The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill

A Must Read

After reading this book I was astonsihed as to how the Bush cabinet runs the country, it really scares me. Unfortunately I am not of voting age yet but I am encouraging those who can vote to get Bush and his cabinet out of office.

Office Gossip or Just One Man's View??

It's fair to say that Paul O'Neill disagreed with the policies of the Bush Administration. He's 'a disgruntled ex-employee,' but it's hard to know what is just his opinion and what's a legitimate concern.

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A Must-Read before the 2004 Election

This book was a tremendous eye-opener for me. With all the confusion and finger-pointing in the news reports about the Bush Administration's Policies, it was very refreshing to hear from a former member of 'Team Bush'. Suskind does a great job explaining former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill's experience as an insider of the Bush Administration. More truth and clarity of the inner workings of the Bush White House is revealed in this book than all of the major new media combined. You owe it to yourself to read this book before going to the polls to vote in November.

Chilling inside view of ineptness of Bush White House

This book reads like a novel - I didn't want it to end. Suskind keeps you riveted to the unfolding story of O'Neill's inability to engage the President in a meaningful dialogue on issues, and documents his frustration at the artificial nature of process and management under Bush. Anyone who reads this book and then continues to support this President, hasn't understood a thing O'Neill has said. An absolutely gripping read.

Execellent book

This is an execellent book to read. I recommend this book to anyone who is interest in politics. I was surprise how George Bush and Don Cheney (I think that his name) makes decisions based on what they think is good for America rather than making decisions based common sense.

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in-line with the anti-Bush trend

The book should be titled, 'The Price of Ineptitude: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Griping of Paul O'Neill' the price paid by O'Neill being his termination of employment for lack of capability. As noted by other reviewers, the author is clearly upset he was fired and timed the publication and release of his story as part of his personal agenda to retaliate. For leftists, it's another great opportunity to unite in the hatred of President Bush and all his policies; because they're his policies. And for the media to herald its obvious bias. What about that book by Alain Hertoghe, 'La Guerre a Outrances' (The War of Outrages), about the gross distortion in the French media's coverage of the Iraq war?

1-star Reviews are an Enigma

The book rings true with me. It's no stretch to realize that the White House is not particularly interested in facts or doing what's right. O'Neills's book simply puts their shenanigans in perspective. How in heaven's name can the 1-star reviewers think that climate change is not an issue (as the Bush Admin does) and how can they belittle the effort on O'Neills part to bring clean water to Africa (in spite of Bush's non-interest)? Do they really doubt that O'Neill refused to lie about being fired (as requested by the Administration) or that his entire staff of hundreds lined up to applaud him as he left? How come these 1-stars are so angry that someone would report accurately? The papers from which the book was drawn are avaiable to anyone interested enuf to look them up onlline. It's the 1-star reviewers that are frightened and angry that 'their' administration is exposed. Read the book and you'll see what I mean.

We have a chance to save our country.

This is probably the most important work of non-fiction you could read this year. What it tells of is happening now. More than just the story of Paul O'Neill, it exposes the inner workings of the Bush administration and offers an education in the principles of effective and proper government process. It is bone-chilling! Whatever your politics, give this book a careful read. Then decide for yourself if you're comfortable with government conducted in secret and powered by wealth and special interests, where information communicated to the public is carefully scripted. Read it now, while there is still time to prevent four more years of damage from government that operates in a near-void of leadership, ethics, and intelligent process.

A must read for every American who votes!

Sometimes I have to get up and walk away, and calm myself in disbelief. I couldn't put it down. I was a life long Republican before Bush, and before I read this book. Like many, I listened to the evening News and I assumed it to be accurate, clearly it's filtered,and controled. Every American should read this book, and then every American would take back our country from Bush and his henchmen as they systematically destroy our nation and economy behind our backs. If every voter read this book, voter turn out would be the likes of which history has never seen coming out, against Bush, and for a return of America to the people.

The reason things are the way they are . . .

