Dick: The Man Who Is President [Hardcover]

John Nichols (Author)

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Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: New Press; illustrated edition edition (Sep 30 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1565848403
ISBN-13: 978-1565848405
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 14.3 x 2.5 cm
Shipping Weight: 363 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #709,786 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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From Publishers Weekly

That George W. Bush is a bumbling "president in name only" and that Dick Cheney holds the real power in the administration is a familiar position, and Nichols, Washington correspondent for the Nation, takes it with an unsubtle, repetitive hammering of its main features. Righteousness colors otherwise compelling, in-depth considerations of matters such as Cheney's evasion of military service during the Vietnam War and his archconservative voting record as a congressman. Nichols has a lot of cogent and well-collated material about his subject's "hustling for power," both in Washington and as the CEO of Halliburton, but he occasionally overreaches, as when he suggests that then-secretary of defense Cheney's pressure to maintain military spending levels after the end of the Cold War shaped the rise in terrorist activities leading up to 9/11. In addition, overlong sidebars derail the main argument, at times adding little more to the debate than petty sniggering over the future vice-president's poor college record and his wife's lesbian romance novel. But at his best, Nichols asks tough questions that went largely unanswered during the last presidential election.
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Amazon.com: 4.1 out of 5 stars (21 customer reviews)

78 of 87 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb journalism; mandatory reading, Sep 7 2004

By Elrod Enchilada - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Dick: The Man Who Is President (Hardcover)

I received my copy of Dick on Sept 7 and read it in two hours. I could not put it down. It is a terrific read, and is filled with eye-opening, even eye-popping, material about Vice-President Dick Cheney. Nichols's case that Cheney runs the government and that he is not to be trusted is convincing. He provides evidence to convict. There are scores of books out to fill the appetite of people alarmed by the Bush-Cheney administration, and many of them are quite good. But I have seen nothing as original and as important at Dick. It is an astonishing indictment of our news media that so much elementary information about the VP has been unknown prior to the publication of this book. No matter what one's politics may be, no one who reads Dick will ever view this administration the same again.

John Nichols is one of the finest journalists of our times, and this book will only cement his reputation.

37 of 42 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Cheney - the man behind the Curtain, Sep 24 2004

By polit reader - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Dick: The Man Who Is President (Hardcover)

After I read this well-researched and annotated book, all the facts about the current administration fell into place.

Paul O'Neill (ex-treasury sec'y) in his great book "Price of Loyalty" wrote that Bush exercises 3 times a day, and has no more than 3 policy meetings a week, while Clinton had 3 a *day*.

SO WHILE GWB IS OUT RUNNING, WHO IS RUNNING THE COUNTRY?

Answer: Cheney.

WHEN 9/11 HAPPENNED WHO WAS IN THE CONTROL CENTER CALLING THE SHOTS?

Answer: Cheney

In the current whitehouse, (unprecedented) Cheney is the "CEO" and everyone reports to HIM, not Bush!

It kinda explains why the US attacked Iraq. Cheney and pals thought this war up 12 years ago and finally got to do it. Bush is self-admittedly "not a reader" and Cheney supervises the 1-page briefs he gets.

This book not only convinced me to vote for Kerry, It made me want to run out and do everything I can to get him elected!!!

The scariest thing to me about Cheney is his secrecy. He started with Rumsfeld under Nixon... say no more. only he is doing a better job of the secrecy/enemies list thing.

Read up on Cheneys votes when he was in congress.

Against: Freeing Nelson Mandela

For: Cop-killer Bullets

30 of 34 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars throw away all your books on Bush and read THIS BOOK, Oct 2 2004

By Shaun Oconnor - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Dick: The Man Who Is President (Hardcover)

This book was horrifying, fascinating and impossible to put down. After reading just about every book out there on Bush, I realized that this is the only book you need to read.

John Nichols does a very detailed and well-researched job of showing who the man is behind the curtain of the boy-king. With exactly one month to go, if you are undecided on who to vote for, you owe it to yourself to learn a little bit about the man who took us to war.

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