Truth Bombs: Confronting the Lies Conservatives Believe (To Our Own Demise)
Why does the Republican Party always seem to betray conservatives in the end? How come Leftists never worry some “squishy” moderate will win Democrat primaries, even though conservatives in the GOP are constantly fighting that battle? Why do GOP leaders typically fight the conservative base harder than they fight the Democrats? How did the Left gain control of every major cultural institution in the country? Why does the Republican Party continue to fund (alleged) political enemies, such as Planned Parenthood? Is the GOP really the “the stupid party” or something much worse?
Deace answers these questions and more in Truth Bombs, a definitive expose on why conservativism has no future—if it remains hostage to the unibrow-party duopoly.
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Fantastic and a Must Read!
Steve Deace holds nothing back in his latest book and says all the things that Conservatives need, but don't necessarily want, to hear. The first step to healing is admitting you have a problem and Steve provides all the evidence Conservatives need to wake up from their fog and admit there is a huge problem that has harmed the movement for decades. I listened to the entire book the day I downloaded it on Audible and I'm looking forward to getting my hard copy so I can read it slowly with pen and highlighter in hand. I can't recommend this book enough. Get a copy for yourself and for a loved one, today!
WOW!!! Word to your Moms...Deace came to DROP BOMBS!!!
I received my copy yesterday, and I'm halfway through the book...and I had to force myself to put it down and get some sleep! Steve Deace is conducting an honest, introspective look at his OWN side of the aisle, from the perspective of a political insider! He gives context, and then backs up his facts with citation in a scholarly fashion! Deace doesn't just give his own opinion without providing copious end-notes!! You want to UNDERSTAND the cancer that has infected the Republican party, and the Conservative "non-movement", this book will shake you to your core, and make you look introspectively at some of the myths you believed and were fed over the years. This book is more of an intervention...than it is an opinion. Everyone who values liberty and this nation, needs to read this. If you are a left leaning individual, you need to understand the mistakes republicans, and conservatives have made, and try not to replicate them yourself...for the good of the country and the cause in which you believe. Again...WOW!
Maybe Steve's a MOABite
The joke here is MOAB is "mother of all bombs." I'm thinking truth bombs are meant to be so disruptive to the senses and conventional wisdom within us that we reconsider our current courses of action as individuals. A four course meal of veracity with an entree of heavy cognitive dissonance, as it were. At any rate, full disclosure, I'm a regular listener to Steve, who is on the air with Todd and Aaron every day on the New BlazeTV (hope you guys like the plug, I'm not even being paid). Part of the show can also be accessed in podcast form using IHeartRadio or some other software which allows podcasts. When I listen to Steve, Todd, and Aaron speak, I feel like my voice is represented most fully. I'm an ordained minister who is a full time IT guy. I spent 7 years of my life with some of the most aggressively and unrelentingly liberal/progressive/leftist people in the country while in school, but am conservative. I found the book to present a compelling scenario. In a nutshell, here's the problem Steve Deace lays out: Exhibit A: The conservative movement. Deace's case is that a conservative is: "Authentic conservatism comes from being an honest student of history. And then, from there, seeking to conserve for this and future generations that which has been revealed by history to be best for humans." (xvi, Truth Bombs) Exhibit B: Postmodernism, the predominant, if not exclusive, epistemology of today's Left. This view holds that truth is created rather than learned. It is inevitable that exhibit a and exhibit b are at odds with one another. (paraphrased xvi) Exhibit C: The Republican party. A party that presents itself as aligned with Exhibit A yet seems to repeatedly further the interests and causes associated with Exhibit B with their actions. The dilemma of these three exhibits is the primary focus of "Truth Bombs," and a common theme in the "Steve Deace Show." So Steve gets an A for consistency on message. If you're a Republican, think how many times our elected officials have promised something only to falter or cave later. This includes repealing the ACA (Obamacare), setting balanced budgets, reigning in the bureaucracy of DC, promising religious liberty, curbing illegal immigration, defunding Planned Parenthood, and these are just off the top of my head in 2 minutes. Yet the alternative, the Democrat Party, is so demonstrably radical that they aren't a viable alternative to any informed citizen that isn't a determined bolshevik (which is ironic given the progressive suspicion of Russians nowadays). That is only moderate hyperbole. Nonetheless, the moral relativism of the Left is palpable, yet simultaneously exculpated and unexamined by those that share their power. This would be fine if it weren't for the almost undeniable fact that the governing class, as well as almost all academia and media, are far more sympathetic to the goals of the latter. True conservatives are seeking a refuge from the deluge of intellectual dishonesty and laziness sweeping the country and hoping to keep some semblance of their own spiritual integrity in that process. That is the heart of Deace's message. It sort of coalesces when he explains the difference between big tent and big tarp (128-129). Another message that resonates with me and that is mentioned about daily in the show also is that the first fix to our problems as a country is a return to Judaeo-Christian truths. My response to this thesis will be the opposite of page 113 in the book: Yes. I am writing a book now on that very subject. It's a philosophical treatise called "Return." It's not nearly as fun as Steve's snark, but it will be the closest thing I have to a legacy. Steve has good "name ID," (40 people know who I am) so I hope he writes a book focused on this premise. In fact, I encourage all writers who believe to call our nation from its secular slumber. It's long overdue and the only definitive cure for the existential lostness that so many in our country feel now.
Beware, all who fear the truth!