A very interesting and insightful book. It lets us know how this administration got to where they are now.

Our Country in Trouble

This is a must read by the American People. It is no longer politics as usual. It is about the dangerous leadership we have in power right now. They have taken us down a slippery slope based on keeping control of their power instead of the interest of the people of our country and for that matter the rest of the world. I commend Mr. O'Neill for his integrity and candor. He is a true patriot.

Disturbing!

A Bush ideologue will tell you that this book is lies, but if you look at the facts, you will find that what is said in here is the truth.

As O'Neill says in the book, 'Ideology is much easier than philosophy because ideology has no basis in fact, just belief'. (paraphrased)

This is a must read for anyone sitting on the fence for the next election.

The cow pastures of America are full of excrement of this sort for free

This book was hyped before release on the See BS (CBS) News / book promotion infomercial show 60 Minutes. 24 hours later, the 'Bush planned Iraq War before 9/11' accusation was proven to be a hoax. see: http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/005628.php You can be well read on the 'pre-9/11' plan to go to war with Iraq by reading the Iraqi Liberation Act of 1998 signed by President Clinton. Leave this Suskind tripe for the willfully deluded.

The Truth at Last

The truth shall set this country free.

A wake up call to all the sheep who follow Bush

This is by far the most important book to come out and expose the lies and crimes of the Bush Administration. I personally thank Paul O Neill for his courage to speak the truth and expose the corruption within our government.

Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill

This obviously is just a man whose mad because he was fired. I wonder... would this book have been written if he was still employed by the Whitehouse? Sour grapes.

a must read, shocking

The best political book in a long time. Finally a credible source with credible proof to prove Bush for the deceiver he is. Bush has deceived Americans and tried to deceive the world since his election to office and now his own administration is telling the truth. Truly a must read

Naughty Naughy Mr.Bush

Hooray Mr. Suskind, the truth shall set you free. The G.O.P. will undoubtedly deny all as sour grapes. Perhaps Mr. President could pen a volume in his defense? Oh sorry, I forgot, he is the only president to have absolutely nothing published, with no command of the language.

A view into the caldron?

The narrative accounts of Paul O¿Neill, if truthful and correct, are delivered in essentially a ¿facts-only¿ manner with subjective interjections typically limited to single line musings that he recalled having at the time of the events chronicled. I was not overly surprised and much of what was written only confirmed what I already suspected. I was impressed by his numerous inside observations, especially as to how well organized the Bush transition team was; brings to mind the counterpoint of how disorganized the Clinton White House was well into the second half of their first term. One interesting thing that is referenced is that the Vice President was present at some of the official proceedings after 9/11 in the form of a video image displayed from an ¿undisclosed location¿. One would normally assume that the undisclosed location was a secure government facility, but could it have been from a suite in one of those alleged right-wing think tanks? While it might be prudent to assume that the undisclosed location would be both secure and staffed with cleared individuals if it were a government facility, would it be so for a private suite in some right wing think tank? Since FDR¿s administration, the lion¿s share of the work of the executive branch has been done in the Executive Office Building; with the West Wing eventually evolving into a kind of window dressing used to impress visiting campaign contributors and the like. One wonders how much of the work of this administration, the likes of which was successfully prototyped by the Reagan administration, is done in the Executive Office Building and how much is done from an ¿undisclosed location¿. If the musings about some of the official meetings feeling as though they were ¿scripted¿ are correct, then one wonders just who the scriptwriters might be? Are they US citizens or are they foreigners who might be members of some ancient international Mafia-like organization, the likes of which might have had JFK done in so that they could develop their nuclear capability? Could it be suggested that a certain individual mentioned might have the unofficial title of ¿Official Events Director¿ in addition to his official title? Are these people Republicans or elements of that international Mafia posing as such? If the later, what is to stop them from usurping a Democratic administration as well?

I won't vote for Bush anymore, I changed my mind...

My friends were rigth all along...I waisted my time supporting Bush(it)...Thx O'Neill for telling the truth!