Disappointed Conservative
929160
Very disappointing. Instead of being a true Obama Survival Guide, it just starts with the same talking points I hear on Fox News & Am radio. Then it goes on to, (Spoiler Alert) claim that buying gold is the only way to protect yourself. Gold has dropped by hundreds of dollars an oz.
1198955
I had high hopes for this book, however, the progressive agenda is in full play from the beginning. Evil conservatives are around every corner and this book is a liberals wet dream of the awful things that they would have you believe are in the mind of conservative Christian politicians. Being a conservative I'm used to this but I could barely finish this book, it was awful
2422774
I am a conservative and I do not at all sympathize with the current version of liberalism. Ergo, this pamphlet should have been custom written for me. Alas, not by far. This a despicable piece of a lowest of the low kind of hate and libel. Although some statements may be even true, the way they are presented is unexcusable. Moreover, even if one disregards the authors sewer-type style, he does commit the very sins that he accuses the liberals of: namely spewing theories without a shred of factual evidence. Avoid like the plague
341308
I went to some effort to get this book and read it.  I am trying to understand conservatism, and readers at Amazon seems to rate this source highly.

I find that about one-half of the book attempts to explain conservatism, usually by direct reference to the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, or a founding father.  Hmmm...I am a strong believer in all of these, but am about as far from conservatism as a cell phone is from an egg salad sandwich.  This is not helping me, it is confusing me.

To make it worse, the other half of the book is pure fiction--a straw-man construct of what liberals (i.e., "statists") think, do and want.  I say fiction because, in most cases, there is no attempt to relate his straw man to sources.  For example: "The Modern Liberal believes in the supremacy of the state, thereby rejecting the principles of the Declaration and the order of civil society, in whole or part."

Huh?  Who says?  I'm sure that Levin would call me a Modern Liberal (or Statist), but I sure don't agree with this sentiment.  (Duh!)

This manner of writing is like a page from Ann Coulter or Rush Limbaugh: setting up a fiction, which is easily defeated by the author's keen wisdom.  It is a masturbatory fantasy, enjoyable only to the like-minded in a "yeah, what HE said!" kind of reflexive assent.  I am disappointed to find this type of writing in a book that purports an enlightened and educated outlook.

Well, I'll keep looking for a reality-based book to explain to me the principles of conservatism.  I believe that it MUST have a philosophical basis, in spite of its (to me) untenable contradictions.  I want to approach such an understanding with civility and respect, but so far have not found materials that approach the dissenting reader with any level of reciprocity.
3180921
Colmes is an invention by FAUX NEWS!!! He cant even be considered a FAUX liberal because he was invented to be Pawn Hannity's...uh pawn so he can announce that there will be a commercial during their so called liberal/conservative talk show. This book was so mind numbingly..uh..dull and as Faux as Colmes himself..he oughtta banish himself for such buffonry.
3118846
Joel Hunter is a liberal pastor who is in the tank for Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and is in step with their vision to re-make our society. When this book was written 18 months ago, it looked like "game, set and match" for the conservative movement. Since then, things have changed drastically as the left wing conspiracy to take our country is facing its demise. Don't bother reading a book that is yesterday's news and that offers bad medicine in the first place.
2071062
Conservative Christian, anti-all other religions, homophobic, racist, naive propaganda with the final message that only an ultranationalist, ultra-white Tea Party takeover will save the US from those evil Jews. I was sorely disappointed after hearing her interviewed on Coast to Coast AM where she came off as intelligent and thoughtful instead of someone bent on turning all of America into a giant 1950s Midwest.
4656226
Pure propaganda for right wing extremists. Could have been written by any conservative Republican. I just skimmed through the final two-thirds and even that was an unpleasant task.
4339315
I enjoyed the first two books in the trilogy and was really looking forward to the final book only to be given a disgusting leftist tirade against America and anything to do with the Conservative party in this country. He was so far off the mark on his leftist revisionary interpretation of American history that I won't read another book from this man.  A true disappointment!!!  I give this book ZERO stars!!!
3277168
It's pretty obvious that the author is a much bigger fan of conservative causes than liberal causes even though he would like us to believe that he is just an "impartial" observer.  This isn't science, it's  pseudo-science with an agenda similar to Fox News (elevate conservatives, demean liberals.) Haidt just cloaks his intentions with high-toned verbiage and references to obscure studies employing questionable and imprecise methodology at best.
1163429
The cover of this book depicting Ingraham as Washington took me aback and disrespecting of our first president. Sadly, as I stood and read the entire book at Target, I was disappointed in both her writing style and overall message, to wit, no matter what subject she is talking about, the underlying and overarching tone is cynical and judgmental. For example, she describes going to church and while sitting in the pew she observes a guy in front of her pull out his wallet, and after having rummaging through a pile of twenties, decides to pull out a single dollar bill to put into the offering. Ingraham then derides this guy as the same kind of individual who indulges in other things. Well, first, why is Ingraham examining someone in front of her in church to see how much he is putting into the offering? Why is she not simply focusing on the service? Second, is it her business to snoop to see how much other people are putting into the offering? How does she know that this guy is the typical guy who indulges in other expensive activities and ignores the needs of the church? Is it possible that this guy also gives via the Internet or through the mail? Is it possible that this guy gives freely to other worthy charities?

