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FANATICS in the White House: The book presents an eye-opening, psychologically-based diagnosis explaining why the Bush administration does the things it does.
ARNOLD Schwarzenegger: The Bush Game Plan Moves West. The book offers a devastating portrait of the "real Arnold", focusing on his fanatical anti-tax agenda -- which, by and large, has remained under the radar thanks to the new governor's ability to charm friends, foes, and a star-struck media.
THE NEW CONTRACT FOR A BETTER AMERICA: Stealing a page from the GOP's hugely successful playbook, Fanatics and Fools offers up a "The New Contract for a Better America", a comprehensive 10-point agenda that resets America's priorities (Also includes 3 ready-to-serve stump speeches for the Democratic presidential nominee to deliver on energy policy, corporate responsibility, and putting an end to America's failed war on drugs).
RALPH NADER: Why Nader Should Pull Out of the 2004 Race: Using her own political journey as a starting point, Arianna explains why she has gone from a "pox on both houses" independent to a supporter of the Democratic nomineeÉ and why Nader needs to understand that it makes no sense to "redecorate your house when it's on fire".
TAX CUTS First, Last, and Always: the book exposes the tax cut fanaticism driving the Bush administration, explains it, and shows how the debate can be reframed so the Democrats can stop playing defense and start rebuilding our economy.
CLINTONISM: Is Clintonism Dead? The book explores the transformation of the Democratic Party, and why the success of the Clinton administration has been both a blessing and a curse for the Party. It also looks at the Clinton waiting in the wings -- Hillary -- 2004's "phantom candidate".
WOMEN'S ROLE IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION: In two sections in the book entitled ÒI Am Woman Please Hear Me RoarÓ and ÒFelix Unger for President,Ó Arianna, using her recall experiences at a starting point, offers a stinging critique of the Alpha Male model of leadership and presents a bold, nurturing alternative.
PORTRAITS OF STRUGGLE: The book puts flesh and blood on the daily struggles in the lives of ordinary Americans with 14 [tk] poignant and heart-rending real stories from the Other America.
HOMELAND SECURITY: Fanatics and Fools powerfully argues that we need to redefine what it means to keep America safe -- that it's more than just protecting us from terrorists; it's protecting us from the rise of inner-city gang violence and the rise of poverty and deprivation among our country's working poor.
IDEALISM: Is an Appeal to Idealism the Sleeper Issue of 2004? The book presents a stirring alternative moral vision of an America that returns to the foundations on which it was built: the ideals put forth by our greatest leaders, including Lincoln, FDR, JFK, and Bobby Kennedy. It also shows how this vision is the property of neither the right nor the left, but is rather the common ground on which all Americans can stand.
LEADERSHIP: The book looks at what kind of president Americans are looking for in 2004 -- a panderer or someone who can appeal not just to our self-interest but to the Òbetter angels of our natureÓ?
MASQUERADE OF MODERATION: The book exposes how the Fanatics on the right have been able to hide their radical agenda behind token "warm and fuzzy" policy initiatives such as President Bush's in-rhetoric-only support of AmeriCorps or Arnold Schwarzenegger's promise to transform California's roads into a hydrogen highway.
HUMOROUS EXCEPRTS/SIDEBARS:
THE SECRET RESIGNATION FILES: resignation letters, real and imaginary, from former Bush administration members.
SECRETS AND THE SECRET KEEPERS WHO KEEP THEM SECRET: A Quiz that pulls back the curtain on the White House's obsession with secrecy and subterfuge.
GOP FAQs: Real and imagined Frequently Asked Questions for Bush/Cheney re-election donors.
THE TRIVIAL PURSUIT OF THE WHITE HOUSE: A quiz. Fun and surprising facts from the campaign trail.
CRUZ BUSTAMANTE, MATCHMAKER: Arianna's one-time gubernatorial opponent calls with a very surprising request.
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