If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat: Crushing the Democrats in Every Election and Why Your Life Depends on It
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Nashville, TN |
| Copyright | 2004-07-22 |
| Pages / Font | 272 pages |
| ISBN 13 | 9780785263197 |
| ISBN | 0-7852-6319-5 |
| Chapters | Introduction ix Part I The Stakes 1. "I Don't Like Your Because You're Going to Get Me Killed" 2 2. The Six-Party System 7 3. The National Security Collapse of the Democratic Party 14 4. Remembering Howard Dean 25 5. Understanding John Kerry 29 6. George W. Bush and the War 37 7. Allies, Opponents, and Enemies 50 Part II A Brief History of Democratic Cheating 8. The Reputation 54 9. The Legacy of the Machines 57 10. Democrats and Close Elections: Whatever It Takes 60 Part III Parties 11. Parties Matter a Lot 68 12. Parties Can't Govern Without Majorities or Pluralities of Seats 71 13. Regulars, Occasionals, Principled Pragmatists, Movement Activists, and Fanatics: The Five Orders of Political Partisans 79 14. Majorities Require the Votes of Some Not-Very-Bright People 84 15. People Change Their Party Affiliations Slowly and Are Embarrassed to Do So 90 16. People Like to Win (and Hate to Hear They Won't) 98 17. Transitional Voters Don't Like Movement Activists or Fanatics 101 18. Party Regulars Don't Like Movement Activists and Fanatics, and Movement Activists and Fanatics Need the Regulars 106 19. There Aren't Enough Targets That You Have to Shoot at Your Friends? 111 Part IV Money 20. Give 118 21. Give Until It Hurts 125 22. Give Some More 134 23. Celebrate Junk Mail 137 24. Opening Your Home 140 25. The 527 Threat 142 26. Don't Expect to Be Thanked 149 Part V Message Delivery 27. Know Your Stuff: The Key Facts 152 28. The Media Tilt Way Left, So Live with It 155 29. Controlling the Information Flow, Part 1: The Rise of the New Media 159 30. Controlling the Information Flow, Part 2: The Use of Talk Radio 163 31. Controlling the Information Flow, Part 3: The Letters Page 169 32. Controlling the Information Flow, Part 4: Using the Blogosphere 171 33. Winning Converts 178 34. Support the People Who Support Your Politics 181 35. Subscribe to the Magazines That Usually Support the GOP 184 Part VI "Danger, Will Robinson, Danger!" 36. Abortion, Guns, and the Environment 188 37. The Edge of the Knife: Immigration, Judges, Gays, and God 195 38. A Majority That Endures 206 Part VII Tone and Focus 39. Perfect Pitch 212 40. The Stakes 216 Appendix A President Bush's Remarks at National Day of Prayer and Remembrance 221 Appendix B President Bush's Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People 224 Appendix C President Bush's State of the Union Address 231 Appendix D President Bush's Commencement Speech at West Point 240 Appendix E President Bush's Remarks to United Nations General Assembly 246 Appendix F The Crucial Campaigns of 2004 on the Web 252 Appendix G Political News from the Web 253 Appendix H A Beginner's Guide to the Blogs 254 Appendix I The Ten Key Talking Points for 2004 255 Acknowledgments 257 About the Author 259 |
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