Right from the Heart: The ABC's of Reality in America [Hardcover]

Phil Valentine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2003

If, as some have said, conservatives are ruled by facts and liberals by emotions, one would be hard-put to find a better example than popular radio talk-show host Phil Valentine’s Right from the Heart: The ABCs of Reality in America. Initially his ABCs were developed as a primer to be posted on his Web site in order to bring his listeners up to speed on his viewpoints. The short Web essays proved so popular and informative he realized he had struck a responsive chord, that the realities he had outlined spoke to a great number of people.

Right from the Heart provides a conservative viewpoint on a wide range of ideas, from A to Z. Among them are guns, global warming, drugs, partial birth abortion, education, political correctness, entrepreneurs, and the wisdom of Ronald Reagan. In doing so, it covers the hot issues of today as well as perennial topics of interest. The knowledge he imparts is more than just information. It’s ammunition from his radio commentaries in which he debunks the arguments of the Left.

Many arguments between liberals and conservatives degenerate into name-calling and unsubstantiated claims. Right from the Heart distills those raw emotions and extraneous thoughts into a cohesive argument for conservative principles and values, covering the full array of today’s fiscal and social issues in a manner that is comprehensive without being overwhelming.

This book may inform you, make you laugh, or enrage you; but if it makes you think, then the author has done his job.

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About the Author

Phil Valentine is the popular radio talk-show host of The Phil Valentine Show on WLAC in Nashville, Tennessee, the top-rated show in the mid-South. He also has worked in Philadelphia for 18 months, hosting one of the most popular talk shows there. He lives in Nashville.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 319 pages
• Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing (August 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581823541
• ISBN-13: 978-1581823547
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,388,195 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Liberals Read This Book!, September 3, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Right from the Heart: The ABC's of Reality in America (Hardcover)

A Masterpiece!
Reviewer: A reader from New York, United States
To say that this is an informative easy read is to grossly understate the
facts. I have been a lifelong democrat...ok a liberal democrat. I always
just assume that all of these guys are just Rush Limbaugh clones, all
singing from his hymnal. A friend of mine convinced me to read this book and
I must admit...I have started to re-think some of my views. This guy states
his opinion & gives you the FACTS to back it up...it's hard to dispute what
he says. I'm still a democrat (notice I left the "d" lower case), but no
longer consider myself a liberal...I can't believe it myself...READ THIS
BOOK!

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beware of liberal saboteurs, September 27, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Right from the Heart: The ABC's of Reality in America (Hardcover)

In his review of this book (below), hanuan67 from Seattle has obviously not read 'Right From The Heart' by Phil Valentine. I have, and I found it to be at once provocative and extremely accurate. With the way his arguments are laid out, Valentine makes it impossible to dispute the case he makes on each subject. If liberals would spend less time blindly attacking and more time actually reading this book we would all be better for it. This is a must buy. Put it in your shopping cart and head for the checkout!

28 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No-holds-barred conservatism, September 2, 2003

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Chris Salzer (Gainesville, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Right from the Heart: The ABC's of Reality in America (Hardcover)

Upon reading the title of the first chapter("AIDS has a cure. It's called abstinence."),I knew I was in for a no-holds-barred book that would refuse to skirt any of the sacred cows of the day. Phil Valentine pulls no punches while mercilessly debunking liberalism and its terribly flawed ideology with a veritable myriad of salient talking points. I found this book to be a keeper and a great reference for winning oratory war with my liberal friends.

For starters, Valentine denounces the Carter and Clinton peace accord with North Korea for what it was - "a colossal failure." Valentine masterfully refutes the global warming paranoia for what it is - "junk science." "One volcanic eruption alone can spew forth more so-called greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than this country has produced in its entire history, yet Mother Nature seems to absorb them without batting an eye."

Valentine writes a truly deserving chapter on The Great Communicator and his triumph over communism. Contrary to liberal popular opinion, Valentine writes, communism did not just arbitrarily "find the ash heap of history." Trust but verify and peace through strength are more than empty phrases that liberals abhor; they're powerful rallying cries and words to live by. Valentine pillories affirmative action for what it is - quotas that discriminate by race. Valentine states, "You don't right the wrongs of the past by wronging the people of the present." Also in Valentine's sights are the fatuous liberal cornerstones of political correctness, higher taxes, union collectivism, lax immigration standards(or lack thereof), atheism, welfare, gun banning, abortion, a weak military, and apathetic national security - just to name a few. Valentine writes a winner that every conservative(and liberal for that matter) should read. It may even change a liberal's inane thinking process. Wait - I forgot. Liberals are categorically devoid of logic.

"The only thing that deters aggression by your enemies is a strong military. Churchill and Reagan understood that. Chamberlain and Clinton didn't."