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Avlon, John

 
9780984295111: Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe is Hijacking America
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0984295119 ISBN 13 : 9780984295111
Editeur : Beast Books, 2010

Synopsis

Book by Avlon John

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Présentation de l'éditeur

One year into the Obama administration there is a bad craziness snaking through America: the Wingnuts are on the attack. They are the unhinged activists, professional partisans and paranoid conspiracy theorists on both the far right and far left of the political spectrum, whose hate and hyper-partisanship since Obama's inauguration threatens to mock the promise upon which he was elected. In "Wingnuts", journalist John Avlon travels to the outer-reaches of American politics to explain how far-left and far-right extremists came to dominate the nation's political dialogue. From the revolutionary-inspired "Tea Party" protests to the healthcare town hall 'hijackings', principled policy opposition to government spending has taken a sharp right turn into Crazytown. Not to mention Sarah Palin's rants about administration 'death panels', attacks like Obama-as-Hitler/Communist/Antichrist and actual death threats against elected leaders. For those with a vested interest in stirring the crazypot - like the hyper-partisan talk-show radio and cable news hosts - all of this has been good for business: hate is a cheap and easy recruiting tool. But it can be murder on a democracy...

Biographie de l'auteur

John Avlon is senior political columnist for The DailyBeast. He served as chief speechwriter for New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and is the author of Independent Nation: How Centrists Can Change American Politics. Tina Brown is the founder and editor-in-chief of TheDaily Beast. She is the author of the 2007 New YorkTimes best seller The Diana Chronicles. Brown is the former editor of Tatler, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and Talk magazines.

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Éditeur
Beast Books
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0984295119
ISBN 13 
9780984295111
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
304
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Personne responsable
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