MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
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Author Jane highly recommends a forthcoming related book about the Republican populist plutocracy:
by artappraiser on Mon, 04/13/2020 - 9:19am
Mayer is correct that McConnell and Trump represent separate elements that need each other to survive. But it is also true that they are Romulus and Remus, siblings who suckled on the same teats of a Wolf. And that Wolf is named Newt Gingrich.
As Coppins notes when Newt was carrying out his Contract on America:
On the "populist" side, Coppins says:
Hmmnn, a "singsong whine to imitate his critics." Who the hell does that?
by moat on Mon, 04/13/2020 - 10:41am
Good catch on the sing song thing. I think the difference, though, is that Trump doesn't do it to imitate his critics, he's a true delicate snowflake.
by artappraiser on Mon, 04/13/2020 - 6:47pm
Yes. Trump is fragile. But he does imitate his critics.
In terms of what Gingrich did in a particular moment, it is not the object of his scorn that is interesting but the method of mocking employed.
That is what is on the other side of the "political correctness" meme. You want to make fun of people and suddenly everyone gets upset when you do. It is all good fun, why are you offended?
Trump did not invent that part.
by moat on Mon, 04/13/2020 - 7:32pm
Absolutely the flip side of political correctness! One of my pet peeves that more don't see that.
by artappraiser on Mon, 04/13/2020 - 8:12pm