Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild (Hardcover)

by Michelle Malkin (Author)

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From Publishers Weekly
The spewing of vitriol, epithets and wild conspiracy theories suggest a collective nervous breakdown among liberals, according to conservative commentator Malkin who, in her latest book, makes no distinction between moderate and extreme liberals; everyone left of right is a nut who suffers from PEST-Post Election Selection Trauma. This syndrome, she explains, is democratic (small d), affecting stuffed-donkey clutching college students and seasoned congressmen and journalists whose overweening diatribes and hand-wringing Malkin has seized to illustrate an emotionally charged and irrational hatred of everything conservative. Malkin scoured blogs, speeches, media commentaries and even transcripts from Oprah for material, though she misses the boat in a number of instances, most notably in her obliviousness to sarcasm and irony, and she overextends her analytical prowess by offering shallow, shoddy critiques of theater, literature and modern art. Malkin uses extremist bloggers and airheaded celebrities as exemplars of the left, cherry picking the most egregiously tasteless examples of ill-conceived commentary or inflammatory behavior to bolster her case that liberals, as a whole, have gone off their rockers. Right-wingers looking for affirmation will enjoy.
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Product Description
A hilarious proof of the utter hypocrisy of Democrats who fashion themselves as role models of tolerance and civility.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Regnery Publishing, Inc. (November 25, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895260301
• ISBN-13: 978-0895260307
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (233 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #54,256 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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52 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A WAKE-UP CALL TO DEMOCRATS, April 6, 2006

By	Bonnie M. Parsley (CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I had been warned not to read this book because it was just a book that bashed Liberals. In reading it, however, I found that it was really a book about Liberals bashing, maligning and vilifying Conservatives, Republicans, Christians, Red State inhabitants, and specifically President Bush, and his entire administration and anyone else who doesn't think the way they do. Michelle Malkin lets liberals expose themselves by quoting them directly and showing how they think.

It is a sad day for America to see how our culture has declined. Civility and respect for fellow Americans has been totally abandoned by many Liberal Democrats. It is not just the fringes either. Malkin quotes leaders of the Democratic Party shouting insults, not only in the heat of campaigns, but also in the halls of congress. Ugly language, profanity and over the top hatred have permeated the psyche of the far left who now control the Democratic Party.

Liberal hatred is not confined to rhetoric either. Malkin reports on numerous acts of vandalism, physical attacks, and terrorist acts directed at Republican Headquarters around the country before and after the 2004 election. These acts were not confined to a few loonies but were pervasive and widespread across the country. If acts like these were directed at Democratic Headquarters we would have never heard the end of it by the mainstream media. The fact is that the mainstream media looks the other way, laughs off much of the outrageous speech and behavior of the left as a joke, suggesting the Conservatives have no sense of humor.

You will wonder what has happened to decency-to sanity when liberals obsess about assassinating the President, wallow in conspiracy theories, compare America to the worst murderous regimes in the world, and accuse our military of crimes equal to head-severing terrorists. This book should be a wake up call to the Democratic Party. Liberals who have long viewed themselves as compassionate, tolerant, open minded, and smart had better take a long hard look in the mirror and see what they have become.

34 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Damn the Consequences, November 23, 2005

By	Judah Levi (Oregon) - See all my reviews

Michelle always tells it like it is and damn the consequences. She gets a lot of grief from the liberal lunatic fringe like the ones she describes in her latest book and I admire her courage to confront them. I am a former Marine probably twice her size and I am not sure I would like to take them on.

Naturally, not all liberals are crazy. Most of them are just misled by their teachers/professors and the media. This book is about the ones who take things way too seriously and start believing that Republicans and conservatives are not just people who have another point of view but their mortal enemies. Even worse, they take actions based on that extremely distorted and violent view which is too often encouraged by the Michael Moores of the world.

If you want to learn just how out-of-touch the far left is then buy this book. None of the stories are fabricated - these are real people showing us how far they will go to deny others the right to dissent. They are Liberal-Nazis. According to these people, free speech is not a right unless your speech agrees with theirs. It's eye-opening and scary.

31 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Scary and Infuriating!, June 10, 2006

By	EddyG (Miami, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

Wow! Malkin has really hit the spot with this quick, but comprehensive read on how the Democrats and their fellow travellers have lost it since 9/11. By dividing the book into easily digested, topical, anecdotal accounts, she does a wonderful job of capturing how the liberal/left has shown its true colors during one of our nation's most trying times. As I read about the extremism, lies, distortions, ignorance, brutal uncivil behavior, hypocritical doublestandards, and how their "mainstreamers" cover-up or ignore the conduct, I couldn't help but be frightened. I've personally witnessed some of that behavior - it concerned me then, and really bothers me now. As you glide through the pages you can't help but conjure up scenes like the brutal "acts of repudiation" conducted by pro-government crowds against peaceful opponents of Cuba's Marxist dictatorship. It was especially sickening to read how poorly certain Iraq War Veterans were treated simply because they served in or supported the war effort.

With this book, Malkin has done us a favor by compiling the absolutely unconscionable behavior of a political movement, and its media facilitators, that daily displays why they shouldn't be given our popular trust. The book will infuriate the liberal/left (witness the poorly disguised disdain shown in the Publishers Weekly review) because it reveals them for what they are. However, it is a timely and necessary product that all common-sense driven Americans should read. Buy it, read it, cringe, then decide for yourself if it isn't a bit "scary and infuriating."