Republican Gomorrah : Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party (Paperback)

from Schmerguls

This is a devastating look at the tie-up between the radical religious right and the Protestant ministers therein and the Repulbcan Party. Moderate Republicans are a thing of the past as the far right has captured the Party. Much detail on Tom Delay, Senator Vitter, Mark Foley, and other sleazy R...

from Narboink

Political analysis that is both accurate and flippant has a limited shelf-life, and reading this book is like taking a long, painful, irritating trip down memory lane. I recommend it unreservedly to anyone who has the stomach to spend a few uninterrupted hours reading about the phenomenon of clos...

from Judiex

We live in scary times. The extreme conservatives are afraid everyone who doesn't agree with them is a traitor going to destroy this country through tolerating more individual freedoms, such as divorce, abortion, homosexuality, and premarital sex. (At the same time many are looking forward to the...

from paulrwaibel44

This is an interesting history of how the Religious Right gained control of, and corrupted, the Republican Party. It should be noted that Blumenthal concentrates only on those very visible personalities who have made religion a commercial product and the means of gaining considerable power and in...

from Shrike58

If Blumenthal has one particular insight it is to illustrate the linkages between certain evangelical Christian organizations that have made an industry of exploiting personal crisis, with particular jabs made at James Dobson of Focus on the Family, and how this style has insinuated itself into R...