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“It’s time for a real, snarktastic, humor-filled look at what makes conservatism right. We conservatives have truth and rationality and logic on our side. We just need to remind ourselves why we are right, and we need that reminder delivered in a way that’s not a lecture, not a history lesson, and not a complicated political diatribe.”
If you think all conservatives are old white dudes, think again.
Meet the Chicks on the Right (if you haven’t already).
Everyone loves to tell them they’re wrong. Everyone. Liberals say they’re wrong because, well, they’re conservative. Conservatives tell them they’re wrong because they are not conservative enough. Or because they’re too conservative. Or because they’re the wrong kind of conservative. With all the blame flying around, it’s easy to lose sight of one important thing:
They think like you. And they are right.
It’s right to revere the Constitution. It’s right to value personal responsibility, economic liberty, and free enterprise. It’s right to think that political correctness is crap, and it’s right to call out the mainstream media for bias. And it’s right to laugh at the so-called War on Women and to stand up for the unborn.
As they do every day on their blog and radio show, Miriam Weaver and Amy Jo Clark offer a definitive response to critics on the right and the left, and a cheerfully snarky pep talk for likeminded conservatives. On the one hand, they are tired of the media’s portrayal of conservatives as repressed sticks-in-the-mud; on the other hand, they are sick of GOP leaders who play right into that stereotype.
With humor and insight, Mock and Daisy, as the Chicks are known on their blog, explain why:
Capitalism is a good thing—success and the money that comes with it are nothing to be ashamed of! First Amendment protections extend to all Americans, not just those with whom we agree. Americans have a constitutional right to things that go pew-pew-pew. Skin color is irrelevant. It makes sense to be pro-life and pro-Plan B. The Chicks offer suggestions for a conservative makeover that will realign the GOP with the regular folks who are frustrated with uptight and clueless politicians. But they also show why conservatism makes sense for everyone, especially those who love their country, their families, God, rock and roll, and a well-made cocktail (not necessarily in that order).
If you think all conservatives are old white dudes, think again.
Meet the Chicks on the Right (if you haven’t already).
Everyone loves to tell them they’re wrong. Everyone. Liberals say they’re wrong because, well, they’re conservative. Conservatives tell them they’re wrong because they are not conservative enough. Or because they’re too conservative. Or because they’re the wrong kind of conservative. With all the blame flying around, it’s easy to lose sight of one important thing:
They think like you. And they are right.
It’s right to revere the Constitution. It’s right to value personal responsibility, economic liberty, and free enterprise. It’s right to think that political correctness is crap, and it’s right to call out the mainstream media for bias. And it’s right to laugh at the so-called War on Women and to stand up for the unborn.
As they do every day on their blog and radio show, Miriam Weaver and Amy Jo Clark offer a definitive response to critics on the right and the left, and a cheerfully snarky pep talk for likeminded conservatives. On the one hand, they are tired of the media’s portrayal of conservatives as repressed sticks-in-the-mud; on the other hand, they are sick of GOP leaders who play right into that stereotype.
With humor and insight, Mock and Daisy, as the Chicks are known on their blog, explain why:
Capitalism is a good thing—success and the money that comes with it are nothing to be ashamed of! First Amendment protections extend to all Americans, not just those with whom we agree. Americans have a constitutional right to things that go pew-pew-pew. Skin color is irrelevant. It makes sense to be pro-life and pro-Plan B. The Chicks offer suggestions for a conservative makeover that will realign the GOP with the regular folks who are frustrated with uptight and clueless politicians. But they also show why conservatism makes sense for everyone, especially those who love their country, their families, God, rock and roll, and a well-made cocktail (not necessarily in that order).
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If you ever needed the words of why you’re a woman with conservative intentions, then this book is for you. No apologies. No dogged looks. Just “this is who I am and this is why; take it or leave it.”
I will take it in a world that is vastly closing its ears while pointing fingers and taking names.
I will take it in a world that is vastly closing its ears while pointing fingers and taking names.
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January 5, 2017Has this election season made you a nervous wreck? I know it has me at the end of my tether, and with my bad allergies, morbid depression, and chronic insomnia, I don’t know if I should make a plate of brownies, charge my smart phone, or buy a truckload of Xanax. Either way this election goes (I’m going to plug my nose and vote for Hillary Clinton), by this time next week we will have a new President-Elect.
Anyway, here is my latest installment of “Taking One for the Team,” Right for a Reason: Life, Liberty, and a Crapload of Commonsense by Miriam Weaver and Amy Jo Clark, two Indiana-based conservative pundits who go by the name of Chicks on the Right. The Chicks have a radio show on WIBC in Indianapolis, an occasional newspaper column for the IndyStar, their own website featuring their opinion pieces (under the pen names Mockarena for Weaver and Daisy Jo for Clark), links to other like-minded conservative websites and memes well-versed in the radical right mindset. Their social media has plenty of followers and they are often profiled and interviewed by more mainstream media outlets.
