Glenn Greenwald's new book: 'Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics'

BuzzFlash.com's Review (excerpt)

Glenn Greenwald is a treasure, a constitutional lawyer turned lacerating, outraged columnist on Salon.com, after building a loyal following on his own website.

In short, he writes with the informed passion and indignation of BuzzFlash, except he's smarter.

He wrote the incisive book, "How Would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values from a President Run Amok," and a couple years later, "A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency."

How can you not love a book like a "Great American Hypocrite," which sets its tone by decimating the myth of John Wayne as an American hero? Wayne was actually another GOP chickenhawk who aggressively made sure that he didn't have to be drafted into the military in WW II, thus avoiding any threat to his safety. While other Hollywood stars like Clark Gable, Henry Fonda, and Jimmy Stewart proudly entered into the Armed Services, Wayne made sure that he he risked nothing more than a falling stagelight during a shooting of a film on a Hollywood set. Of course, in typical Republican hypocritic fashion, he played war heroes, but was afraid to become one. Not to mention that Wayne was a moral values hypocritical train wreck.

Wayne is the archtype of "patriotic" packaging over reality that the Republican "communications" consultants excel at.

That chapter sets the tone for a book that decimates the GOP facade of claiming the American flag, while being personal cowards and undermining our national interests.

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