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Guilty By Reason of Insanity: Why The Democrats Must Not Win
"Today’s Democrats are pushing policies that are simply insane, and David Limbaugh proves it in his terriffic, and tremendously important, new book, Guilty by Reason of Insanity ." — MARK LEVIN
"Few pundits can match David Limbaugh for research, depth of knowledge, and political insight, and in this book, perhaps his best political book, he shows how the Democrat Party has completely lost its mind." — SEAN HANNITY
The left has truly lost its mind. The party out of power used to be “the loyal opposition.” No longer. Now it’s “the Resistance.” The left, abandoning any pretense of fairness and decency, has declared political war on President Trump.
Waged by a stunningly broad array of militants—the Democratic Party, countless left-wing interest groups, radical academics, the liberal mainstream media, Antifa shock troops, Hollywood, and the tech oligarchs—this political war is aimed not only at conservative ideas but also at Trump supporters, even teenagers wearing MAGA hats.
In his shocking new book, Guilty by Reason of Insanity , national #1 bestselling author David Limbaugh explains how the left lost its mind—and the threat it now poses to us all. No book you read this year could be more important.
"Few pundits can match David Limbaugh for research, depth of knowledge, and political insight, and in this book, perhaps his best political book, he shows how the Democrat Party has completely lost its mind." — SEAN HANNITY
The left has truly lost its mind. The party out of power used to be “the loyal opposition.” No longer. Now it’s “the Resistance.” The left, abandoning any pretense of fairness and decency, has declared political war on President Trump.
Waged by a stunningly broad array of militants—the Democratic Party, countless left-wing interest groups, radical academics, the liberal mainstream media, Antifa shock troops, Hollywood, and the tech oligarchs—this political war is aimed not only at conservative ideas but also at Trump supporters, even teenagers wearing MAGA hats.
In his shocking new book, Guilty by Reason of Insanity , national #1 bestselling author David Limbaugh explains how the left lost its mind—and the threat it now poses to us all. No book you read this year could be more important.
496 pages, Hardcover
Published October 29, 2019
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David Limbaugh
24 books128 followersDavid Limbaugh is a conservative American political commentator and author. He is the younger brother of talk radio host Rush Limbaugh.
David Limbaugh has a bachelor's degree, cum laude, in political science and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Missouri. He also served in the National Guard for six years. He has written columns which are carried by Creators Syndicate, Townhall.com, WorldNetDaily, Jewish World Review, and The Washington Times.
David Limbaugh has a bachelor's degree, cum laude, in political science and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Missouri. He also served in the National Guard for six years. He has written columns which are carried by Creators Syndicate, Townhall.com, WorldNetDaily, Jewish World Review, and The Washington Times.
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October 21, 2019
A conservative's take on the goals and tactics of the Leftist in the Democrat Party. Limbaugh discusses the Democrat agenda and how it conflicts with the US Constitution and traditional American values. A good read across the political spectrum that encourages thinking about the American future. This was a free review copy through Goodreads.com.
January 28, 2020
Simply outstanding politico base study. Well stated, logical, factual stats. The reference listings and proof or quote sources at many dozens of pages at the ending are some of the most superb material pearls to peruse further- that I've ever come across. Common sense conservative core- economics, spiritual, social avenues to parry the observable leftist hate mongering constant slander and deranged insanity.
November 20, 2019
David Limbaugh does not disappoint with his effort in Guilty by Reason of Insanity. In this book, he offers what has become standard in his work: a well reasoned, logically coherent, and exceptionally sourced work that argues for the rational, conservative point of view in American politics.
Limbaugh covers a wide range of issues that sit at the top of contemporary priorities. From the radical shifts in social policy to the irrational immigration positions of the American left, he leaves no stone unturned.
Overall, the main point of the book is to rally conservative American voters for the fight that is unfolding as the 2020 election. But Guilty is not simply an effort at preaching to the choir. The book has value for any potential voter who is either undecided, open minded, or increasingly aware of the blatant irrationality and hypocrisy of today's Democratic Party.
