"Unhinged" Review

In about 2 weeks, I read through Michelle Malkin’s newest book, "Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild". It was exactly what I expected. For 28 bucks, she shows how crazy the left has become since the 2000 election. Her examples range from a chapter filled with wet dreams of Bush being assassinated and the hospitalization of John Ashcroft to how Hollywood celebrities feel the need to make the looniest claims. This is to include a "Charlie’s Angels" star claiming that if Bush is reelected in 2004, rape will be legalized.

Despite the mounting stack of documentation Malkin provides, examples are all that the book contains. Less than five pages at the end speculate the causes or effects of the craziness. I would have liked to have read some policy analysis of how the Democratic Party is failing due to this extremism or how the Republicans could use this unhinged behavior for its own electoral gain.

On top of that, her wit is as lacking as good commentary. Maybe I expected something on the same humor level as Coulter, and maybe that’s expecting too much. For a book lasting under 180 pages, $28 was too much. But, there’s a bad apple in every bushel. 2.5/5 stars.