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Wingnuts : how the lunatic fringe is hijacking America / John Avlon ; [foreword by Tina Brown].

Title
Wingnuts : how the lunatic fringe is hijacking America / John Avlon ; [foreword by Tina Brown].
Author
Avlon, John P.
Publication
New York : Beast Books, c2010.

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Description
xix, 284 p.; 20 cm.
Summary
Discusses the increase of political pundits or individuals with extreme liberal and conservative ideologies, creating a state of hyper-partisanship in American politics that detrimentally affects the poltical process.
Subject
  • Political culture > United States
  • Right and left (Political science)
  • Radicals > United States
  • Political parties > United States
  • United States > Politics and government > 2009-2017
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword by Tina Brown -- A wingnut glossary -- Introducing the Wingnuts -- Of tea parties and town halls -- Obama derangement syndrome -- The birth of white minority politics -- Polarizing for profit -- Sarah Palin and the Limbaugh brigades -- Hunting for heretics -- The big lie : birthers and truthers -- The hatriots : Armed and dangerous -- Conclusion: How to take America back from the lunatic fringe -- Acknowledgments.
ISBN
  • 9780984295111 (pbk.)
  • 0984295119 (pbk.)
OCLC
462893767
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library