Ingraham whines through this book in situational vignettes that's reminiscent of her radio show in which she often whines away... "What is this...what is that...what is this that about??" In addition, I find it remarkable that she is deliberately a single "mother" of children (Whose their daddy?)and proudly wears religion and "conservatism" on her sleave. To quoth the Whiner, "What is THAT?" In short, it's easy to point out a social issue, but something more difficult to illustrate positive solutions. The conservative movement needs the latter if we hope to see change in the Right direction.
4642631
It was obvious the author is a liberal Democrat - very disappointed with the lack of objectivity.
2851846
Ok, i don't mean to nitpick but that's exactly what i'm doing, your idea about the message of the cd is interesting and well thought out but ultimately wrong. I mean c'mon, when has there ever been a liberal media? All of the news stations are owned by Rupert Murdock, one of the biggest conservatives @$$holes in recent history, and allmost all of america's airwaves are owned by clearchannel, who's ceo is a friend of the bush family and after the current prez got rid of the bill blocking monopolies clearchannel bought allmost all of the radio stations. It's a conservative media creating lies, fear, and ducktape sales. Don't  belive me? watch fox news for 5 minutes.

also (from idiot american):

Well maybe I'm the f----t America.

I'm not a part of a redneck agenda.

and (from holiday):

"The representative from California has the floor"

Sieg Heil to the president gasman

Bombs away is your punishment

Pulverize the Eiffel towers

Who criticize your government

Bang bang goes the broken glass man

Kill all the f--s that don't agree

Trials by fire, setting fire

Is not a way that's meant for me

if you can't piece any of these lines to anything that has happenned in the past 4 years you definintly need to get out of that rock and think for a moment.

And also, to the ppl who said 'if you don't get this cd then you're a republican'. Being closed minded about things like that makes you the equal of the dumbest republican. I mean this guy was able to find something he identified with even though he's a republican.

Ok, enough of that, what can i say about the cd? well, i can't stop listening to it for one, i never listened to greenday before but now i definintly will, and it's definintly one of the best cd's i've heard in awhile, and you can't just listen to parts of it, you NEED to hear it all the way through.
164209
It wasn't what I was expecting. If you're a  ''conservative'', you'll probably like this. Although I did agree with a couple of things that were brought up,on a whole I believe he was speaking to a select audience. That's my opinion? Would NOT recommend this.
2048909
Zell Miller did quite a lot for his state and his country so it's disappointing to find him writing a book whose main premise is essentially that all of the nation's ills are caused by Democrats and/or liberals.  Really, Senator, you are better than that!  Anyone who is concerned about the truth as much as the Senator should know that truth is not the sole property of one party.  The conservative cause and Republican Party certainly has no room to talk about who owns the truth.
What's even more disappointing about this book is that it appears that Sen. Miller either a) realizes his time is almost up and the book allows him remain in the national limelight and/or b) is a politician who feels left behind by the times and wants to make one last fight.
In the end, truth (or at least honesty) is also missing from this book.  If your conscience is bothering you, Senator, isn't it a bit disingenuous to remain a democrat when you could easily move to the republican party?
Certainly, the democrats and those ultra liberals among the middle of the road members or main stream liberals have much to answer for and the Senator doesn't get to the heart of any of it.  Why did they blindly support Bush in entering the Iraq War?  Why has no one challenged the current administration on its problems with the truth (Enron, Halliburton, No Child Left Behind, etc.)?  Why do democrats turn their backs on members of their own party who are pro life when they have long been known as the champion of those who cannot help themselves (and who better needs such help than an unborn child)?  There are certainly many mainstream democrats whose views are not at the extreme and yet who oppose the policies of the current administration.  In writing this book, Sen. Miller appears to assume that EVERY democrat is out there which is far from the truth.
Sen. Miller goes to great lengths to discuss how the democratic party is not in synch with the rest of the country.  The problem is that he provides little basis to show that mainstream America has become ultra conservative.  Certainly, his views have changed and grown further right over time and certainly there are many like him that have grown more conservative.  However, when the 2000 presidential popular vote largely favors the more liberal candidate doesn't that contradict his argument?  The Senator basically ignores that.
In truth, Sen. Miller, neither party owns the truth.  It is as elusive to the republicans and conservatives as it is to democrats and liberals.
3678659
I went into this book expecting the liberal version of The Conscience of a Conservative. I wanted a fair defense of liberal values and ideas so that I could understand the other side of the coin. What I got instead was a bunch of Krugman talking about himself and why he thinks he's such a great person (maybe he is, but he should have instead titled the book "Why I'm So Great"). So if you want to read a book about why Krugman is such a great person, you've found your book. But if, like me, you want to understand the support for liberal ideology, look elsewhere.
589193
by the same author, with the far right alt conservative views once saw on back their religious views an in this climate could not open cover, Amazon needs a warning in this climate on authors who are so far alt right conservatives which is not a tolerable climate make for costly burning material or emer. ttp for the outhouse