Not living in Indiana, I first became aware of the Chicks when they wrote a scathing screed for the IndyStar lambasting liberal feminists for wearing vagina costumes or thinking tax payers should pay for their birth control pills or being all-around entitled, whiny, crybaby harpies. They claimed they were the true feminists because even if their husbands left them for “younger models” they would just pick themselves up by their bra straps, soldier on, and not expect any type of safety net to bail them out. And for some odd reason, stiletto shoes were also involved in the world of Chicks-fried feminism.
Well, as one of those liberal feminists the Chicks love to hate. I can’t recall seeing anyone in a vagina costume, and I don’t exactly expect anyone to pay for my birth control; I just believe there should a safety net for people who are struggling and a woman’s reproductive issues are a very important component of health care. I hardly think this makes me a virulent shrew. And I have to remind the Chicks, even this libtard, feminazi in sensible sling backs, pays her fair share of taxes.
This opinion piece went viral, picked up by other media outlets including Bust, Jezebel, We are Libertarians, and Democratic Underground. My curiosity piqued, I decided to learn more about the Chicks. I found their website, which included a high-heeled shoe in the logo (because the ladies love their shoes, amirite?). The Chicks’ apparent goal is to give conservatism a “makeover” because when people think of conservatism they think of old, white, silver-haired, dour and boring men. Well, actually I think of skinny blonde women talking smack…and writing smack.
Which finally brings me to Right for a Reason…
In Right for the Reason, the Chicks go deep as a Jimmy Choo in-step when it comes to serious topics regarding capitalism, race, feminism, guns, abortion, political correctness and LGTBQ issues.
On the surface, Right for the Reason’s first chapter, Capitalism is a Good Thing, isn’t exactly something I disagree with. I am very grateful for living in a country where entrepreneurs of all kinds from my friends Laura and Myra making a living designing jewelry to domestic diva, Martha Stewart, can hone their skills, talents and expertise and become successful. But capitalism is not without its faults whether it’s the malfeasance found on Wall Street or CEOs making 400 times what the average worker and treated to a golden parachute worth millions even though they make decisions that sink a company and screw over employees, clients, consumers, shareholders and other invested interests.
And then then there is their take on Occupy Wall Street, which to the Chicks, pretty much was made up of dreadlocked hippies pooping in the streets while updating their Twitter feeds on their iPhones. Sure, there were quite a few members of Occupy Wall Street that fit that tired stereotype. But if one looked any further, you would also find knitting grandmas, blue collar types and suit-wearing professionals. They also found one ridiculous Occupy Wall Street manifesto that they use to sum up the entire movement. That’s like me saying all members of the Tea Party can’t spell, are total bigots and dress like Paul Revere. I wouldn’t because I’m pretty sure the Tea Party types have a variety of people in their ranks, too.
When it comes to the poor here in the United States, the Chicks compare the poor in a first world country versus those in a third world country. Well, of course there are differences! We talking about a first world country compared to third world countries, where there are vast differences in policies, infrastructure, education, and so on. But the Chicks never delve into those complex topics. Instead, the poor in America often own TVs, DVD players, stereos, kitchen and laundry amenities, and even cars! Well, a lot of the poor live in apartments where kitchens come fully equipped and there are laundry facilities. One can buy certain luxuries like a TV used or have they been given as gifts. And if someone doesn’t live in a place with reliable public transportation a car is a must to get to work, school and to run errands. Yes, a lot of poor people work and/or going to school. Not everyone who is poor is lazy, popping out babies, uneducated, not working, watching “Jerry Springer” and fully dependent on the taxpayer. And it seems to the Chicks the only people who pay taxes are themselves and their fellow conservatives.
As for corporate welfare? The Chicks briefly refer to corporate welfare was the bailouts, which mostly happened in 2008—when Bush was still President.
In this chapter, the Chicks bring up the idea of “mincome,” which apparently all of Canadian liberals played around with back in the 1970s and it was a huge failure because everybody became a lazy slug or something like that. I had heard of mincome so I did some investigating. Turns out mincome was something relegated to mostly Manitoba, and the only people who pulled back on working and earning a paycheck were teenagers and mothers with babies and very young children. Most citizens continued to work regular jobs while also receiving a decent minimum income from the government.
And just who were among these unwashed hippies who came up with the idea of mincome? Milton Friedman, yep, that Milton Friedman.
