Why we're liberals
Subtitle: a political handbook for post-Bush America
By: Eric Alterman
Publisher: Viking Penguin
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781101202906; 9781436200462; 9780143115229
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: Liberalism; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Political Process; Political Parties; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference
Description: The bestselling author and Newsweek columnist takes a characteristically irreverent look at the rampant mistreatment of liberals and liberalism The "most honest and incisive media critic writing today"(National Catholic Reporter), Eric Alterman is committed to restoring the liberal tradition to its honored place as the political philosophy of mainstream American citizens. In this bracing and well-documented counterattack on right- wing spin and misinformation, Alterman briskly disposes of the canards and false definitions that have been foisted upon liberals by the right and have been accepted unquestioningly by nearly everyone else. The perfect post-election book for all those who are ready to fight back against the conservative mudslinging machine and reclaim their voices in the political process, Why We're Liberals brings clarity and perspective to the possibility of a new day in America.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: I: What is this thing called "liberal"?; title: Liberalism: a crooked branch of timber; title: What do liberals believe, anyway?; title: What does liberalism look like?; title: So what's the problem?; title: Why do liberals hate patriotism?; title: Why do liberals always blame America first?; title: But aren't liberals awfully cavalier about protecting our national security?; title: Why are liberals so damn elitist?; title: Why do liberals love Hollywood smut peddlers?; title: When will liberals stop undermining America's values and poisoning the minds of its youth?; title: Why do liberals deny that America was founded as a Christina nation?; title: Why won't liberals admit that America is suffering from a crisis in moral values?; title: If liberals are so peace-loving, why do they want to murder the unborn?; title: Why do liberals believe in marriage only for homosexuals?; title: Why are liberals educating our children to be perverts?; title: Why do liberals hate religion?; title: Why do liberals hate the Jews?; title: Why are liberals so contemptuous of individual freedom?; title: Why do liberals love "activist judges"?; title: When will liberals stop crying "racism" at every opportunity?; title: Why are liberals so soft on America's enemies?; title: Why do liberals love to tax and spend?; title: Don't Conservatives do a better job of promoting economic growth than liberals?; title: But why are liberals so nasty?; title: Why are liberals such wimps?