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Loading... Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservativeby David Brock
The author of the hatchet job on Anita Hill decides to switch allegiance, and this is his explanation of why. For anyone expecting a mea culpa, be prepared for a book where the author simply decides to point fingers at everyone else for his behavior - in effect, one long whine about how the left drove him to the right, and the right is to blame for all his not-so-nice actions through the 1990s. If you expect soul-searching and introspection, you won't get it here. Although loved by the left, and raised onto a pedestal after this book, it comes across as nothing more than a whiny schoolboy who didn't get his own way, so he went over to the other side to be appreciated. (  ) quantum_flapdoodle | Apr 30, 2011 |  I agree with the many reviewers here that this was an interesting look at the internal workings of the political right in the U.S. in recent decades. However, I did not have to know the name of every Georgetown restaurant the author had a clandestine meeting at. Nor do I need to know everyone's drinking habits. This would have made a wonderful long article. As a book it has a feeling of being repetitious and in places just dull. It does deserve at least a skim, if for no other reason than to let Brock set his former record straight. (  ) aulsmith | Nov 2, 2010 | A fascinating read about a period in American politics where I was becoming politically aware. The book was very interesting in the way the political machine on the conservative right works. I also thought it was interesting to read about the author's identification as a gay man in conservative right movement and how that affected his relationships and his status in the movement. (  ) synchroswimr | Aug 21, 2008 | I don’t know how much of the facts in the books can be independently verified. My guess is a lot of it is. It was interesting for a number of reasons. (Full review at my blog) ( ) KingRat | Jun 16, 2008 | I'm not politically saavy enough to have recognized more than a fraction of the people in this memoir, so I found myself skimming for the interesting stories, points or references to situations I was familiar with. The most intriguing threads were the explanation of how the GOP was working behind the scenes during the 1980s and 1990s, Brock's weaving of the impact of his closeted gay status on his writing, and the early portraits of people like Anne Coulter and other talking heads who have since come to prominence. Unlike the rather disingenuous apologia of Michael Finkel after his exposure for having made up stories as a journalist, Brock's explanations for how and why he came to be writing stories that turned out not to be factual rings true and his remorse sounds genuine. I am left feeling somewhat better informed about a period of politics that I was only paying cursory attention to when it was happening. 1  jacque1in | Mar 24, 2007 | no reviews | add a review
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