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The party is over : how Republicans went crazy, Democrats became useless, and the middle class got shafted / Mike Lofgren.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lofgren, Mike, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--History--20th century.
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ).
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--History--21st century.
- Democratic Party (U.S.)--History--20th century.
- Democratic Party (U.S.).
- Democratic Party (U.S.)--History--21st century.
- Political parties--United States--History--20th century.
- Political parties.
- History.
- United States.
- Political parties--United States--History--21st century.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 232 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- Paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2013.
- Summary:
- Based on the explosive article Lofgren wrote when he resigned in disgust after the debt ceiling crisis, "The Party Is Over" is a funny and impassioned exposé of everything that is wrong with Washington.
- Contents:
- Preface to the paperback edition
- Introduction
- The party of Lincoln, the party of Jefferson
- Tactics: war minus the shooting
- All wrapped up in the constitution
- A devil's dictionary
- Taxes and the rich
- Worshipping at the altar of Mars
- Media complicity
- Give me that old time religion
- No eggheads wanted
- A low, dishonest decade
- Are the Democrats any better?
- A way out?
- Notes:
- With a new preface.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-225) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780143124214
- 0143124218
- 9780670026265
- 0670026263
- OCLC:
- 837179074
- Publisher Number:
- 99968909707
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