George W Bush and his administration have a well-documented difficulty with honesty. President Bush lies. He lies frequently. He distorts the truth, changes the facts, and smirks all the while. These 20 original essays detail and document lies both outrageously obvious and subtle. Taking Bush to task for his assault on the intelligence of Americans, the distinguished list of contributors includes academics, activists, legal experts, financial leaders, and journalists. Lies covered include: Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction; Foreign Policy; Environment & Energy; Health & Science; The Use and Abuse of Religion; Education; Women and Minority Policies; National Security & 9/11; Bush Campaign Lies, and Pre-Presidential Lies, including Bush's experiences with drunk driving and the controversies and inconsistencies of his National Guard service. Included is a handy reference guide to the 50 Most Telling Lies of George W Bush. Meticulously researched and documented, this book is a must- read for the 2004 presidential race and the book to hand out on the campaign trail.
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Jerry 'Politex' Barrett (editor) runs the popular BushWatch web site that monitors the activities of Bush and his administration and gets tens of thousand of hits each day.
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37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
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The Truth About a Liar,
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This review is from: Big Bush Lies: 20 Essays and a List of the 50 Most Telling Lies of George W. Bush (Paperback)
For Americans who think George W. Bush may be the worst president we will ever have had in our history, this book will provide all the ammunition they could ask for. This book of twenty essays and a list of fifty lies are irrefutable. Readers may remember things they forgot already that made them detest Mr. Bush in the first place.
Detractors will make rationalizations that the lies are only the opinions of the authors, or that Clinton lied too. In no case will they be able to refute what Bush has said and done, which were deliberate attempts to deceive or misinform. The other point here is that Bush is the president, not Clinton, and no one died when Clinton lied. They may add it demonstrates a pathological hatred for Bush, but it is also true that people have a rational hatred for him because he is a liar of the worst magnitude. This book documents them, and this is only about his first term. In fact, it may beg the question of how people could support a man whose lies have been so well documented yet ignored or discounted. Bush's lies, mischaracterizations, omissions, have been raised (or lowered) to an art form: While running for the republican nomination, Bush stated that as governor, Texas had the most comprehensive health care plan in the United States. What he failed to mention was that he vetoed the bill twice. His second veto was overridden and he left it on his desk, unsigned. He lied. When asked point blank about a drunk driving conviction, he refused to answer the question and used a deflection about who might have let the information slip so close to election day. He lied. He sold company stock which he knew was going to tank. It did within the next two months. He violated the several insider trading laws. He said that he was found to have done nothing wrong. That was true. What he didn't mention was that the head of the SEC, the one who would have investigated him, was appointed by his father. In other words, he lied. He has attempted to deceive the public on Iraq, tax relief, medical care, support for veterans, the economy, the debt, and the environment, to name a few. Lies big and small are documented in this book and provide a powerful indictment of a man who not only appears to lie completely, but appears to do it without conscience. The tone of this book is not vociferous. It lays out Bush's recorded words, and respected sources that are frequently cited. If you need ammunition against his admirers, this is a good book to have. It should not be just read, but kept. It should remind us that we should be on our guard should anyone so loathsome aspire to the highest office in the land ever again.
53 of 60 people found the following review helpful:
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Just the facts, Maam.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Big Bush Lies: 20 Essays and a List of the 50 Most Telling Lies of George W. Bush (Paperback)
"Big Bush Lies" is essential reading for any political junky who is in the mood to bash Bush, and who wants to have the facts to back up their anti-Bush arguments. Editor Jerry Bartlett was documenting online press accounts of Bush beginning almost with the announcement of his candidacy. Four years later, that treasure trove of research is now evident on each and every page of this impressive volume. Well researched, well sourced, and well written, this expose covers a multitude of lies told by Bush and the Bush administration and may well prove to the the definitive catalogue of Bush Lies, simply because it is so comprehensive, and so well sourced. A must have resource for anyone interested in analyzing the Bush presidency.
34 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
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Very well-sourced expose of the Bush administration,
By Cherie Adam (baltimore, md United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Big Bush Lies: 20 Essays and a List of the 50 Most Telling Lies of George W. Bush (Paperback)
This book is unique among the blasts of the Bush regime in that it is extremely well-sourced with footnotes, bibliography, etc. - in fact, to the point of overkill, as I doubt many people will wade through the exhaustive array of studies, reports, etc that document each and every lie. But, the fact remains, the documentation of the outrages of this administration are there. And they are solid. I mean, it is hard to refute the findings of the American Lung Association on the bad effects of air pollution, or argue with 60 Nobel prize winning scientists' assertions on Bush's misuse of science.
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