Why We're Liberals: A Handbook for Restoring America's Most Important IdealsThe bestselling author and Newsweek columnist takes a characteristically irreverent look at the rampant mistreatment of liberals and liberalism The "most honest and incisive media critic writing today"(National Catholic Reporter), Eric Alterman is committed to restoring the liberal tradition to its honored place as the political philosophy of mainstream American citizens. In this bracing and well-documented counterattack on right- wing spin and misinformation, Alterman briskly disposes of the canards and false definitions that have been foisted upon liberals by the right and have been accepted unquestioningly by nearly everyone else. The perfect post-election book for all those who are ready to fight back against the conservative mudslinging machine and reclaim their voices in the political process, Why We're Liberals brings clarity and perspective to the possibility of a new day in America. |
Contents
What Do Liberals Believe Anyway? | |
What Does Liberalism Look Like? | |
So Whats the Problem? | |
AND WHY DO THEY HATE AMERICA? | |
Why Do Liberals Always Blame America First? | |
But Arent Liberals Awfully Cavalier about Protecting Our National Security? | |
Why Are Liberals Educating Our Children to Be Perverts? | |
Why Do Liberals Hate Religion? | |
Why Do Liberals Hate the Jews? | |
Why Are Liberals So Contemptuous of Individual Freedom? | |
Why Do Liberals Love Activist Judges? | |
When Will Liberals Stop Crying Racism at Every Opportunity? | |
Why Are Liberals So Soft on Americas Enemies? | |
Why Do Liberals Love to Tax and Spend? | |
Why Are Liberals So Damn Elitist? | |
Why Do Liberals Love Hollywood Smut Peddlers? | |
When Will Liberals Stop Undermining Americas Values and Poisoning the Minds of Its Youth? | |
Why Do Liberals Deny That America Was Founded as a Christian Nation? | |
Why Wont Liberals Admit That America Is Suffering from a Crisis in Moral Values? | |
If Liberals Are So PeaceLoving Why Do They Want to Murder the Unborn? | |
Why Do Liberals Believe in Marriage Only for Homosexuals? | |
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Why We're Liberals: A Handbook for Restoring America's Most Important Ideals Eric Alterman No preview available - 2009 |
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