Al Gore: A User's Manual - Couverture rigide

Cockburn, Alexander; St Clair, Jeffrey

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1859848036 ISBN 13 : 9781859848036

Editeur : Verso Books, 2000

Synopsis

What sort of man is Al Gore? What's his real political record? This is the first unsparing look at the man whom his parents raised from birth to be president of the United States. In side these pages, you will find: How Al Gore and his father got on the payroll of one of America's most ruthless tycoons, Armand Hammer; How Al Gore has relentlessly exploited his sister's death and son's accident for personal political advantage; How Al Gore violated the most basic journalistic ethics by helping the cops run a sting operation on a black politician in Nashville; How Al Gore played midwife to the MX missile; How Al Gore became the soul brother of Newt Gingerich; How Al Gore race-baited Jesse Jackson and introduced George Bush to Willie Horton; How Al Gore shopped his vote in support of the Gulf War to get prime-time coverage for his speech; How Al gore plotted to stop Democrats from recapturing Congress in 1996 in order to keep his rival Dick Gephardt from becoming Speaker of the House; How Al Gore leached campaign funds from nearly every corporate lobbyist in D.C. and broke pledge after pledge to protect the environment. ""Find a difficult issue in Washington and Gore has almost certainly been on the wrong side of it. Find an awkward fact about his life and Gore has almost certainly misrepresented it.""

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

What’s his real political record? This is the first unsparing look at the man whom his parents raised from birth to be president of the United States. Inside these pages, you will find:

     • How Al Gore and his father got on the payroll of one of America’s most ruthless tycoons, Armand Hammer
     • How Al Gore has relentlessly exploited his sister’s death and son’s accident for personal political advantage
     • How Al Gore violated the most basic journalistic ethics by helping the cops run a sting operation on a black politician in Nashville
     • How Al Gore played midwife to the MX missile
     • How Al Gore became a soul brother of Newt Gingrich
     • How Al Gore race-baited Jesse Jackson and introduced George Bush to Willie Horton
     • How Al Gore shopped his vote in support of the Gulf War to get prime-time coverage for his speech
     • How Al Gore pushed Clinton into destroying the New Deal
     • How Al Gore plotted to stop Democrats from recapturing Congress in 1996 in order to keep his rival Dick Gephard from becoming Speaker of the House
     • How Al Gore leached campaign from nearly every corporate lobbyist in DC, and broke pledge after pledge to protect the environment

Biographie de l'auteur

Alexander Cockburn co-edits CounterPunch with Jeffrey St. Clair. Together they have written Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs and the Press and A Dime’s Worth of Difference: Beyond the Lesser of Two Evils.

Jeffrey St. Clair co-edits CounterPunch with Alexander Cockburn. Together they have written Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs and the Press and A Dime’s Worth of Difference: Beyond the Lesser of Two Evils.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Verso Books
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1859848036
• ISBN 13: 9781859848036
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 288