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To: Doug R who wrote (54041)	8/1/2005 9:26:59 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

Reviewer: J. Guild (Toronto,Canada) - See all my reviews This book does an excellent job at looking how the Democratic Party attempted to win the 2004 election.The only thing I fault this book for is the title.The Democrats in no way carried out a conspiracy.They took on the task of winning and tried everything they could.In both the book and some reviews a few felt that the Democrats had no right to even try,but that is nothing but sour grapes and in no way suggested by the author or anyone responsible in either party.A good,no-holds-barred fight ,using any legal tactic or approach,is what should be attempted and the voters should expect nothing less.I don't think the author suggested anything else really took place by either side.What the author does show is what the Democrats tried and in spite of a Hurculean effort and on top of feeling they had done enough and had even convinced themselves they were going to win and easily; they lost the Congress,the Senate and the White House.This time there was no debate other than in spite of all their effort,the big question is why did they fail so badly. This book covers every aspect of the campaigns but mainly deals with the fight for the White House and I think the author shows that Kerry vs Bush ended up being what the whole election was about. The Dems didn't lose due to a lack of Money,they had plenty. The Author didn't talk about the Debates.Just about everybody feels Kerry did better,is probably a better debater,but winning an Election is about a lot more than winning a Debate. The author did a terrific job on Michael Moore's movie Fahrenheit 9/11.He convinced me that this movie was not the great asset that the Left Wingers had convinced themselves it was.He shows it mainly had an impact on the already converted and little impact on the swing vote,and even that may have been a negative factor to the Democrats.He gives excellent numbers on performance on from all over North America.It was interesting to see that several of the best numbers came from Canadian cities and most of the other best results came from the more heavily left wing populated areas.In other words the already converted.I don't doubt that Kerry would have easily beaten Bush if the countries in Europe and Canada could have voted.That anti America and anti Bush dribble the Democrats take such great comfort in, has no impact on election day,except a negative impact to voters of the center. The author talks a lot about the Attack on 9/11.He shows how the Democrats and Soros in particular,didn't see it as all that devastating and that Bush's reaction was an irresponsible reaction.The voters felt otherwise and showed it on Election Day. The nastiness of portraying Bush as stupid,comparable to Nazis and Hitler probably cost them a lot of votes from the center and clearly seen as 'beyond of the pale'.The party's excuse that it "slipped through our screening process" didn't hold any water.Calling Conservative press "digital brownshirts" was another Leftist masterpiece. The author covers it all in this book and in the end only confirms what more than a majority of the voters had decided after the long detailed and partisian campaign by both parties.They believed that Bush and his party ,rather than Kerry and his party were the ones they preferred to handle the Nations security and more closely reflected their views. There are probably a lot of Democrats who disagree with the author,but facts speak for themselves. Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)

To: Doug R who wrote (54041)	8/1/2005 9:27:13 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

(TRUTH IN REVIEWING) I belong to no political party. For decades, standard political propaganda has confronted us with the Republicans who were the puppets of big-bag millionaires. (Think Daddy Warbucks -- who was a cartoon character, note you well.) The standard story has always been that the Republicans do nothing but serve the billionaires, while the Democrats are the legitimate party of the common man. Surprise #1: In this 21st century, the Republicans are turning out to be MUCH better than the Democrats at getting donations from individuals. We finally learn that "the party of the common man" has ALWAYS been dependent on fat-cat contributors, typically union leaders etc. Let this be as it may, there is a bigger surprise coming... Surprise #2: Fat-cat billionaires are in the process of hijacking the Democratic party for their own ends. The most obvious fat-cat billionaire here is George Soros. I belong to no political party, but I do indeed suspect that Democrats should wake up and realize that their party is being hijacked by sinister billionaires. I am not making this up, and the book under review provides detailed evidence of this fact. Take the party back!! A very important book!