Reviews for Presidents As Candidates

The average rating for Presidents As Candidates based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-07-06 00:00:00 DanMichael Coyne I've looked this one over and nope I wasn't brainwashed as the author claims. In fact most of the generation it discusses and those who voted for Obama as a whole made their decisions by researching information on both candidates via the internet rather than latching onto the "liberal media" and other such sources. Being young doesn't make us all gullible folks! In fact many of us have read, learned about or experienced the same parts of history that caused you to make an opposing decision! Don't get me wrong I'm all for fair political debate but I hate to see anyone call my choice one I made based on "brainwashing". I'm sure the same holds true for those who remain conservative or identify as independent or Tea Party. My views are all based on the way I want to the world to be and my choice to vote for the president was one made in the interest of reducing the pain, suffering and reduction of freedom I saw under Bush/Cheney for 8 years. Obama was a candidate who offered a presidency which matched up with most young people's views on the world separate from politics. Rather than a man who seemed angry and a vice president who seemed less than experienced we voted for the candidates who seemed more together, more aware of the social structures we used and the world view we held. September 11th affected us as a nation and at first we all invested ourselves in the war that followed but soon it became clear that tragedy was being used as a manipulation tool, one that caused many to accept the limitations and invasions that came with the Bush/Cheney administration. Those of us who voted for Obama saw this and became wary, began to study politics and the way it affected our right and our nation as a whole in the last 40 years. We followed the run of both presidential elections that preceded the Obama vs McCain election and as a whole didn't vote for either party in those elections. We began to realize that both parties were flawed and studied the candidates as people, the decision they made before the election and the facts about them behind the statements they made while running. Obama was the first presidential candidate we felt any real connection to. He actually held many of the same beliefs we had and spoke about them in his books and in his life outside of his candidacy. We voted for him because he was who claimed to be knowing that while not everything he promised would come to pass that he would endeavor to try to make those things happen. That was something few politicians had done in the last several terms and it made an impact. we voted for him feeling that our views would b e better represented and our rights would be in far less danger than they had been under Bush/Cheney. Having made those efforts I think that those of us who made that decision would consider this book as insulting as the Ann Coulter books were for liberals or for anyone whose beliefs caused them to be labeled liberal despite their lack of political identification with either party.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-06-19 00:00:00 Thomas Morrison PROS: → Laughable in a "haha, this is so childish" sort. CONS: → No valid arguments to support theories. → Meant to be insulting so it may or may not be insulting depending on how you look at it. If the book was meant to anger and/or make liberals laugh, then it got the job done. I like to read books to see the other people's opinions but I have only found one (Moral Politics : How Liberals and Conservatives Think; very unbiased and maturely well-written). I still have yet to find a book with opposing views where the book is well-constructed with maturity and sophistication. Most of the time, I feel like the purpose of books written by self-identified Republicans is meant to attack other people who think differently instead of talking about what they believe in. This book is no exception to that and I'm left feeling nothing but disappointed.