| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
388 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"A Borzoi book"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-376) and index. |
| Summary |
Arguing that the Republican Party is promoting an agenda at odds with the views of the majority of the American people, the author tackles key issues for the 2008 presidential election and calls for the establishment of a new, progressive national agenda. |
| Contents |
1. The right goes wrong -- 2. The media : equal time for lies -- 3. The media : snoozers, losers, and the honor roll -- 4. Dim bulbs : congress's low-wattage energy bill -- 5. The right's war on science -- 6. Iraq : the beginning of a war without end -- 7. Iraq : the long hard slog gets longer and sloggier -- 8. Iraq : Petraeus ex machina -- 9. Casualties of war : neglecting Afghanistan, empowering Iran -- 10. Torture : America loses the moral high ground -- 11. Xenophobia 2.0 : the immigration fixation -- 12. The right's recession -- 13. Sick, sick, sick : the right's unhealthy approach to health care -- 14. God, buns, and the right's new democracy -- 15. John McCain : hijacked by the right -- Righting the wrongs of the right -- Source notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
| Subject |
United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
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Conservatism -- United States.
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| ISBN |
9780307269669 |
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0307269663 |
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