In America is Exceptional the Chicks go all neener, neener on liberals who have the audacity to point out America’s flaws, both past and present. And Weaver tells the tale of her father coming to America as an immigrant and having nothing but good things happening for him, not quite owning up to the privilege he already had in place—being white and highly educated. He certainly had it better than some immigrants coming from places like Mexico and Syria, or what my great-grandfather, Max, faced coming here as a poor orphan from Germany when he was still a teenager. Anyway, the vastly smarter and funnier, Jimmy Dore, sums up what’s great about America in the final chapter of his book, Your Country is Just Not That Into You.
Other subjects where Chicks have all the intellectual heft of a feather include the idea of hands up, not hand-outs. I guess you’re alright to get some help if you’re a single mom who identifies as a conservative. The rest of us can just die in a fire.
When it comes to the first amendment the Chicks bitch their right to free speech is being violated due to one set back on Facebook, not quite acknowledging they have a radio show, a newspaper column, an active social media presence and a book. If that’s called having one’s first amendment rights being trampled on, sign me up! They also call political correctness stupid with all the maturity of kindergartners in a sandbox, claim they don’t see color when it comes to the thorny topic of race, stomp their stiletto-shod feet for their right to own things that go Pew-Pew-Pew (to the uninitiated they are talking about guns, not Pepe le Pew). They think the war on women is a load of crap (yep, these two classy dames love to use the word crap), but throw plenty of insults when it comes to women they disagree with, often using hateful dialogue to disparage a more liberal women’s looks. They are proudly pro-life and are convinced that all clinics that provide abortion services resemble the horrors of Kermit Gosnell’s clinic; most clinics don’t resemble Gosnell’s clinic at all.
And if you happen to be gay? Well, quit being so obvious about with your same sex wedding announcements, gay pride parades and suing Christian bakers. Yea, like the heterosexuals have to hide their lifestyles and loving with abiding shame.
In the final chapter the Chicks offer their declaration on why it’s time for a conservative makeover. They claim it’s not cool to be a conservative, not mentioning conservative ideas and opinions can be found all over in print, televison and digital media. As I write this, one of the hottest pundits in right wing media is yet another skinny, blonde, Tomi Lahren. Heck, she’s so hot she’s allegedly dating a cast-off of The Bachlorette!
But just how do the Chicks plan to give conservatism a make-over. Well, according to the cover and the contents of Right for a Reason it has to do something with Christian Loubatins, clothes from the MILF Collection at Forever 41 and calling out Nancy Pelosi for using Botox. Actually, the Chicks call conservative makeover consist the following:
1) Discuss conservatism with young people
2) Stop being prudes (it’s okay to cuss)
3) Remember the 80/20 rule (it’s okay if other people agree with only 80% of the time)
4) Stop with the labeling (interesting, considering the Chicks have a pretty strict guideline for what makes a true conservative)
As for the GOP, among the things the Chicks suggest include being offensive (no problem there with Trump as a possible next president—shudder) rather than defensive, use limited government, the Constitution and personal freedom when it comes to messaging, empower women and minorities, use all media platforms, and fight fire with fire.
Okay, the Chicks do have a point on certain things. I think they bring up interesting concepts when it comes to messaging. And they call out both Todd Akin and Todd Rokita for their positively boneheaded remarks, Rokita making condescending compliment regarding CNN’s Carol Costello’s looks and Akin’s opinions regarding rape. And though the Chicks are pro-life, they are also in favor of contraceptives and Plan B.
But ultimately, Right for a Reason is just a shrill and malicious, with writing on par with a middle school mean girl’s Twitter diatribes against various liberals, feminists, progressive activists, not to mention President Obama, Hillary Clinton, Sandra Fluke, Beyoncé, Al Franken, Sheryl Sandberg, and Whoopi Goldberg. Their offer no promise of hope and how to reach across the aisle to truly improve the state of the USA in the 21st century. Right for a Reason is also devoid of carefully honed research on issues that are crucial to us as citizens at one of the most critical times in country’s history. In the end, you aren’t left with the feeling conservatism doesn’t need a makeover; it needs a complete do-over, a total reboot, the kind of boot that can’t be found at any pricey shoe boutique.
Right for a Reason: Life, Liberty and a Crapload of Common Sense is right on one thing. It is a crapload.
Originally published at the Book Self:
https://thebookselfblog.wordpress.com...
Anyway, here is my latest installment of “Taking One for the Team,” Right for a Reason: Life, Liberty, and a Crapload of Commonsense by Miriam Weaver and Amy Jo Clark, two Indiana-based conservative pundits who go by the name of Chicks on the Right. The Chicks have a radio show on WIBC in Indianapolis, an occasional newspaper column for the IndyStar, their own website featuring their opinion pieces (under the pen names Mockarena for Weaver and Daisy Jo for Clark), links to other like-minded conservative websites and memes well-versed in the radical right mindset. Their social media has plenty of followers and they are often profiled and interviewed by more mainstream media outlets.
