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Bushwhacked

Life in George W. Bush's America

Life in George W. Bush's America

Life in George W. Bush's America

Life in George W. Bush's America

By Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose

By Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose

By Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose

By Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose

By Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose
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By Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose
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    About Bushwhacked

    A simultaneously rollicking and sobering indictment of the policies of President George W. Bush, Bushwhacked chronicles the destructive impact of the Bush administration on the very people who put him in the White House in the first place. Here are the ties that connected Bush to Enron, yes, but here, too, is the story of the woman who walks six miles to the unemployment office daily, wondering what happened to the economic security Bush promised. Here are reports on failed nation-building missions in Kabul and Baghdad. Here, too, the story of a rancher who has fallen prey to a Bush-Cheney interior department that is perhaps a wee bit too cozy with the oil industry. Bushwhacked is highly original and entirely thought-provoking—essential reading for anyone living in George W. Bush’s America.

    About Bushwhacked

    A simultaneously rollicking and sobering indictment of the policies of President George W. Bush, Bushwhacked chronicles the destructive impact of the Bush administration on the very people who put him in the White House in the first place. Here are the ties that connected Bush to Enron, yes, but here, too, is the story of the woman who walks six miles to the unemployment office daily, wondering what happened to the economic security Bush promised. Here are reports on failed nation-building missions in Kabul and Baghdad. Here, too, the story of a rancher who has fallen prey to a Bush-Cheney interior department that is perhaps a wee bit too cozy with the oil industry. Bushwhacked is highly original and entirely thought-provoking—essential reading for anyone living in George W. Bush’s America.

    About Bushwhacked

    From Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose, authors of Shrub, Bushwhacked is a hilarious, no-holds-barred look at George W. Bush and his administration, and an essential book for understanding the full, destructive impact of his presidency.

    For years, bestselling political commentator Molly Ivins has been sounding the alarm about George W. Bush. In Shrub, her 2000 skewering of presidential candidate Bush, the inimitable Ivins, with co-author Lou Dubose, offered a devastating exposé of Dubya’s career and abysmal record as governor of Texas. Now, in their second book on our current White House occupant, Ivins and Dubose take the wire brush to the Bush presidency and show how he has applied the same flawed strategies he used in governing Texas to running the largest superpower in the world.

    Bushwhacked brings to light the horrendous legacy of the Bush tax cut, his increasingly appalling environmental record, his administration’s involvement in the Enron scandal, and the real Bush foreign policy—botched nation building in Kabul and Baghdad, alienation of former allies—and, unfortunately, much more. Ivins and Dubose go beyond the too frequently soft media coverage of Bush to show us just how damaging his policies have been to ordinary Americans—“the Doug Jones Average,” rather than the Dow Jones Average. Bushwhacked is filled with sharp observation, humor, and compassion for the people often ignored by the federal government and the Washington press corps.

    With the war on terrorism posing unprecedented challenges to our civil liberties, and with the Bush economic policy in shambles, it is high time for a close look at the state of our Union. Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose provide just that in Bushwhacked—an incisive, entertaining, and damning indictment of the Bush presidency.


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    Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose on:

    Dubya’s involvement in the failure of Harken Energy Corporation:
    “There are countless subjects on which George W. Bush might have pleaded ignorance in 1990, but a failing oil business was not one of them.”

    Dubya’s accomplishments as governor of Texas:
    “As full-time residents of the state that gave you tort reform, H. Ross Perot, and penis-enlargement options on executive health plans, we’re obliged to warn you that if Dubya Bush really had exported ‘the Texas Miracle,’ the country would be in deep shit.”

    Dubya’s environmental record:
    “Bush has a chemical-dependency problem, but it’s not cocaine. It’s Monsanto, Dow, and Union Carbide. They wrote the checks that put him in the Texas governor’s mansion….Bush had two voluntary emissions-control programs here in Texas. One involved polluting industries. The other was directed at adolescent males, who were encouraged to ‘try abstinence.’ Only 3 of our 8,645 most obnoxiously polluting refineries actually volunteered to cut back on their toxic emissions. Numbers on teenage boys are not yet in.”

