Wingnuts (Updated and Revised Edition)
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Wingnuts (Updated and Revised Edition) by John Avlon
Wingnuts exist on the extreme edges of the political spectrum. They're the professional polarizers and the unhinged activists, the hardcore haters and the paranoid conspiracy theorists. They're people who always try to divide us instead of unite us. And at a time when the fringe is blurring with the base, they've hijacked American politics. The Obama era has been a boom-time for Wingnuts, kicked off by a financial collapse and the election America's first black president. For some, losing an election feels like living under tyranny. John Avlon tracks down preachers who pray for the president's death, goes inside the growing Hatriot militia movement, and identifies the fright-wing swamp where the Obama Birthers and the Bush-era 9/11 Truthers bubble up. Wingnuts echo earlier fear-fueled movements in American history. But bolstered by the rise of hyper-partisan media, the Wingnut echo chamber is more influential than ever before and it has led directly to the division and dysfunction in Congress. Avlon asserts that the time has come for the moderate majority of Americans to straighten their civic backbone and hold the extremes accountable while restoring a sense of perspective to our politics.
Avlon, John: - John Avlon is the Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Beast and a CNN political analyst. He is the author of Independent Nation and Wingnuts as well as an editor of the anthology Deadline Artists: America's Greatest Newspaper Columns. He was chief speechwriter for New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and won the National Society of Newspaper Columnists' award for Best Online Column in 2012. He lives with his wife Margaret Hoover and their two children in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780991247608 |
| ISBN 10 | 0991247604 |
| Title | Wingnuts (Updated and Revised Edition) |
| Author | John Avlon |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Beast Books |
| Year published | 2014-08-12 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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