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Tears Of A Clown: Glenn Beck And The Tea Bagging Of America (2010)

by Dana Milbank(Favorite Author)

3.24 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0385533888 (ISBN13: 9780385533881)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Doubleday

review 1: I picked this up as an e-book from the library to test my Nook transfer skills. I wasn't REALLY planning to read it because 1) I can't stand to even hear Glenn Beck's name without becoming nauseous and 2) my Nook up til now didn't transfer Digital Editions books well. But it transferred and, lacking anything better to do at 2 AM on a sleepless night, I read the thing. Eh. I WISH I could add an ringing endorsement...anything to bring down this fool would be welcome by me. Unfortunately, this book doesn't quite get there. As I read, I felt as if the author was being rushed to meet a deadline, perhaps. He begins with good quotes and a good premise, then appears to say, "See what I mean?" without any supporting evidence. Don't misunderstand...I am NOT defending Beck,... more I just with the author would have taken the time to do a bit more follow up and cite his work a bit more thoroughly. That being said, this is probably a good starting point for someone who doesn't know much about Beck's lies and exaggerations, or for someone who is on the verge of believing all the hate and ignorance he spews. Don't count the book out, but approach it with a cautious attitude.
review 2: Glenn Beck makes my skin crawl and now I know why. Very informitive book told almost entirely by quoting Glenn Beck himself while also pointing out his scare tatics and how often he gets his facts wrong or makes them up entirely. I need to read more books like this so I can stand up to right wing nut bags who believe in the end of days or that gays are destroying the country. Was very interested in how often Beck talks about the constitution hanging by a thread which a thinly veiled referrence to the Mormon belief that God will call on his rightoues army to defend the country in the last days before his return. less

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