Ebook: Great American Hypocrites

A takedown of the GOP's deceitful propaganda machine from the hugely popular blogger of Salon.com's Unclaimed Territory and the author of the "New York Times" bestsellers"How Would a Patriot Act?" and "A Tragic Legacy" Long since Americans were wooed by images of Ronald Reagan astride a horse, complete with cowboy hat and rugged goodlooks, the Republican Party has used a John Wayne mythology to build up its candidates and win elections. Their marketing scheme of evoking brave, courageous, heroic warriors has been so persuasive and strikes such apatriotic nerve, that many citizens have voted based on this manipulative imagery even when they've flat out disagreed with the GOP's positions on key issues. Glenn Greenwald putsthis bogus GOP mythology under microscopic critique and successfully argues that none of these men is, in fact, a brave, strong moral warrior-far from it. Rather, most have dodged military duty, have strings ofbroken marriages and affairs, and live decadent, elitist lives, which they so ruthlessly condemn Democrats for doing. Such false archetypes-that GOP leaders are exclusively fit to command the military, represent traditional family values, and are fiscally restrained and responsible because they're just regular folk like us-are so firmly entrenched in our culture as to allow the GOP to sit back and lettheir time-tested marketing ploy spin itself silly while avoiding debate on real issues. When they actually do voice opinions, it's nothing more than a smear campaign of the supposed weakness and elitism of theDemocrats. To prevent this tired marketing scheme from succeeding again, Greenwald takes off the gloves and knocks down the hoaxes and myths, exposing the tactics the right-wing machine uses to drown out bothreality and consideration of real issues. But he also calls on Democrats to shake off the defensive posture ("We love America too," "We support the troops too," "We alsobelieve in God") and start attacking the Republican candidates for the hypocrites they, in truth, are. The first book to dissect the Republican Cult of Personality and leave itopenly exposed in its unabashed, shameful depravity, "Great American Hypocrites" is a deeply necessary call-out to Democrats to attack the GOP with their competitor's very ownweapons. Ever since the cowboy image of Ronald Reagan was sold to Americans, the Republican Party has used the same John Wayne imagery to support its candidates and take elections. Weall know how they govern, but the right-wing propaganda machine is very adept at hijacking debate and marketing their candidates as effectively as the Marlboro Man. For example: Myth: The Republican nominee is an upstanding, regular guy who shares the values of the common man.Reality: He divorced his first wife in order to marry ayoung multimillionaire heiress whose family then funded his political career. Myth: Republicans are brave and courageous.Reality: It's a partyfilled with chicken hawks and draft dodgers. Myth: Republicans are strong on defense and will keep us safe.Reality: They prey on fears, and their endlesswars make America far less secure. Myth: The Republicans are the party of fiscal restraint and small, limited government.Real