The Right Man: The Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush

by David Frum

Book Overview

The Right Man is the first inside account of a historic year in the Bush White House, by the presidential speechwriter credited with the phrase axis of evil. David Frum helped make international... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375509038
• ISBN13: 9780375509032
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Ignorance of Liberals

As you can see from the preceding post we are listening to fools. Ezekiel obviously needs to go back to school and learn grammar, punctuation, and how to spell. If you are going to write a politically scathing review at least have the common sense to run a spell check. This explains why so many liberals are so worried about the lower class, it's because they are the lower class. Instead of waiting for a handout, or insulting our military men and women (by the way I am a veteran), why don't you try to educate yourself and get a job. Good luck in your future endeavors and I hope one day you will see the light.

Proving the addage "They Fear What They Do Not Understand."

What made this book interesting was the author wasn't a Bush fan to begin with. This was an educational book for me, offering a look at the man and the administration that some Democrats and the news media loves to hate. I agree with one of the other reviewers that the first few chapters do paint an administration that may have been mediocre but today there is no questioning the strong leadership and values of a successful administration. I finally understand why his critics hate him so -- It's because George W. Bush did not live up to their expectations of failure, because he has turned this country around to a powerful country with a strong (and getting stronger) economy and a proud and powerful military, because he has a positive vision and truly believes in that which he says and he believe in his country, but most of all, because his critics can't figure him out. They just don't get how someone could want a strong and free America and world. George W. Bush is, beyond all words and without a doubt, the right man for the job. He has earned my respect and support.

Bush! Love Him!!

I love President Bush! This book explains why he is perceived as devisive. He views events, people and situations with moral clarity and sticks to his principals. This book is well-written, a quick read and insightful. The notes and references are second only to Ann Coulter.

The Right Man

David Frum takes a man, whom his critics have called everything but late for breakfast, and gives the reader insights into a personality which has risen to the challenges of the Presidency with grace, style, and commitment. He has stumbled in the past two years, but he has not fallen and Frum's words shows the reader Pres. Bush's successes and failures in eloquent words that sweep along to fill a picture of a challenged man. Excellent!

Objective and accurate

As far as I can tell, there is only one problem with this book. Getting the Bush-haters to read it. Many will claim this a work of bias without ever opening the book. Others will dismiss it because of David Frum himself. From his years as an editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal and through the several books Frum has published, he has established himself a conservative. This means most readers from the left side of the aisle will avoid this fine book like the plague. But if you think this is just another conservative writer singing praises of the President, you couldn't be more wrong. Frum has long been known to have opposed the Bush presidency. When asked to join the President's staff as a speech writer, he was at first shocked, and later quite reluctant. Throughout the book, Frum call a spade a spade. When he disagrees with something the President said or did, he tells the reader. The question of "Who is George W. Bush?" is clearly delineated throughout this book. We find the author shocked to discover a man of such virtue leading the nation from the Oval Office. We see the President, not as the bumbling idiot the media and the left have tried tenaciously to portray him as, but rather as the sly, ever calculating fox that he is. We see the President as the `right man' for leading this nation at a time when solid and relentless perspicacity is most needed. The reader sees first hand, the oil and water mixture of a working relationship between Karl Rove and Karen Hughes. The leftist myths that the President is only a puppet and that Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, et. al. are truly running the nation are removed without doubt. Anyone who will read this book with an open mind will come away greatly enlightened. Admirers of George W. Bush will deepen that admiration. Dissenters still will not like the President, but they will find that, though they disagree with his politics, they cannot deny that he is a good, descent, intelligent man who is trying desperately to lead America in the right direction. Give this book a chance. You won't regret it.