For full disclosure, it is also necessary to mention that the copy of the book that I read was provided free of charge by the publisher based on a review I wrote for a prior book by Limbaugh. That being said, my favorable review here is not in any way influenced by that fact. This book is of the highest quality for a current events work aimed at a general audience. It is well worth the read.
Limbaugh covers a wide range of issues that sit at the top of contemporary priorities. From the radical shifts in social policy to the irrational immigration positions of the American left, he leaves no stone unturned.
Overall, the main point of the book is to rally conservative American voters for the fight that is unfolding as the 2020 election. But Guilty is not simply an effort at preaching to the choir. The book has value for any potential voter who is either undecided, open minded, or increasingly aware of the blatant irrationality and hypocrisy of today's Democratic Party.
For full disclosure, it is also necessary to mention that the copy of the book that I read was provided free of charge by the publisher based on a review I wrote for a prior book by Limbaugh. That being said, my favorable review here is not in any way influenced by that fact. This book is of the highest quality for a current events work aimed at a general audience. It is well worth the read.
November 9, 2019
I was lucky to get copy of this from Regnery Publishing to review! What an honor! What a book!
I love David Limbaugh’s religious books; this is the first political book I’ve read by him. If you aren’t really into politics or consider yourself a moderate, you’ll get a lot out of reading this book. Buy it. Read it. Then see how you feel. If you listen to Rush and other conservative radio shows regularly and consider yourself well-informed, you’ll love this book and fear for what’s ahead for America if liberals keep messing it up and bashing our morals and values. Lastly, if you’re a liberal, you will hate this book and I doubt you would even consider reading it unless you have doubts about things you hear or believe.
This was a great read with lots of information to cover. I’ll definitely read more of his political books going forward.
I love David Limbaugh’s religious books; this is the first political book I’ve read by him. If you aren’t really into politics or consider yourself a moderate, you’ll get a lot out of reading this book. Buy it. Read it. Then see how you feel. If you listen to Rush and other conservative radio shows regularly and consider yourself well-informed, you’ll love this book and fear for what’s ahead for America if liberals keep messing it up and bashing our morals and values. Lastly, if you’re a liberal, you will hate this book and I doubt you would even consider reading it unless you have doubts about things you hear or believe.
This was a great read with lots of information to cover. I’ll definitely read more of his political books going forward.
November 3, 2019
The only thing I didn't care for in this book was the foul language, but I do realize that he only used the foul language when directly quoting others. Otherwise this was an excellent book.
October 31, 2019
Fantastic
Great job Mr. Limbaugh. Finally someone with the intelligence, and courage to speak the truth. This despicable, radical left-wing cancer growing in our country needs to be exposed and surgically removed. It begins when true Americans understand from where and from whom this threat presents itself. This book gives you this knowledge. It's a search light to throw on the these cockroaches, so we can begin the task of getting rid of them.
Great job Mr. Limbaugh. Finally someone with the intelligence, and courage to speak the truth. This despicable, radical left-wing cancer growing in our country needs to be exposed and surgically removed. It begins when true Americans understand from where and from whom this threat presents itself. This book gives you this knowledge. It's a search light to throw on the these cockroaches, so we can begin the task of getting rid of them.
January 17, 2020
A comprehensive discussion of the hate-filled path that Democrats have taken, fueled especially by Trump Derangement Syndrome. Trump has many flaws, but their vitriol is ridiculously over the top. And their socialist streak is very scary.
January 2, 2020
Would have probably had more of an impact if it didn't feel like a laundry list of articles I have been reading through 2019 from ZeroHedge/Wash Times/RealClearPolitics/Townhall
January 12, 2020
Very interesting and scary if the Liberal democrats win any election in my future. Our rights are being taken away and they care more about non Americans than they do us. We already struggle to give health care to our own Veterans and now they want to give free college, health care, to everyone that comes into our country. What they don't understand is the immigrants that are coming here for safety from gangs, will not be safe and wasted there time coming here if we let the ones they are fleeing from to follow them here. That is what the immigrant population understands but not the open boarder liberals. They think that they will control the country because they think that they are going to vote for them to be in control of the country. Great book.
