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Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right: How One Side Lost Its Mind and the Other Lost Its Nerve
by Bernard Goldberg
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (2008-04-01)
ISBN: 0061252581
EAN: 9780061252587
Dewey Decimal #: 320
Binding/Media: Paperback - 304 pages
Release Date: 2008-04-01
SKU: AManPro-0003252
Condition: Very Good
Comments: used, paperback, overall quality good to very good ; no yellowing, sunning, foxing, minimal to no evident shelf wear;; …. RiverboatSales ... audiobooks ... books ... DVDS ... (new and used) … full refund if not satisfied.
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Product Description
Enough of the leftist lunatics like Rosie O'Donnell who think "Radical Christians" are "as big a threat to America as Radical Muslims." Enough of the hyperbolic liberal rhetoric comparing Bush to Saddam and Mel Gibson to Hitler. Enough of the hyper-partisan, ultra-PC liberal media, which often seem more sympathetic to the "victims of humiliation" at Abu Ghraib than to our troops dying at the hands of Iraqi fundamentalists. Enough, too, of the gutless wonders on the right who don't have the courage to stand up for their own convictions. Enough of their pandering, trolling for votes, and outspending the Democrats. Now with powerful and provocative new material, Bernard Goldberg's Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right sounds an even louder alarm than before—warning that, if the wimps on the right don't regain their courage and reclaim their principles, the crazies on the left just might win the White House in '08.
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Goldberg's semi-comedic evaluation of the American political scene!
Rating  (4)
Date: 2010-07-25
I have to say, whether one would agree or disagree with much of what Bernard Goldberg has to say (and I'm much more the former), he certainly doesn't lack for a defined viewpoint on the issues... nor for an endless array of targets.
"Crazies to the Left of me, Wimps to the Right" is much like most of Goldberg's past efforts, in that brings the complexities of the mired political scene down to a level that common Americans can understand. While some of what he says might be a bit simplistic, or "overly optimistic" as he says of some of his thoughts here, on the details involved in some of these issues, he never loses touch with what he's talking about.
Unlike some of his past efforts, though, he doesn't just take aim at the elitist and liberal-minded intelligentsia. He has more than a few choice words for the supposed conservative movement, or more specifically, the Republican party. He's pretty much even-handed in his denouncement of how both of America's political parties have failed the people and the nation, albeit in different ways. While some might take issue with his "solutions" not being much of them, he certainly is spot on with the short-comings of both sides of the political spectrum, especially concerning how the radicals of both sides have run each of their camps into utter ruination.
As he's done before, Goldberg hits on the issues, with a touch of sarcastic and cynical wit. He provides you with enough information to understand the situation and his feelings on it, but still manages to try and keep you entertained enough to keep turning the pages. He also pulls no punches in admitting this is how he sees things, or that this is some unbiased manifesto. Die-hard loyalists to either political party will obviously not like what Goldberg has to say, but for the rest of us, it's a somewhat informative and certainly thought-provoking looking into why so little seems to change in America, no matter which side seems to be at the controls. If you are truly fed up with the usual "game play" the political scene in America has become, Goldberg's book will read like the cliff's notes version of what needs to be fixed to change it.
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More Proof that Conservatives can't be Funny
Rating  (1)
Date: 2010-03-10
1 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
"Radical Christianity"--whatever that means--is "as big a threat to America as Radical Islam." Really? You really don't know what "Radical Christianity" means after 8 years of it? A collection of greedy radical Christians start a holy war and you don't see any danger in that crowd?
That's the kind of question that haunts the reader while suffering Goldberg's delusions. I picked this mess up while waiting for a local library program to begin and, a few hundred pages later, I still don't know what Bernard Goldberg is capable of comprehending. The boy sets a very low bar for stupidity, and still crawls under it. He's like a stupid man's Rush Limbaugh or a more-simpleminded Glenn Beck or Bill O'Reilly's idiot brother.
He tries to do a conservative Rodney Dangerfield, but comes off more like Archie Bunker. He does, often and loudly, prove the John Mill saying, "Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative."
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Two thumbs up
Rating  (5)
Date: 2010-01-02
I really enjoyed this book. Good humor with facts and opinions. His other book, '110 People,' is great, too.
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great service
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-12-24
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I bought as a gift - have not seen it well. Looks good and came quickly.
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"A conservative, don't forget, is a liberal..."
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-09-09
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
"...who's been mugged by reality."-Bernard Goldberg
I first saw Mr. Goldberg on the O'Reilly Factor which I now regularly watch. So, obviously, I liked what he said enough to want to start reading some of his books. Funny, how many people are like me, once a democrat, now an independent like Bernie.
"But rest assured that the true believers will never budge. In their world, George Bush is worse than the terrorists. That's their story and they're sticking to it." Hmm. What'll the world come to if we start apologizing for terrorists and reading them, enemy combatants, their Miranda rights???
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