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| | Description | In her shocking new book, Malkin goes where the mainstream media refuse to tread. She digs deep into the records of President Obama's staff, revealing corrupt dealings, questionable pasts, and abuses of power throughout his administration. | |
| | Product Details | | Author: | Michelle Malkin | | Hardcover: | 256 pages | | Publisher: | Regnery Publishing | | Publication Date: | July 27, 2009 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 1596981091 | | Product Length: | 9.1 inches | | Product Width: | 6.2 inches | | Product Height: | 1.5 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.3 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.0 inches | | Package Width: | 6.3 inches | | Package Height: | 1.3 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.3 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 592 reviews |
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319 of 381 found the following review helpful:
 Good well cited book Aug 27, 2009
By D. A. Bentley
Amazon should only allow people to review the book if you have bought it from them, that way we can eliminate all of the drones trying to rate the book as one star despite the fact they haven't read it.
Now...on to the review.
I like Michelle's writing style. I've been a fan of hers since the 2004 election. I knew she was a journalist before she started writing her blog, so she has the experience in researching and gathering facts before writing the story and research she did.
This book does a very good job of pointing out the corruption of this administration that you won't get in the mainstream media (MSM). While they gush, faint and swoon for this President and affectionately compare him to the next Kennedy, Michelle paints a different picture of Chicago style bare knuckles thug type politics.
Michelle O. is no better. She complains about being kept on the periphery of society while attending Princeton and Harvard, a chance most Americans will never have. She served on a law form before going on to be a "health administrator" at the U. of Chicago Medical Center and eventually helping to create one of the worst medical programs in terms of patient care in the country.
Biden is the epitome of a corrupt politician who engages in nepotism at every turn. He has is greasy little hands in everything funneling tons of earmarks to amtrack buddies and his friends in the State of Delaware.
Valerie Jarrett served as a board member for several organizations that provided funding and support for Chicago housing projects operated by real estate developers and Obama financial backers Rezko and Allison Davis. (Davis is also Obama's former boss.) Jarrett was a member of the Board of Directors for the Woodlawn Preservation and Investment Corporation along with several Davis and Rezko associates, as well as the Fund for Community Redevelopment and Revitalization, an organization that worked with Rezko and Davis. She also managed Grove Parc Plaza, which the Boston Globe said was "uninhabitable by unfixed problems, such as collapsed roofs and fire damage.
In 2006, federal inspectors graded the condition of the complex an 11 on a 100-point scale. The score is so bad the buildings now face demolition. Ms. Jarrett refused to comment this disaster and pocketed a six figure salary to boot.
This is just the beginning, there are many, many more examples of corruption, nepotism, dirty money and mafia style tactics
In this book we get to see the Obama cabinet of tax cheats and swindlers, all things the MSM ignores. Why the GOP doesn't fight this more I don't know. What I do know is if any one of us had pulled these tricks we'd be in an orange jumpsuit. I find it ironic that nomination after nomination was either not paying their taxes or involved in some other corruption charge...hope and change indeed. It's business as usual.
Anyone who fell for the mantra of hope and change need to read this book and see it's not just business as usual, it's Chicago business as usual. This administration of tax cheats, swindlers and self proclaimed marxists will destroy this country.
2211 of 2759 found the following review helpful:
Should Have Been Titled "Cesspool of Corruption"! Aug 02, 2009
By B. Hoffman
Before I proceed with my review, it is clear from the polar opposite 1-star reviews that there are many libs commenting on the book, so let me go ahead and mention the "drone" talking points so they won't get distracted - "Bush lied, people died", "Cheney/Halliburton", "Scooter Libby", "Karl Rove caused Katrina", "Blackwater", "9/11 was in inside job", blah, blah, blah.
Having said all of that, Michelle Malkin did an excellent job of laying out a coherent, well-researched, and systematic roadmap of corruption, self-serving favors, and criminal activity -- all linked to our President and his network of thug insiders. She clearly lays out the proven links between the players and the overwhelming evidence of the role of money and corruption on how things get done in Washington. I had heard of many of these players through other research and reading, but Ms Malkin brought to light NUMEROUS relationships between these players I was not aware of, and which cause an even greater disgust for business as usual. President Obama has somehow convinced all the drones that he's above "Politics as Usual", but the sheer weight of the evidence clearly shows he's neck deep in the "cesspool", but his lips are still moving.
After reading all of the negative reviews on the book, one would hope the detractors could at least debunk the book with facts and evidence, but of course if the allegations are true then that's not possible..........so, on to Plan B! Attack the author as a right-wing hack, and paint all the readers as ignorant right-wing talk radio heads who can't think for themselves.
I am a well-educated senior executive in business, and I observe every day that "relationships matter", and who a person associates with tells a lot about that person. It is often said that "integrity is what you do when nobody's looking", which I heartily endorse. Based on the contents of this book, if the players are this flagrant in their "visible behavior", can you imagine what they are capable of when nobody's looking?
This was a riveting book which I wasn't able to put down, and well worth the time. I applaud Michelle Malkin for the hard work and thorough research that obviously went into this body of work!
