1. I bought two books around the same time. Conservative Manifesto & A Slobbering Love Affair: The True (And Pathetic) Story of the Torrid Romance Between Barack Obama and the Mainstream Media . Although they are two totally different books, I have found the latter to be of more use. I'll explain.
If you take an intelligent, somewhat educated, reasonable person, gain their attention and recite most of the ideas of Conservative Manifesto I bet the bottom dollar that 80% will agree with its ideas wholeheartedly. If not a 100%. The problem is that general public does not have time or desire to research state of affairs on their own. They base their view of the world on what they know. What do they know? Where do we get our information? From media. No one reads every speech that every politician gave. No one reads every piece of legislature.

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