Not living in Indiana, I first became aware of the Chicks when they wrote a scathing screed for the IndyStar lambasting liberal feminists for wearing vagina costumes or thinking tax payers should pay for their birth control pills or being all-around entitled, whiny, crybaby harpies. They claimed they were the true feminists because even if their husbands left them for “younger models” they would just pick themselves up by their bra straps, soldier on, and not expect any type of safety net to bail them out. And for some odd reason, stiletto shoes were also involved in the world of Chicks-fried feminism.
Well, as one of those liberal feminists the Chicks love to hate. I can’t recall seeing anyone in a vagina costume, and I don’t exactly expect anyone to pay for my birth control; I just believe there should a safety net for people who are struggling and a woman’s reproductive issues are a very important component of health care. I hardly think this makes me a virulent shrew. And I have to remind the Chicks, even this libtard, feminazi in sensible sling backs, pays her fair share of taxes.
This opinion piece went viral, picked up by other media outlets including Bust, Jezebel, We are Libertarians, and Democratic Underground. My curiosity piqued, I decided to learn more about the Chicks. I found their website, which included a high-heeled shoe in the logo (because the ladies love their shoes, amirite?). The Chicks’ apparent goal is to give conservatism a “makeover” because when people think of conservatism they think of old, white, silver-haired, dour and boring men. Well, actually I think of skinny blonde women talking smack…and writing smack.
Which finally brings me to Right for a Reason…
In Right for the Reason, the Chicks go deep as a Jimmy Choo in-step when it comes to serious topics regarding capitalism, race, feminism, guns, abortion, political correctness and LGTBQ issues.
On the surface, Right for the Reason’s first chapter, Capitalism is a Good Thing, isn’t exactly something I disagree with. I am very grateful for living in a country where entrepreneurs of all kinds from my friends Laura and Myra making a living designing jewelry to domestic diva, Martha Stewart, can hone their skills, talents and expertise and become successful. But capitalism is not without its faults whether it’s the malfeasance found on Wall Street or CEOs making 400 times what the average worker and treated to a golden parachute worth millions even though they make decisions that sink a company and screw over employees, clients, consumers, shareholders and other invested interests.
And then then there is their take on Occupy Wall Street, which to the Chicks, pretty much was made up of dreadlocked hippies pooping in the streets while updating their Twitter feeds on their iPhones. Sure, there were quite a few members of Occupy Wall Street that fit that tired stereotype. But if one looked any further, you would also find knitting grandmas, blue collar types and suit-wearing professionals. They also found one ridiculous Occupy Wall Street manifesto that they use to sum up the entire movement. That’s like me saying all members of the Tea Party can’t spell, are total bigots and dress like Paul Revere. I wouldn’t because I’m pretty sure the Tea Party types have a variety of people in their ranks, too.
When it comes to the poor here in the United States, the Chicks compare the poor in a first world country versus those in a third world country. Well, of course there are differences! We talking about a first world country compared to third world countries, where there are vast differences in policies, infrastructure, education, and so on. But the Chicks never delve into those complex topics. Instead, the poor in America often own TVs, DVD players, stereos, kitchen and laundry amenities, and even cars! Well, a lot of the poor live in apartments where kitchens come fully equipped and there are laundry facilities. One can buy certain luxuries like a TV used or have they been given as gifts. And if someone doesn’t live in a place with reliable public transportation a car is a must to get to work, school and to run errands. Yes, a lot of poor people work and/or going to school. Not everyone who is poor is lazy, popping out babies, uneducated, not working, watching “Jerry Springer” and fully dependent on the taxpayer. And it seems to the Chicks the only people who pay taxes are themselves and their fellow conservatives.
As for corporate welfare? The Chicks briefly refer to corporate welfare was the bailouts, which mostly happened in 2008—when Bush was still President.
In this chapter, the Chicks bring up the idea of “mincome,” which apparently all of Canadian liberals played around with back in the 1970s and it was a huge failure because everybody became a lazy slug or something like that. I had heard of mincome so I did some investigating. Turns out mincome was something relegated to mostly Manitoba, and the only people who pulled back on working and earning a paycheck were teenagers and mothers with babies and very young children. Most citizens continued to work regular jobs while also receiving a decent minimum income from the government.
And just who were among these unwashed hippies who came up with the idea of mincome? Milton Friedman, yep, that Milton Friedman.
