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100 1  Rendell, Edward G.|q(Edward Gene),|d1944- 
245 12 A nation of wusses :|bhow America's leaders lost the guts 
       to make us great /|cby Ed Rendell. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 Hoboken, N.J. :|bWiley,|c2012. 
300    x, 244 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes index. 
505 0  The wussification of America -- "We're mad as hell and 
       we're not going to take it anymore!" -- "I wear blue, take
       me too!" -- Only a smart Jewish lawyer can turn this city 
       around -- The truth about waste, fraud, and abuse -- "Fast
       Eddie, we are ready!" -- What's a nice Jewish boy doing 
       holdings hands with Louis Farrakhan? -- "We don't cover 
       plane landings!" -- "Harper Valley PTA" -- Animals I have 
       known -- How to get uninvited to a Christmas party you 
       were never invited to -- How my love affair with 
       Philadelphia made me governor -- Lobbyists' rule : no 
       money for school -- "Behold the turtle" -- How two young 
       non-wuss Pittsburgh women stared down the Haitian and US 
       governments -- Sports and politics -- "Like a sturgeon" --
       "Hillary, Hillary..." -- Change we can believe in : how 
       the best communicator in campaign history has been badly 
       outcommunicated as President -- "Know when to fold 'em" --
       Please, please don't honor me -- Build, baby, build : 
       "infrastructure," the least sexy word in the English 
       language -- Stand and defeat : there are some things worth
       losing for - -"The charge of the Wuss Brigade!" -- Does 
       government create jobs? -- Is honesty the best policy? -- 
       The top ten reasons why most American politicians are 
       wusses -- How to get our democracy back on track-- 
       electoral reform. 
520    "Governor Ed Rendell explains why America's leaders rarely
       call for sacrifice for the greater good-to avoid making 
       any sacrifices themselves! Rendell has seen job security 
       become the primary consideration of any person with power 
       in America-their own job security! Most politicians and 
       bureaucrats can see no further ahead than the next 
       election, sometimes no further than the next press 
       conference. Americans are rarely afraid of sacrifice and 
       hard work when they mean building a better future, but 
       when was the last time you heard of a leader of anything 
       making a sacrifice for the greater good? The people can 
       only win when they make it clear to the powers that be 
       that making the right choices, even the hard ones, is the 
       key to winning the next election. Explains in rollicking 
       stories ranging from the profane to the profound that most
       hard choices are only "hard" because the polls conflict 
       with your principles. Ed Rendell rose to the top of 
       Philadelphia, then Pennsylvania, then national politics, 
       by doing what he thought was right, and there were plenty 
       of times that looked like it would be his downfall as 
       well. This book revisits the high points of Ed Rendell's 
       career and current landscape to define the political 
       fights his peers seem just as afraid of winning as losing 
       Rendell is a former head of the Democratic National 
       Committee, and a current MSNBC Senior Political Analyst "-
       -|cProvided by publisher. 
520    "This book explains in rollicking stories ranging from the
       profane to the profound that most hard choices are only 
       "hard" because the polls conflict with your principles. 
       Revisits the high points of Ed Rendell's career and 
       current landscape to define the political fights his peers
       seem just as afraid of winning as losing"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
650  0 Political culture|zUnited States. 
650  0 Self-sacrifice|xPolitical aspects|zUnited States. 
651  0 United States|xPolitics and government|y2009-2017 
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