January 2, 2020
This is a great book although it's not an easy reader simply due to the tremendous amount of information that needs to be absorbed
May 19, 2020
The Internal Threats to Liberty
Reaching the conclusion of David Limbaugh’s 380-page book left this reader feeling shell-shocked and exhausted. Example upon example of distortion, incivility, and rage directed against people who think differently than the hard Left makes one want to disengage from the public square, and hope someone else will make the nightmare come to an end. Because when it seems that the currency of public discourse is no longer reason but rhetoric, and good arguments have been replaced by the spewing of emotions, why bother? Well, I have to believe that we cannot and must not give up on reason, because that is all that sets us apart from the animals and from having our society ruled by raw power.
I think David Limbaugh would agree with me that if you’re a conservative, Democrats are not the enemy: the ideas of the Left that they have swallowed – they are the enemy. And we have to become clear on just what ideas are held by the Left, and which ones do conservatives hold to. And if we can crystallize them down to their basic principles and internalize them, I think those of us regular folks who care about our country can make a difference, not only at the ballot box, but at the supper table with our children, and at the water-cooler at work with our colleagues.
I have found it helpful to describe conservatism as the belief that social reality is characterized by an order of things, that social institutions exist objectively and are not human creations. There are Permanent Things that have been instituted by the Creator, things like marriage, family, a proper teleology for sex and sexuality, an ordered balance to different spheres of government, from the family all the way up to the federal government.
And so, for example, when the same-sex marriage issue comes up, we can say, look, it’s not that we are being mean and wanting to deny happiness to two people who love each other and happen to be of the same sex. If they want to co-habit without persecution, that’s one thing, but a conservative is not going to just go out and change a time-tested and time-honored institution such as traditional marriage, which has served as the stable bedrock of Western culture for two thousand years, just because cultural mores shift in that direction. We believe in preserving and conserving time-tested values and ideals that have sustained us, and same-sex marriage is manifestly not a time-tested value and ideal.
No, conservatives are not reactionary. We are not living in the past. But we do consult the past, regularly, and separate good ideas from bad ones in order to help guide us as we move forward. Progressives, on the other hand, don’t know where they’re going. We can recall that the entirety of the Democratic Party, including the Clintons, supported the “Defense of Marriage Act” in 1993. Then just 20 years later, they switched to supporting same-sex marriage. Where are they going to be in another 20 years? I think we conservatives ought to ask that question because it’s a fair one. We haven’t changed. Why are they attacking us as bigots when just two decades ago they agreed with us?
If conservatives are characterized by an adherence to the Permanent Things, then progressives adhere to the twin dogmas of absolute personal autonomy and personal subjective relativism, the belief that there are no objective moral values. But surely this is a recipe for personal and societal anarchy. And isn’t that what we are witnessing today?
Russell Kirk in “The Roots of American Order” (1974) said that you need to have internal order of yourself before you can have external order in a country. Are David Limbaugh’s countless examples of Leftist anger, threats, and intimidation portraying a movement whose leaders are characterized by internal peace, or by internal turmoil?
Limbaugh has also shown how vocal representatives of the Left have become not only increasingly secular, but also increasingly hostile to Christianity. This is troubling, not only to individual Christians who find themselves targeted, but to the future of liberty itself, liberty for everybody. Alexis de Tocqueville, in his 1838 book “Democracy in America,” wrote, “Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot. Religion… is more needed in democratic societies than in any other.” Why? Because you have the freedom to do anything that you want. That’s why you need the moral rudder, the guiding force, of faith. Otherwise we are reduced to rule by mere power.
Ronald Reagan said that the most sublime image in American history is the image of George Washington on his knees in the snow of Valley Forge. Why? “Because it personified a people who knew it was not enough to depend on their own courage and goodness. They must also seek help from God, their Father and their Preserver.” The Left scoffs at such wisdom, as it does any transcendent truths.
There are other important conservative principles that we ought to own and defend, such as the sanctity and dignity of human life, a belief in the individual as more important than the state, and enough knowledge of economics to realize that capitalism enriches entire societies, including the poor, while socialism impoverishes everyone. Limbaugh helps us here, for example in his discussion of the “trickle-down straw man” (p. 166) in which the Left constantly accuses conservatives of the ineffectiveness of an economic policy that they don’t even hold. But I think we’ve said enough to show that even abstracting from the specific examples of Leftist outrage that Limbaugh gives us, and looking at general principles, “the Democrats must not win,” as the subtitle says.