In America is Exceptional the Chicks go all neener, neener on liberals who have the audacity to point out America’s flaws, both past and present. And Weaver tells the tale of her father coming to America as an immigrant and having nothing but good things happening for him, not quite owning up to the privilege he already had in place—being white and highly educated. He certainly had it better than some immigrants coming from places like Mexico and Syria, or what my great-grandfather, Max, faced coming here as a poor orphan from Germany when he was still a teenager. Anyway, the vastly smarter and funnier, Jimmy Dore, sums up what’s great about America in the final chapter of his book, Your Country is Just Not That Into You.
Other subjects where Chicks have all the intellectual heft of a feather include the idea of hands up, not hand-outs. I guess you’re alright to get some help if you’re a single mom who identifies as a conservative. The rest of us can just die in a fire.
When it comes to the first amendment the Chicks bitch their right to free speech is being violated due to one set back on Facebook, not quite acknowledging they have a radio show, a newspaper column, an active social media presence and a book. If that’s called having one’s first amendment rights being trampled on, sign me up! They also call political correctness stupid with all the maturity of kindergartners in a sandbox, claim they don’t see color when it comes to the thorny topic of race, stomp their stiletto-shod feet for their right to own things that go Pew-Pew-Pew (to the uninitiated they are talking about guns, not Pepe le Pew). They think the war on women is a load of crap (yep, these two classy dames love to use the word crap), but throw plenty of insults when it comes to women they disagree with, often using hateful dialogue to disparage a more liberal women’s looks. They are proudly pro-life and are convinced that all clinics that provide abortion services resemble the horrors of Kermit Gosnell’s clinic; most clinics don’t resemble Gosnell’s clinic at all.
And if you happen to be gay? Well, quit being so obvious about with your same sex wedding announcements, gay pride parades and suing Christian bakers. Yea, like the heterosexuals have to hide their lifestyles and loving with abiding shame.
In the final chapter the Chicks offer their declaration on why it’s time for a conservative makeover. They claim it’s not cool to be a conservative, not mentioning conservative ideas and opinions can be found all over in print, televison and digital media. As I write this, one of the hottest pundits in right wing media is yet another skinny, blonde, Tomi Lahren. Heck, she’s so hot she’s allegedly dating a cast-off of The Bachlorette!
But just how do the Chicks plan to give conservatism a make-over. Well, according to the cover and the contents of Right for a Reason it has to do something with Christian Loubatins, clothes from the MILF Collection at Forever 41 and calling out Nancy Pelosi for using Botox. Actually, the Chicks call conservative makeover consist the following:
1) Discuss conservatism with young people
2) Stop being prudes (it’s okay to cuss)
3) Remember the 80/20 rule (it’s okay if other people agree with only 80% of the time)
4) Stop with the labeling (interesting, considering the Chicks have a pretty strict guideline for what makes a true conservative)
As for the GOP, among the things the Chicks suggest include being offensive (no problem there with Trump as a possible next president—shudder) rather than defensive, use limited government, the Constitution and personal freedom when it comes to messaging, empower women and minorities, use all media platforms, and fight fire with fire.
Okay, the Chicks do have a point on certain things. I think they bring up interesting concepts when it comes to messaging. And they call out both Todd Akin and Todd Rokita for their positively boneheaded remarks, Rokita making condescending compliment regarding CNN’s Carol Costello’s looks and Akin’s opinions regarding rape. And though the Chicks are pro-life, they are also in favor of contraceptives and Plan B.
But ultimately, Right for a Reason is just a shrill and malicious, with writing on par with a middle school mean girl’s Twitter diatribes against various liberals, feminists, progressive activists, not to mention President Obama, Hillary Clinton, Sandra Fluke, Beyoncé, Al Franken, Sheryl Sandberg, and Whoopi Goldberg. Their offer no promise of hope and how to reach across the aisle to truly improve the state of the USA in the 21st century. Right for a Reason is also devoid of carefully honed research on issues that are crucial to us as citizens at one of the most critical times in country’s history. In the end, you aren’t left with the feeling conservatism doesn’t need a makeover; it needs a complete do-over, a total reboot, the kind of boot that can’t be found at any pricey shoe boutique.
Right for a Reason: Life, Liberty and a Crapload of Common Sense is right on one thing. It is a crapload.
Originally published at the Book Self:
https://thebookselfblog.wordpress.com...
November 12, 2014
Ugh. Dull and monotonous, the authors mistake abrasive, shrieky shrillness for humor and accessibility. These two are kind of like the Chelsea Handlers of Conservatism, and I am not a fan of Chelsea Handler's, either. This entire book is focused on how much they hate liberals and what horrible people liberals are. I got through the entire book without coming across a single mention of a single conservative policy that was put into action and had positive results for the country. Instead, the authors focus on anecdotal, worst of class, so-called evidence from the fringes of society to prove what nasty human beings liberals are, even presenting Dr. Kermit Gosnell's crimes as being representative of mainstream liberalism.
