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Over the Cliff: How Obama's Election Drove the American Right Insane
Over the Cliff How Obama's Election Drove the American Right Insane Author:John Amato, David Neiwert Compiling example after example, the editors of Crooks and Liars, a popular blog, examine the torrent of right-wing kookery?the eager willingness of conservatives to fervently believe things that are provably false?and its ramifications both for our national discourse and our national well-being. The authors show how this outlandish, overheated ... more »rhetoric?generated by mainstream-media figures like Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and Lou Dobbs?is accompanied by a wave of lethal right-wing violence and threatening behavior.
The book explores the main drivers of this descent into madness: the extremist Radical Right and the longtime Republican willingness?dating back to Nixon, but refined in more recent years by Lee Atwater and his acolytes?to engage in a divisive politics of resentment, both racial and cultural. The authors also examine ways ordinary Americans can stop the madness.« less