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Like James Carville, America has been bruised and battered by the Republicans who are running our country and running it into the ground. The Bush administration has squandered a five-trillion-dollar surplus and created a five-trillion-dollar projected deficit. Their tax cut for the rich was supposed to create jobs -- but instead America has lost more than three million of them. This administration was supposed to bring honor and dignity to the White House but instead brought lies, leaks, secrecy, and fear. They promised to make the country stronger and safer but instead they've left us overstretched, isolated, and insecure.
And Carville has had enough.
In Had Enough? the legendary political adviser comes out of his corner swinging, taking on the Bush White House and the Republican leaders in Congress on every front -- from the economy to education to foreign affairs. But he doesn't just attack; he lays out constructive "had enough" solutions for healing the damage done by the Republicans and helping disheartened Democrats get back on their feet. In addition, he offers "Ten Rules for Progressives to Live By" and a new War Room mantra for a new era.
Had Enough? is a rousing handbook for taking back the country, for fighting back the right wing, and for returning the power to the people.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780743261777 |
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Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date: | 12/10/2003 |
Sold by: | SIMON & SCHUSTER |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 320 |
File size: | 3 MB |
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Prologue
I don't know about you, but I've had enough of the whole damn thing.
- I've had enough of losing elections.
- I've had enough of losing arguments.
- I've had enough of seeing Americans losing their jobs.
- Heck, I've had enough of losing my hair.
- I've had enough of calling some B-rate cowboy my commander in Chief.
- I've had enough of the broken promises, the unnecessary secrecy, and the lying to the American people.
- I've had enough of people saying government doesn't work -- when, for them, it's working like a charm.
- I've had enough of giving millionaires like Dick Cheney and myself tax breaks and giving America's kids a mountain of debt.
- I've had enough of being hated around the world because I'm an American.
- Oh, but my frustration is an equal-opportunity thing.
- I've had enough of Democrats rolling over and thinking that you can appease George Bush, Dick Cheney, Tom DeLay, and that whole gang of Keystone Kops who are running America today.
- I've had enough of seeing our ideas stolen, then bastardized, then used to beat us over the head so hard that we stop thinking straight and what should be cries of outrage become pitiful whimpers.
- I've had enough of people coming up to me on street corners, in hotel lobbies, in airports, and whining to me about how bad things are. Believe me, I know.
- I've had enough of a press too scared and pathetic to ask a follow-up question.
- I've had enough of the blowhards on cable TV, and the self-righteous anger I hear from people whose only accomplishment in life is their ability to turn the dial on an AM radio.
- Tell you what, I've had enough of having enough.
Rest assured, there are a lot of people who are as fed up as you and me. And most of them want to do something about it. But here's the problem: they're just sitting there, taking it. Sure, maybe you throw your shoe at the TV sometimes. But that doesn't accomplish anything, unless you count seeing a tread mark on Bill O'Reilly's face as progress.
It's time to quit stewing, steaming, and taking abuse, and start taking action.
We need to take back our country from the tax-cutting, environment-desecrating, secret-keeping, influence-peddling, warmongering, free-speech-hating, hypocritical right-wing goofballs who are running things today.
We need to say, "Enough is enough." We want our country back, and we intend to get it back.
That's what this book is: it's a guide for taking back Congress, the White House, and America from the people running our country -- and running it into the ditch -- today. And we're not just going to rant, and rave, and criticize. We're going to put forward some fresh new ideas to make progressives stronger, and our country better.
So consider the following pages a constructive outlet for your case of political road rage, and read on.
Copyright © 2003 by James Carville
Table of Contents
Contents
Prologue
Introduction: The Lesson of the Transgender
Amendment
Part One: "The Common Defence"
1. Homeland Security
2. Military and Foreign Policy
Part Two: "The General Welfare"
3. Deficits Matter, Debts Matter, and They Matter a Lot
4. Tax Cuts: The Big Lie
Part Three: "Secure the Blessings of Liberty to Ourselves and our Posterity"
5. Education
6. Environment and Energy
7. Health Care
Part Four: "Establish Justice"
8. Carville's Campaign Finance Reform Proposal
9. Corporate Governance
10. The Myth of Tort Reform
Part Five: "Insure Domestic Tranquillity"
11. "Those Damn Entitlements"
12. A Note on Lying
13. A Note on the Religious Right and Politics
14. A Note on Friends
15. Conclusion: "To form a more perfect Union"
Notes