{"id":5481,"date":"2005-10-08T09:27:06","date_gmt":"2005-10-08T13:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/?p=5481"},"modified":"2005-10-08T09:27:06","modified_gmt":"2005-10-08T13:27:06","slug":"you-go-girl-crier-shows-contempt-for-right-wing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/you-go-girl-crier-shows-contempt-for-right-wing\/","title":{"rendered":"You go girl: Crier shows ‘Contempt’ for right wing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest Post by Morbo<\/a><\/p>\n

A friend just passed me a copy of Court TV host Catherine Crier’s<\/a> new book “Contempt: How The Right Is Wronging American Justice,” and I have to say I’m impressed.<\/p>\n

I had no idea Crier was on our side. I’d always just assumed she was kind of conservative, since she was elected as a state judge in Texas as a Republican some years ago. <\/p>\n

Actually, she is (or was) kind of conservative, as Crier says in the book. The problem is today’s conservatives are far-right reactionary nutcases who have left her behind.<\/p>\n

So Crier is mad as hell and speaking out. I haven’t finished the book, but it’s pretty obvious it was the kook right’s war on the judiciary that got her blood boiling. She pulls no punches. This is a hard-hitting tome. Her final chapter is titled “The Holiest of Holies: The Twenty Biggest Powerbrokers of the Far Right.” She lets creeps like Tom DeLay, James Dobson, Grover Norquist and Bill Frist have it right in the old kisser.<\/p>\n

But what’s really cool is that Crier is savvy enough to single out right-wingers who work mainly behind the scenes to destroy all this country stands for — or used to stand for. A large section of the book deals with separation of church and state, and Crier cuts loose on a “Christian nation” advocate and GOP activist named David Barton. Barton is hardly a household name, but he has been more influential than you might think. Barton created a cottage industry peddling phony American history to eager fundamentalists. They use his claptrap in letters to the editor, newspaper columns and on websites. Crier slaps him around like a hockey puck. She couldn’t have chosen a better target.<\/p>\n

The book is not perfect. It lacks an index and does not contain footnotes. But the good news is it’s written in a breezy, accessible style that might appeal to readers who normally avoid books on legal topics, fearing they might be too dry.<\/p>\n

Crier’s previous books have sold well, and she’s enough of a household name to spark a round of sales. Here’s hoping “Contempt” takes off and dethrones Bernard Goldberg’s latest piece of dung from the best-seller list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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