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A NOTE FROM LOU DUBOSE AND JAN REIDIn the summer of 2003, the nation observed the curious spectacle of the Texas governor, lieutenant governor, house speaker, and Republican legislators taking direct orders from Tom DeLay, far off in Washington, D.C. One can argue that the House majority leader was just doing his job—helping gerrymander congressional districts to get rid of Democrats. But what an exercise in raw power! He has muscled and bullied in order to have his way on the shaming and impeachment of Bill Clinton, on the vote recount in Florida, on the redistricting prerogatives of state legislatures, even to impose his reading of scripture on U.S. policy in the Middle East: DeLay dispatched himself to Israel to pronounce George W. Bush's "roadmap to peace" a dead-end street. For a writer, DeLay is a rich character, always out there—slam bang, The Hammer. The congressman would never be at home in the Houston country clubs and mansions of the two presidents named George Bush. He likes to say outrageous things. DeLay knows that even some Republicans view him with condescension. But he is a master of Byzantine congressional procedure and the art of accumulating and dealing out money; and he means to redirect the course of American history. Who are his progenitors? Look to Huey Long, Joseph McCarthy, and Richard Nixon (the congressional years). |
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PAPERBACKISBN 978-1-58648-407-1 Pub date: 12/20/05 Price: $13.95/18.95 Canada 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 336 pages Carton Quantity: 32 Biography, Current Events, Politics Selling Territory: W Pub history:
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