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Gangster Government: Barack Obama and the New Washington Thugocracy Hardcover – April 4, 2011

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“GANGSTER GOVERNMENT”
Columnist Michael Barone invented the phrase.
President Obama has perfected the practice.


And in this new and stunning book,
New York Times best-selling author David Freddoso (The Case Against Barack Obama) provides the much-needed exposé of an administration that has brought Chicago-style corruption and strong-arm politics to Washington, looking to reward its friends (the unions, federal workers, and other liberal interest groups) and punish its enemies (the private sector workers and taxpayers who foot the bill for Obama¹s massive expansion of the federal government).

In
Gangster Government you'll learn, among other shocking revelations:
How the Obama administration has used “czars” and “recess appointments” to install powerful bureaucrats, some with extreme views and shady pasts, without congressional oversight
How the Obama administration ignored the Constitution and reversed 100 years of bankruptcy law to reward its friends (the United Autoworkers) in the GM and Chrysler bailout
Why even the pretense of “cutting costs” in Obamacare came second to rewarding the Democrat-supporting trial lawyers' lobby
Why, ignoring federal law, the Obama administration is trying to shield the TSA workers who search passengers at airports from private sector competition
How the trillion dollar "stimulus" was directed overwhelmingly at protecting
government workers supported by the taxpayers
Why “green jobs” are all about shaking down the taxpayer for favored businesses—not about truly “sustainable” energy or jobs
How the Obama administration bullies private businesses and even state governments that don't cooperate with gangster government

Gangster Government is a devastating and revealing look at the momentous first two years of the Obama administration and its subversion of our Constitution and laws. It casts a hard look at a president whose training on Chicago’s political playground shines through every bent law and every broken promise.

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"The Nobel Committee should read Gangster Government before it gives our president another peace prize."--Ann Coulter, bestselling author and Legal Affairs Correspondent for Human Events

"Somehow Barack Obama has gotten away with pretending to be a good-government guy and a scourge of the special interests. David Freddoso's Gangster Government is the potent antidote to this spin. With lively detail and devastating analysis, Freddoso reveals how the president and his administration use the brute force of government to squelch criticism, punish enemies, and even steal from those who stand in their way. Fawning journalists have likened Obama to Lincoln, FDR, JFK, and Reagan--this book shows that Obama is more akin to Nixon." --Tim Carney, author of Obamanomics and Senior Political Columnist, The Washington Examiner

"David Freddoso, one of America's finest reporters, has written a masterpiece exposé on Barack Obama's first two years in the Oval Office. Gangster Government gives readers the detailed inside scoop on an administration populated by officials who ignore the constitutional limits on government while abusing the power of the state to reward their friends and punish their enemies." --Terence P. Jeffrey, author of Control Freaks and Editor in Chief of CNS News

"Gangster government is always a danger, whoever is in power. It is a greater danger the more government is deeply enmeshed with the private sector and when its leaders believe that rules should be bent or ignored in order to benefit favored constituencies. So thanks to David Freddoso for providing a report that enables citizens to decide just how far gangster government has gone in this administration." --Michael Barone, from the Foreword

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The Nobel Committee should read Gangster Government before it gives our president another peace prize. Ann Coulter, bestselling author and Legal Affairs Correspondent for Human Events
Somehow Barack Obama has gotten away with pretending to be a good-government guy and a scourge of the special interests. David Freddoso s
Gangster Government is the potent antidote to this spin. With lively detail and devastating analysis, Freddoso reveals how the president and his administration use the brute force of government to squelch criticism, punish enemies, and even steal from those who stand in their way. Fawning journalists have likened Obama to Lincoln, FDR, JFK, and Reagan this book shows that Obama is more akin to Nixon. Tim Carney, author of Obamanomics and Senior Political Columnist, The Washington Examiner
David Freddoso, one of America s finest reporters, has written a masterpiece expose on Barack Obama s first two years in the Oval Office. Gangster Government gives readers the detailed inside scoop on an administration populated by officials who ignore the constitutional limits on government while abusing the power of the state to reward their friends and punish their enemies.
Terence P. Jeffrey, author of Control Freaks and Editor in Chief of CNS News
Gangster government is always a danger, whoever is in power. It is a greater danger the more government is deeply enmeshed with the private sector and when its leaders believe that rules should be bent or ignored in order to benefit favored constituencies. So thanks to David Freddoso for providing a report that enables citizens to decide just how far gangster government has gone in this administration.
Michael Barone, from the Foreword
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Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1596986484
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Regnery; First Edition (April 4, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 350 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781596986480
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1596986480
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.03 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2013
Consist of 8 chapters and this book discusses: How the Obama administration has used Czars and recess appointments to install powerful bureaucrats, and some with extreme views and shady pasts, without congressional oversight. Also discussed: How Obama Administration has ignored the US Constitution and reversed 100 years of bankruptcy law to reward its friends (the UAW) in the GM and Chrysler bailout. Also discussed how the trillion dollar "stimulus" was directed overwhelmingly at protecting government workers supported by we taxpayers. Revealed also is Why "green jobs" are all about shaking down the taxpayer for favored businesses and not truly about "sustainable" energy or jobs. Impressing me was the discussion of how the Obama Administration bullies private businesses and even state governments that don't cooperate with the gangster government. I am an Independent Conservative and I find this book and excellent read.....Get one for yourself and you decide for yourself what you think of this book.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2015
Freddoso ends his book with the 1787 recount of a woman asking of Benjamin Franklin at the end of the Constitutional Convention what sort of government the convention had produced. "A Republic if you can keep it," replied Franklin.

