Trainwreck: The End of the Conservative Revolution (and Not a Moment Too Soon)
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ISBN-13: 9780470182406
ISBN-10: 0470182407
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 164 x 238 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Wiley (TP)
Colecția John Wiley &Sons
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States
ISBN-10: 0470182407
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 164 x 238 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Wiley (TP)
Colecția John Wiley &Sons
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States
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Ten things trainwreck reveals that REPUBLICANS HOPE YOU NEVER FIND OUT
Conventional conservative wisdom holds that somehow, during the first seven years of the twenty–first century, the Republican Party lost its way and abandoned core conservative principles while maintaining absolute control of all three branches of government. Is this true? Or are unnecessary wars, ballooning deficits, rampant corruption, incompetent governance, inadequate public services, crumbling infrastructure, and repeated attempts to deceive the public the inevitable consequence of any government based on conservative political philosophy?
In Trainwreck, one of America′s best–known progressive commentators reveals that, far from betraying conservative ideals, the administration of George W. Bush has behaved exactly as anyone would expect of a group that believes government is evil and always doomed to failure. Why, asks syndicated radio host and newspaper columnist Bill Press, would people whose primary message is that government doesn′t work want to prove otherwise?
Press traces the history of the modern conservative movement from the rise of Robert Taft in the 1940s, through the glory days of Ronald Reagan and Newt Gingrich, to the long and agonizing fall of George W. Bush. He examines the movement′s intellectual underpinnings in the writings of Russell Kirk and William F. Buckley Jr. and its national political birth with the nomination of Barry Goldwater for president in 1964.
This in–depth analysis reveals three very salient facts: hatred of government has been a core value of the conservative movement from its inception; the behavior of the George W. Bush administration has mirrored that of the Reagan administration in every important way; and, until Hurricane Katrina revealed in 2005 that the emperor had no clothes, movement conservatives were the president′s strongest supporters and closest allies.
Press demonstrates that, while constantly changing and evolving, conservative positions have remained consistently wrong, and that, from its inception, the movement was dedicated to tearing things down, not building them up.
Trainwreck will convince you, once and for all, that the conservative movement has remained on track for decades and that, from the beginning, those tracks were headed for disaster.
- Why the conservative movement that spawned Reagan, Gingrich, and Bush is now dead.
- How many core conservative principles the Republicans have betrayed.
- How Republicans have made us less safe, not more.
- How Republicans became the biggest spenders of all time.
- How much bigger the federal government has grown under conservative rule.
- How many Republicans got caught with their hands in the cookie jar.
- How Republicans went from protecting the environment to plundering it.
- How the party of peacekeepers became the party of perpetual war.
- How Reagan was worse than Nixon and Bush worse than both.
- Why conservatives can never again be trusted with power.
Conventional conservative wisdom holds that somehow, during the first seven years of the twenty–first century, the Republican Party lost its way and abandoned core conservative principles while maintaining absolute control of all three branches of government. Is this true? Or are unnecessary wars, ballooning deficits, rampant corruption, incompetent governance, inadequate public services, crumbling infrastructure, and repeated attempts to deceive the public the inevitable consequence of any government based on conservative political philosophy?
In Trainwreck, one of America′s best–known progressive commentators reveals that, far from betraying conservative ideals, the administration of George W. Bush has behaved exactly as anyone would expect of a group that believes government is evil and always doomed to failure. Why, asks syndicated radio host and newspaper columnist Bill Press, would people whose primary message is that government doesn′t work want to prove otherwise?
Press traces the history of the modern conservative movement from the rise of Robert Taft in the 1940s, through the glory days of Ronald Reagan and Newt Gingrich, to the long and agonizing fall of George W. Bush. He examines the movement′s intellectual underpinnings in the writings of Russell Kirk and William F. Buckley Jr. and its national political birth with the nomination of Barry Goldwater for president in 1964.
This in–depth analysis reveals three very salient facts: hatred of government has been a core value of the conservative movement from its inception; the behavior of the George W. Bush administration has mirrored that of the Reagan administration in every important way; and, until Hurricane Katrina revealed in 2005 that the emperor had no clothes, movement conservatives were the president′s strongest supporters and closest allies.
Press demonstrates that, while constantly changing and evolving, conservative positions have remained consistently wrong, and that, from its inception, the movement was dedicated to tearing things down, not building them up.
Trainwreck will convince you, once and for all, that the conservative movement has remained on track for decades and that, from the beginning, those tracks were headed for disaster.
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Ten things trainwreck reveals that REPUBLICANS HOPE YOU NEVER FIND OUT
Conventional conservative wisdom holds that somehow, during the first seven years of the twenty–first century, the Republican Party lost its way and abandoned core conservative principles while maintaining absolute control of all three branches of government. Is this true? Or are unnecessary wars, ballooning deficits, rampant corruption, incompetent governance, inadequate public services, crumbling infrastructure, and repeated attempts to deceive the public the inevitable consequence of any government based on conservative political philosophy?
In Trainwreck, one of America′s best–known progressive commentators reveals that, far from betraying conservative ideals, the administration of George W. Bush has behaved exactly as anyone would expect of a group that believes government is evil and always doomed to failure. Why, asks syndicated radio host and newspaper columnist Bill Press, would people whose primary message is that government doesn′t work want to prove otherwise?
Press traces the history of the modern conservative movement from the rise of Robert Taft in the 1940s, through the glory days of Ronald Reagan and Newt Gingrich, to the long and agonizing fall of George W. Bush. He examines the movement′s intellectual underpinnings in the writings of Russell Kirk and William F. Buckley Jr. and its national political birth with the nomination of Barry Goldwater for president in 1964.
