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Mike Gallagher
Threshold Editions
release / ISBN 9781451679250
Non-Fiction/Government
Amazon
Reviewed
by Elise Cooper
Mike Gallagher’s
latest book, 50 Things Liberals Love To Hate, is everything
you wanted to know about Liberals but were afraid to ask. Gallagher
is the host of a national radio show, The Mike Gallagher
Show, and a conservative political commentator. Since only
20% of those polled call themselves liberal, both Democrats and
Republicans will like this book. It brings humor to today’s
politically charged environment.
This book is both humorous and informative. The theme is that Liberals
want to take away what Americans enjoy. Included in his rundown
are Walmart, Steakhouses, McDonalds, Flag Pins, Football, the V-8
Engine, Success, the Second Amendment, Freeways, the Military, and
The Founding Fathers. The book starts off with Gallagher’s
insightful description, “I learned that they spend a whole
lot of time thinking about America’s faults, and how to correct
them. About America’s ills, and how to cure them. Liberals
love to hate things most Americans love, and spend the rest of their
lives endlessly trying to take those things away from us.”
Right off the bat he lists McDonalds, but any fast food chain could
be substituted. Maybe New York Mayor Bloomberg should be given a
copy of this book since he convinced the New York City Board of
Health to ban sugary drinks (sodas, teas, and sport drinks) over
sixteen ounces in fast-food restaurants, stadiums, movie theaters,
and other eateries. An excerpt from the book where his humor comes
out loud and clear, ”Conservatives see a fat person and think:
‘Lay off the bread. Take the stairs. Would it kill you to
have a salad once in awhile?’ Liberals see a fat person and
think: ‘We should immediately pass laws forbidding this kind
of obesity…’” He commented about this quote, “You
would think New Yorkers would be absolutely outraged and in the
streets that Mayor Bloomberg thinks that it’s the governments
role to tell somebody what size container they can buy from a private
establishment.”
He does not see McDonalds as bad but as “representing American
ingenuity.” Furthermore, it’s personal for him since
his single mom and he had a tradition where every Christmas Eve
they would go to McDonalds and have a Big Mac.
He is disgusted by their claim of supporting the soldier, not the
mission. In the book he discusses how “From the tribal wastelands
of Afghanistan and Pakistan to the pirate havens of East Africa,
the military of the United States is on a classic civil mission,
daring to impose Western values upon indigenous cultures. And keep
Americans safe at the same time.” He directly noted, “What
the American soldier lives by is peace through America’s fighting
power. Instead of the liberal credo, ‘Give peace a chance,’
which is a really bad song by a guy who also imagined no heaven,
and no countries. Liberals have the same contempt for today’s
soldier as they did for the Vietnam veteran.”
What he is attempting to explore in the book is a warning about
how the Liberals are trying to run Americans lives. He directly
noted, “We are in a twilight zone episode where people think
that government is the solution to everything. This disease is spreading
into companies. Look at the GM Chevy Volt, a monumental colossal
failure despite a TV campaign and government subsidies. Last year
it sold 8000 units.”
Anyone who enjoyed these few tidbits will enjoy the whole book.
In 50 Things Liberals Love to Hate, Gallagher gets his
point across, about Liberal’s absurd ideas, with cutting irony
and biting wit. For the humor alone people should read this book.
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