The following is a brief excerpt from a review posted on PopandPolitics.com:“The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy” by "National Review" White House Correspondent Byron York is an excellent example of how one can write about the current political atmosphere without sinking to the depths of fear mongering, name-calling, or the ever popular smearing.
As the subtitle, “The untold story of how Democratic operatives, eccentric billionaires, liberal activists, and assorted celebrities tried to bring down a President -- and why they’ll try even harder next time,” indicates, this is the nuts and bolts story of how during the 2004 Presidential Election, organizations such as MoveOn.org and America Coming Together (ACT) became somewhat of a force to be reckoned with.
The book also covers the birth of progressive radio station, Air America, the battle at the box office between Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11” and Mel Gibson’s “Passion of the Christ,” and the creation of liberal think tanks that patterned themselves after conservative ones such as the Heritage Foundation. It also explains just who George Soros is and why he became such a known commodity in the election cycle despite not actually being involved in the political process at any level.
“The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy” is more than just a list of who did what and why during the campaign. Behind the maneuvering, pandering, marketing, soliciting, and outright proselytizing that went on, there is a narrative to be told.
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