Book Review: How The Left Was Won

The following is a review done on behalf of Mind & Media. The copy of the book I reviewed was donated by the publisher, through Mind & Media for the purpose of this review.

While I thoroughly enjoyed this book, you should be warned before you read it, that it's much like an appetizer, it only introduces most of the ideas, and doesn't really develop them all too deep. The author warns this in the intro, but it's easy to forget. But as an introduction to Leftist Lunacy, it hits the mark perfectly.

Each chapter could easily be developed into a book of its own, but the author is introducing the reader to the gamut of Liberal Fallacies, which as you'd imagine is quite numerous. As a blogger who tends to focus more on politics, I found it extremely valuable.

So valuable, in fact, that I would recommend any political blogger (or aspiring political blogger) who wants to be able to write with more depth and thought to rush out and get a copy. It really is a primer for Conservative political blogging. Read the book, then go back and make an outline of the chapters with notes, to refresh your memory, each time you sit down to blog. You'll find yourself equipped to pinpoint the stupidity of the Liberal approach to the latest issue, rather than just make a general complaint.

There are occasions where the author actually uses the same fallacies he accuses Liberals of—albeit rare occasions. I can't find myself seeing those as sarcasm. It's more likely the author got caught up in the passion of his writing, and forgot himself. But it's actually a good exercise to find those instances, and then see how the point he was attempting to make can be substantiated with valid logic.

It's also apparent that toward the end of the book the author had moved away from the logical approach into a more emotional style of writing, which is unfortunate because it took away from the book as a whole. Nevertheless, what he was trying to write is still valid even if his style suffered during those chapters. And again, that too can be a lesson in how easy it is to allow our passions to derail our argument.

I seriously urge any blogger who wants to be able to more thoroughly write on politics as a Conservative to get a copy and study it. You'll be glad you did.

Posted by Danny Carlton at October 5, 2006 5:09 PM