A NATION SEIZED
Bill Israel
How Karl Rove and the political right stole reality, beginning with the news
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Karl Rove this year is funneling $250 million -- a quarter billion dollars -- from wealthy, anonymous donors to tip the American elections of 2012, just as he did in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2010. A Nation Seized maps how Rove will win, by quoting unpublished lectures Rove gave at the University of Texas at Austin, where he taught "Politics and the Press" with the author. The book, for the first time, presents the Karl Rove playbook, in Rove’s own words.
Yet Rove’s strategy for 2012 is even more potent. It combines with decades-long organizing by the American political Right, for which Rove is now both central coordinator and leading beneficiary. The organizing began in the 1930s, then burst in the ‘70s-‘90s to produce hundreds of conservative institutions and media and thousands of political operatives, like Rove. Together, they’ve not only brought Congress to a near-standstill; they've seized the U.S. Supreme Court, the House of Representatives, and most state and local governments. More importantly: they've reversed what and how Americans think.
A Nation Seized documents how these developments are distorting American news and politics. It shows why debt limit debate is at impasse, yet conservatives cut taxes for the rich and defund public education and medical care for the poor, the infirm, and the elderly. The book demonstrates how the Right stopped journalism, and why Barack Obama faces defeat in 2012, even if he's re-elected.
A Nation Seized charts how Rove and the Right are transforming American politics and journalism, and why they may dominate the next generation.
Spokane, WA: Marquette Books, 2011
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