How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)

The World According to Ann Coulter

By: Ann Coulter

Narrated by: Elizabeth White

Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

Welcome to the world of Ann Coulter. With her monumental best-sellers Treason, Slander, and High Crimes and Misdemeanors, Coulter has become the most recognized and talked-about conservative intellectual in years - and certainly the most controversial.

Now, in How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must), which is sure to ignite impassioned debate, she offers her most comprehensive analysis of the American political scene to date. With incisive reasoning, refreshing candor, and razor-sharp wit, she reveals just why liberals have got it so wrong.

In this powerful and entertaining book, which draws on her weekly columns, Coulter ranges far and wide. No subject is off-limits, and no comment is left unsaid.

After all, she writes, “Nothing too extreme can be said about liberals because it’s all true.” How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) offers Coulter’s unvarnished take on:

• The essence of being a liberal: “The absolute conviction that there is one set of rules for you, and another, completely different set of rules for everyone else.”
• John Kerry: “A reporter asked Kerry, ‘Are you for or against gay marriage?’ As usual, his answer was, ‘Yes.’ ”
• Her 9/11 comments: “I am often asked if I still think we should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity. The answer is: Now more than ever!”
• The state of the Democratic Party: “Teddy Kennedy crawls out of Boston Harbor with a quart of Scotch in one pocket and a pair of pantyhose in the other, and Democrats hail him as their party’s spiritual leader.”
• Her philosophy for arguing with liberals: “Tough love, except I don’t love them. My ‘tough love’ approach is much like the Democrats’ ‘middle-class tax cuts’ - everything but the last word.”
• The “Treason Lobby”: “Want to make liberals angry? Defend the United States.”

In this full-on Coulterpalooza, you’ll find the real, uncensored Ann Coulter. A special concluding chapter even includes the pieces that squeamish editors refused to publish - “what you could have read if you lived in a free country,” says Coulter.

How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) is a stunning reminder of why Ann Coulter’s commentary has achieved must-read status.

“A fluent polemicist with a gift for Menckenesque invective...and she can harness such language to subtle, syllogistic argument.” (Washington Post Book World)

“Ann Coulter is a trailblazer.” (Los Angeles Times Book Review)

“She can zing one-liners faster than Zeus can throw lightning bolts.” (Kansas City Star)

©2004 Ann Coulter (P)2004 Books on Tape

Critic reviews

"A great deal of research supports Ms. Coulter's wisecracks." (New York Times)

The Queen of the Right

Her wit is like a new razor. When she writes a book there are more footnotes than any writer that I have read. If you are tired of the Liberal press she is a breath of fresh air.

An excellent review of many facts about the USA

An honest American, do you hate to loose an hour or two every time you fly?
Do you want to know about 9/11 what media is hiding?
Want to learn how non-elected appointed judges regulate our lives?
Truth about GW Bush?s and John F. Kerry's marriages?
Ann has it all.
Whether you're conservative, liberal, or an independent like I'm, this is a must to listen to book.
I personally love the to hear facts that are not readily available. Narration and the style are great; I couldn?t put the player down.

A Veritable Laugh Riot

Ann Coulter is one of THE MOST talented political humorists around. If, like me, you are an average working Joe, who battles with the challenges of life with honor and as little sniveling as possible.......you will LOVE Ann Coulter! You will laugh until you cry with gratitude that Ann Coulter can so eloquently express the stream of consciousness Right ( with apologies to Jack "Being a Drunk is Really Hep" Kerouac).Both the abridged and unabridged are enthusiastically recommended.

Great listen

In this book, Ann republishes many of her skewers of the liberal left, and with great wit and precision, exposes the weakness in their flanks. A hilarious, rollercoaster read.

Horrible - There is no 0 out of 5

Terrible. Lies and more lies. I am a Rebublican but this kind of self service just makes me Ill. I made a mistake and wasted 15 hours of my life listening to this.

Re-re-re-heated mush

Al Franken has warned us "there is something wrong" with Coulter. This book finally shows us what. She is fresh out of ideas, and simply recycling catchphrases fed her by the republican party's publicity office (FOX "news"). What is wrong with her- and this book- is a complete lack of new thoughts. Like her other books, she has no support for her statements, and it is hard to find an actual fact anywhere. But UNLIKE her other books, here you also cannot find anything which has not been said better elsewhere. In short, this is the type of thing schoolkids write for essays in the 5th grade- usually one of the boys who works in what he thinks are clever cutups admidst the plagiarism. If your purpose is- like mine- to read this so you know what ridiculous things your republican brother-in-law will be saying next week- don't bother. These are the talking points from LAST week.

No fan of hers

I thought the book was smarmy, and full of clever jabs that went nowhere. I don't see what she adds to the political scene, except to bring it down to a grade school level. She has that same self satisfied grin, much like Dubya. I'm not against strong, articulate GOP women, but she is a very bad example. The book was tiresome and predictable. After awhile, her perspectives and opinions become simplistic. I just wish that pie would've hit her in the face.
Steve Kneller

Would be better if narrated by Ann Coulter.

What did you like best about How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)? What did you like least?

The author makes a lot of interesting points.

What didn’t you like about Elizabeth White’s performance?

Not easy to listen to. It's kind of monotonous.

Any additional comments?

I only listened to about half of it because of the narration.