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I went into this book with open eyes; as a liberal retired college professor, I admit to preconceived opinions about Dick Morris and his writing. I think it’s important, however, to read opinion from all points of view and evaluate them with the same standards.

That being said, I will say right off the bat that if any of my college students had written anything this messy, they would have earned an F. There are 185 pages of material in the book, plus 25 pages of notes. Most of the 36 chapters are very brief, many only 1 1/2 - 2 pages long. Morris lays out dizzying amounts of names and numbers, but fails to adequately link his statements to corruption by the Bidens. A typical narrative would go something like this: Morris describes a situation in another country, then without any proof, ends the story with a phrase something like, “why did this happen? Could it be that Biden was in on it?” He often cites James Comer, whose House Committee investigation into Biden and his family spent months and millions trying to prove a connection between Hunter Biden’s business dealings and Joe Biden, but failed to provide any credible evidence and was eventually forced to put the investigation on hold.

A lot of my problem with Morris’ method has to do with his notes, which his friend Peter Navarro describes as “extensive research (it’s worth noting that Navarro himself is quoted several times). Morris makes the most basic of mistakes while citing sources. Many citations come from the writing of other conservatives who are operating from the same playbook. Referencing Fox, Breitbart and other conservative sources does not prove to me that the information is true. Citing Wikipedia does not prove to me that the information is true (because it’s a wiki, anyone can edit Wikipedia, and content can literally vary from day to day, which is why most college professors do not accept it as a source). And I certainly am not swayed by a chapter that uses only quotes from a single article. Most troubling in citations, however, is that Morris is quick to acknowledge the source of opinions, but there are few citations at the end of statements that should be provable.

I don’t know. Perhaps I should be more tolerant. After all, Dick Morris was once a trusted advisor to President Bill Clinton (Washington Post, 3 February, 1999) but became one of Clinton’s fiercest critics during Clinton’ impeachment. Could it be because he was secretly in love with Clinton and was spurned? My apologies to the Clintons, but you see what I’m getting at,

Thanks to Humanix Books and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest review.

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Great read by Dick Morris. He truly knows what he’s talking about and he’s been with them all, pretty much! But what he says is going on right now in our country is the true facts. You can shake on it that Morris will tell you the truth, the good, the bad, and the ugly. Thank you #NetGalley, publishers, and Dick Morris for opportunity to read and review #CORRUPT with my honest thoughts and opinions.

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Corrupt is an extremely well research book which details decades of corruption of the Biden family. Dick Morris writes with clarity and in a way which makes this book accessible to all. All sources for the claims are provided, so readers can easily research further for themselves.

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In "CORRUPT: The Biden Family's Dark Money," Dick Morris delivers a scathing indictment of alleged corruption within the Biden family, spanning numerous countries and questionable dealings. With a persuasive argument, Morris contends that lax laws have allowed politicians, including Presidents, to exploit their positions for personal gain, making a compelling case for stronger ethics laws and the election of leaders less susceptible to corruption. He believes Trump is the solution to cleanse the purported corruption,

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This book was incredibly interesting. I feel like I learned a lot even though I feel like this space in the book world can be pretty saturated. I loved it.

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I was a Republican before Trump and I was interested in reading this book claiming to prove how corrupt Joe Biden is. I'm not really that surprised anymore to see that it's just a bunch of anecdotes thrown together that either don't have anything to do with Joe Biden or don't prove what the claim is, especially when there is such clear proof that Trump raked in millions from China while he was president and Ivanka got patents through a shady deal. It is becoming more and more obvious that any time a Trump supporter says anything about a political enemy they are just making a confession about what they are doing.
It's really telling that the supporters of this silly book don't have anything concrete to say other than that they just agree with it. It's embarrassing.
Thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this

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I decided to read "President Trump -- Again?" by Earl Ofari Hutchinson and "corrupt" by Dick Morris together knowing that the true would lie somewhere in the middle. Well, boy, was I surprised. Mr. Hutchison's book is really just a pamphlet with very few footnotes and Mr. Morris' text was chock-s block full of references. Both books were quite strident but "President Trump -- Again? was far shriller than was "Corrupt." In short Dick Morris's book was far superior to Mr. Hutchinson's brief effort. Also, the truth can be found much closer to "Corrupt" than to its political competitor.

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What a piece of CRAP! How completely desperate do you have to be to write this drivel in order to make the lowest of the low seem like a good alternative? Pretty freaking desperate. It would be sad if it were not hurting us as a country, a world, and a society.

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