If conservatives wonder why they can't attract new voters, the tone of this book is a big part of the reason, since it's so typical of conservative opinion. Where's the hope and the optimism? Every time I read a book written by a conservative, listen to a radio program hosted by a conservative, or watch a conservative television program, the author/host/guests are screaming at the listener/reader. I understand that this is the tone that sells the best in Conservativeland and that you have to appeal to the lowest common denominator if you want to make a profit, but just once I would like to see a conservative present a reasoned, logical argument based solely on their own beliefs and past results, without appealing to people's basest emotions of hate and anger.
If you're just looking for an easy read that won't require much from you, this is the book for you. But if you're like me and prefer a little more intelligence and substance in your reading, skip it.
If conservatives wonder why they can't attract new voters, the tone of this book is a big part of the reason, since it's so typical of conservative opinion. Where's the hope and the optimism? Every time I read a book written by a conservative, listen to a radio program hosted by a conservative, or watch a conservative television program, the author/host/guests are screaming at the listener/reader. I understand that this is the tone that sells the best in Conservativeland and that you have to appeal to the lowest common denominator if you want to make a profit, but just once I would like to see a conservative present a reasoned, logical argument based solely on their own beliefs and past results, without appealing to people's basest emotions of hate and anger.
If you're just looking for an easy read that won't require much from you, this is the book for you. But if you're like me and prefer a little more intelligence and substance in your reading, skip it.
January 26, 2015
Enjoyable and a quick read. This is a light-hearted book that deals with some heavy political topics. The Chicks display their trademark common sense, wisdom, honesty, and snarktastic sense of humor. I follow their website on Facebook and I am glad I bought their book. It is well worth reading.
February 12, 2019
Loved the true by snarky voice and the truths.
May 31, 2019
I love the Chicks on the Right podcast so of course I loved their book!
Edit: I sent them an email about how much I loved their book and they read my email on the air!
Edit: I sent them an email about how much I loved their book and they read my email on the air!
April 11, 2019
I bought the unabridged audiobook for a dollar at Half-Price Books, hoping for a fresh new look at a conservative perspective that might reach out to liberals and centrists. Ben Carson’s endorsement blurb on the jacket suggested it would. What became quickly apparent was that he’d never read it.
Both authors claim to be pro-life and yet support abortion in the event of the fetus being damaged by birth defects. They don’t address the moral implications of this or contrast it to their opposition to abortions as a means of birth control.
They make a few accurate observations. Harvey Weinstein’s hypocrisy on gun control is one.
Much of the rest is sophomoric, self-contradictory, hyperbolic, polarizing, acidulous name calling and blame fixing. They resort to stereotypes of liberals throughout and use the name interchangeably with the terms “progressive”, “socialist” and “democrat”. Capitalism is a Republican value alone, they posit, and opposed vehemently by Democrats and liberals.
They make a claim that they’re smart, logical, rational and thinking human beings—their work is an unending string of non-sequiturs and logical fallacies.
This isn’t for the thinking person.
I’m glad I didn’t spend more than a dollar.
Both authors claim to be pro-life and yet support abortion in the event of the fetus being damaged by birth defects. They don’t address the moral implications of this or contrast it to their opposition to abortions as a means of birth control.
They make a few accurate observations. Harvey Weinstein’s hypocrisy on gun control is one.
Much of the rest is sophomoric, self-contradictory, hyperbolic, polarizing, acidulous name calling and blame fixing. They resort to stereotypes of liberals throughout and use the name interchangeably with the terms “progressive”, “socialist” and “democrat”. Capitalism is a Republican value alone, they posit, and opposed vehemently by Democrats and liberals.
They make a claim that they’re smart, logical, rational and thinking human beings—their work is an unending string of non-sequiturs and logical fallacies.
This isn’t for the thinking person.
I’m glad I didn’t spend more than a dollar.
June 21, 2018
If you like your politics and other serious stuff served up with a bit of humor, this book may be for you. I had previously read some of the on line posts by the authors and liked how they dealt with various political topics by using facts to analyze, explain, and present their views. So when I found they had written a book, I put it on my list to read. Politics and cultural issues can be tricky subjects to write about because lately the country is so polarized that you can easily lose half of your potential audience. I think they have struck a pretty fair balance although as their nicknames, Chicks on the Right, suggest, it will be a more conservative take. But I think it is presented with a touch of humor that even some liberals might find entertaining. Personally, I think this would be an entertaining and relatively short read for anyone with an open mind...
