How the left swiftboated America
By: John Gibson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780061792892
Subjects: Bush, George W. -- 1946-; Bush, George W. -- 1946- -- Public opinion; Bush, George W. -- 1946- -- Relations with journalists; Democratic Party (U.S.); Liberalism -- United States; Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States; Public opinion -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009
Description: Bestselling author John Gibson shows that George W. Bush was the victim of a concentrated effort by Democrats and their allies in the press to discredit and distort virtually everything he did. That effort was amazingly successful.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: How many reasons do you need to hate George W. Bush?; title: Bush was no Churchill. seriously, he can't talk. so what?; title: The swiftboat twins : how Jon Stewart and Frank Rich teamed up to mock and discredit Bush; title: Who let Keith Olbermann go off his meds? a look behind the curtain of left-wing cable news; title: Sixteen words : the bogus storm over Bush's speech and the Wilson/Plame affair; title: The numbers game : swiftboating the war with statistics; title: Katrina and the Bush-hating left; title: The echo chamber : Ailykos and the left-wing noise machine; title: The torture myth : how the left spun Bush's restrained and successful interrogation techniques into the Spanish Inquisition; title: Swiftboating the surge: how the Democrats got married to losing in Iraq; title: Conclusion : what to do when swiftboating lies are spoken in your presence.