This in–depth analysis reveals three very salient facts: hatred of government has been a core value of the conservative movement from its inception; the behavior of the George W. Bush administration has mirrored that of the Reagan administration in every important way; and, until Hurricane Katrina revealed in 2005 that the emperor had no clothes, movement conservatives were the president′s strongest supporters and closest allies.
Press demonstrates that, while constantly changing and evolving, conservative positions have remained consistently wrong, and that, from its inception, the movement was dedicated to tearing things down, not building them up.
Trainwreck will convince you, once and for all, that the conservative movement has remained on track for decades and that, from the beginning, those tracks were headed for disaster.
- Why the conservative movement that spawned Reagan, Gingrich, and Bush is now dead.
- How many core conservative principles the Republicans have betrayed.
- How Republicans have made us less safe, not more.
- How Republicans became the biggest spenders of all time.
- How much bigger the federal government has grown under conservative rule.
- How many Republicans got caught with their hands in the cookie jar.
- How Republicans went from protecting the environment to plundering it.
- How the party of peacekeepers became the party of perpetual war.
- How Reagan was worse than Nixon and Bush worse than both.
- Why conservatives can never again be trusted with power.
Conventional conservative wisdom holds that somehow, during the first seven years of the twenty–first century, the Republican Party lost its way and abandoned core conservative principles while maintaining absolute control of all three branches of government. Is this true? Or are unnecessary wars, ballooning deficits, rampant corruption, incompetent governance, inadequate public services, crumbling infrastructure, and repeated attempts to deceive the public the inevitable consequence of any government based on conservative political philosophy?
In Trainwreck, one of America′s best–known progressive commentators reveals that, far from betraying conservative ideals, the administration of George W. Bush has behaved exactly as anyone would expect of a group that believes government is evil and always doomed to failure. Why, asks syndicated radio host and newspaper columnist Bill Press, would people whose primary message is that government doesn′t work want to prove otherwise?
Press traces the history of the modern conservative movement from the rise of Robert Taft in the 1940s, through the glory days of Ronald Reagan and Newt Gingrich, to the long and agonizing fall of George W. Bush. He examines the movement′s intellectual underpinnings in the writings of Russell Kirk and William F. Buckley Jr. and its national political birth with the nomination of Barry Goldwater for president in 1964.
This in–depth analysis reveals three very salient facts: hatred of government has been a core value of the conservative movement from its inception; the behavior of the George W. Bush administration has mirrored that of the Reagan administration in every important way; and, until Hurricane Katrina revealed in 2005 that the emperor had no clothes, movement conservatives were the president′s strongest supporters and closest allies.
Press demonstrates that, while constantly changing and evolving, conservative positions have remained consistently wrong, and that, from its inception, the movement was dedicated to tearing things down, not building them up.
Trainwreck will convince you, once and for all, that the conservative movement has remained on track for decades and that, from the beginning, those tracks were headed for disaster.
Cuprins
Introduction. PART ONE.
Chapter One: Loving the Great Outdoors.
Chapter Two: Restoring Honor and Dignity to Government.
PART TWO.
Chapter Three: Making Americans Safer.
Chapter Four: A Safeguard Against Tyranny.
Chapter Five: Avoiding Pointless Foreign Adventures.
PART THREE.
Chapter Six: Cutting Waste, Fraud and Abuse.
Chapter Seven: The Party of Fiscal Responsibility.
Chapter Eight: Less Power to Washington<.
Conclusion.
Chapter One: Loving the Great Outdoors.
Chapter Two: Restoring Honor and Dignity to Government.
PART TWO.
Chapter Three: Making Americans Safer.
Chapter Four: A Safeguard Against Tyranny.
Chapter Five: Avoiding Pointless Foreign Adventures.
PART THREE.
Chapter Six: Cutting Waste, Fraud and Abuse.
Chapter Seven: The Party of Fiscal Responsibility.
Chapter Eight: Less Power to Washington<.
Conclusion.
Recenzii
In a domestic cooptation of the neocon End of History thesis, talk radio host Press (Spin This!) argues that conservatism′s record of failure should condemn it to a subordinate place in American politics it can survive to check the excess of the majority, argues Press, but must never again be allowed to govern. For Press (who unfurls a dishonor roll of scandals, policy failures, corporate toadying, double standards and outright criminality), this betrayal of public trust has meant the betrayal of conservatism′s own purported principles. Thus, citing the conservative canon of the mid–century right–wing intellectual Russell Kirk, and even Barry Goldwater, Press lambastes Bush, Cheney and other Republicans for turning away from the ideals of small government and limited executive power. Likewise, on the environment, conservatism was formerly synonymous with conservation, notes Press, pointing to early Republican leadership on this score from Teddy Roosevelt to California state senator and environmental pioneer Peter Behr. These contradictions rarely come as revelations indeed the bulk of this narrative will be familiar to anyone paying even passing attention to the news but by presenting all this material together, Press creates a serviceable election–year handbook for voters, particularly the Democratic opposition. (Apr.) (Publishers Weekly, January 28, 2008)
"Press creates a serviceable election–year handbook for voters, particularly the Democratic opposition." (Publishers Weekly, January 28, 2008)
"Press creates a serviceable election–year handbook for voters, particularly the Democratic opposition." (Publishers Weekly, January 28, 2008)
Notă biografică
Bill Press is the host of XM and Sirius Radio′s Bill Press Show, which is also syndicated in many cities across the country, and writes a syndicated column for Tribune Media Services. Formerly the host of CNN′s Crossfire, Press has written several books, including Spin This!, Bush Must Go, and How the Republicans Stole Christmas.