March 14, 2020
Clear, concise, and comical. This systematic presentation of "we are on the right and this is why" offers insight on the conservative side of the aisle to everyone from the most politically savy, to the newbies just getting involved in politics, to those so deeply entrenched in their own views that hearing something even slightly different than their own assumptions is revelatory. With their snarky brand of humor, the Chicks on the Right openly discuss what conservatism is, how it desperately needs a makeover to get its core message across, how it has been hijacked and misrepresented, and how it needs to be tweaked. No matter which side of the political spectrum you are on, you will find this book enjoyable, informative, and insightful. Happy reading!
June 27, 2024
I love the Chicks! They offer a fresh perspective which I think is so smart and helpful. They aren’t scary-but funny and snarky. It’s important for all of us no matter what we believe politically to have conversations with everyone no matter what your opinion is. The Chicks are a great resource to listen to-because it’s like you’re talking to a friend over chips and salsa. There’s also no ego involved with them-which unfortunately is huge in the political realm. I encourage everyone to read this book no matter what you believe politically. We all need to start talking about our beliefs in the chips and salsa way-and not in the insult way. Thank you for writing this Chicks! Love y’all.
October 22, 2018
Welp, quite honestly this book will rub you the wrong way if you are left-leaning politically. There are a few other reviews that detail why very well. If you are a conservative, you may just hate it because it is poorly written.
March 7, 2019
When I picked it up, I thought it was going to be a sarcastic and irreverent conservative call to action, in the vein of Barry Goldwater's seminal works.
But what we got was a tome that crosses into the sort of partisan works that it claims to rally against.
But what we got was a tome that crosses into the sort of partisan works that it claims to rally against.
July 24, 2019
The book is good, but I would have liked more reasoning about what it means to be conservative. What is the defining character of being conservative.
January 15, 2021
Great book(Audible) Found it extremely interesting that this was published in 2014 and so much of what we are experiencing today with the 2020 Trump-Biden Election, was actually written about.
September 30, 2024
Commonsense and politics come together with great humor!! Love the Chicks on the Right!!
January 6, 2015
*****This is a First Reads, Thank You Goodreads*****
Miriam Weaver and Amy Jo Clark have been doing a blog "Chicks on the Right" since 2009, they also have a radio show, and a newspaper column - and a fan - me. For years I have read, listened, commented with these amazing women. Do they make you think, discuss, hold a little debate with family, friends, even within yourself - at exactly what it is that you stand for and why - and what is it that you are willing to battle for. Sometimes there is a deeper battle that you need to look at, stop wasting your time with the secondary that has been placed as the fundamental. A house divided will fall. As conservatives, we have to stop playing into the hands of playing against each other, get with a program.
The book touches on some of the important basics that we all should find focus on and not allow the rights of the land only to hold for the few. The First Amendment for one, is for all - not just for the use of liberals. The Second Amendment being attacked looking at objects doing crimes, not the people - what is the root cause. There is a need for personal responsibility (the government is being promoted as a sugar daddy to live off of and is a generational issue), the hypersexualization of role models, rather then finding solutions the promoting of victimhood and race obsession has fractured society. As liberals claim to be feminists, exactly who are the ones calling who the ugly names on social media and in front of the cameras, and in the papers - who is truly empowering who here.
The subjects range, the personal stories are heartfelt, but throughout there is thought provoking commentary asking for just plain old common sense.
Miriam Weaver and Amy Jo Clark have been doing a blog "Chicks on the Right" since 2009, they also have a radio show, and a newspaper column - and a fan - me. For years I have read, listened, commented with these amazing women. Do they make you think, discuss, hold a little debate with family, friends, even within yourself - at exactly what it is that you stand for and why - and what is it that you are willing to battle for. Sometimes there is a deeper battle that you need to look at, stop wasting your time with the secondary that has been placed as the fundamental. A house divided will fall. As conservatives, we have to stop playing into the hands of playing against each other, get with a program.
The book touches on some of the important basics that we all should find focus on and not allow the rights of the land only to hold for the few. The First Amendment for one, is for all - not just for the use of liberals. The Second Amendment being attacked looking at objects doing crimes, not the people - what is the root cause. There is a need for personal responsibility (the government is being promoted as a sugar daddy to live off of and is a generational issue), the hypersexualization of role models, rather then finding solutions the promoting of victimhood and race obsession has fractured society. As liberals claim to be feminists, exactly who are the ones calling who the ugly names on social media and in front of the cameras, and in the papers - who is truly empowering who here.
The subjects range, the personal stories are heartfelt, but throughout there is thought provoking commentary asking for just plain old common sense.
February 16, 2017
Witty, funny, clever and well written. The Chicks on the Right nail it in this easy read outlining the silliness that is left wing politics.
