrarily. Let me start by saying that it is clear that Coulter is an intelligent person, who clearly and passionately cares about politics and its place in the world today. Let me also start by saying that I actually found myself agreeing with some of what she had to say, mostly regarding the media, and probably would have appreciated more of her arguments if it weren't for the way she formulated her arguments. To explain: It's apparent from reading her book that Coulter may not have taken a college course in debate, speech, or basic rhetoric, or, if she did, may have skipped the day in which it was discussed that one's argument loses credibility when you mock, ridicule, insult, or verbally assault your opponent or the very people whom you are trying to convince. It's also not always wise to interject humor, especially when such humor is inappropriate, insensitive, or just plain mean-spirited. To exemplify: In Chapter 2: "Victim of a Crime? Thank a Single Mother", Coulter argues that single mothers (women who choose single motherhood, that is, as opposed to widows and divorcees who are involuntary thrust into single motherhood) not only cost taxpayers roughly $112 billion every year (according to a 2008 study) but place an extra burden on our nation's law enforcement because "of their higher likelihood to neglect or kill their children in order to spend more time with their boyfriends". (This statement, by the way, is NOT supported by any cited study.) She goes on to list several well-publicized murder cases involving single mothers and their children, including Susan Smith and Casey Anthony. Now, while her argument appeals primarily to emotion rather than logic, Coulter's tirade against single mothers is going pretty strong, up until this: "In 1998, twenty-five-year-old single mother Tami Lynn Richards left her two children, three and one and a half years old, alone in their apartment while she went to a bar to drink and listen to a band. One of the boys set a fire when he was playing with matches he found in the apartment. Both boys died. On the other hand, from what I hear, the band was pretty awesome." There is a proper time and place for humor, but I'm pretty sure a discussion of two young boys killed in a fire through a mother's neglect is neither. It's in poor taste and callous. In another example from Chapter 4: "Witless Witnesses to History", Coulter's argument turns to government insiders who write tell-all books. Specifically, she refers to Scott McClellan's book "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception", a book that I read and, admittedly, found to be rather tame in its accusations, which made Bush out to be less of a monster and more of an easily-suggestible and somewhat incompetent commander-in-chief. Strangely enough, Coulter doesn't attack McClellan's main arguments, which are primarily Bush's misleading if not outright deceptive campaign to start a war in Iraq based on false intelligence, his incompetence and possible (but unprovable) involvement in the Plamegate affair, and his complete snafu from day one of Hurricane Katrina. She doesn't mention these at all. She does, however, mention that McClellan "claimed to have overheard Bush telling someone on the phone that maybe he had done cocaine after all!" Really? Is that seriously the only take-away message she got from the book? Or maybe she was just being sarcastic. It's okay to accuse some of these tell-all writers of just wanting to jump on the anti-Bush bandwagon. I agree with her on that point, but she could have ended her argument there, but, no, she had to go one unnecessary step further and insult McClellan's weight by repeatedly referring to him as a "butterball", at one point referring to him as "a little worm", "a retarded press secretary", and insinuating (several times) that he is probably gay. Huh? In later chapters, Coulter continues her verbal assault on specific liberals (by name) and liberals in general by referring to most of them as "left-wing zealots" (okay, sure, some of them are), "Communists" (iffy), "anarchists" (not really...), and "pacifistic" (? Surely not all, but since when was pacifism a bad thing anyway?). While some of Coulter's main points about liberals often playing the victim card to score points may be on the money, it's hard to buy much of what she says because most of it is couched in the very same tactics of insult-slinging and unsubstantiated "facts" and statistics that she accuses liberals of using. I haven't given up on Coulter, because, as I've mentioned, I think she may have some excellent points to make. I just wish she'd make them and quit whining already...(less)

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Sep 18, 2009 Rebecca rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: books-to-buy

Wow.

Okay, so let's get this out of the way first. There is very little middle ground with Ann Coulter. You either love her and probably have little bad to say about this book, or you hate her and have nothing good to say about this. So, spare me the comments of SHE'S SO EVIL AND SO BAD AND I TOTALLY DON'T RESPECT YOU AS A PERSON NOW BECAUSE YOU'VE READ HER YOU CRAZY RIGHT-WING BITCH.

That said, let's move on.

