Bush* Under Attack by a Barrage of Books

[kskiska]

When White House spokesman Scott McClellan was asked about The Price of Loyalty, the best seller about former treasury secretary Paul O'Neill's disillusionment with the Bush administration, he replied, "I don't do book reviews."

If he did, it would be a full-time job. The Price of Loyalty is part of a wave of books bashing Bush.

In the first half of 2004, major commercial publishers will publish at least 25 books critical of Bush. Some may add to the criticism about his decision to go to war in Iraq. Among the titles:

•House of Bush, House of Saud by Craig Unger, who promises to document how financial and personal ties between the Bush family and the Saudi royal family affects U.S. foreign policy (March).

•Against All Enemies: Inside the White House's War on Terror by former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke, who joins O'Neill as the second Bush insider to break ranks with his former boss (March).

•Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush by John Dean, President Nixon's counsel (April).

•Bush on the Couch by psychoanalyst Justin Frank, who diagnoses Bush as a rigid thinker with a simplistic worldview (May).

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http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2004-02-16-bush-books_x.htm

[RedEarth]

1. Poor george..........Bring em On.....

[Born Free]

54. bush has trouble taking a crap

the guy in the white house is worthless, he is bad for America, no he is bad for the entire world. His poor decisions and lack of any insight are leading the world to disaster. He needs to be replaced with someone that can think, the only thing bush ever accomplished is he proved that you can't take just anybody and stick them in the white house.

[sadiesworld]

2. Goody Goody!

I'm hoping the clarke book will be a real showstopper.

[lancdem]

3. I didn't know John Dean had a book coming out

sounds like a must-read! BTW, this reminds me of what it was like when all those anti-Clinton books were coming out. Nice to see the tables turned.

[sadiesworld]

6. And these books will presumably have the advantage of being true.

[Richardo]

13. John Dean! Righteous!

That one may actually turn my Dad...he respected Dean's integrity and his role in exposing Nixon.

That's the one I can't wait for!!

[calimary]

14. He mentioned it at the bottom of a column in findlaw.com -

I can't wait to read it.

If anybody can talk about government skullduggery, he's the guy.

[LiberalFighter]

43. I hope Dean exposes bush* so that it turns people away from him

[saskatoon]

51. "I can't wait to read it."

Yes, all of them Are going to be very good at geting the truth out there BUT I just viewed the Video, "Uncovered the Whole TRuth About the Iraq War" and it was so powerful. i couldn't wait to get on here and alert all of you re it. It was offered free by a girl named Sue who posted on here and I requested it. Can't begin to tell you what an overwhelmong case it made against Bush and the whole bunch of them. It was absolutely mind boggling and the people who testified to the lack of any reason and evidence to go to war were people higher up with excellent credentials. Please see if you can find copies, I'm so aggravated that I didn't keep Sue address that was on the package as she would know re copies. This is something that would convince anyone that they had been bamboozled by Bush, Cheney, Condoleeza, powell the whole lying bunch.TRy and Find it.

[zonmoy]

49. Yes

it is good to see the rethugs gettin a little taste of their own medicine.

[Sinistrous]

4. Boorish Bush doesn't care.

He doesn't read books anyway.

[Judi Lynn]

5. As in, "What you don't know won't hurt you." n/t

[smiley_glad_hands]

7. You mean the President of the US is suppose to know how to read?

Man times sure have changed.

[Robb]

10. "I'm INVINCIBLE!!!"

There are advantages to being the first functionally illiterate president*. :)

[calimary]

17. That's okay. It'll be worth it to see the surprise on his face when

the whole library falls in on him.

[Mountainman]

28. They won't need much space for the Bush II library

[yellowcanine]

8. I'll bet you are going to read them though, aren't you, Scotty?

Enjoy.

[Alpharetta]

9. Fill-in-the-name-later book dishes all the dirt on the Democratic nominee

From the article:
WND Books plans an August book by David Bossie, a former Republican congressional aide, promising "all the dirt on the 2004 Democratic nominee for president — whoever that may be."

So they make up the stories now and paste in the name of the candidate later. Good plan.

[Say_What]

11. "American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune and the Politics of Deceit in the

On Democracy Now this morning I heard Kevin Phillips, author of American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush talk about four generations of the Bushies. Wouldn't be so bad but this guy is about as repuke as you can get.

Listen or watch at this link: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/17/1530204

<clips>
...Kevin Phillips first became well known in 1969 with the publication of his book "The Emerging Republican Majority" which Newsweek described as "the political bible of the Nixon Administration."

