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100 1 _aDavis, Lanny J.,
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245 1 0 _aScandal :
_bhow "gotcha" politics is destroying America /
_cLanny Davis.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bPalgrave Macmillan,
_c2006.
300 _axv, 288 pages ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 257-279) and index.
505 0 0 _g1.
_tRevolutionary venom, its progeny and the gentlemen's agreement from Harding to Kennedy --
_g2.
_tSeeds of the culture wars : the 1960s --
_g3.
_tThe post-Watergate media revolution --
_g4.
_tThe scandal cauldron : the 1980s --
_g5.
_tTo be "Borked" and "Gingriched" --
_g6.
_tPresidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton : bookends to the scandal culture --
_g7.
_tThe Clinton "scandals" : much smoke, little fire --
_g8.
_tDeath of the independent counsel statute - and good riddance --
_g9.
_tThe boomerang effect : Gingrich and Livingston --
_g10.
_tHypocrisies on the left and right --
_g11.
_tThe new center --
_g12.
_tPurple nation and the "grand coalition" government.
520 1 _a"In this much-needed book, Lanny Davis, former Special Counsel to President Clinton, reveals the depths to which politics in America has sunk, taking to task both the Democratic left and Republican right for their reliance on scandals and the politics of personal destruction. Using personal anecdotes, interviews, and historical examples, Davis traces the roots of this scandal culture from our nation's founding to its current level of destructiveness. Focusing on post-Watergate developments like the scandal-hungry press corps, overzealous independent counsels, and hyper-partisanship, Davis shows how politicians, media, and interest groups alike use scandal for their own self-interests. This is a clarion call to the American people to reject the scandal-mongers inside and outside the Beltway who engage in an endless cycle of "gotcha" politics."--BOOK JACKET.
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