Well, fine, but what’s the alternative? Donald Trump? Really? Really. Consider this quote from page 356: “Increasingly, political argument is taking the same form, with liberals asserting that Trump Policy X is not just bad for reasons a, b, and c, but that it transgresses some unwritten standard of moral rightness that renders it prima facie unacceptable and illegitimate. Most often the rationale offered for this judgment amounts to the assertion that the policy, or the motive behind it, is racist (or nativist, xenophobic, sexist, homophobic, or transphobic).”
What this means is that we ought to be wise to the reality that both the media and the administrative state, which are supposed to be neutral, are in fact anything but. We have to look more carefully at Trump’s actual record and not allow our opinions to be poisoned by the sometimes subtle, other times blatant distortions we get from the media. Trump may not know the theoretical ins and outs of conservatism, but like it or not, he is the conservative representative for the moment and the only thing standing between us and a Democratic president who would lurch the country even further to the Left and over the waterfalls of moral anarchy and economic impoverishment.
Reaching the conclusion of David Limbaugh’s 380-page book left this reader feeling shell-shocked and exhausted. Example upon example of distortion, incivility, and rage directed against people who think differently than the hard Left makes one want to disengage from the public square, and hope someone else will make the nightmare come to an end. Because when it seems that the currency of public discourse is no longer reason but rhetoric, and good arguments have been replaced by the spewing of emotions, why bother? Well, I have to believe that we cannot and must not give up on reason, because that is all that sets us apart from the animals and from having our society ruled by raw power.
I think David Limbaugh would agree with me that if you’re a conservative, Democrats are not the enemy: the ideas of the Left that they have swallowed – they are the enemy. And we have to become clear on just what ideas are held by the Left, and which ones do conservatives hold to. And if we can crystallize them down to their basic principles and internalize them, I think those of us regular folks who care about our country can make a difference, not only at the ballot box, but at the supper table with our children, and at the water-cooler at work with our colleagues.
I have found it helpful to describe conservatism as the belief that social reality is characterized by an order of things, that social institutions exist objectively and are not human creations. There are Permanent Things that have been instituted by the Creator, things like marriage, family, a proper teleology for sex and sexuality, an ordered balance to different spheres of government, from the family all the way up to the federal government.
And so, for example, when the same-sex marriage issue comes up, we can say, look, it’s not that we are being mean and wanting to deny happiness to two people who love each other and happen to be of the same sex. If they want to co-habit without persecution, that’s one thing, but a conservative is not going to just go out and change a time-tested and time-honored institution such as traditional marriage, which has served as the stable bedrock of Western culture for two thousand years, just because cultural mores shift in that direction. We believe in preserving and conserving time-tested values and ideals that have sustained us, and same-sex marriage is manifestly not a time-tested value and ideal.
No, conservatives are not reactionary. We are not living in the past. But we do consult the past, regularly, and separate good ideas from bad ones in order to help guide us as we move forward. Progressives, on the other hand, don’t know where they’re going. We can recall that the entirety of the Democratic Party, including the Clintons, supported the “Defense of Marriage Act” in 1993. Then just 20 years later, they switched to supporting same-sex marriage. Where are they going to be in another 20 years? I think we conservatives ought to ask that question because it’s a fair one. We haven’t changed. Why are they attacking us as bigots when just two decades ago they agreed with us?
If conservatives are characterized by an adherence to the Permanent Things, then progressives adhere to the twin dogmas of absolute personal autonomy and personal subjective relativism, the belief that there are no objective moral values. But surely this is a recipe for personal and societal anarchy. And isn’t that what we are witnessing today?
Russell Kirk in “The Roots of American Order” (1974) said that you need to have internal order of yourself before you can have external order in a country. Are David Limbaugh’s countless examples of Leftist anger, threats, and intimidation portraying a movement whose leaders are characterized by internal peace, or by internal turmoil?
