It was all a lie

[TexasTiger 12,831]

Interesting insider view.

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From the most successful Republican political operative of his generation, a searing, unflinching, and deeply personal exposé of how his party became what it is today

Stuart Stevens spent decades electing Republicans at every level, from presidents to senators to local officials. He knows the GOP as intimately as anyone in America, and in this new book he offers a devastating portrait of a party that has lost its moral and political compass.  

This is not a book about how Donald J. Trump hijacked the Republican Party and changed it into something else. Stevens shows how Trump is in fact the natural outcome of five decades of hypocrisy and self-delusion, dating all the way back to the civil rights legislation of the early 1960s. Stevens shows how racism has always lurked in the modern GOP's DNA, from Goldwater's opposition to desegregation to Ronald Reagan's welfare queens and states' rights rhetoric. He gives an insider's account of the rank hypocrisy of the party's claims to embody "family values," and shows how the party's vaunted commitment to fiscal responsibility has been a charade since the 1980s. When a party stands for nothing, he argues, it is only natural that it will be taken over by the loudest and angriest voices in the room.

It Was All a Lie is not just an indictment of the Republican Party, but a candid and often lacerating mea culpa. Stevens is not asking for pity or forgiveness; he is simply telling us what he has seen firsthand. He helped to create the modern party that kneels before a morally bankrupt con man and now he wants nothing more than to see what it has become burned to the ground.

About the Author

STUART STEVENS is the author of seven previous books, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Esquire, and Outside,among other publications. He has written extensively for television shows, including Northern Exposure, Commander in Chief, and K Street. For twenty-five years, he was the lead strategist and media consultant for some of the nation's toughest political campaigns. He attended Colorado College; Pembroke College, Oxford; Middlebury College; and UCLA film school. He is a former fellow of the American Film Institute.”

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[DKW 86 7,419]

On 12/16/2019 at 6:20 PM, TexasTiger said:

When a party stands for nothing, he argues, it is only natural that it will be taken over by the loudest and angriest voices in the room.

That sounds like both parties to me...

If you gave a thumbsdown, etc here, you need sincere professional help.

[homersapien 11,366]

13 hours ago, DKW 86 said:

That sounds like both parties to me...

I certainly don't see Republican candidates ever aligning with a labor union in a collective bargaining situation.

 

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/12/17/21025026/democratic-debate-strike-loyola-marymount-tom-perez-unite-here

The Democratic debate is on after candidates threatened to boycott over labor dispute

Democrats stepped in on the side of labor ahead of the debate — and helped workers win.

 

 

[DKW 86 7,419]

5 hours ago, homersapien said:

I certainly don't see Republican candidates ever aligning with a labor union in a collective bargaining situation.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/12/17/21025026/democratic-debate-strike-loyola-marymount-tom-perez-unite-here

The Democratic debate is on after candidates threatened to boycott over labor dispute

Democrats stepped in on the side of labor ahead of the debate — and helped workers win.

And some of us have been wondering where the Dem Party has been hiding for the last 2-3 decades on this. 
Talking is one thing and actually enacting or doing something is actually completely different than just giving it lip service like the Dems have been doing it for so long.

 

[bigbird 60,500]

1 hour ago, DKW 86 said:

And some of us have been wondering where the Dem Party has been hiding for the last 2-3 decades on this. 

[jj3jordan 2,051]

On 12/17/2019 at 10:50 AM, homersapien said:

I certainly don't see Republican candidates ever aligning with a labor union in a collective bargaining situation.

 

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/12/17/21025026/democratic-debate-strike-loyola-marymount-tom-perez-unite-here

The Democratic debate is on after candidates threatened to boycott over labor dispute

Democrats stepped in on the side of labor ahead of the debate — and helped workers win.

 

 

Actually W sided with DALPA in 2001 vs Delta. Threatened the company and shortly after they signed a massive contract.

[homersapien 11,366]

16 hours ago, jj3jordan said:

Actually W sided with DALPA in 2001 vs Delta. Threatened the company and shortly after they signed a massive contract.

Is W still considered to be a Republican?

[jj3jordan 2,051]

6 hours ago, homersapien said:

Is W still considered to be a Republican?

Good point my friend. Now? Doubtful but in 2001 yes.