'Gangster Government' is a detailed account of the abuses of the Obama administration on issues like the auto bailout to Obamacare. Freddoso provides clear examples, and in some cases, the words of Obama officials themselves to prove how they are destroying the fabric of federalism and the three separate branches of government provided for in our Constitution.

Regarding the auto bailout, here is a quote from Steve Rattner, Obama's car czar, "the auto rescue succeeded in no small part because we did not have to deal with Congress...I was stunned to realize that if the task force had not been able to operate under the aegis of TARP, we would have been subject to endless congressional posturing, deliberating, bickering, and micromanagement....If our country wants to do a better job of solving its problems, it needs to find a way to let talented government officials operate more like they do in the private sector." Forget Congress, Rattner believes he and Obama are the 'talented' officials that can properly instruct you which regulations you need to abide by and how they will get there.

Their 'talent' was so extraordinary that the Supreme Court remanded the Chrysler bailout case to a lower court for dismissal and vacated the appeals court decision such that it effectively expunged from the case from the books and records like it never happened so that no one could cite it in the future. The high court had to expunge the case because it violated the basic premises of bankruptcy law that only a Chicago style government can make happen.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2013
Chicago politics has come to the White House! I've had this book for a while and finally read it through, only to realize that the tactics discussed in this book ring true for the present administration. Unfortunately nobody woke up last September, and we have to suffer 4 more years of the most unparallelled incompetence since Carter. The man who would be King, will make our world a far less safe place! America as most of us know it is coming to an end, lately we have less clout then the local mom & pop corner store. Most countries of the world laugh at us rather than respect us, because we have become a PAPER TIGER!
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Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2012
Had our mainstream media done their job and properly vetted Obama we would not now be plagued with what is unquestionably the most corrupt presidency of my lifetime, and certainly one of the most corrupt in the history of our nation.

Kudos to David Freddoso for doing the job the media should have done, and doing so in an exceptionally readable and throughly documented fashion. Although this book arrived too late to prevent four years of Obama "thugocracy," perhaps it will contribute to preventing a devastating second term.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2012
Everyone should read this to have a better understanding of how power corrupts. Unless you are totally committed to "the end justify the means" philosophy, this will and should give you a lot of pause. You will find many things that you never see on TV, not even from Fox.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2012
Gangster Government that I purchased from Amazon is an extremely well written and poignant book. Freddoso explains the happenings that we as Americans are not told and details these accounts with accuracy and honesty. It is a real eye opener and makes one wonder about the phrase"...and the government of the people, by the people and for the people..." We citizens are evidently not the government's primary concern.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2012
I have just started reading the Kindle version of this book so I am unable to comment at it right now. From what I have gathered so far it seems that the author deals exclusively with the Obama adminstration's national politics. I cannot comment on that as I am not an American. However as far as foreign policy is concerned there is no difference with previous Presidents since Lyndon B. Johnson. George Dublyu Bush was probably te greatest thug of them all. They were and are to this present day all dancing to the tunes of the rogue state Israel, AIPAC and their stooges in Congress.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2011
I am still reading Gangster Government as I check what is said in ths book through different sources. Sources varify that these things have happened. I find it scary, shocking and very upsetting that anyone would do these things to the American People. Obama and his minnows should be put in jail for blatant abuse of power. There could be no motivator, other than being twisted and an enemy of this Country to do such things to the American People.
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