February 11, 2015
This book is well done. A great commentary on why patriotic women would be on the political right. It does a great job of dispelling myths such as "the republican war on women" and that "republicans are rich, old, white men."
Though I do not personally agree on a couple of minor issues, they are very much dead on the money in my opinion.
The book is well written, well documented where necessary, and flows very well.
A good read for anyone no matter what your political views. If you are on the right...it might very well give you ways to express your views better in conversations or documentation for the arguments that you are already making. If you are on the left...maybe you change you views, maybe you don't, but you will likely at least understand the right better.
Though I do not personally agree on a couple of minor issues, they are very much dead on the money in my opinion.
The book is well written, well documented where necessary, and flows very well.
A good read for anyone no matter what your political views. If you are on the right...it might very well give you ways to express your views better in conversations or documentation for the arguments that you are already making. If you are on the left...maybe you change you views, maybe you don't, but you will likely at least understand the right better.
October 30, 2014
A smartly written book that illuminates the current political landscape with clarity and boldness without boring the crap out of us. The mix of humor is welcomed as they deal with weighty subject matter. Definitely worthy of not just a read, but a space on your book shelf so you can prove to your friends and family that you were right once they finally see the light. And, oh yes, they will see that the Chicks are right.
Buy it, read it and vote. Being on the "right" is better than being on the wrong.
Buy it, read it and vote. Being on the "right" is better than being on the wrong.
November 4, 2014
This book is different from other conservative manifestos; the language is fun and the chicks describe topics in their own cute way to make you laugh and understand the topic better. As a long time listener of The Chicks on the Right they are just real and it shows in their book. They're the most common kind of conservative, I think and see, where they don't use religion to back up their claims and I LOVE IT! If you're this kind of conservative that the left doesn't want people to know exist, you'd love this book and you'd love The Chicks :D
November 17, 2014
Liberals are not going to like this book, and they're going to rate it low so that it looks like it's a bad book. Big shock. I am conservative, and I loved it. The Chicks take on liberal dogma point by point and either effectively rebut it or (shockingly enough) agree with it. The only reason I didn't give the book five stars is because it is written too much in blogspeak. It made them sound somewhat less cogent.
January 4, 2015
I've been following COTR for some time and almost always agree with their point of view. They basically say what conservatives have been thinking for a long time, but they do it in a way that is more easily understood and approachable. This book is basically a "manifesto" of what I believe as a conservative. You want to know exactly where I stand politically? Read this book. Seriously. Do it. It's the most common sense you'll probably ever read.
November 26, 2014
Loved this book. The Chicks are women after my own heart. They put in book form everything that I feel like I've been trying to say for years now. They say it much better than I ever could though.
It was really hard to put this book down and I was bummed when I got to the end. They kept me nodding in agreement and laughing at the same time.
It was really hard to put this book down and I was bummed when I got to the end. They kept me nodding in agreement and laughing at the same time.
January 5, 2015
Nicely done
Reading a conservative point of view is not popular nowadays with many; COTR do a decent job of putting out there why we believe what we do and driving home the point that conservatism needs a fresh, modern makeover. They do it with wit, sass, and class; things that seem lacking in today's political ring.
Reading a conservative point of view is not popular nowadays with many; COTR do a decent job of putting out there why we believe what we do and driving home the point that conservatism needs a fresh, modern makeover. They do it with wit, sass, and class; things that seem lacking in today's political ring.
January 25, 2015
A must read for today's conservative woman. Some of what the chicks say will not sit well with republican purists, but they're completely right - the party needs a makeover and they outline some of the ways we can connect to young (especially women) voters. Love this book & love them.
January 13, 2015
I like the cotr. This book is ok but not great. I think they're better at commentary on current events as opposed to a book about their views. There isn't really anything in this book that's any different than what you would read online. I just didn't find it as interesting or engaging.
November 20, 2014
I like their reasons!
Though I did not -- do not -- agree with every stance in the book, I still recommend it! Logical reasoning, humor, and straight talk with appropriate sweet spikes of snark abound in this book. It's their first and I hope that more will follow.
Though I did not -- do not -- agree with every stance in the book, I still recommend it! Logical reasoning, humor, and straight talk with appropriate sweet spikes of snark abound in this book. It's their first and I hope that more will follow.
March 15, 2015
This book was a great look into what those of us ladies on the Right believe. It was well written and thought provoking. It was also hilarious. I could have done without the redundancy of "we're right to believe this," but overall a great political read.
December 3, 2014
I won this book via First Reads.
November 3, 2014
Quick read, good read. I didn't like it as much as Katie Pavlich's ASSAULT AND FLATTERY however.
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