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I am nothing. Regardless, coming from Carville I would expect better, especially when you've so many people on the right of the spectrum making rediculous attacks. I'm not a Republican either, and I am not giving this book a poor review due to any alligance with that party. they lie like a dog's rug."James Carville revolutionized the way presidential campaigns are managed. I'm not a Democrat.
They look at the 2000 and 2004 for elections, both Bush victories for those with short attention spans, and plot out a Democratic victory (Obama's) but do so in a way that focuses on breaking Americans further and further into divisive demographics. Self examination does have more to it than just name-calling. Watch "The War Room" for a good documentary on the first Clinton election. I should give Carville and Begala credit for examining their own party and the flaws that they see. The copy I read (at the Barnes & Noble) had a "Top Ten Reasons Why Republicans Suck" on the back that included such wish insights as "they're crooks," "they steal elections," (which is being a bit repititious since it qualifies their earlier statement that they are crooks) and "they lie like a rug. these people of superior intellect, rhetoric, charisma, and gumption continually resort to childish name calling and sometimes it really makes me wonder how I'm not at the head of the nation. This book is no different than any of the outlandish and childish stuff Ann Coulter puts out. Unfortunately these people.
I did not read this book because I am. it would be good to see a party respond with calm reason and maturity. At least its not titled "How to Talk to a Liberal (if you must)" And being a member of neither dominant American political party can be frusterating at times. they lie like a dog.
I guess thats the best way to put it in the hands of Democrats. Was in a Dollar Tree and saw this book on the shelf.
It was not the superiority of the right wing agenda, it was our decision not to articulate what we stand for. They also present a very clear alternative to 'business as usual'. Absolutely excellent book. Carville and Begala provide a brutal analysis of the party's 'lack of a backbone'. They give us the tools to fight back.If you love politics, you won't be able to put this book down. Starts off right from Page 1 placing the blame for our party's decline squarely where it belongs - within the 'Democratic' party. If we were victims at all, the authors indicate, it was because we chose it.
Follow Carville's advice if you want more of the same. Since Bush commuted Libby's sentence, the American people are again given a slap in the face demonstrating the double standard present for those connected to power elites within the belt-way. There is one set of laws and rules for people like Libby, Cheney, Clinton, Bush, Matlin, and Carville, and another set of laws for the rest of us. Carville repudiates his own thesis every time he steps foot on a public forum singing the praises of Hillary Clinton and the organization that gave birth to both her and Bubba: the DLC. While Carville is entertaining in his critique of the right, he totally misses his own marriage to corporate interests destroying this country. Moreover, Carville has organized conservative Democrats to oust Howard Dean from the DNC and replace him with a conservative more to his (and the Clinton crime syndicate) liking. As a case in point, he recently signed a group letter advocating a pardon for Scooter Libby.
I own ALL his books. luv, luv, luv James Carville. and his message is on the money.
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