305 of 382 found the following review helpful:
 This book is about Ethics! Not Conservs vs Libs Sep 01, 2009
By James A. Keddie
"retired researcher"
As a matter of disclosure, I am a rep turned dem. I dislike President Bush's (actually Cheney's) politics, but like citizen George W Bush. I did vote for Obama. I would have voted for McCain if I didn't have to take the machine that comes with him. He is an honorable person. I'm retired now, and in my later corporate years (middle management) I spent a good deal of time looking at "ethics"...
And that is the point of the book. Malkin's book is about "Ethics". It is not about left verses right, Conservatives vs liberals, or Republicans verses Democrats. She makes this point clear right up front. She is really not saying look what they terrible Dems are doing, lets go back to Reps... She's saying these folks made the following claims about ethics.... and their actions appear otherwise...
It is important to understand that a large part of her premise is based on "Here's what the person (Obama) said they are going to do. And here's what they did or appear to be doing." That is, she compares "words" against "actions"...
At no time does she say that the "other side" (who ever you want the other side to be) is better.... If you pay close attention she nails Republics as well as Dems... Liberals as well as conservatives.... Blue, Grey, White, Red... .it doesn't matter... If their spoken ethics don't match the actions.... she digs into the matter...
As others have said.. She does a very good job of raising potentially wrong ethical actions of those in the Obama administration... as well as those who tried to, but didn't make it into the administration..
Where she goes far left of center herself (a driving reference) is that instead of simply stating the facts, she states the facts, a good deal of inference, a fair amount of association, and adds an enormous amount of color.
Ethics is about "Intent"... and it occurs at two levels... There are actions that give the appearance in impropriety.. and there are actions that ARE just improper.... Ms Malkin adds a lot of color that ... well... it leads the reader.... sort of like leading the witness in a court room... Its a matter of stating facts that are not in evidence...
This book is a MUST read for both Libs... and conservs.... The book does an extremely good job of showing just what a politician is up against... in fact, anyone in a position of responsibility, authority, power.... On the basis of something a relative did, an associate, a direct report, the politician may see their career go up in flames.. its not unlike corporate life.. Being in the wrong place at the wrong time... and you're fired as the Donald would say....
Consider the following... You pick up your 4 year old grandson up at daycare... As you are walking out the door with him, a string of explitives come out of his mouth... You pick him and swat him on his bottom telling to use proper language, not that horrible stuff he just said... The daycare manager then accuses you of child abuse....
It really does depend ... doesn't it... Did the daycare manager withness a act of child abuse... or a loving grand parent taking firm action....??
I encourage everyone to read the book.... There are some important issues to consider ..... Good points are raised (on both sides).... Did Biden just sell his house... or was it a way of covering up an unethical favor.... Are the Whitehouse Czars doing important work... or are they a way of getting around congress (hmmmm.. .doesn't make sense to get round a congress that is on the same side you are...) So there is lots of material to chew on...
The point of the book is to decide ... for yourself... with a lot of pushing from Malkin....what is ethical... morally right.... living up to the stated standards..... and what is not.... What do you expect of those that you elect to public office...???
By the way... Go to the Townhall Meetings... Talk to these folks.... even if you think they are corrupt... Meet them for yourself...
It is a compeling read... which ever side you are on.... Its not about sides though... its about Ethics...
175 of 219 found the following review helpful:
I simply had no idea how bad it is! Aug 20, 2009
By C. O. Dickerson
I am a staunch conservative and have been for many years. If you define an independent as someone whose stomach was turned by George Bush and Barack Obama, then I'm an independent. Neither of these men know anything about small non-intrusive government or conservative values. Well Bush is gone now and the menu before us has Barack Obama's name on the cover. I knew the conservative mantra of negatives about Obama before, during, and after election. He had the most liberal voting record of any Senator, no experience running anything, biggest claim to fame prior to government professional was "community organizer", the Tony Rezko connection, Bill Ayres, Rev. Wright etc. etc. blah blah blah. That was plenty enough for me to believe he was eminently unqualified, if not dangerous, as an American President. Been there...did that.
Then I read Michelle Malkin's "Culture Of Corruption" I fancied myself somewhat of a political junkie and as such could not imagine a jaw-dropping political expose. Wrong again bar room breath. The book is jaw dropper not just because of the plethora of corruptive associations and activities concerning Obama (and his spouse believe it or not), but the vast depth and breadth of corruption involving his key government advisors, appointees, and friends. It is so meticulously documented that it also served as proof positive that mainstream media is even more corrupted than I imagined. The proof was out there!
905 of 1148 found the following review helpful:
Read the Book Aug 04, 2009
By B. Newman
I'm a Libertarian. Did not vote for Bush. Did not vote for Obama. Loved this book. A very important read. So very few of the one-star reviewers appear to have actually read it. The facts are very well documented and footnoted in the book. I'm open to a refutation--I just haven't seen one that involves well-researched information or facts.
It seems if you consider yourself "conservative" you're predestined to like this book. If you're "liberal" predestined to hate it. However, for someone like me, who reads a lot on both sides of the aisle to find a bit of sense somewhere, this is a great and informative read.
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