Here's my current list of "Election Year Books." Yes, most of them are about how George W. has screwed up America and lied to us all. If you want a list of reading materials for the Right, visit the RNC home page or click here (I wouldn't know where to start).

Books I've read (or am reading)

1. Dude, Where's My Country? by Michael Moore
   
   After watching "Bowling for Columbine," Michael Moore became my new hero. I really wasn't much of a fan before that. "Bowling's" exploration of America and its love affair with guns is a jumping off point for the culture of fear we live in. "Dude, Where's My Country" is a scathing review of the Bush record, filled with little-known facts, humorous diatribes, and letters to George. (My favorite little-known fact: Hours after 9-11, Bush allowed the Bin Laden family members who were in America to fly back to Saudi Arabia right. The rest of America was grounded.) 
    
2. Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right by Al Franken
   
   While Driving across Eastern Washington with my wife and son, I began listening to this book on CD. The first chapter alone had us crying with laughter (well, maybe not my son, who's three). The book appears to be an attack on the right-wing media. Franken makes mincemeat of Ann Coulter by Chapter 3. Of course, he did have a team of Harvard researchers helping him.
    
3. The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill by Ron Suskind
   
   I found out about this book while watching 60 Minutes. Watching the interviews with O'Neill stunned me. Here was an insider crying foul on the tax cuts for the rich and questioning the abilities of the president. I think this will be one of the most damning documents of the Bush Administration, exposing the biggest lie of them all: Bush and his bandits were planning on invading Iraq well before 9-11.
    
4. Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents by Cormac O'Brien, Monika Suteski (Illustrator)
   
   As the title suggests, this book explores little-known facts about U.S. Presidents. Most interesting are the decisions of the presidents as they try to deal with abolition, and especially Abraham Lincoln's courageous fight where others had failed. (I heard Hillary Clinton say that Lincoln is probably our greatest president, and reading the facts in this book only confirmed that.) My favorite funny fact was that President Ford used to fart (a lot) and blame the Secret Service.

On my reading list

1. Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq by Sheldon Rampton, John C. Stauber
    
2. American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush by Kevin Phillips
    
3. The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception by David Corn
    
4. Bushwhacked : Life in George W. Bush's America by Lou Dubose, Molly Ivins