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Matilda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-07-06 11:38 PM
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Has anyone read Mark Crispin Miller's "Fooled Again"?
Edited on Thu Dec-07-06 11:38 PM by Matilda
I'm looking for a book to have sent out from Amazon to an American friend.

This book hasn't been released in Australia so I haven't been able to check it out myself, but
I'd love to hear from anyone who's read it.

Would it be a good Christmas present for a Democrat-voting friend?


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TabulaRasa Donating Member (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 12:21 AM
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1. Yes and yes
MCM's a very bright guy, and a great author.
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Matilda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 02:28 AM
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2. Thanks for the recommendation!
that will be my choice.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 03:03 AM
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3. Haven't read "Fooled Again" but did read "The Bush Dyslexicon"
which is a great book. I would like to read "Fooled Again" though.
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Shadowen Donating Member (742 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-10-06 03:00 AM
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4. I've read Miller's "Bush trilogy", as I call it:
The Bush Dyslexicon, Cruel and Unusual, and Fooled Again.

I enjoyed the Dyslexicon the most, because it was easily the most hopeful, and balanced sourcing, humor, and an almost-narrative style. Cruel and Unusual was, despite his obsessive detailing of his sources, the most emotional and personal of the three--I got the feeling he was trying to be objective and wanted to come to a conclusion based solely on facts, but had a hard time repressing his own rage at the subject. Fooled Again is a bit of a dry read, but only because it relies so heavily on actual facts and figures, rendering it nearly impossible to argue against.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-10-06 11:29 PM
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5. Yes it is must reading
I read it last spring and had MCM sign my copy in August.

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