Fat Man Fed Up
Subtitle: How American Politics Went Bad
Publisher: Random House
Published: July 6, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781400061549
Subjects: Political Process - Elections; Press and politics; Politics - Current Events; Mass Communication Media And Politics; U.S. Practical Politics; Politics and government; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politicians; Politics/International Relations; United States; Media Studies; Government - U.S. Government; Political Science / General; Anecdotes; General; Presidents; 1945-1989; 1989-; Election
First sentence: When I was a young reporter covering city hall for the Evening News in Monroe, Michigan, the publisher suggested one day that I should write an occasional editorial on local issues.
Description: "In Fat Man Fed Up, Germond confronts the most critical issues raised by our election process and offers a scathing but wry polemic about what's wrong with politics in America." "Is there any connection between what happens in campaigns and what happens in government? And if not, where does the blame for the disconnect lie? Was Tocqueville right? Do we get the leaders we deserve? Indeed, according to Germond, the politicians aren't the only ones to blame, or even the chief culprits. He describes how he and his colleagues in the news media have been guilty of dumbing-down the political process - and how the voters are too apathetic to demand better coverage and better results. Instead, they simply turn away and too often end up enduring third-rate presidents." "Germond guides us through the fog created by candidates and the media. In this timely book, on one is let off the hook. Fat Man Fed Up is a bracing look at how we never seem to get the truth about the people we're electing."--BOOK JACKET.