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The party is over : how Republicans went crazy, Democrats became useless, and the middle class got shafted /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lofgren, Mike
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, 2012.
Subjects:
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) > History > 20th century.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) > History > 21st century.
Democratic Party (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
Democratic Party (U.S.) > History > 21st century.
Political parties > United States > History > 20th century.
Political parties > United States > History > 21st century.
Table of Contents:
  • 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?.