The Official Handbook of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy (Paperback)

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"Mark Smith is one of the fastest rising legal stars in the country." -- Ann Coulter, 2004

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Memo to Hillary: the conspiracy is alive and well, and now its members have a handbook! Just in time for the 2004 election year, The Official Handbook of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy is your practical guide to help you win your arguments with even the looniest of liberals. Attorney and conservative commentator Mark W. Smith deconstructs the 100 biggest liberal myths, provides facts and proof to expose liberal lies and hypocrisy, and delivers hard evidence on why the liberals' policies on taxes, welfare, the war in Iraq, gun control, affirmative action, and the environment, to name just a few, are just plain wrong. The Official Handbook of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy (official membership card included!) provides the conservative answer to the favorite myths advanced by the ACLU, NOW, Greenpeace, Handgun Control, and a host of other Birkenstock wearing, Brie-eating weenies. Become an official card-carrying member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy today!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 245 pages
• Publisher: Regnery Publishing, Inc. (March 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895260859
• ISBN-13: 978-0895260857
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (115 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #630,339 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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297 of 376 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read this and then listen to Air-America., April 7, 2004

By	Stephen Cords (Brockton, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It's amazing how much sense this book makes.

Growing up I always considered myself intellectual and freethinking liberal. I joined MassPIRG in college (Ralph Nader was a personal hero) and organized fund raisers for famine relief. Then I grew up, got married, had a couple of kids and all of a sudden the people I had associated with in college started looking a little kooky.

I actually read The Constitution and discovered that there was nothing in there about making sure other countries around the world liked us. There is a clause guaranteeing freedom OF religion, not freedom FROM religion. The government as designed by our founding fathers did not include a responsibility to feed and clothe people who don't work by taking money from those who do. The military is there to protect us in times of peace and war; and maintaining a strong force in times of peace may have something to do with the peace continuing.

Within the past two years I began listening to talk radio and agreed with more than I didn't. (I will never be referred to as a "ditto-head".) When Air-America came on I tuned in via the internet (no broadcasters in my area) and was shocked to hear nothing but character attacks, name-calling, and a complete lack of rational discussion. Just as was described in this book.

Read this book and see how easy it is to pop holes in the opposition's arguments when all they have is a bag of hot air.

After you finish this handbook, a copy of Stein's "How I Joined The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy And Found Inner Peace" would be a nice companion piece.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you are a conservative or a liberal rethinking your position, this is a fine sourcebook. It will just upset liberals., May 31, 2006

By	Craig Matteson (Ann Arbor, MI) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

This review is from: The Official Handbook of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy 2006: The Arguments You Need to Defeat the Loony Left (Paperback)

I think you can tell from the title that this is not going to be a book of nuance, subtle argumentation, or an exploration for common ground between conservatives and liberals. While there is a great deal of good information for new and young conservatives wanting to get a handle on the comments and arguments he or she hears on the major media news shows, the New York Times and Washington Post and papers that run their articles, MTV, at their school, and so forth, it is not going to provide much beyond entertainment for experienced conservatives who follow their politics closely. So, here is a way to get brief and cogent responses to the statements your liberal friends parrot at you (no matter how sincere they might be).

There are twenty-seven chapters and each covers a topic of current interest. Within each chapter a series of liberal talking points or arguments (called Liberal Lunacy) are presented one by one and answered. Quotes from big time liberals are given and each chapter ends with talking points from the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy (VRWC). Again, it is pointless to criticize this book for being sardonic, for not giving liberal arguments the kind of respect or even presented in a way approved of by Al Franken, that is not its point. It is a book by a conservative for conservatives. It is unsurprising that fans of Air America or the Daily Kos would reject this book with fervor just as those liberal organs are passionately ignored throughout the Red States.

On page 238 there is a humorous chart that compares a VRWC Survival Kit against a similar Liberal Survival Kit. It is an example of the tone of the whole book. For example, the conservatives would want a 9 mm Beretta while the liberal would want scented candles. Or the member of the VRWC would want run flat tires while the liberal would want Birkenstocks. The book then has a VRWC Action Kit, which has lists of names of conservatives (many talk show hosts or columnists), conservative magazines, think tanks, web sites, and conservative books.

This is not the most nuanced argument for conservative views you can find, but so what? It isn't meant to be. This book is fun, and provides support and information for conservatives who want to be more sure of their footing when getting hit about the head and shoulders by liberals who feel their views are simply the mainstream view because they can point to the NY Times, Washington Post, ABC, NBC, CBS, Time, Newsweek, and so forth, when in fact these are all too often only publishers of the liberal point of view (and even more nakedly than Fox News is conservative - though they will never admit it).

Anyway, the book is a lot of fun and informative - if you are a conservative. If you are a liberal you will likely just get upset and why let it ruin your day? Now, if you find yourself starting to question some of your liberal assumptions and want to get a handle on the other side, this would be a great place to take a look at the conservative side of things, and then use the list of sources at the back for further reading and you will find yourself switching sides pretty quickly. And, in my view, that would be a great move.

25 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Common Sense, April 17, 2006

By	B. Tindol "Government - Less is Best" (Bronwood, GA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Official Handbook of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy 2006: The Arguments You Need to Defeat the Loony Left (Paperback)

Great read. Simply put, nothing put forth by liberals (which is nothing more than a pseudonym for communist / socialist) will ever pass a litmus test for common sense.

Mr. Rivera-garcia is a prime example. Every law in existence is an infringement upon individual civil liberties in the interest of maintaining a stable society. The lazy (with a z not an s) are the ones who expect government to be responsible for providing citizens' every need and want - a la Castro, Dictator, Slave Master - rather than cherish the social and financial independence from government control that so many died to establish. Liberals are spoiled children who insist that someone support them, but expect freedom to run amok at will with no restrictions upon their behavior. Much like the "down with the evil corporation establishment" fools at Woodstock 40 years ago, who in the same breath complained because the food, medical, and other facilities were insufficient to accommodate the crowd. Where did they think food, medicine and port-o-potties came from - the sky? From the production lines of their "evil corporation establishment." Liberalism = Ignorance = Danger.