![]() ![]() Where Carlson loses the thread is in the introductions to these older, sturdy pieces and in a longer introduction to the book as a whole, sections full of plaintive expressions of privilege. Bush is surprisingly insightful, even as he confesses that all these years later, he still doesn’t know what to make of Bush II. “I was in favor of seeing that,” Carlson writes, “but mostly I went because I liked Al Sharpton.” Why? Because they shared some common enemies, and, Carlson adds, “shared loathing tends to form a bond.” The author also serves up a revealing portrait of Ron Paul, whose quirky ideas about the economy motivated a surprisingly well-informed following: “The constitutionality of a central bank is not an issue you see on many lists of voter concerns.” His piece for Talk magazine on George W. ![]() For example, in 2003, he accompanied Al Sharpton, Cornel West, and several Nation of Islam stalwarts on a fact-finding mission to Liberia, where a civil war was raging. It’s easy to forget that Carlson, fuming with anti-liberal calumny and overflowing with blustery misinformation, was once a journalist. The Fox News pundit gathers reportage and commentary. ![]()
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