[bksvol-discuss] Submitted another nonfiction/political book
- From: "Deborah Murray" <blinkeeblink@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "BookShare" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 10:17:20 -0400
Hi all,
Just submitted for validation Great American Hypocrites by Glenn Greenwald.
It's been read through and pre-validated. Headers stripped; page numbers and
chapter titles protected. K1000 ranked spelling 100% without capitalized
words.
[Book jacket]
A takedown of the GOP's deceitful propaganda machine from the hugely popular
blogger of Salon.com's Unclaimed Territory and the
author of the New York Times bestsellers How Would a Patriot Act? and A
Tragic Legacy
Long since Americans were wooed by images of Ronald Reagan astride a horse,
complete with cowboy hat and rugged good looks, the Republican Party has
used a John Wayne mythology to build up its candidates and win elections.
Their marketing scheme of evoking brave, courageous, heroic warriors has
been so persuasive and strikes such a patriotic nerve, that many citizens
have voted based on this manipulative imagery even when they've flat out
disagreed with the GOP's positions on key issues.
Glenn Greenwald puts this bogus GOP mythology under microscopic critique and
successfully argues that none of these men is, in fact, a brave, strong
moral warrior-far from it. Rather, most have dodged military duty, have
strings of broken marriages and affairs, and live decadent, elitist lives,
which they so ruthlessly condemn Democrats for doing. Such false
archetypes-that GOP leaders are exclusively fit to command the military,
represent traditional family values, and are fiscally restrained and
responsible because they're just regular folk like us-are so firmly
entrenched in our culture as to allow the
GOP to sit back and let their time-tested marketing ploy spin itself silly
while avoiding debate on real issues. When they actually do voice opinions,
it's nothing more than a smear campaign of the supposed weakness and elitism
of the Democrats.
To prevent this tired marketing scheme from succeeding again, Greenwald
takes off the gloves and knocks down the hoaxes and myths, exposing the
tactics the right-wing machine uses to drown out both reality and
consideration of real issues. But he also calls on Democrats to shake off
the defensive posture ("We love America too," "We support the troops too,"
"We also believe in God") and start attacking the Republican candidates for
the hypocrites they, in truth, are.
Deborah
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