Joe Conason quotes

Joshua Micah Marshall on Raw Deal

Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:16:13 -0400

“Joe Conason is one of our great chroniclers of the right-wing propaganda machine ... Let this book be your x-ray machine to see through the president’s lies about Social Security.”

— Joshua Micah Marshall, Journalist, Talking Points Memo

Michael Tomasky on Raw Deal

Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:14:21 -0400

"Joe Conason has done it again. When Joe casts his eye on the cadres of the right, they invariably emerge battered, with their arguments filleted, their sources of money exposed, and their real motives laid bare.”

— Michael Tomasky, Executive Editor, The American Prospect

Markos Moulitsas on Raw Deal

Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:12:38 -0400

"Joe Conason is in top form, one of the progressive movement's most important voices … No buzzword remains unchallenged, no dirty trick unexposed, no insipid argument left intact. This book is an important tool in the fight against the right-wing crusade against Social Security."

— Markos Moulitsas, Founder, DailyKos

Arianna Huffington on Big Lies

Sun, 11 Sep 2005 03:17:34 -0400

“From Rush to Bush, Conason strips away false fronts to reveal the corporate agenda behind “conservative” propaganda. Big Lies is essential reading in these politically troubled times.”

— Arianna Huffington, author of Fanatics and Fools

Molly Ivins on Big Lies

Sun, 11 Sep 2005 03:14:34 -0400

“Conason has such a good eye for the hypocrisy and follies of the American right, he can even make you laugh a little while you wince. This is a comprehensive, well researched indictment of a bunch of nasty people who really deserve it. It is also a thorough exposé of a bunch of big lies, from the “liberal media” to “compassionate conservatism”

— Molly Ivins, author of Who Let the Dogs In?

David Brock on Big Lies

Sun, 11 Sep 2005 03:12:46 -0400

“Every page of Big Lies is a revelation. With incisiveness and verve, Joe Conason supplies the intellectual ammunition to rescue liberalism and liberals from years of Republican distortion, spin, and shameless lies. Along the way, Conason delivers one of the most devastating indictments of right-wing rhetorical tricks and dishonest media techniques in print.”

— David Brock, President, Media Matters, and author of Blinded by the Right

Paul Krugman on Big Lies

Sun, 11 Sep 2005 03:08:57 -0400

“Big Lies is must reading for anyone who wants to understand America today. It is an amazing tour though the wonderland of right-wing mendacity that blinds Americans to the ugly truth about what is happening to our country.”

— Paul Krugman, author of The Great Unraveling

Anthony Lewis on Hunting

Sun, 11 Sep 2005 01:21:02 -0400

“The Hunting of the President is a necessary text for anyone interested in how the inter-woven interests of the Clinton-haters, politicians, and the press led to impeachment. It tells us why we should not forget.”

— Anthony Lewis, The New York Review of Books, April 13, 2000

Steven Metcalf on Hunting

Sun, 11 Sep 2005 01:17:07 -0400

“Mr. Conason and Mr. Lyons have done an enormous service, if not to the state, then to the citizenry”

— Stephen Metcalf, New York Observer, March 13, 2000

Joshua Micah Marshall on Hunting

Sun, 11 Sep 2005 01:14:25 -0400

“The book does a masterful job of mixing investigative revelations and political analysis with unflinching attacks on those who deserve them.”

— Joshua Micah Marshall, The American Prospect, July 17, 2000

J. Kingston Pierce on Hunting

Sun, 11 Sep 2005 01:09:56 -0400

“Conason and Lyons have composed a superb retrospective analysis of the malignant campaign to unseat an optimistic and activist president. Their twisting tale reads like a thriller, its pace quickening as it reaches the final showdown.”

— J. Kingston Pierce, January Magazine, May 2000

Robert Sherrill on Hunting

Sun, 11 Sep 2005 01:00:35 -0400

“The most disgustingly fascinating political book I’ve ever read.”

— Robert Sherrill, The Texas Observer, July 21, 2000

David Brock on The Raw Deal

Sat, 10 Sep 2005 17:16:10 -0400

“With insight and clarity, Joe Conason shows how the longstanding conservative antipathy toward Social Security has morphed into a lavishly funded and breathtakingly dishonest conservative PR campaign … In untangling spools of GOP propaganda, The Raw Deal sets the record straight and shows what's really at stake for all Americans in the current battle.”

— David Brock, President, Media Matters, and author of Blinded by the Right