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I Can't Believe I'm Sitting Next to a Republican: A Survival Guide for Conservatives Marooned Among the Angry, Smug, and Terminally Self-Righteous Paperback – December 21, 2010

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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Encounter Books; Reprint edition (December 21, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 159403480X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1594034800
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
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  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (53 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 starsPutting a humorous face on something getting ever less funny.
By lighten_up_already2 VINE VOICE on June 5, 2009
Format: Hardcover
Well, it isn't quite a "can't put it down" book, at least not for me. But perhaps the reason why I can only read it a few chapters at a time is because it is more scary to me than funny. (I tend to reserve the five star rating for the books I can't put down).

Through numerous first-hand examples (completely believable to me because I live in a very "blue" city), Harry Stein shows just what it's like to run up against the ideological biofilm of political correctness, or "progressive conformance" as I prefer to call it.

Stein writes with humour and seems to have a gift of calmly relating events that, if you pay attention as you read, you can tell caused him lot of emotional grief. As one who has tried to reason with people immersed in ideology myself (on a far smaller scale than Stein has) I know that it can be an experience as dumbfounding as it is disheartening.

The scary part of it all is that this book provides a first hand, up close and personal view of how so much of our society, particularly in the areas of information and history transmittal, have been taken over by people steeped in rage and self-righteousness brought on by their own voluntary enslavement to an ideology, and who have turned almost entire professions into education camps for the propagation of their worldview.

The totalitarian spirit is not only alive, but very well indeed, and growing like a virus in our republic. We may soon be mastered by those who cannot even seem to master themselves in the area of basic emotional control, much less in staying calm enough to entertain opposing points of view with an attitude toward civility and basic fairness.
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5.0 out of 5 starsLess funny than you would think...
By Amazon Customer on July 4, 2009
Format: Hardcover
Don't judge by the cover. This book is not funny. I spent 40 years of my life living in Communist Poland. Now Communism is long gone, and I am U.S. citizen. And I am figuring it out that in today USA presenting myself as Republican is actually more dangerous and is creating more problems that presenting myself as anti-communist when living under Communist regime. It is OK to be on a party and make jokes about Bush, Palin, McCain and such. Actually, this is mandatory. It is NOT OK to make jokes about Biden and Obama. Once, for such jokes, I was requested to leave. Requested by my good friends.

I believe that this book is not funny. It is tragic. As tragic as what is going on in this country
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Funny Look at the Plight of a Conservative Living in a Blue State
By J T Cooper on June 1, 2009
Format: Hardcover
Posted June 1, 2009, 1:09 PM EST: Harry Stein has written another political hit book about the plight of a conservative living in a blue state. I found myself laughing out loud at his descriptions of his encounters with the liberals in his home town and how he dealt with, or avoided contact with, these foam at the mouth, raving, irrational, pinko liberal bed wetting degenerates who think they have the only political answers to everything. The book has a serious and troubling side; namely the academic world's suppression of conservative thought and the blacklisting of academics who are not liberal in their thoughts or ideas. There are other areas of discrimination that he describes in great and disturbing detail, particularly in the world of newspaper and magazine journalism and radio or television work. I was fascinated by the book and the rich and often humorous stories he tells. I received a copy in New York and read the entire book before I reached home. It is hard to put down, so don't start reading it at night, or you won't get much sleep. I will wait with great impatience for his next opus conservatorius and in the meantime will get my legislator wife to buy a bunch of these books for our holiday giving. You should also get his first book: How I Accidentally Joined the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.
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3.0 out of 5 starsA bit of a letdown... 3 ½ stars
By Brian Baker VINE VOICE on July 19, 2009
Format: Hardcover
When I saw the book's title and cover art, they struck me as hilariously funny... especially as a traditional conservative of the small "L" libertarian bent living in the liberal bastion of the Los Angeles area. I've had exactly the experience as depicted on the cover happen to me here, God knows how many times.

Discussing politics with my friends in the local eateries deep in enemy territory in places like Westwood or the Peoples' Republic of Santa Monica, I find it endlessly amusing to see the faces of fellow diners at nearby tables as they hear the opinions being voiced at my table. Either they don't agree and are horrified, or they've been served some very bad sushi.

I'd never before heard of Stein, so I thought I'd give his missive a try. Unfortunately, I think the cover's actually the funniest part of the book.

He does have some amusing anecdotes, and examples - some very good ones, at that - of liberal intolerance of anything that doesn't fit the rigorous confines of "progressive" dogma (I wonder why they don't like calling themselves "liberal" anymore, hmmmm......?).

Unfortunately, I don't think he has quite the accomplished grasp of being funny as some others who write in the genre, such as his friend Bernie Goldberg, Burt Prelutsky, or Ann Coulter. Further, most of his stories are really New York-centric, so if you're not from the Big Apple you may find it pretty hard to identify with much that's written. In my experience, Noo Yawkahs have a very different sense of what's funny from the rest of the country.

Overall, not bad as humor; dead-on as political commentary.

I'm sure I'll now get slammed with "No" votes from liberals. Oh, well....
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2.0 out of 5 starsTwo Stars

meh

Published 3 months ago by Chelsea
1.0 out of 5 starsWhat a miserable, depressing book. I couldn't get rid of it fast...

Another angry old white male republican

Published 4 months ago by Long Beach Dude
1.0 out of 5 starsStein hasn't "grown up," he's grown obnoxiously self-righteous

Harry Stein, in 1983, when he was 35, wrote a really helpful, insightful, mostly kind-hearted book called, "Ethics (and other liabilities). Read more

Published 7 months ago by Virginia
4.0 out of 5 starsWhich makes me think of a funny Ann Coulter line I'll paraphrase

This book immediately made me think of Tom Wolfe's observations about the chattering intellectuals' arrogant put-downs of Red America he heard at Manhattan parties where no one... Read more

Published 15 months ago by MDLION
1.0 out of 5 starsThe author used both profanity and vulgarity at times, ...

The author used both profanity and vulgarity at times, which were not necessary to prove his point. I read a few pages and trash-canned the book.

Published 16 months ago by D. Montgomery
4.0 out of 5 starsStein nails it

A light read, but filled with amusing (and head-exploding) anecdotes that demonstrate how progressive authoritarians dominate the institutions of lower and higher education,... Read more

Published 16 months ago by Richard D. Provost
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

GREAT

Published 21 months ago by CYNTHIA FORBES
3.0 out of 5 starsGood for some folks, but could be better

This book trades substance for funny fluff, which is great for those wanting a break from more weighty fare. Read more

Published on March 8, 2014 by DSB
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Being from Chicago (city, not 'burbs), I can strongly relate to this book. Though I thought it would offer up advice on how to combat the situation, if was still very enjoyable &... Read more

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Thank you very much. I cetainly will look forward to doing more business with you in the near future. Joan

Published on May 21, 2013 by Joan Crane

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