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Killing the Messenger: The Right-Wing Plot to Derail Hillary and Hijack Your Government Hardcover – September 15, 2015

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David Brock is the ultimate happy warrior. Once a leading right-wing hit man, Brock is now the Left's pre-eminent defender and truth-teller.

In this incisive, personal account, Brock disarms the major tentacles of the Republican Leviathan: the Koch Brothers, the Clinton haters, and the Fox Noise Machine. With the acumen of a seasoned political player, Brock takes readers inside his Democratic war rooms and their 24/7 battles with right-wing forces for control of the story lines and messages that will decide the 2016 election. And he chronicles his own evolution from lead Clinton attack-dog to one of Hillary Clinton's fiercest defenders as he knocks down the conservative case against her.

Finally, Killing the Messenger provides the no holds barred playbook for what the new right-wing conspirators will do in this election cycle to tear apart the electorate-and what good, engaged, and informed citizens can do to stop them.

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September 15, 2015
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"Lucid, persuasive, and passionate where it needs to be."―President Bill Clinton, Politico

"KILLING THE MESSENGER exposes the art of scandal-mongering by one of the guys who invented it. It's a must read for the chin scratchers of the Washington Beltway and grassroots activists alike. If you want to know the Republican playbook for smearing Democrats by making stuff up, read this and then use it as a guide on how to fight back."―James Carville

"In this remarkable book, David Brock shows how a determined group of progressives can fight back against a right-wing effort to discredit progressive politics and destroy Hillary Clinton. Drawing on knowledge only a former right-wing insider could have, Brock exposes the right's relentless politics of personal destruction, and even (gasp!) defends Hillary Clinton. KILLING THE MESSENGER will empower you to take back our politics and make it something more decent and noble."―Paul Begala, Democratic strategist and former counselor to President Bill Clinton

"Brock...was there from the beginning and is intimately familiar with the mind-set and tactics of the right....He really hasn't missed a moment."―New York Times Book Review

"Lucid, persuasive, and passionate where it needs to be."―President Bill Clinton

About the Author

David Brock is a widely published author and Democratic activist. In 2004, Brock founded Media Matters, the nation's premier media watchdog. Following the 2010 elections, Brock founded the Democratic SuperPAC American Bridge, which is one of the largest modern campaign war rooms ever assembled using research, tracking, and rapid response to defeat Republicans. He is the author of five books, including his 2002 best-selling memoir, Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative. His writing appears in USA Today, CNN.com, the Huffington Post, the Daily Beast, and Salon.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Twelve; First Ed edition (September 15, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1455533769
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1455533763
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches

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David Brock is a widely published author and Democratic activist.

In 2004, Brock founded Media Matters, the nation’s premier media watchdog. Following the 2010 elections, Brock founded the Democratic SuperPAC American Bridge, which is one of the largest modern campaign war rooms ever assembled using research, tracking, and rapid response to defeat Republicans.

He is the author of five books, including his 2002 best-selling memoir, Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative. His writing appears in USA Today, CNN.com, the Huffington Post, the Daily Beast and Salon.

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Ruth E. Stemper

Writer Brock has given us a lot of background information ...

Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2015

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Writer Brock has given us a lot of background information about the agenda of the Republican party in regard to Hillary. I was ambivalent in regards to her prior to reading this book. Although I admit it is slightly slanted, there is far too much detail to discount all that he has disclosed.
As a former Republican myself, (I woke up about 25 years ago), I am appalled at the machinations that the party goes through to prevent people from voting and lying about the facts, simply to win elections, knowing that their policies do not have the support of the American people.
Thank you Mr. Brock for your book.

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Reverse Engineer

This Is How The Clinton Scandals Got Started...From The Guy Who Started The Fires

Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2016

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As I write this, it is November 5th.
...and I admit, I have not read the whole book, or even much of the book.
I wish I could tell you to just "look inside" -- but oddly enough, when you do, what you see is NOT this book.
I hope, if you are concerned about this election, you will buy a Kindle copy (as Kindle readers are available practically every platform (and if it, too, isn't the right book, Amazon should give you your money back)

Here's a bit from the Introduction, since the "look inside" does not seem to be working...

"So I spent two years research and writing, retracing every step of Hillary Clinton's life, doing more than a hundred interviews and going back twenty years collecting virtually every piece of paper than had her name on it.

"Contrary to what my patrons expected, I found no silver bullet that would stop the Clintons. What I did find was a woman with a steadfast commitment to public service, a clear political vision, and a deep well of personal integrity. I couldn't write the book conservatives wnated, not without betraying the facts as I saw them -- and betraying myself in the process."

Now, no question, Brock's record is tainted, having created tremendous smoke screens around the Clintons, Anita Hill and more...

But this has at least as much cred as at least 90% of the hysterical right-wing nonsense going around.