My theory is that, for any portion of the political spectrum, there are two types of opin...more Wow.

Okay, so let's get this out of the way first. There is very little middle ground with Ann Coulter. You either love her and probably have little bad to say about this book, or you hate her and have nothing good to say about this. So, spare me the comments of SHE'S SO EVIL AND SO BAD AND I TOTALLY DON'T RESPECT YOU AS A PERSON NOW BECAUSE YOU'VE READ HER YOU CRAZY RIGHT-WING BITCH.

That said, let's move on.

My theory is that, for any portion of the political spectrum, there are two types of opinion writers. There are the people who want to explain and persuade others to their point of view, or at least make the reader go "Hm, I never thought of it that way before. Let me research it and get back to you." And then there are just the pitbulls/cheerleaders, who really aren't trying to win any new converts, but who are just trying to energize people who already agree with them. It's not rocket science to figure out which Ann Coulter is. It's her purpose, and to some degree I think it's her persona.

As to the book itself, someone else's review, which I can't find now, mentioned that she writes like she talks. The book almost sounds in places like it was dictated, with no editor to go back and say "yes, that's how you'd say it, but that's not how you need to write it." There are parts that were funny, funny, funny...too far. Maybe they wouldn't have sounded like they were just that bridge too far if they'd been spoken with proper inflection, but when you're just reading them, you're left going "really? You...really?" Sometimes I was left checking the location of the endnotes to see when she was reciting things that actually happened, and when she started her commentary. "Is she seriously saying that happened? Because I don't think--no, the endnote was two sentences ago, this is the joke. Okay. Got it." Again, that's something that comes from writing like you speak, but without spoken inflection it's difficult to tell.

As a side note, there's an amusing typo in the last chapter that says that Teddy Roosevelt was shot in 1921. This left me completely confused for a few seconds, running the timeline in my head. The date is correctly cited endnotes as 1912, but it gave me a bad couple of moments when I thought that I had suddenly lost my mind. (less)

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Jan 14, 2009 Varmint rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

the book has been out a few days now. so we can begin to see ratings from people who've actually read it. this is an indictment of the media, pure and simple. coulter acts as prosecutor, judge and executioner. she goes about it like a chess player, anticipating counter arguments, and then the counters for the counters. three or four moves ahead.

so far all the media attention has focused on two or three "mean" comments about single motherhood. well, it's really an entire chapter. and since no on...more

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Feb 23, 2009 Jennifer rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I read this because I think occasionally you should read opinions other than your own, even if they are really annoying. Her book is well-written, but she certainly seems to extend several of her arguments well beyond actual facts. Her whole take on single mothers is ridiculous.

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Jun 19, 2009 Katie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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This book was AMAZING! Ann Coulter speaks the uncomfortable truths that many of us want to ignore. She seemlessly blends the serious nature of the topics with her "Coultertarian" humor that made me feel at some points like I was laughing at a funeral. It was the comic relief that helped Coulter transcend the issues and bring to light those things in our society that, unless controlled at the root, will eventually lead to our demise.

Regardless of your feelings, this book will get your blood flow...more

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Feb 05, 2009 Tyra rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I enjoyed this book and it certainly was an interesting read. While the tone is a tad on the sarcastic and biting side for me, I felt that she made her points well and made me think. I think if she left out some of the snide and sarcastic remarks and just stuck with the facts that she lays out, I think she would give herself a tad bit more credibility, although its her tone in some ways that makes the book conversational and easy to read. I thought she was spot on on a lot of issues and presents...more

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Aug 11, 2009 Andrew rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Coulter is at her best when she writes like this. She argues her point clearly and aggressively, backing it up with lots of citations and facts. I can see why liberals would dislike her. She not only opposes what they stand for, but she is willing to call them on their beliefs and highlights that which they would prefer to keep hidden. Her chapter on single parents was particularly enlightening. Given the media's strong liberal leaning, it is good that there are voices like Coulter's to present...more

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Mar 18, 2009 Ann rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

As always, Ann Coulter makes her points by using fully researched facts and examples ...her main point in this book being that liberals are hypocrites that constantly "cry foul" in order to create diversionary smoke screens for their own underhanded schemes that are designed to clutter the truth and advance their hard left, socialist/marxist agenda. They create as many phony "victims" as possible with the resultant tug at the sympathies of those who don't have the facts ... thus succeeding to pe...more

