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- WORSE THAN WATERGATE will be published in the heat of primary season, when all eyes begin to focus on the November presidential election.- John W...
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May 23, 2010
Ruth
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281 pages. Donated 2010 May.
The most facile presidential comparison one could make for George W. Bush would be his father, who presided over a war in Iraq and a struggling economy. Some "neocons" reject the parallel and compare Bush to his father's predecessor, Ronald Reagan, citing a plainspoken quality and a belief in deep tax cuts. But John Dean goes further back, seeing in Bush all the secrecy and scandal of Dean's former boss, the notorious Richard Nixon. The differenc More...
The most facile presidential comparison one could make for George W. Bush would be his father, who presided over a war in Iraq and a struggling economy. Some "neocons" reject the parallel and compare Bush to his father's predecessor, Ronald Reagan, citing a plainspoken quality and a belief in deep tax cuts. But John Dean goes further back, seeing in Bush all the secrecy and scandal of Dean's former boss, the notorious Richard Nixon. The differenc More...
May 12, 2010
Ice
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The most facile presidential comparison one could make for George W. Bush would be his father, who presided over a war in Iraq and a struggling economy. Some "neocons" reject the parallel and compare Bush to his father's predecessor, Ronald Reagan, citing a plainspoken quality and a belief in deep tax cuts. But John Dean goes further back, seeing in Bush all the secrecy and scandal of Dean's former boss, the notorious Richard Nixon. The difference, as the title of Dean's book indicates
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Dec 27, 2011
Vannessagrace
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No one died as a result of Richard Nixon's so-called Watergate abuses of power. Today, people are dying because of Bush and Cheney's secret abuses of power. Dick Cheney who runs his own secret government operations, openly declares that he wants to turn the clock back to the pre-Watergate years—a time of unaccountable and extraconstitutional imperial presidency. To say that their secret presidency is undemocratic is an understatement! The Bush Cheney era, if you can't remember it, just sit down,
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Oct 26, 2008
Will
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Dean focused on the Bush/Cheney obsession with secrecy. He says that while Nixon ultimately resorted to a paranoid concern with secrecy, the Bush/Cheney administration started out with an agenda that called for eliminating any light on White House activities. He is also quite adamant in pointing out that this is the most lawless bunch of crooks to ever wield power, worse, by far, than Nixon. He calls for their impeachment for lying to congress and the American people about their rationale for th
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Jun 16, 2008
Barb
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This isn't new - it was written in Bush's first term but of all of the books written about the last 8 years, this is one of the best. Dean was the guy in the Nixon administration who blew their cover; he's a lawyer and a man of integrity. He doesn't just cover the egregious excesses of this administration but he goes to the underlying issues and motivations and, believe me, it's scary. GWB's father was in office when the cold war ended (even if he wasn't really responsible for it) and now his so
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Jul 28, 2011
Paperback has an added chapter after the 2004 election, which it hoped to influence. As one who lived through Watergate minute by minute, it makes me deeply unhappy all over again. Really damning that our investigative media, such as it apparently isn't, did not use and dig into Bush/Cheney governance and abuse of secrecy.
Jan 13, 2012
Linda
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This was a very interesting book to read at this point in time; about 5-6 years after it was written and long after the Bush Cheney administration is gone. This book verifies many things we suspected were happening but had no verification. Dean has done his homework.Wish I had read this about five years ago.
Oct 11, 2007
James
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'Reasonably well put together criticism of the Bush administration. It makes no bones about being biased, but most assertions are well footnoted - and IMO, likely true. Some of the content is now a bit dated as it was written and released prior to the president's re-election in 2004. The author closes his text arguing that "storm clouds" were forming and that he thought it likely we'd see a major [Watergate-sized] scandal unfold. Looking at the three-ish years since the book was re
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Oct 12, 2011
Clinton
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Worse than Watergate is an excellent analysis of the secretive and deceptive means of the Bush Administration whether it involved domestic or foreign issues and how the Bush Administration used deception and secrets to advance their personal agendas and interests.
Oct 06, 2011
Mark
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John Dean was Richard Nixon's White House lawyer. Dean went to prison for his sins. What a perspective to look at the sins of Cheney and Bush. His arguments are well written and convincing. Would you expect less from a top lawyer?
Jul 12, 2007
Kerissa
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This book was written by John Dean, who was Nixon's special counselor/advisor in the White House. He knew about the Watergate cover-up and all of the other crap Nixon, Haldeman and Erlichman were doing. Things like breaking into psychiatrist's offices and stealing private patient files, rigging the Democratic primaries with slur campaigns, and sabotaging the 1968 Vietnam peace talks (Kissinger helped out with that.)
And with all that he saw in the Nixon White House he is making the More...
And with all that he saw in the Nixon White House he is making the More...
Apr 13, 2009
Deena
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Pretty much confirms what most of us already knew - that this was the most corrupt presidency maybe ever. And John Dean should know.
Jul 29, 2011
John Dean would know. I enjoy Deans writing and straight forward approach to diplomacy and learning from past mistakes.
Jun 16, 2009
Patty
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If you already dislike George Bush & Dick Cheney, this will only further aggravate you. It's the same old story!
Jan 07, 2010
columbialion
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A warning from ex Watergate counsel Dean, on the dire consequences of electing the WRONG President
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Sep 30, 2007
Colleen
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This is the John Dean who was Nixon’s White House lawyer. He has gone on to a career in investment banking, I believe. What’s worth everyone’s attention from Dean is his particular perspective on the effects of secrecy in the executive branch. The title reveals his point of view, but the text is copiously documented and what he writes about is not available anywhere else.
Not an easy read but has essential information for anyone who cares about our country. It is NOT outdated (as of 2007). More...
Not an easy read but has essential information for anyone who cares about our country. It is NOT outdated (as of 2007). More...
Mar 11, 2011
Elizabeth
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I had forgotten that John Dean had served as a Watergate informant to avoid his own penalties. From hearing him talk over recent years, I thought he was no longer a Republican. He describes himself as a Goldwater Republican and has strong, clear beliefs. What he believes is ruining our democratic society is secrecy--secrecy, lying, distortion, etc., all of which he accuses Bush and Cheney and their administration of. This was an excellent book but I don't want to write anything more now. May
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Mar 19, 2008
Peter
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One of the books in John Dean's trilogy about the Bush (II) administration. When a Goldwater conservative comes out against the Bush regime and takes it apart bit by bit, I am certainly going to sit up and take notice. Dean relates how the Bushies have turned their backs on the roots of conservatism and have used the conservative banner to promote their own agenda.
Jan 29, 2012
The secrecy of the present administration is astronomical. We must constantly be on alert regarding our civil liberties. Bush is interested in creating a state that is completely pro corporation and cares nothing about the American public. The contents of this book are well documented.
Oct 24, 2008
Robyn
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A lot of things I didn't know (thanks to the overall ignorant mainstream US media) - an informative, chilling must-read.
Sep 17, 2010
Sherri
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Excellent read and very scary. If I had known this stuff when Bush was president, I would have moved to Canada!
Jul 23, 2007
Jim
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outdated, as it's 3 years old now, but still relevant. Cheney is the real power, as we all know now.
