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Molly Ivins used to call Texas "Mississippi with good roads." Jim Moore and Jason Stanford describe Rick Perry trying to sell even the roads, along with most everything else.
And they paint a depressing picture of what the country would look like under a Perry presidency.
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The authors have done a good job of giving me nightmares of a Perry presidency. I will definitely be sending the bill for my sleeping pills directly to one of them...
In all seriousness, the authors have struck an interesting balance between having a great deal of respect for Perry's intellectual bona fides and at the same time eviscerating the positions he has come to over time. From tracing his early roots in politics as a part-time dirt farmer cum state legislator all the way through his seduction by the wealthy and powerful, the tale is spun of a political opportunist riding a wave of good fortune and lucky timing to where he is today.
You can tell that the bulk of the book was written before his disastrous debate flub of November 9, 2011 - a date that will forever live in political infamy - and yet, the well positioned forward makes a strong case that this is still required reading for anyone seriously following the 2012 GOP primary race. As those of us who follow this sport closely know without question, anything can happen in Iowa, New Hampshire and S. Carolina.
And Rick Perry is certainly not counting himself out yet...
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When I first cracked Jim Moore's "Bush's Brain", I knew it was something special. Here was someone who knew his subject and wrote about it in a way that took us well beneath the sound bytes and behind the curtain to understand the man who was the Presiden't most trusted advisor. And so it is with Adios Mofo. Here is a step by step deconstruction of another Texas governor with sights on the highest office in the land. It's the kind of scrutiny we should be giving anyone who wants the job.
Jim Moore and Jason Stanford do their homework, with the special focus that journalists who live and work in the State that Perry runs bring to the task. Like the good reporters they are, they lay the facts bare and let us draw our own conclusions. And like "Bush's Brain", "Adios Mofo" becomes a page turner that is hard to put down.
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Below is the review I wrote on Adios Mofo for the Huffington Post.
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When it became clear that Rick Perry would throw his hat in the ring for the GOP presidential nomination, James Moore, former longtime member of the Texas press corps and NY Times bestselling author (Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential), spent three days writing a 93-page book proposal for Adios Mofo: Why Rick Perry Will Make America Miss George W. Bush.
With Perry charging out of the gate as the Republican front-runner, several publishing companies in New York expressed great interest in Adios Mofo. Moore, with co-author Stanford, sold the book to Henry Holt, an imprint of Metropolitan, then set to work writing the dark tale of Rick Perry's tenure as governor of the state of Texas.
But when Perry's utter inability to debate helped to send his poll numbers crashing to 6% just as Moore and Stanford turned in the manuscript, Holt editors declared that the book needed "too much editing" to make a print deadline and canceled the book, declining to make an additional significant payment to the authors.
Now, 10 or so years ago, that would have been that, and Adios Mofo would have been dead in the water. But Moore, who published his sci-fi novel In the Time of Man as an e-book earlier this year, decided with Stanford to self-publish Adios Mofo on Amazon Kindle. The engaging, imminently readable book was released on Friday and has since moved several times into the Top 10 political titles on Amazon, providing another heartening example of the way e-books and the Internet are helping authors to regain agency over their work.Read more ›
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In ADIOS MOFO, authors James Moore and Jason Stanford take us on a thoroughly researched trip of the world of the nation's longest tenured governor. Rick Perry, a colorful, soundbite-ready, gun-totin' Texan sure seems to enjoy the spotlight, as long as that spotlight isn't shining on anything unflattering.
The authors have taken great care telling the story of a former Air Force pilot (and Democrat!) who became the most powerful Texas politician since Lyndon Johnson.
Using acerbic and sometimes tear-inducing humor, the authors shed a light on Perry's flagrant cronyism and how Texans have suffered while his friends have profited. Perry's "crony capitalism" takes all shapes and forms, from "education reform" to HPV vaccinations, no lobbyist or Perry loyalist is left behind.
This book is the authority on all things Rick Perry. Moore and Stanford have a real talent for giving us the dirty laundry, and I hope they continue to write books like this.
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James Moore and Jason Stanford have written a fascinating, well-researched book featuring insights from friends and foes of Gov. Perry. Prepare to be horrified by learning about how truly awful the Texas governor is - not just for his crazy viewpoints, but also for selling the children and infrastructure of Texas off to his friends, donors and former staff members. If Gov. Perry somehow manages to right his ship, Americans have a duty to read this book before making any sort of choice at the polls. If he doesn't, then at least this may open up the governor to scrutiny during the next gubernatorial election as he tries to continue his reign of Texas.
This book isn't just for political junkies - the witty humor and sarcasm that the authors write with make it extremely enjoyable to read. You will laugh, you will cry, you will be shocked by how state business is actually conducted. Do yourself a favor and pick this up now.
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