You're Not Stupid! Get the Truth: A Brief on the Bush Presidency

by William John Cox

Information is power, and in this day and age, most Americans are powerless. That's why this book is written for you, a busy person, to collect the key points scattered in a score of new political... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 093085232X
• ISBN13: 9780930852320
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Progressive Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

The Evidence, The Truth, The Now, The Future

Obviously, not enough people read You're Not Stupid before the 2004 election, otherwise Cox's Brief on the Bush Presidency might have helped overcome the rigged computerized voting in Ohio and minority voter intimidation in Florida to give the Supreme Court yet another chance to anoint a president over the will of the people. The Downing Street Documents have now proven that Bush stole another election by lying to us about the origins of the Iraq War. He, and only he, is responsible for the resulting deaths and maiming of thousands of our finest young women and men. Moreover, every day we allow him to remain in office, we, all of us are responsible for the daily blood bath in Iraq and the harm Bush's War is inflicting on the Iraqi people. Every day, American television and newspapers conclusively establish that Bush utterly failed to avoid the deaths of thousands of Hurricane Katrina victims before it struck and stupidly failed to care for its victims in its aftermath. What more do the American voters need than the images of the president riding his new bicycle, strumming a guitar, playing golf, and, in the midst of a horrible tragedy, bragging about the good times he had in New Orleans during the days when he was "drinking and carousing and fumbling around?" Those who have been fooled once or twice by the smirking chimp currently on display in the White House zoo should get a copy of You're Not Stupid. As a compilation of all other books in the genre at the time it was published, it will remain a valuable reference book in the future. It's a quality edition and is probably the best buy on the market. You're Not Stupid chillingly predicts the future if the voters fail to Get the Truth: "Some day, when our children's grandchildren look back at this moment, they will see the world we live in as it is, not the imaginary perceptions our president and his gang of zealots have attempted to pass off as the truth. History will judge us, not by what we believe, but by what we do. Awareness will be presumed, and ignorance will be no defense. If we continue to allow the commission of horrible crimes against others on hour behalf, without protest, our names shall be joined in the indictment engraved upon the monument of our civilization. Will it be with pride that our descendants read the chronicle of our lives or will they be filled with shame?"

Recommended reading for all eligible voters

You're Not Stupid! Get The Truth: A Brief on the Bush Presidency is an unabashed wake up call to what President Bush and his "neocons" are doing to the country. From a hyper-focus on testing children that ignores real problems with public education - Bush's own home state of Texas has an abysmal graduation and college attendance rate, partly in due to pressures to have substandard achievers drop out rather than bring down test scores - to the lies surrounding the war in Iraq, to how much warning the Bush administration had before the 9/11 attacks, to the overwhelming array of tax favoritism for the wealthy in Bush fiscal policy and more, You're Not Stupid! Get The Truth blunty exposes lies as lies. A brutally honest, well-researched book that debunks common myths and sharply warns readers to be vigilant against being manipulated, and strongly recommended reading for all eligible voters.

Fool me....um....twice

In this well researched book, William Cox has marshaled a wide variety of impressive and verifiable sources to build a strong case against the current occupant of the White House. In You're Not Stupid!, you can judge the record for yourself. The book shows that George W. Bush has rewarded his wealthy supporters with irresponsible tax breaks, just as he has turned the largest national budget surplus in history into the biggest-ever deficit. His "No Child Left Behind" initiative has been a failure. He neglected clear warnings of the September 11 terrorist attacks. He spearheaded a shameful and vicious personal attack on triple amputee and Viet Nam war hero Max Cleland for political gain. He misled the American public into a war a majority feels was ill-advised and counter productive. He has incurred the enmity of the world at a time when the United States most needs international cooperation. He has abridged our civil liberties in such a way as to shock moderates of both political parties. These are not mere allegations. With a lawyer's attention to detail and proof, William Cox lays the record bare. In the words of our embarrassingly inarticulate president, "Fool me once, shame on--shame on you; fool me--you can't get fooled twice." This easy-to-read book talks directly to you. Don't be fooled twice. You're not stupid. Get the truth from this important book.

Getting the Truth made easy

This fully foonoted, easy-to-read compendium of irrefutable facts about the Bush administration is what you need to navigate your way to the truth during this campaign year. Even if you consider yourself politically aware, this book will surprise you with things you didn't know, and are glad to learn. There is a blizzard of Bush-bashing books out there, but this one condenses everything you need to know in one place. It's a crash-course in the political history of the last four years, such as it is. If you're undecided, at the end of the book you will be decided; if you're subdued, this book will mobilize you.

Current Events Neo-Con-Densed

Sometimes you CAN judge a book by its cover. The beauty of "You're Not Stupid! Get the Truth" is the affirmation of what is right about America. After the shameful images coming out of Iraq and Washington, it's easy to forget the humane ideals that America was loved for, which we have fought for. Between the covers, "You're Not Stupid" pulls no punches on the political and media establishments. The brief documents all the main causes of grief with the "Commando-in-Chief", in chapters on topics from Bush's background to the Iraq fiasco, with Medicare, 9/11, and education in between. What it all boils down to is the best voter's guide I've seen for this year's elections.