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Sam Smith's Great American Political Repair Manual Paperback – July 17, 1997

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How to rebuild our country so its politics aren't broken and its politicians aren't fixed.

"Neither right nor left but ahead" is the only political course for maverick journalist Sam Smith in this entertaining, myth-busting guide to a new American crossover politics. Witty and profound, opinionated and informative, Smith has important things to say to politically disaffected Americans of all stripes. This primer gives hope that the coughing engines and stripped gears of American democracy can be made to work again if we can recover our can-do spirit and practice a politics of common sense and common decency combined with a search for common ground.

In chapters such as "How to figure out why you need this book a diagnostic test for political deficit disorder," "How to stay alive a poker player's guide to the environment," "How to find things out despite the media and other obstacles," and "How to get along with other Americans living next to 250 million people who aren't quite like you," Smith conjoins hilarity and wisdom, education and provocation, giving us what we need to fix America and have a good time while we're at it.

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W. W. Norton & Company
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July 17, 1997
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6.53 x 0.63 x 9.22 inches
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0393316270
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978-0393316278
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Smith offers a community based, participatory politics that's neither left nor right wing but the whole bird. . . . His work is truth-seeking, independent, fair-minded, and debunking. --Colman McCarthy"

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This book actually gets you to CARE about politics again! So why is it so hard to get people's attention for it? People claim to be sick of all the media hype and corruption that passes for politics now, but then an honest, funny, down-to-earth, practical, you-can-actually-do-something approach comes along, and people don't get to know about it because there isn't enough media hype! Put in a vote for Sam Smith's book -- it could just be the best vote you make for America all year. P.S. People all along the political spectrum, from conservative Christian ministers to Ralph Nader and Mario Cuomo, have loved this book. Find out why!

Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company (July 17, 1997)
Language : English
Paperback : 252 pages
ISBN-10 : 0393316270
ISBN-13 : 978-0393316278
Item Weight : 13.9 ounces
Dimensions : 6.53 x 0.63 x 9.22 inches

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R. Beauchamp

had been started back in the nineties this country would be a whole lot better off today

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Whether you fully agree with Sam Smith's conclusions or not (I don't agree with all), you will find this book very insightful. If the implementation of every suggestion herein, including the ones I with which I would proceed with caution, had been started back in the nineties this country would be a whole lot better off today. Of that I have no doubt. One of the things I really appreciate is that Sam is equally critical of Democrats and Republicans, an uncommon view for the nineties, but which does reflect the vast majority view today according to polls. Read his insights and you'll appreciate them.

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Kal-El

Written nearly 20 years ago, this remains a prescient ...

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Written nearly 20 years ago, this remains a prescient book for anyone trying to build populist bridges across the American spectrum.

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