TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alterman,Eric
AU  - Green,Mark J.
TI  - The book on Bush: how George W. Bush (mis)leads America 
SN  - 0670032735 (alk. paper)
AV  - 002 E 902 A466b 2004
U1  - 973.931/092 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Viking
KW  - Bush, George W.
KW  - United States
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 2001-2009
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Introduction : the power of audacity --; 2; Drill and cough : W.'s environmental and energy policies --; 3; Deja Vu-do economics : the real faith-based policy --; 4; When laissez isn't fair : how a business president handles a business fraud --; 5; Society and civil liberties : "Watch what (you) say" --; 6; Mismanaged health care : privatization versus patients --; 7; Race : in the picture, not the program --; 8; Reality bites : watch what we say... --; Education : no politician left behind --; Science : the new Scopes trials --; The; right judges, or far-right judges? --; Poverty : "heart" felt indifference --; Crime and punishment : guns and death --; Labor pains --; 9; Rules for hyperpowers : "Because we say so" --; 10. A; nation transformed, a tragedy exploited --; 11; Invading Iraq : operation bait and switch --; 12. The; "bungling bully" : the "ruin" of U.S. foreign policy --; 13; Conclusion : the Messianic man --; Acknowledgments --; Notes --; Index
N2  - "The Book on Bush is the first comprehensive critique of a president who is governing on a right wing and a prayer. In carefully documented detail, Eric Alterman and Mark Green, two of the leading progressive authors/advocates in the country, not only trace the guiding ideology that runs through a wide range of W's policies but also expose a presidential decision-making process that, rather than weighing facts to arrive at conclusions, begins with conclusions and then searches for supporting facts." "While other commentators and authors have plumbed a particular policy (or policies) or chronicled his provable deceptions, Alterman and Green connect the dots of what's behind all the policies and prevarications. The Book on Bush reveals a president who, while determinedly uninformed, uncurious, and unyielding, is messianic in pursuing the goals of his three leading constituencies: the religious right, big business, and neoconservatives. With few exceptions, the interests of these groups have been served so effectively that the result for America is nothing less than the attempted rolling back of the progressive gains of the past century."--BOOK JACKET
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