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The Bush Dyslexicon: Observations on a National Disorder Paperback – June 17, 2002

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"A particularly astute analysis of the television coverage of the campaign, the election, and the political aftermath."―Newsday

The Bush Dyslexicon is a raucously funny ride―whether it's Bush envisioning "a foreign-handed foreign policy" or Miller skewering vociferous cultural conservatives like William Bennett and Lynne Cheney for their silence on Bush's particular "West Texas version of Ebonics." But there is also a strong undercurrent of outrage. Only because our elections have become so dependent on television and its emphatic emptiness, says Miller, could a man of such sublime and complacent ignorance assume the highest office in the land.

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W. W. Norton & Company
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June 17, 2002
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5.5 x 0.8 x 8.2 inches
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0393322963
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978-0393322965
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In W.'s world, political messages resignate, racial quotas vulcanize society, outstretched hands are shaked, and Bush himself is consistently misunderestimated. Bushspeak II has been a mother lode for the quickie-book industry, but Miller's is the first contribution to the genre that goes beyond the hearty (if cheap) laughs to be had by simply reprinting the man's words. Here the Bushisms provide the spine for a bracing, entertaining, and wrathful polemic; behind the malapropisms, Miller finds a po- litical and media malaise that's more worrisome than just having a President to whom it's all Grecian.
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company; Revised ed. edition (June 17, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 418 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393322963
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393322965
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.2 inches

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Katherine

Read with a grain of salt, it's very eye-opening

Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2003

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This started off as a "funny" read for me, but became much more quite quickly. I initially bought this book thinking I'd giggle over some of Bush's stupider quotes and that would be that.

Instead what happened was that I took an enormously long time finishing a book that scared the ... out of me. I couldn't sit and read this for long stretches at a time and so it took me literally weeks to finish. Miller has an agenda--I won't deny that. And even as left leaning as I am, I still thought that a few of his points were stretched--he would quote something and then give his interpretation of what it meant, and I would disagree. For the most part, however, he paints a pretty vivid picture of our current administration.

I won't get into summarizing or citing examples, because then I'd be here all day, but I'll say that as long as it is read with both eyes open and your critical thinking hat on to pick out the times when he's reaching a bit too hard, it's a good book and I'd recommend it. I bought a copy for my mom.

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Frightening

Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2001

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While an intelligent person has already realized that our president often has trouble turning a phrase, The Bush Dyslexicon goes beyond laughing at W.'s short-comings. The results are frightening.
One of the main arguments concurs with a previous suggestions that Bush has dyslexia. The author, while leaving this as a possibility, goes to further to suggest that Bush is an amnesiac. For this reason, Bush mixes up pre-rehersed answers to questions in his mind, only getting small memorized portions correct. Also, Bush has trouble answering any question straight without falling back on some previous touchy-feely jargon. Does he even remember the question asked. We know W. is not the most intelligent man, but he is a product of the system. The book explains the conspiracy that got Bush into the oval office. Yes, it was Daddy's money and his rich friends. Also, explain how Daddy's money influenced the media. Was it an accident that rather focusing on Gore's knowledge of the issues that the media focused on W.'s image as a good ole boy? Why is it that Americans never heard the story of W.'s bro is Florida altering the voter list illegally? And believe me, W.'s record as the governor of Texas is less than sparkling.
Truthfully, this book would take further explanation than the 1,000 words I am allowed. But if you are concerned about the state of democracy in America, this book should be on your read list. And the Democrat presidential candidate should be on your voter list in 2004.

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Shooshie

The Bush Dyslexicon: Duh!

Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2002

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Would the person who thinks George Bush is a genius please stand up? We have prizes for you! Ok... that's what I thought. Nobody's standing. We've kindly accepted that Bush is sort of the Forrest Gump of presidents. Yet most people still seem to think that's just A-ok. He's a nice fellow. He's just a little worried we're going to turn into a herd of swine and attack, so he's built a new army to watch over us at home, and he's taking away our rights, and all that, but he's a nice boy.
I think the guy is smarter than we give him credit for. He has all this political stuff memorized and can dodge any question with nonsense that's the envy of a constipated bull. But nobody seems to pay attention to his real record in Texas, the one that ramped its pollution to the top polluter in the US, and gave business the keys to the henhouse, so to speak.
Mark Crispin Miller is not a Bush fan. If you can't read books by people who don't agree with you, and you happen to be a Bush fan, then this book probably won't sit well with you, although arguably you would benefit from it. There is a lot of information in the book, sometimes told ungently, but Miller never stoops to some of the name calling and accusations so common in political screed. He lets Bush do most of the talking, after the first few chapters that tell us the background of the Bush family, and when Bush talks, things get scary. Lots of anecdotes, lots of quotes from lots of people. It's an important book to have just so you get some idea what we really have up there as chief mouthpiece of the paranoid rightwing.
Shooshie

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Alan Deikman

More than just the politics of the moment

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2002

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I have both editions of this book; the earlier one and the one published just this year. The newer edition is much improved from the new material, but the message is the same.
This appears to be a vastly misunderstood work. I understand that some bookstores stack this in the "humor" or "political humor" (if they have one) sections. That's like placing "Animal Farm" in the children's section because it has talking pigs and horses. Personally, I don't find disabilities amusing (Bush's no less than any others) and Miller seems to make it clear he feels the same way. Also, the joke has been running on too long by this time to be funny.
The other mistake is that this is simply an attack by a liberal professor against the conservative Bush president. Yes, Miller is obviously a liberal and does attack Bush with a near lethal precision of insight and logic -- the kind Peggy Noonan wishes she had -- but "Dyslexicon" is every bit as much about the rest of us as it is about Bush. It is about how our superficial media allows a creature such as Bush to exist and even flourish.
Regardless of how you feel about the current president Bush, reading Dyslexicon is very instructive in understanding the psychology of others, particularly politicians. That's a useful skill in this day and age.

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KelvinJD

BUSH WHACKED

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 21, 2008

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I've given the subject some thought and have come to the conclusion that if I were a U.S. citizen I'd be a natural Democrat. After reading this book it would seem utter madness to be anything else, particularly given the subject under the spotlight, the most powerful man in the world.

Yes, GEORGE WALKER BUSH, The Most Powerful Man In The World, a man for whom 9/11 terrorists were once described as "those folks..."

MARK CRISPIN MILLER has provided us with a serious and riveting insight into the mind of GEORGE W and, despite many Presidential utterings appearing to contradict even the most tenuous connection with intelligence, he is far from being a simple-minded ass. No, W (DUBYA), is a smart ass, a Hawk, a born-again knucklehead who believes in Creationism and the death penalty, presiding over a country that is now in severe economic decline - the effects of which are being felt on this side of the pond, thanks to some disastrous sub-prime mortgage buyouts. Good on ya, George.

Fortunately, you don't have to fully understand American politics to get along with this book. It helps, of course, because the detail is so fascinating, but there's plenty of basic meat to get your teeth into, including: GEORGE BUSH SENIOR's barely concealed jealousy of the KENNEDY dynasty; alarming comparisons between The NIXON ADMINISTRATION and the current one, ghosts of certain characteristics reflected in the Son's tone and attitude; the President's temper, rarely revealed in public but apparently harsh and unforgiving; dirty tricks campaigns that have ended the careers of those who have sought to expose unpalatable truths...

THE BUSH DYSLEXICON may look like a one-trick pony - if you judge a book by its (first-run) cover - but that is a disservice. No, sir, this little beauty is a full country mile away from those cheap quote and soundbite affairs and belongs squarely in the must-read category, with a prose style that is well researched, highly engaging and often very funny. A lot can be learned if you do it that way.

He'll be gone soon, Dubya, so you can wave goodbye to all that empty-headedness masquerading as...well, you decide. For me, the man's enough to chill the bone to the marrow.

Or make you vote Democrat. Whatever the nation decides, 2008 should be an interestin' year, folks.

VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

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