Reviews for Why We're Liberals: A Political Handbook for Post-Bush America

The average rating for Why We're Liberals: A Political Handbook for Post-Bush America based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-06-19 00:00:00 Baulin Xavier Something got garbled between the writing of this book and the selection of the title. It's far less about the moral underpinnings of liberalism and more a catalog of conservative hypocrisy. Which is fine if that's what you're looking for, but I've read enough of that already. If you're looking for a coherent explanation of liberalism, I recommend Being Right Is Not Enough by Paul Waldman. I've also got The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman on my list.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-06-08 00:00:00 Richard Taylor The first half of this book was really good - great history of the rise of the liberal and conservative movements, a good perspective on the Bush years (this was published in 2008). So much so, that I was thinking the title and cartoonish cover did a disservice to the book. But then he got into some of the more social issues, and I started to get really annoyed. I had to cut him a bit of slack on the gay-marriage stuff - it was 2008, and marriage equality was just getting started. Ok. But abortion rights? He was way too wishy-washy and middle of the road to call himself a true liberal. He's clearly never actually talked to a woman who needed to terminate a pregnancy. And maybe it's because I'm reading this in an Obama/Tea-Party/Occupy Movement world, so I just feel like he's a bit soft on where we need to be as a movement. So, 3.5 stars.