tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post4127913451707143509..comments2023-08-24T07:27:12.657-07:00Comments on Contra O'Reilly: Stars Not ApplicableWill "take no prisoners" Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-41923261906392409492012-03-04T15:53:27.800-08:002012-03-04T15:53:27.800-08:00Paul Krugman could stand to take a history course,...Paul Krugman could stand to take a history course, too. The dude idiotically compared Herbert Hoover to Speaker Boehner recently. I mean, duh!!!Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-78015688671772937242012-03-03T18:53:00.074-08:002012-03-03T18:53:00.074-08:00Rusty: O'Reilly is another person gaming the s...<i>Rusty: O'Reilly is another person gaming the system to become a very rich man.</i><br /><br />Probably, although this isn't an example of that. What it is an example of is a "celebrity" using his fame to sell a book that would otherwise have been turned down and never published. There already are a LOT of Lincoln books. The last thing the world needs is a historically inaccurate one.Dervish Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671865801885224353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-15499047785966726692012-03-03T14:48:54.852-08:002012-03-03T14:48:54.852-08:00Damn WD,O'Reilly is another person gaming the ...Damn WD,O'Reilly is another person gaming the system to become a very rich man.<br /><br /> Is'nt there something you can think of so you could join the club.I dont think its going to happen peddling movie score CD's.Rusty Shackelfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14232914458379098036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-12561234159446811342012-03-03T13:18:49.061-08:002012-03-03T13:18:49.061-08:00And both sides of the aisle need to be a lot more ...And both sides of the aisle need to be a lot more careful.Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-81490100703911648022012-03-03T12:59:44.691-08:002012-03-03T12:59:44.691-08:00Rusty: I read Killing Lincoln... thought it was pr...<i>Rusty: I read Killing Lincoln... thought it was pretty good.</i><br /><br />For a work of fiction? But the authors (O'Reilly and the "historian") aren't presenting it as a work of fiction. According to them it's nonfiction. When a "nonfiction" book is as <a href="http://www.salon.com/2011/11/12/fords_theatre_flunks_oreillys_lincoln_book/singleton/" rel="nofollow">historiaclly inaccurate</a> as this one, I don't know how anyone could say it was at all "good".<br /><br />So what if it sold a lot of copies? That just proves there are a lot of dumb people out there willing to believe something just because it comes from a television personality they like (because he represents their partisan point of view). His co-author should be embarrassed to call himself a historian.<br /><br />BTW Will, people on both sides of the aisle review political books on Amazon that they haven't read.Dervish Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671865801885224353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-47913271588894865812012-03-03T12:58:35.178-08:002012-03-03T12:58:35.178-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dervish Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671865801885224353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-10316495992738532432012-03-03T11:47:15.358-08:002012-03-03T11:47:15.358-08:00I read Killing Lincoln...thought it was pretty goo...I read Killing Lincoln...thought it was pretty good.O'Riellys co-author is a historian.The book was a gigantic best seller.<br /><br /> This fall he has Killing Kennedy coming out.Rusty Shackelfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14232914458379098036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-41487594456145614792012-03-03T07:10:21.092-08:002012-03-03T07:10:21.092-08:00My point was that you shouldn't write a review...My point was that you shouldn't write a review of a book that you haven't actually read. If you have read it and had some issues with it, yes, by all means, critique it.Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-4805383103271337662012-03-03T06:22:02.120-08:002012-03-03T06:22:02.120-08:00I heard it was historically inaccurate. You don...I heard it was historically inaccurate. You don't believe it deserves a negative review for that reason? You think the only reason someone would negatively review it is because they're a "stooge" or a "miscreant"?Dervish Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671865801885224353noreply@blogger.com