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Title: The Accidental President: How 413 Lawyers, 9 Supreme Court Justices, and 5,963,110 Floridians (Give or Take a Few) Landed George W. Bush in the White House by David A. Kaplan ISBN: 0066212839 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 1901 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.59
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful. I saw it first in a recent Newsweek cover story.
Comment: Of all the books this year about the presidential election of 2000, this is the best one I have read. It combines brilliant reporting (the Newsweek excerpt had all these great scoops about the Supreme Court), sharp writing and a sense of humor about things so many other authors start pontificating about. I saw the author with Katie Couric on the Today Show and then on the Charlie Rose Show.
The author has an understanding of politics and law, and an appreciation of history and how things fit together. I think that is what makes this book different from the other election books.
I heard some conservative radio commentators say they thought this book was another anti-Bush diatribe, but I don't think they read the book. It has little negative to say about Bush. What is negative is about BOTH the Bush and Gore campaigns, and the Supreme Court. I don't think anyone looks good after the election and this book explains in detail why.
The World Trade Center tragedy means we should be supporting President Bush. But we should still understand how he became president after a very important and controversial election. This book tells us better than any other how and why.
The title of the book, "The Accidental President," may sound like criticism of President Bush, but I don't think it is. If Gore had won, he would also now would be "The Accidental President."
Rating: 5
Summary: Read this book, especially now
Comment: Because of what is going on in the world now, maybe the 2000 election does not matter anymore. But I have a different opinion. Because George W. Bush is our president, it is that much more important to understand how he got the job. This book tell you how, and does so better than all the other political books prior to it this year.
...I couldn't resist on this one, after I noticedthat a few of the other reviews attack this book as being pro-Gore and anti-Bush. That just isn't so. The book has a lot of critical things to say about everybody involved in the 2000 election, but is remarkably fair-minded. Bush's advisers do very well when compared to Gore's. Where there are criticisms, they are supported by evidence and example, most of it told in a sweeping narrative style that made it a pleasure to read.
Perhaps the title of the book upsets some readers. Too bad for them. It is an accurate title, regardless of whether Bush or Gore won the election. Or perhaps Bush supporters think that anything written about their man that is not all warm and fuzzy isn't being patriotic. That would be too bad. But I still bet any objective reading of this book would leave a Gore supporter just as unhappy as a Bush supporter. Either way, in my opinion, it's a great read.
Rating: 5
Summary: The definitive story, told with zest and humor
Comment: Years from now, historians will wonder how in the world George W. took the Presidency from Al Gore. This book explains the inexplicable. But it is hardy a dry history. It is gossipy, as a book like this should be but rarely is, and it is filled with humor and wit, which is more than readers interested in politics have any right to expect. It's often said of well-written books about events like this that "it reads like a novel." Well, this one doesn't. It reads like a story the ultimate insider would tell his best friends. In writing "The Accidental President," David Kaplan has made a significant contribution to our understanding of the way politics and the judiciary works. He's also provided his readers with a damn good time.
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Title: Too Close to Call: The Thirty-Six-Day Battle to Decide the 2000 Election by Jeffrey Toobin ISBN: 0375507086 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 02 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Betrayal of America: How the Supreme Court Undermined the Constitution and Chose Our President by Vincent Bugliosi, Molly Ivins, Gerry Spence ISBN: 156025355X Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press / Nation Books Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Supreme Injustice: How the High Court Hijacked Election 2000 by Alan M. Dershowitz ISBN: 0195148274 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 18 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Is Our Children Learning? : The Case Against George W. Bush by Paul Begala ISBN: 0743214781 Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Paper) Pub. Date: 20 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Down and Dirty : The Plot to Steal the Presidency by Jake Tapper ISBN: 0316832642 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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