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steviec's review against another edition
2.0
I don't disagree with most of his points, but the entire book is the same Reaganite arguments every other big name Republican writes. What I mean is, he is not grounded in his thesis (spending an entire chapter on the downfall of family and solutions to proper family life, when his book is supposed to be restricted to "a simple government"). He quotes iffy statistics (I do not really trust statistics anyways, but we conservatives have a nasty habit of doing horrible research). He is certainly affable, and like I already said I agree with most of his points, but all I read was typical regurgitation of Republican platform statements. This book did not really contribute anything new to the political conversation.
animepops's review against another edition
3.0
No suprise that this is basicly a "this is my platform" peice for a candidate. No problem there but also no real groundbreaking substance. This is, for the most part, one mans view on the state of society and the country. A view that he widely has already communcated on other platforms of media. The vast majority is conservative wish lists and arguments that conservatives have been talking about since the Reagan adminstration ended. Normally never making much headway even when the "conservative" gets elected. I agree with the majority of his 12 points in one way or another (although not completely) so the book is not hard to digest for someone of the same political viewpoint. The primary issue I am lockstep with Mike Huckabee on is he is one of the few that really push the "Fair Tax" theory. Most conservatives view "Flat Tax" as the better option but I think that would hit the poor harder then they would need to be. It also was not new to me to know this. Really the most interesting part of the book to me was in Chaptor 2 in which he discusses States Rights and how the Federal Government has effectavily bought the rights of the States from them. His writing style would be much like my own in that he writes as if he was sitting down talking to you. I don't mind that at all, but some literary elitists may find it not of high standards. Overall it's an average checklist of the average christian conservatives political viewpoints.
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