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Aug 07, 2010 Lisa rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Ann does here what she usually does--she's mostly right on the money. She had me with all of the chapters except the single mother diatribe. I have to ask myself, what could such an obviously intelligent woman be thinking with that piece of garbage in an otherwise dead on account of the liberal victim mentality? Stop doing this, Ann! It is as ill advised as those bat wing false eyelashes you've been sporting on Hannity lately! You're smart, you're astute, you're even funny. Don't go off on insan...more

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Feb 24, 2009 Kirsten rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Coulter does it again. As usual she is frighteningly accurate and bitingly sarcastic. Although I enjoyed her well done research and unique views on single motherhood, this entire book could have been about the media's love affair with Obama and the 2008 election. It's almost as if she started a book on one thing and then got caught up in the election and changed topics. Her information is sound, but it's a bit choppy hence my four star rating. It just doesn't flow the same way Godless, Slander a...more

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Jul 20, 2011 Lou rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I don't think the book was intended to be a demonstration of the Godwin's law but with a comparison between Nazis and liberals in the fourth paragraph of the "essay"... well, unfortunately, it is not the only one...
So, for Coulter, liberals are actually fascists and the real victims are rich and powerful conservatives like herself, Bush or Palin. Radical? no, of course not! Ridiculous? How dare you say that? Just dumb and written like the speech of a teenager? If you ask that, it means you're pa...more

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Nov 02, 2010 Crixly Viera rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book caught my attention at the bookstore because of the title. With political books becoming a little more popular to read in my opinion I loved the carefree attitude in the writing. I felt like it was her opinion which it was but there was an enticing way and humor that made you want to keep reading more. Obviously to read something which touches on serious topics you have to be able to see the humor in things and not necessarily take things literally. Being able to play around with humor...more

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Jul 03, 2012 Amy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I expected to like this book...but in a cautious sort of way. Like, I-appreciate-but-find-unbelievably-rude sort of political book. In a way, she does some name calling, but I really loved how much sense she makes. She calls the donkey a donkey and doesn't soften her blows. Its facts! its real! I've seen it happen and I love reading her writing. She doesn't completely "toe a party line". She points out the flaws of Repubicans (though not the extent she rips on liberals)
A good book, I personally...more

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About Ann Coulter

Ann Coulter is the author of seven New York Times bestsellers — Guilty: Liberal Victims and Their Assault on America (January 2009);If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans (October, 2007); Godless: The Church of Liberalism (June 2006); How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)(October, 2004); Treason: Liberal Treachery From the Cold War to the War on Terrorism (June 2003); Slander: Liberal...more Ann Coulter is the author of seven New York Times bestsellers — Guilty: Liberal Victims and Their Assault on America (January 2009);If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans (October, 2007); Godless: The Church of Liberalism (June 2006); How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)(October, 2004); Treason: Liberal Treachery From the Cold War to the War on Terrorism (June 2003); Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right (June 2002); and High Crimes and Misdemeanors:The Case Against Bill Clinton (August 1998).

Coulter is the legal correspondent for Human Events and writes a popular syndicated column for Universal Press Syndicate.

She is a frequent guest on many TV shows, including The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Early Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Hannity, The O'Reilly Factor, The Glen Beck Show, HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, and has been profiled in numerous publications, including TV Guide, the Guardian (UK), the New York Observer, National Journal, Harper's Bazaar, and Elle magazine. She was the April 25, 2005 cover story of Time magazine.

In 2001, Coulter was named one of the top 100 Public Intellectuals by federal judge Richard Posner.

A Connecticut native, Coulter graduated with honors from Cornell University School of Arts & Sciences, and received her J.D. from University of Michigan Law School, where she was an editor of The Michigan Law Review.

Coulter clerked for the Honorable Pasco Bowman II of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and was an attorney in the Department of Justice Honors Program for outstanding law school graduates.

After practicing law in private practice in New York City, Coulter worked for the Senate Judiciary Committee, where she handled crime and immigration issues for Senator Spencer Abraham of Michigan. From there, she became a litigator with the Center For Individual Rights in Washington, DC, a public interest law firm dedicated to the defense of individual rights with particular emphasis on freedom of speech, civil rights, and the free exercise of religion. (less)

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