    Why the Republican Party is the party of unregulated meat and poultry:
    “The Republicans win elections in the ‘red states’ in the center of the country, where cattle and chickens are produced and slaughtered. Democrats win their elections in the ‘blue states’ on the coasts. Republicans use the USDA to pay off their contributors in the red states. The result of that crude electoral calculus is laissez-faire food-safety policy whenever a Republican is in the White House. (If you must eat while the Republicans control the White House, both houses of Congress, and the judiciary, you might want to consider becoming a vegetarian about now.)”

    About Bushwhacked

    A simultaneously rollicking and sobering indictment of the policies of President George W. Bush, Bushwhacked chronicles the destructive impact of the Bush administration on the very people who put him in the White House in the first place. Here are the ties that connected Bush to Enron, yes, but here, too, is the story of the woman who walks six miles to the unemployment office daily, wondering what happened to the economic security Bush promised. Here are reports on failed nation-building missions in Kabul and Baghdad. Here, too, the story of a rancher who has fallen prey to a Bush-Cheney interior department that is perhaps a wee bit too cozy with the oil industry. Bushwhacked is highly original and entirely thought-provoking—essential reading for anyone living in George W. Bush’s America.

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    Vice
    Who Let the Dogs In?
    Shrub
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    See all books by Molly Ivins, Lou Dubose

    About Molly Ivins

    Molly Ivins began her career in journalism in the complaint department of the Houston Chronicle. In 1970, she became coeditor of The Texas… More about Molly Ivins

    About Lou Dubose

    Lou Dubose has written about Texas and national politics for many years. He was the editor of the Texas Observer and the… More about Lou Dubose

    About Molly Ivins

    Molly Ivins began her career in journalism in the complaint department of the Houston Chronicle. In 1970, she became coeditor of The Texas… More about Molly Ivins

    About Lou Dubose

    Lou Dubose has written about Texas and national politics for many years. He was the editor of the Texas Observer and the… More about Lou Dubose

    About Molly Ivins

    Molly Ivins began her career in journalism in the complaint department of the Houston Chronicle. In 1970, she became coeditor of The Texas… More about Molly Ivins

    About Lou Dubose

    Lou Dubose has written about Texas and national politics for many years. He was the editor of the Texas Observer and the… More about Lou Dubose

    About Molly Ivins

    Molly Ivins began her career in journalism in the complaint department of the Houston Chronicle. In 1970, she became coeditor of The Texas… More about Molly Ivins

    About Lou Dubose

    Lou Dubose has written about Texas and national politics for many years. He was the editor of the Texas Observer and the… More about Lou Dubose

    Product Details

    Category: Domestic Politics

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Vintage
    Jun 01, 2004 | 368 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375713118

    Category: Domestic Politics

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Vintage
    Sep 07, 2004 | 368 Pages | ISBN 9781400095353

    Category: Domestic Politics | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $12.95
    Published by Random House Audio
    Sep 23, 2003 | 362 Minutes | ISBN 9780739306604

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    Published by Random House Audio
    Jun 03, 2003 | 634 Minutes | ISBN 9780736698825

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    Praise

    “Ivins is surely one of the nation’s most adroit political commentators.” —People

    “A sprightly catalogue of every destructive policy decision the Bushies have made in their first two-and-a-half years. . . . Sure to delight the president’s critics and madden his fans.” —The Washington Post Book World

    “Ivins and Dubose are worthy heirs of the honorable tradition of muckraking.” —Paul Krugman, The New York Review of Books

    “A thorough (and thoroughly researched) condemnation of our 43rd president’s domestic policy. . . . The intensely individual stories make this much more than a tart tongue-lashing. . . . Illuminating reading.” —Austin American-Statesman U.S.

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