33 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good for conservative Christians new to politics., August 15, 2006
This review is from: MuscleHead Revolution: Overturning Liberalism with Commonsense Thinking (Hardcover)
I listen to a lot of talk radio, so there was very little in this book that was new to me. That said, what was new to me was interesting and made me want to learn more. In particular, I would like to understand more about the history of how both the Republican and Democratic parties contributed to, or fought against, the civil rights movement.
Beyond a few detailed examples, such as some accounts of some horrific crimes committed against and even by children, this book is written at such a high overview level that most anyone who attends a church in a conservative denomination of Christianity and listens to talk radio could have written it. It says what other conservative commentators have been saying for years, only with less detail.
About the only thing new that Kevin McCullough brings to the table are his proprietary nicknames for the fighters in the culture war: the "musclehead" conservatives with common sense are fighting the "Diabolic Dagger Society" of liberal media, academia, and entertainment. I expected more.
Another way to look at this book is as "Ann Coulter lite". In fact, on page 44 the author writes, "A MuscleHead, or a commonsense conservative, understands and believes that there is a God. Many liberals, by contrast, believe they ARE God." This is a slight modification of a classic "Ann Coulterism" that she's been saying over and over. The way the author writes this, it seems as if he wants the reader to think that he coined this phrase himself.
In fact, wrapping up conservatism in Christianity was to me a weakness in this book. Of course many Christians are conervative, but a person doesn't need to be able to quote the New Testament to see that sexual anarchy will destroy a society, or at least make a society evil and dangerous. That's common sense, right?
Also, the book seemed to fail it it's primary objective, and that is to "overturn liberalism with commonsense thinking." I kept waiting for the action plan, brilliant insights as to just what can be done to fight these evil liberals, and all I got was "There's strength in numbers." There are more of us than there are of them, so arm yourself with faith and truth, spread the word, and keep pressing on. That's about it! Again, I expected more.
About the only thing I got a lot of from this book is examples of the evils of liberals, and there was very little there I had not already heard or read about.
The bottom line:
If you are a Christian conervative who:
Feels called to do more than go to church and wait for the Rapture, and...
You are becoming concerned about the creeping evil in our society, and...
You want the conservative side of the culture war summarized for you without biting sarcasm or a detailed bibliography (there is a bibliography, but it's short and not chapter by chapter), and...
You have not already read books by authors like Ann Coulter, Tammy Bruce, or Shelby Steele, then you might get something out of this book. It's a place to start.
If you have already read a number of books by the authors mentioned above, and you've been listening to talk radio for the last two years, you could just about write this book yourself.
This is basically a lightweight "ra ra" book for people who go to church every Sundy and listen to talk radio. I got through it in two hours. To me it was almost completely derivative and redundant, but it may not be for you.
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18 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Same Old Same Old, January 23, 2007
This review is from: MuscleHead Revolution: Overturning Liberalism with Commonsense Thinking (Hardcover)
Nothing new here. This is just the same old same old found in books by Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly and a host of others. It's as if Kevin just wanted to cash in on the popularity of conservative books.
Like other books of this ilk, don't buy it new. Wait a few months, and you'll be able to get a like-new copy for about $1.
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