Books That Dissect
RightWingLies

The following books deal with the lies spread by the radical reactionary rightwing  -- there's even one book dedicated entirely to the lies of George W. Bush

Big Lies:  The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth, Joe Conason.  Title says it all.  Again, there is not enough paper and ink in the world to document the lies of the "right"  - Rush Limbaugh, Anne Coulter, Laura Ingraham, Tom Delay, George W. Bush, American Spectator, Michael Savage,  James Dobson, Pat Robertson, Dinesh D'Souza, Richard Mellon Scaife, and on and on and on -- lie piled upon lie until the Big Lie becomes the Truth. Joe Conason addresses ten of the most common rightwinglies and destroys each of them.   You need to read this book, memorize it, then whenever a rightwingnut opens up with one of their typical lies, shove it up his ass.

The Great Unraveling:  Losing Our Way in the New Century, by Paul Krugman.  Every thinking American needs to read this book -- which probably means it will be read only by liberals.  At the beginning of the 21st century, the most advanced nation in history is under the control of the most radically reactionary forces in our history.  This nation has been hijacked by a rightwing mob that rejects the legitimacy of everything the U.S. stands for -- and they are getting away with it because the press is afraid to take them on.

Against All Enemies:  Inside America's War on Terror, Richard A. Clarke. Clarke served over 20 years in various U. S. government agencies tracking and analyzing the terrorist threat.  He followed the growth of terrorism from fringe, state-sponsored groups to the sophisticated organization that is today's Al Qaeda.  In this book, he tells what he knows.  Clarke has been denounced by the Republicans as attacking George W. Bush.  In fact, Clarke criticizes every administration for which he worked for missing the warning signs.

American Dynasty:  Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush, Kevin Phillips.  In his groundbreaking work Wealth and Democracy, Phillips reveals how the wealthiest Americans are set apart from the rules by which everyone else lives.  In this book, he describes how four generations of the Bush family have established themselves as American royalty and used their wealth and connections to further their family and their narrow ideology.

Had Enough?  A Handbook for Fighting Back, by James Carville.  The ragin' Cajun is at it again. This is an excellent handbook for confronting the lies, distortions, and attacks of the right.

House of Bush House of Saud, by Craig Unger.  How is it that on September 13, 2001 -- two days after 9-11, when all air traffic in the U. S. was grounded -- that a private jet was allowed to fly across the U.S. and leave our airspace with 140 Saudi citizens on board, including members of Osama bin Laden's family?  Nearly all the 9-11 hijackers were Saudi citizens yet the ruling family of Saudi Arabia continues to receive preferential treatment from the U. S. government.  The answer may lie in the largely hidden relationship between two immensely wealthy and powerful families -- the Bush family of Connecticut and Texas and the Saud family of Saudi Arabia.  Read all about it here.

Shrub:  The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush, and, Bushwhacked:  Life in George W. Bush's America.  Both books are written by Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose -- Texas journalists who are long-time writers about the Texas political scene and who know G. W. Bush all too well.  Shrub was written before Bush was selected President, Bushwhacked looks at his record after two years as President.  Too bad the national press ignored Bush's record in Texas before the 2000 election -- Bush is now doing to the entire nation what he did to Texas -- and it's ugly.

The Lies of George W. Bush, by David Corn.  The title says it all.   Problem is, this book is only 324 pages long and to catalog all the lies by G. W. Bushitter would take ten times that many pages -- thus, the book only lists the really big lies.  You need to read this book, memorize it, then whenever a rightwingnut opens up with their typical praise of GWBush, shove it up his ass.

Blinded by the Right, by David Brock.  Brock was one of the big stars in the far right wing of the Republican party.  He wrote the book that destroyed -- or attempted to destroy -- Anita Hill.  Brock was a favorite of the right and was in the midst of much of what really was a "vast rightwing conspiracy" to trash the Clinton administration.  Then he saw the light.  Read this book.

Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, by Al Franken.  Franken has done us all a service by exposing some of the lies of the radical right and their mouthpieces -- O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Coulter, Bush, Cheney, and the like.  Franken is a comedian and that fact hurts this book -- he spends too much time being funny and that bites into his topic.  Still, he says what needs to be said about these radical rightwingers who have made The Big Lie tactic their own.

Made in Texas:  George W. Bush and the Southern Takeover of American Politics, by Michael Lind.  Lind is a former conservative who saw the light.  Disgusted at the hate and venom he experienced daily as an insider in the conservative circles of William F. Buckley and other luminaries of the far right, Lind had a conversion and now writes, warning us of the serious threat from present-day Republican conservatism to our way of life.  In this book, he details how Southern militarism and racism, Southern elite economics that focuses on primitive commodity production, and Southern Protestant fundamentalism combined to capture Washington, DC -- and to threaten the American middle class.

Up From Conservatism, by Michael Lind.  Lind describes his conversion from a rising star in the Republican rightwing conservative movement.  He then lays out why present-day Republican rightwing "conservatism" -- which is not conservative at all -- is bad for America.