I cannot underscore the importance of this book at this present time. But this is the guy behind the ill-gotten and subsequently discounted Troopergate, the guy who wrote a hit piece on Anita HIll, and managed to discount Hill's testimony, and get Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court (something he now regrets).

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DVM

This book lays it out brilliantly. I only hope the facts see the day ...

Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2016

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I was interested in finding out more about all the scandal surrounding Hillary Clinton because on a common sense level it never made much sense to me. This book make it clear to understand. It's hard to trust fact from fiction but I believe David Brock had very little to win or lose and so I am inspired by his interest in getting the truth out. Everything is more relevant in this 2016 election when the facts are rarely taken into consideration and lies end up hurting the people who rarely research them fully. This book lays it out brilliantly. I only hope the facts see the day of light. In only one week we elect our new president! I am in fear that too many people continue to place their distrust in the wrong person. Hillary wants to do good for this country and she always has. We all make mistakes. But as my husband has said, I'd rather vote for someone who admits they've made mistakes then vote for a lunatic who's NEVER wrong! Thanks for taking the path to truth!

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Randolph Eck

It's All about Hillary

Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2015

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David Brock started out as a right-wing reporter and author where he put out works such as The Real Anita Hill and Troopergate. He was commissioned to write a book about Hillary Clinton to be published in 1996. He ended up publishing a “nuanced portrait of Hillary that exonerated her on the long list of charges […] manufactured by her opponents.” It was at this point, he divorced from the conservative movement. He went on to found Media Matters to expose the right-wing fabrications.

In this book, he describes how conservative interests conspired to discredit Hillary and tarnish her record. The first four chapters explain to us the vast conservative-industrial complex. We learn of many of the organizations involved – think tanks, advocacy groups, SuperPACs, foundations, grassroots groups and others. It is interesting how the stories get started and work their way to the mainstream media via a process described as “communication stream of conspiracy commerce.”

By chapter five we start learning about the key person of this book – Hillary. Many right-wing pundits claim Hillary didn’t really do anything while Secretary of State. This is debunked by providing a detailed bulleted list of many of her major accomplishments. Most people aren’t aware of what she did during her four years as Secretary. As Brock sums up, “The image of Hillary jetting around the world for photo ops – the accusation that she was nothing more than a frequent flyer diplomat – never rang true, and it fell apart entirely in the face of the actual record of accomplishment we detailed.”

Of course, then there’s Benghazi. Who hasn’t heard about that ad nauseam? Brock clearly shows that after 10 congressional hearings, 50 senior-level staff briefings, 14 public hearings, multiple independent reviews, dozens of interviews, countless “accidental disclosures,” thousands of man-hours, and, get this, millions of tax payer dollars nothing untoward had been forthcoming. Now, in 2015, the latest select committee is shown to be a partisan witch hunt in disguise.

Going on, an entire chapter is devoted to the Clinton Foundation. Much partisan effort was put into demonstrating that Hillary was somehow granting favors to various large donors by virtue of her position as Secretary of State. The author shows us some of the good things the Clinton Foundation has done, such as lowering the cost of malaria drugs by 80 to 90 percent in nine countries. But this didn’t stop her critics from using this as a propaganda tool to destroy her. It is interesting how the author ferrets out the New York Times involvement in some of this. He notes “when they [conservative politicos] want to package something as real news, leak it to the press, and get it into the bloodstream of mainstream conversation to mislead the public at large, they turn not to Fox but to the New York Times.” We are introduced to some of the key people at the Times that were involved. It is quite interesting.

He continues to discuss the on-going assault on Hillary by next discussing what he calls the Romney-ization of Hillary. We learn about her financial struggles after the Clintons left the White House and how they recouped their legal losses – debts tagged as high as $10.6 million at one point. Then there were the large speaking fees, and the comparisons of her to Elizabeth Warren. The idea is to paint Hillary as an elite out of touch with the needs of the middle classes and us ordinary folk. Is she? Brock informs us of the truth.

He concludes with an account of all the entities attacking Hillary, and, on the other hand, those organizations that are working in Hillary’s defense, such as Correct the Record, American Bridge, American Independent Institute, and others. If you want to get a handle on all the forces operating both for and against Hillary, this is the book to read.

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Jonella

LOVED this book!!!

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2016

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I LOVED this book! If you're a Hillary fan - or even if you're not - and you can believe that the Right Wing lies and cheats and happily slanders progressives in a consistent, actually EVIL way, then this is the book for you! I really, REALLY LOVED reading it!! (I actually listened to the audio version which was superb!) I looked forward to hearing more of it each day. Can't recommend this highly enough!)

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K77799

Must read

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2019

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There wasn’t a more predictive book for 2016 than this one. Prescient. Sad and prescient. David more than redeemed himself. I highly admire someone who can recognize his flaws and spend the rest of his life trying to make up for it. Well done David and thank you.

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