Books : Patriotic Grace: What It Is and Why We Need It Now
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 352.2360973
EAN: 9780061735820
ISBN: 0061735825
Label: Collins
Manufacturer: Collins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: October 01, 2008
Publisher: Collins
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Sales Rank: 6754
Studio: Collins
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Product Description:
In this long season of searing political attacks and angry partisan passions, Peggy Noonan's Wall Street Journal column has been must reading for thoughtful liberals and conservatives alike.
Now she issues an urgent, heartfelt call for all Americans to see each other anew, realize what time it is, and come together to support the next President—whoever he is. Because it is not the threats and challenges we face, but how we face them that defines us as a nation.
The terrible events of 9/11 brought us together in a way not seen since World War II. But the stresses and divisions of the Bush years have driven us apart to a point that is unhealthy and destructive.
Today, Noonan argues, the national mood is for a change in our politics and it is well past time for politicians to catch up. Americans are tired of the old partisan divisions and the campaign tricks that seek to widen and exploit them. We long for leaders who can summon us to greatness and unity, as they did in the long struggles against fascism and communism.
In this timely little book, written in the pamphleteering tradition of Tom Paine's Common Sense, Noonan reminds us that we must face our common challenges together—not by rising above partisanship, but by reaffirming what it means to be American.
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The book expresses great ideas and sentiments but I found it a bit disorganized and difficult to read.
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Peggy is a very readable author and so far I have enjoyed it very much. She makes so much sense.
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Although I disagree with Noonan on occasion, I always, always like her writing style.
This book described very much the change I would like to see in American politics.
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20081214 DEPARTED AMAZON WITH OUTRAGE OVER THE MANIPULATION OF VOTES.
I would have gone with a weak four if the book had more substance to it, but ultimately this is a "quickie" book with good intentions and elegant turns of phrase, and I certainly recommend that it be bought and read.
I am estranged moderate Republican utterly livid over the manner in which the "bi-partisan" spoils system allowed Bush-Cheney to destroy America while both Congress and the White House subverted the Constitution.
Hence, when Noonon calls for "bi-partisan" collaboration in the middle of the book, I must immediately put her in the same class as lawyers for organized crime leaders. Democracy in America has been destroyed. The League of Women Voters was pushed out of the debate business so that the Republican-Democratic debate commission could exclude Ralph Nader, Ron Paul, Chuck Baldwin, Cynthia McKinny, Gloria La Riva, and the ever so arrogant and hence irrelevant Bob Barr. We are NOT one nation, we are NOT one people, and there is nothing wrong with America that Electoral Reform will not fix. A third of the country's voters have been illegally gerrymandered out of their vote, and another third have been disincentivized by the idiocy of our campaigns.
Here Noonan earns a solid three and moves almost to a weak four when she castigates both Obama and McCain for failing to discuss any serious issues, and especially her pet rock, the electrical grid. ... Read More
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To read this book in the context of Ms. Noonan's behavior during this election leaves one with a sense of bereavement.
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