I suspect that most people will have a hard time reading "Truth Bombs" because it is the actual truth. That is why most won’t read the Bible because they prefer to stay ignorant. Sometimes the truth is just too hard to take. Remember the quote from Harry Truman, “I never did give them hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.”
Don't read this book... Unless you want the truth..
I first heard Deace on a Des Moines radio station on a 15 minute time slot at noon. I thought he was completely nuts. He talked about what the Republicans were doing wrong. Admittedly, I was one of those who he was talking about on pg 119. It took me, what seems like now a long time, to finally see what he was actually saying and opened my eyes to things I was absolutely blinded by before. Once that happened, I started listening/watching less and less of "conservative" media. I found news in other more reliable places. It allowed me to learn more about what Deace was seeing on the inside and trying desperately to warn other about. It also opened my eyes to the fact that he was a John the Baptist in the wilderness trying to reach others to warn them about what was happening right before their eyes. Not many people have had the opportunity to see the inside workings of the political system like he has AND dare to tell the truth about it. You can ignore him and his book, its your right, but I'm telling you, you will regret it later. And as he says in the end we don't have much time left - It's time for a Hail Mary. We have become good friends and even worked on the same presidential campaign and I believe I know him pretty well when I say he loves this country and is only writing this book because he cares what happens to her. And he is concerned, as am I, that if we don't change, the America we once knew will no longer be there.
Truth lovers, welcome home!
Just got my three copies last night so I cannot wait to read one and share the rest with others. Why has it taken so long for someone like Deace to fill us in with historical truth within the framework of the Truth Giver? This is why our Republic has problems.
How Liberty Can Succeed...
Steve Deace is one of the smartest political minds today. A savant, Steve has first hand experience through the last three presidential elections that makes his writings not only theoretical but practical. Must read!!
Calls it as it is!
Hadn't realized Steve was also a fellow Iowan. I, too, for a decade stumped with the Republican Party in our state & have become disillusioned with the hypocrisy of the politicians in the parties. Sadly the Democratic & Republican parties are not what they used to be. I like the leveling charges presented. "Conservative" is wanting the good & proven truths of history to be preserved & too many of the politicians are caught up in maintaining a status quo & popularity so I scoff in scorn when a Republican funds peddler calls & tries to prey on my conservative sentiments, I just say I'm not your idea of "conservative" as so much hypocrisy is played out under that heading. I strongly encourage you to read this insight that Steve has in the process.
The Ideas Spoke to Me...Until the End
As a sincere conservative, the author made a great deal of sense until he reached the solution stage. His exposition on the fecklessness and betrayals of the Republican Party to its base and the principles of conservatism were spot on. As the author states, the only real difference between Republicans and Democrats is speed, not the end goal. Republicans are moving in the same direction as the left, just more slowly. This was evident in how quickly many of them lined up with the Democrats to knife Donald Trump in the back and kick him when the election was clearly stolen. Along the way to clarifying how useless some of the strategies are for correcting our unibrow (one) party system is such as getting the incumbents out in the primaries etc., there are many gems of clarity that have become accepted as truths, but are little more than false hopes. I was with the author all the way including the need for a revival of the moral ground which is the primary source of all of our current ills IMHO. As the author notes, a society without God (and that would be the God of the KJV Bible, not necessarily of the Christian church buildings or pagan Catholicism) is easily led to the elevation of man and the State as God. Hence, a revival of the Christian values this nation was framed within is critical. However, the author went completely off of the rails with his recommendation of a Convention of the States, his last proposed solution. (Glad he saved the worst for last or I may have missed the good ideas by skipping this book altogether.). After describing how corrupted our political culture is to propose a solution like this is to me...preposterous. Does the author think that a corrupted political body will suddenly “get religion” and correct our ills with such a move as this? He is either being a starry eyed fool or is part of the problem hidden behind a carefully crafted veneer of conservatism. At any rate, I would recommend this book with reservation and a dose of skepticism. There are a lot of sound, conservative thoughts, but a very foolish end game solution. Read it for the good ideas but don’t buy into the Rule 5 solution- a trap door to tyranny and can of worms we dare not open with all of the quite apparent corruption present at all levels of our political cesspool today. A convention like that will only lead to more power for government and the installation of tyranny at a level even greater than the false results of the present Neo-Communists grafted into office in the stolen 2020 election. For more clarity on the Rule 5 folly, search for the John Birch website. Read or watch their presentations on the issue. This is as dangerous a solution as petting a rattlesnake crawling up your arm rather than brushing it off and bolting away as quickly as possible.(Mark Levine btw is another proponent of this insanity as well which explains why the sinister shills of Fox News embrace his messages so wholeheartedly.)
A voice in the wilderness !!!
Could write a book about this book. It is a thoroughly insightful and honest look at Conservatism, the Republican Party and an oh so needed rebuke of us as individuals within modern conservatism. It's readable, well written, funny, inspirational, depressing and a small glimmer of light in a virtually barren landscape of conservative media. This is not an anti-Trump polemic by a Never Trumper......it has little to do with him. It's about "us" and is badly needed. My only complaint was while blunt and not pulling punches he is more gentle than we deserve. I also wish he had done more explicit naming of names within conservative media......but these are minor faults. This is a rare book.....because it is a truthful needed book. Deace seeks no favor from his audience......his care and concern only show through the rigorous discipline of his very tough love. This is an important book.
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