After Ronald Reagan's election in 1980, Phillips was generally acknowledged as the Republican Party's principal electoral theoretician. In 1982, the Wall Street Journal described him as "the leading conservative electoral analyst -- the man who invented the Sun Belt, named the New Right, and prophesied 'The Emerging Republican Majority' in 1969."

He has since become a prolific writer and a critic of the current state of the Republican Party. Among his books are "Wealth and Democracy" and "The Politics of Rich and Poor."

His latest book is "American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush." It examines how the Bush family has been consolidating its power for four generations and how the Bushes have been staging their ascent to national power since World War I.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/17/1530204

[wryter2000]

18. Wealth and Democracy

I'm reading Wealth and Democracy now. Parts of it would pass for Das Kapital, I think. At least, to a freeper.

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

35. What's wrong with Phillips being a Republican?

Ultimately, both parties have been fucked over by the BFEE. I'm not old enough to remember this Phillips guy myself, but I gather a lot of Republicans hold his opinion in very high esteem. If he's willing to speak out against against the topiary sitting behind Thomas Jefferson's desk, it can only be a good thing in the long run.

[Say_What]

36. Nothing... I think it's great that so many repukes are speaking out...

eom

[reprobate]

42. Kevin Phillips is a republican, not a repug.

He is one of the old school republicans, the ones who believe in fiscal restraint. He is a man of integrity and should be respected.

He separated from the current crop of repugs some time ago.

[LiberalFighter]

44. There is a difference!!!!!!!!!!!!

We need to bring about the extinction of these repugs.

[dudeness]

12. May I add

three excellent books i have read recently to this list

bush in babylon...tariq ali

the last empire...gore vidal

hegemony or survival..noam chomsky..

[Ripley]

19. Might I add a New book...

The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq, by Christopher Scheer, Robert Scheer and Lakshmi Chaundhry.

I just picked up this tiny gem (174 pages) at my local Alabama library, where it was prominently displayed. Funny, when I checked it out...the librarian said "I have to read that! Have you read "Dude Where's My Country?" yet?" Then she said very loudly that the Bush/Bin Ladin family connection really pissed her off!

Hee hee hee.

[dudeness]

25. thank you ripley

I shall check it out..

[Ripley]

27. Thank you as well.

I'll try to read the titles you posted.

Wouldn't it be great if we lived in a country where "reading" ranked at least in the top 3 things that Americans liked to do?

[LiberalFighter]

45. Doesn't it just bring a smile inside you when you hear that???

When you think they don't exist in your area?

We have got to reach out to more people that are willing to use their brain and want what is right for this country of ours.

[wryter2000]

15. Darn it

I'm not made of money, you know. :)

[Bandit]

16. The great majority of Americans get everything off the tube

They don't do books. What we need is for all of these books to become documentaries or only a select few will know anything about them. Speaking of documentaries has anyone heard anything about the Hunting of the President? Would love to see that one.

[wryter2000]

20. I'm wishing

I'm wishing George Soros would sponsor a documentary. We'd fill it with lots of celebs that the proletariat love so that it would get watched. JLo and Ben reunite to expose *'s lies.

[CBHagman]

50. Good idea!

Soros also has a book out. I forget the exact title, but it's something about the end of American dominance/superpower status.

By the way, the bookstore where I work has a whole display of current politics -- "Four Trials," various Dean and Kerry bios, Jim Hightower's latest, and of course the evil Ann Coulter, as well as many, many others.

What's so heartening is how many of the Bush books manage to work the words "lie" or "deceit" into the title. That might work its way into the minds of travelers and shoppers slipping by the bookstore...

[teach1st]

21. Time to stop saying "bashing bush"

Time to stop saying that all of this criticism is bashing Bush. It's exposing, it's criticizing, it's uncovering, it's shining light in dark corners, it's telling the truth...

[Ripley]

24. Very excellent point.

Exposing the truth about the neocons plans and Smirky's inability to do anything but be a sponge (no offense to Sponge Bob) is as American as it gets.

[Skittles]

31. I AGREE

"Bashing Bush" insinuates it is is somehow unwarranted.

[Ripley]

33. American people: hate bashing.

So they tell us all of the time in the mainstream media...

Yet, lookie at what folks have been bashed to death (Dean comes to mind).

Smirkaholic has not been bashed yet. Only the truth about his record of work, military service and our country's downfall economically and in foreign policy have been somewhat covered by the media. No bashing yet.

That would be the interrogating press corp going after his life as a drug/alcohol abuser for many years and that influence upon his brain to make good decisions for this country now. Being born again does not fix flaws in the head physically.