Limbaugh has also shown how vocal representatives of the Left have become not only increasingly secular, but also increasingly hostile to Christianity. This is troubling, not only to individual Christians who find themselves targeted, but to the future of liberty itself, liberty for everybody. Alexis de Tocqueville, in his 1838 book “Democracy in America,” wrote, “Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot. Religion… is more needed in democratic societies than in any other.” Why? Because you have the freedom to do anything that you want. That’s why you need the moral rudder, the guiding force, of faith. Otherwise we are reduced to rule by mere power.
Ronald Reagan said that the most sublime image in American history is the image of George Washington on his knees in the snow of Valley Forge. Why? “Because it personified a people who knew it was not enough to depend on their own courage and goodness. They must also seek help from God, their Father and their Preserver.” The Left scoffs at such wisdom, as it does any transcendent truths.
There are other important conservative principles that we ought to own and defend, such as the sanctity and dignity of human life, a belief in the individual as more important than the state, and enough knowledge of economics to realize that capitalism enriches entire societies, including the poor, while socialism impoverishes everyone. Limbaugh helps us here, for example in his discussion of the “trickle-down straw man” (p. 166) in which the Left constantly accuses conservatives of the ineffectiveness of an economic policy that they don’t even hold. But I think we’ve said enough to show that even abstracting from the specific examples of Leftist outrage that Limbaugh gives us, and looking at general principles, “the Democrats must not win,” as the subtitle says.
Well, fine, but what’s the alternative? Donald Trump? Really? Really. Consider this quote from page 356: “Increasingly, political argument is taking the same form, with liberals asserting that Trump Policy X is not just bad for reasons a, b, and c, but that it transgresses some unwritten standard of moral rightness that renders it prima facie unacceptable and illegitimate. Most often the rationale offered for this judgment amounts to the assertion that the policy, or the motive behind it, is racist (or nativist, xenophobic, sexist, homophobic, or transphobic).”
What this means is that we ought to be wise to the reality that both the media and the administrative state, which are supposed to be neutral, are in fact anything but. We have to look more carefully at Trump’s actual record and not allow our opinions to be poisoned by the sometimes subtle, other times blatant distortions we get from the media. Trump may not know the theoretical ins and outs of conservatism, but like it or not, he is the conservative representative for the moment and the only thing standing between us and a Democratic president who would lurch the country even further to the Left and over the waterfalls of moral anarchy and economic impoverishment.
May 30, 2020
Talk radio icon Rush Limbaugh and his lesser-known younger brother, the lawyer and commentator David Limbaugh, are easily the best one-two punch in conservative commentary. What David has written here is a well-argued but ultimately exhausting reference work. There's a lot of gory political and cultural ground to cover.
The book is written in a logical, straightforward style, with each chapter surveying another social malady either inspired or encouraged by progressives. Socialism and authoritarianism get two chapters apiece, because of their outsize influence on current thinking. Where Limbaugh goes wrong, in my judgment, is in padding his narrative with too many examples of ideological inflexibility from other people's Twitter feeds. He makes sense throughout, but the bad faith and hysterics to which he objects make for wearisome reading. His narrative suffers from the problem that Nietzsche once pointed out, which is that when you look too long into the abyss, the abyss looks back at you.
Although Michael Weiner (aka Michael Savage) is not quoted in this book, Limbaugh ultimately endorses a lot of what Savage used to say about the importance of borders, language, and culture.
If you're interested in politics but don't want to slog through an indictment of encyclopedic breadth, set this book respectfully aside and read David Horowitz's Dark Agenda instead.
The book is written in a logical, straightforward style, with each chapter surveying another social malady either inspired or encouraged by progressives. Socialism and authoritarianism get two chapters apiece, because of their outsize influence on current thinking. Where Limbaugh goes wrong, in my judgment, is in padding his narrative with too many examples of ideological inflexibility from other people's Twitter feeds. He makes sense throughout, but the bad faith and hysterics to which he objects make for wearisome reading. His narrative suffers from the problem that Nietzsche once pointed out, which is that when you look too long into the abyss, the abyss looks back at you.
