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| How to Win a Fight with a Conservative | 
 enlarge | Author: Daniel Kurtzman
Publisher: Hysteria Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $8.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 23861
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 177
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 1402208804
Dewey Decimal Number: 320.520973
EAN: 9781402208805
ASIN: 1402208804
Publication Date: June 21, 2007
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Product Description
How to Win a Fight With a Conservative is the ultimate survival guide to arguing politics, filled with all the cunning strategies, damning facts, and merciless ridicule liberals need to give their conservative "friends, neighbors and countrymen" the verbal smackdown of a lifetime.
With the presidential election approaching, this irreverent yet practical guide is essential reading for unpracticed neophytes and seasoned politicos alike-the perfect primer for anyone who's ever fantasized about smacking sense into a misguided right-wing adversary.
Includes:
--The 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective Partisans
--The Conservative Hall of Shame
--How to Detect Lies, Propaganda, and General BS
--Kick-Ass Arguments: A Step-by-Step Guide
...and much, much more!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Laugh Attack May 31, 2008
11 out of 16 found this review helpful
A good laugh is an excellent antidote to these times of strife in this post-9/11 world. I'd rather find a reason to laugh than to feel disgusted and enraged in re the current administration.
The contrasting light and trenchant humor is very effective and readers will undoubtedly come away with some new insights. I loved the categories of conservatives and the Hall of Shame was just too funny! While I readily admit that I am no fan of Bush (called the Commander in Thief by the local democrats, which is one of the gentler sobriquets he has earned), I enjoy good, political humor. In fairness, I enjoyed the book about winning fights with liberals. In short, I like political humor.
 A book for the deluded May 29, 2008
0 out of 41 found this review helpful
I don't need a book to win against a liberal. I was brought up with common sense and intelligence.
A Really Humorous Book, Just Don't Take it Too Seriously January 21, 2008
33 out of 36 found this review helpful
A friend gave me this book for Christmas this year because she knew how much I enjoyed ranting about politics. While it is not truly a self-help book, and I doubt anyone will win a fight with a conservative by following its directions, it is an enjoyable little diversion that made me laugh. Daniel Kurtzman is a good satirist and his jabs are hilarious. For instance, he divides the conservative movement into several cleverly named segments:
(1) Rapturfarians--Christian fundamentalists.
(2) Enron-omists--ueber capitalists.
(3) Big Brethren--militant authoritarians.
(4) Gunfederates--people with confederate flags and gun racks in their pickup trucks.
(5) Spongebob-ophobes--militant anti-gay activists.
(6) Crusadomasochists--imperialistic neoconservatives.
Clever names to be sure, but the descriptions are just as humorous. The rest of the book is just as much fun. I should mention that Daniel Kurtzman is an equal opportunity satirist; he also published in 2007 another guide, "How to Win a Fight with a Liberal," that takes aim at those on the left. It is just as humorous.
 A fun, quick read December 4, 2007
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is a really funny, enjoyable book. It has lots of great quizzes, lists, and do's and don'ts that make it easy to jump into at any point. And I loved all the quotes from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Great stuff!
Entertaining and surprisingly insightful November 25, 2007
26 out of 27 found this review helpful
I picked up a copy of this book before taking a flight home for Thanksgiving. I come from an ultra-conservative family, and figured I could use a little ammunition just in case things turned ugly at the dinner table, like they usually do. I found some surprisingly useful tips, especially the chapter on how to detect logical fallacies. But most of all, the book made me laugh. My favorite parts were the dueling Liberal and Conservative Manifestos ("Conservatives believe in beautiful Hummers befouling spacious skies, amber waves of abstinent teens, and crowning thy good with estate tax cuts"). I'm planning to give out copies to a few friends whose families are even crazier than mine.
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