[leftchick]

47. "Smirkaholic"!?!

omg Ripley....That has to be the best yet! :)

[Just Me]

40. Yeah,...like, "Blazing the Bush Bile" *LOL*

Or,..."Berating the Bush Blitz"

or,..."Beacons Against Bush Bedlam"

,...something along those lines :bounce:




<edit - added "Beacons,...>

[treefrogjohn]

22. If they are not mentioned in his staff's summary

he won't even know these books exist. Back to the hungry caterpillar.

[LiberalFighter]

46. How about this idea??

Send bush* the books with different jackets on them. If he thinks they are children's books how far will he get?

[krkaufman]

23. Any Antibiotic book(s)?

It'll be interesting to see if any of the upcoming books critical of Bush turn out to be loose on facts & truth, possibly planted by Rove as an antibiotic against the valid claims in the rest of the books.

[wildmanj]

26. Kevin Phillips

Don't forget The Cousins'War by Phillips---great book---tells how we got here from there

[DavidDvorkin]

29. To add a novel to the list

(mine) in case you need a break from the horror of fact, click the link below.

[Mithras61]

30. Is a barrage of books sort fo like

a flock of birds, or a herd of cattle? :silly:

[kskiska]

32. Then there's Kitty Kelley

Her book will be a blockbuster and would appeal to people who don't necessarily read political books.

And Bill Clinton's book may be coming out this fall.

[Lisa]

34. what a wonderful cartoon that would make!

* running away from an avalanche of literature! Just like in real life.

I bet he's going to be VERY unhappy about that "couch" book. Apparently he loathes having his mental state analyzed.

[nolabels]

41. Assuming there was one and just how far one goes to examine it

Sometimes one wonders, but not about the mental part, that would be a lost cause.

P.S. even us crazy folks have more sense than not to do than what this fool has done :silly:

[ConcernedCanuk]

48. Apparently he loathes having his mental state analyzed. - that reminds me

.
.
.

When is Junior scheduled for his next colonoscopy ?

:evilgrin:

[Tracer]

37. "The Book on Bush" ...

... by Eric Alterman & Mark Green.

I'm 3/4 of the way through this book. It's a long book, but needs to be — as it thoroughly documents the lengthy and pathetic lies, obfuscations and maladministrations of the * residency.

[maddogesq]

38. How profound: *'s career done in by books that are more complex than...

say, that one about the hungry goat. :)

[BigBigBear]

39. Guess they didn't mention Larry Flynt's book

or the book about Burkett's charges about AWOL/scrubbed TANG files.

Well, the Chris Ruddy's of the world had their day with Clinton, but few of those books got much mainstream exposure.

Clarke's and Phillips' book should both be taken seriously - Phillips' has been, it seems.

[Barrett808]

52. Joe Wilson's book is coming out soon

He also mentioned the Richard Clarke book as worthwhile.

[nomatrix]

53. Richard Clarke is on bookstands March 29th

Against All Enemies : Inside the White House's War on Terror--What Really Happened.

Looks to be a page turner. Let's look at the known-knowns.

http://www.buzzflash.com/editorial/03/09/09.html

-snip-

"The Saudis: Whose Side Are They On in the War on Terror? — in this release from Vanity Fair magazine, "Former White House counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke tells Vanity Fair that the Bush administration decided to allow a group of Saudis to fly out of the U.S. just after September 11 — at a time when access to U.S. airspace was still restricted and required special government approval. According to other sources at least four flights with about 140 Saudis, including roughly two dozen members of the bin Laden family, flew to Saudi Arabia that week — without even being interviewed or interrogated by the F.B.I."

-snip-

"It was only on January 10, 2001 that the Pentagon issued its first report on the Cole bombing. The Navy issued its report the day before George W. Bush’s inauguration.

During the transition, the Clinton administration briefed the incoming Bush team of the imminent and urgent threat from al Qaeda. But the Bush people brushed this aside, downplaying terrorism as they played up missile defense in space. They ignored the warnings of Richard Clarke, who remained head of counterterrorism at the National Security Council, and took no action against al Qaeda. Clarke’s proposals were shunted off for endless review, but never implemented."

Yes, this will hold many, many, truths. Can't wait!

[BruinAlum]

55. Wow 25 books critical of Bush. I thought Cheney issued orders against that

And just in time to read before the election too.

[skippysmom]

56. When I read that headline

I had this vision of people throwing books at *'s head.

Means more reading for me...hee hee!