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Title: Shrub : The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush by Molly Ivins, Lou Dubose, Lou Dubose, Molly Ivins ISBN: 0-375-75714-7 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: 10 October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.79 (129 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Revealing
Comment: While I already knew bits and pieces of G.W.'s past record, this book brought it all together. If more people had read "Shrub" before going to the voting booth, we would have witnessed a very different outcome to this past election.
As in all of Molly Ivins' writings, she brings wit and a little Twain satire to the political world. She helps you laugh at the serious realities that make you want to cry. I have read all of her books, and while this isn't as hilarious as some, she tells it like she sees it and has lived it; and like all individuals who do so, you either love her or hate her with a passion depending on your personal idealogies.
I for one am a devoted fan and hope that she continues her writings to reveal more about the records of Texas politicans like Bush in the light of day.
Rating: 4
Summary: Smart, funny and full of insight
Comment: Any reviewer who says Molly Ivins has an ax to grind against George Bush either hasn't read this book, or doesn't know how to read very well. During the election fiasco, I heard a reporter ask her what mistakes people make most often in evaluating Bush and she said, "He's not stupid and he's not mean," and she admitted that although she disagreed with his politics, she found him, personally, a pretty nice guy. She's about as far from a political hatchet wielder as a writer can get.
The truth is, Molly Ivins has been covering Texas politics all her professional life and probably understands it better than any human being. She approaches the topic with a little bit of pride in the state's quirky individuality, a little embarassment at its occasional insanity and meanness, and with her low-key, off the wall sense of humor always in tact. She knows the world that made George Bush better than anyone around, and her insights into his character and philosophy are always interesting.
And how can you not love a political writer who makes you laugh?
This book was written during the election, and so there's nothing in it about either the election itself, or Bush's tenure so far as president. I hope Ivins will be covering those topics in a future book, and will bring as much humor and insight there as she does here
Rating: 5
Summary: TEXAS-TWANGED MOLLY READS IT BEST
Comment: When it comes to political commentary nobody is quicker on the draw than syndicated columnist Molly Ivins. Now she focuses her Texas size wit on the most talked about politician in the Lone Star State - George W. Bush, whom she calls "Shrub" or simply "Dubya."
She calls the man who is our President a man you would have to work at to dislike, while she traces his sometimes circuitous political career and astutely assesses his qualifications.
No one is better suited to read "Shrub" than the sometimes gravely voiced Texas-twanged Molly.
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Title: Bushwhacked : Life in George W. Bush's America by LOU DUBOSE, MOLLY IVINS ISBN: 0375507523 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 23 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right by Al Franken ISBN: 0525947647 Publisher: E P Dutton Pub. Date: 29 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She? by Molly Ivins ISBN: 0679741836 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 15 September, 1992 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot by Al Franken ISBN: 0440508649 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 12 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Thieves in High Places: They've Stolen Our Country--And It's Time to Take It Back by Jim Hightower ISBN: 0670031410 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 14 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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