Although Michael Weiner (aka Michael Savage) is not quoted in this book, Limbaugh ultimately endorses a lot of what Savage used to say about the importance of borders, language, and culture.
If you're interested in politics but don't want to slog through an indictment of encyclopedic breadth, set this book respectfully aside and read David Horowitz's Dark Agenda instead.
February 13, 2020
This is the first David Limbaugh book I have read and it won't be the last. Limbaugh has penned a thorough examination of the 3+ year horror show of bad behavior by the liberal media and the left. I remember some of the information recounted in many chapters, but seeing it all in one place, in stark black type, along with additional supporting materials--it's enough to leave the reader with PTSD. I can only imagine how our President and his family must feel. This book is nearly 500 pages long and 100 pages of the text are end notes/documentation of Limbaugh's sources. This book is scholarly and edifying--if there was such a thing as a conservative university political science course, it could certainly use this tome as its primary textbook. This is a must-read for anyone concerned about the direction our national discourse is headed--especially the narrative manufactured by the mainstream media.
June 9, 2021
I would actually recommend this book despite the three star rating. David presents many arguments for conservatism, some compelling, and some not. While I disagree with him on several of his points, I appreciate a book that challenges my viewpoint and presents some solid arguments for why I should reconsider my views. In this, David succeeds about half the time and I would like to continue reading more books that challenge my perception of the Republican Party and mainstream conservatism as it currently stands.
February 28, 2020
There are elements of "over the top" as Limbaugh points out the excesses of the liberal mindset that screams at Trump and his supporters, but it seems to be what is required to keep the left from chasing all conservative thought out of the public square. Depressing that it must be written, and sad that the MSM seems incapable of coming to reasonable conclusions.
July 26, 2020
Anyone who loves America, loves freedom, and loves the constitution should read this book. It is full of facts about how the extreme left wants to destroy our freedoms and give themselves power. They do not care about individuals and their rights. They want to get rid of the constitution and enslave us all in a godless, socialist society.
February 23, 2020
Insightful
Well written, detailed research. Scary stuff the way the progressive mind works. While our country has made some terrible mistakes historically we are still better than any other. And improving still.
Well written, detailed research. Scary stuff the way the progressive mind works. While our country has made some terrible mistakes historically we are still better than any other. And improving still.
June 8, 2020
Mr. Limbaugh effectively pulls back the curtain on the Democratic party. The facts are presented in an easy to understand manner. It's a compelling read.
Recommend to those who enjoy political novels.
I borrowed a copy from my local library. All views expressed are my honest opinion.
Recommend to those who enjoy political novels.
I borrowed a copy from my local library. All views expressed are my honest opinion.
January 23, 2020
Great, I learned a lot.
August 7, 2020
Very informational.
September 4, 2020
Terrific!
I enjoyed this book thoroughly, both for its organization and the monumental amount of research David and his team put into this. Terrific read.
I enjoyed this book thoroughly, both for its organization and the monumental amount of research David and his team put into this. Terrific read.
October 26, 2020
Timely, to the point and scary. Every citizen in the
Country needs to read this book
Hopefully it's not to late. I wish I could send it to everyone in the country.
Country needs to read this book
Hopefully it's not to late. I wish I could send it to everyone in the country.
June 9, 2022
whatever happen to dialogue and being open to discuss, who wants to sit in a pile of shit, both sides accuse each other of this however one is as a house of cards regarding foundational truths...
December 11, 2020
Guilty By Reason of Insanity: Why The Democrats Must Not Win is a provocative look at the radicalism that has gripped the Democrat Party. Discussing such issues as Intersectionality, Transgenderism, Abortion, Immigration, and Socialism, author David Limbaugh chronicles how the Democrat Party has increasingly moved to the extreme Left, openly pushing ideas and polices that were considered extremist 10-years ago. Limbaugh lays out his arguments especially well, using myriad examples and detailed sourcing. And while he drops in a bit of sarcasm and humor now and then, he avoids any mean-spiritedness. An incredibly poignant analysis of the political moment, its trends, and implications, Guilty By Reason of Insanity: Why The Democrats Must Not Win is an eye-opening read.
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