Indivisible: Uniting Values for a Divided America
by Martha Zoller
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Author: Martha ZollerForeword: Zell Miller
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-10
ISBN: 0974537640
Number of pages: 206
Publisher: Stroud & Hall Publishers
Book Reviews of Indivisible: Uniting Values for a Divided America
Book Review: The US is neither liberal or conservative but Centrist
Summary: 5 Stars
Ms. Zoller writes a lot in this book that makes sense. She says, rightly, that the extreme ends of both American political parties are simply too far from the center. In order to win the nomination of the Democratic party you have to go so far left that it's a long pull to get to the center voters. John Kerry in the last election is a good case in point. The same is true for the Republican party but on the other end of the scale.
She is also right when she says that most people are at the center or maybe center-right of the political spectrum. It's here that you really begin to run into questions of where is the center. Where for instance is the center line on abortion rights. She says: 'We have murdered more than 40 million babies in this country since this Supreme court atrocity of Roe v. Wade was decided.' Using words like 'murder' and 'atrocity' don't come across to me as exactly the center.
Most of us think that our own particular beliefs are clearly correct and indeed that we are the center. In her book, Mr. Zoller seems to clearly believe that. She reinforces this belief by looking at the decline of the Democratic party in recent years.
The Bush-Kerry race was very close, it came down to one very closely contested state. I don't believe, Ms. Zoller that I'd completely write them off just yet. Several years ago the pundits were writing off the Republicans. Then the Republicans decided that they wanted to win and put together candidates that appeared closer to the center than those of the Democrats. One day the Democrats will decide the same.
Ms. Zoller's understanding of how the system works seems quite correct (that means it matches my understanding). I enjoyed reading those parts of her book that talked about the way the system works. I even enjoyed reading those parts with which I didn't agree (I think I'm more center than she is.). In her next book I'd like to see more discussion on a couple of other litmus issues like the death sentence and gun control.
Summary of Indivisible: Uniting Values for a Divided America
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are core values that have defined Americans for over two centuries. In a time when many pundits argue that America is a politically divided nation, Martha Zoller, a radio and television personality herself, argues that in our shared national history we have more common ground that unites us as a people than divides us. Beyond this, her book, Indivisible: Uniting Values for a Divided Nation, claims that there are values uniquely unifying among us that can and will propel this great nation into a new day.While the national media would have America think that the country is evenly split over the major political and social issues of the day, and that the nation?s founding principles are nothing more than glittering prose from a bygone era, the reality is one of stark contrast. The true mainstream is the faith and belief of middle America that holds true to the ideological and political right-of-center. Even though some may disagree on the details, a majority of Americans are not as distant on issues as has been claimed. As Ed Gillespie, Republican National Committee Chairman in 2004, observed during the recent elections, "the red states are getting redder and the blue states are getting purple."
Martha Zoller pinpoints a wide range of issues where she believes the American public?the voters?are unified, from health care and abortion to terrorism and the war in Iraq to social security and public education. She argues that if the American public embraces the commonality that is inherent, America as a whole will be reshaped into the unified and indivisible form originally intended?a government for the people and by the people.
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