Dictionary of Republicanisms: The Indispensable Guide to What They Really Mean When They Say What They Think You Want to Hear (Nation Books)

Dictionary of Republicanisms: The Indispensable Guide to What They Really Mean When They Say What They Think You Want to Hear (Nation Books)
by Katrina vanden Heuvel

Dictionary of Republicanisms: The Indispensable Guide to What They Really Mean When They Say What They Think You Want to Hear (Nation Books)
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Author: Katrina vanden Heuvel
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-10-26
ISBN: 156025789X
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Nation Books

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Book Review: Preaching to the Choir
Summary: 2 Stars

This is a book of self congratulatory leftie quotes and ideas that does not add up to the sum of its parts. Preening, over earnest, boring. I like Ms vanden Heuvel when she is on TV duking it out with say, George Will - but this is not a book that is contributing in any way to the current political debate. Snide, glib, preaching to the choir.

Summary of Dictionary of Republicanisms: The Indispensable Guide to What They Really Mean When They Say What They Think You Want to Hear (Nation Books)

George W. Bush, a self-proclaimed straight-talking Texan, has been roundly lampooned for his weak grasp of the English language: "subliminable," "resignate," and transformationed" being only a few of his malapropisms. As ridiculous as Bush sometimes sounds, we shouldn't underestimate him or the right-wingers who put him in power, because they never say what they mean or mean what they say. Over the past few decades, the radical right has engaged in a well-funded, self-conscious program of Orwellian doublespeak, transforming American political discourse to suit their political ends. "Private accounts" became "personal accounts." "Massachusetts liberal" was used to slur John Kerry's record. And their "compassionate conservative" tax cuts were neither conservative nor compassionate, unless you happen to be a Republican fat cat. Sick and tired of their sinister deceptions, celebrated Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel set out to explode their verbal gymnastics by asking her readers to suggest satirical definitions of Republican jargon. The result was a grassroots groundswell of hilarious submissions from Americans who are mad as hell and aren't going to take it any more. She has collected the best in this very funny and very necessary book.

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