Two Roads Diverged: A Second Chance for the Republican Party, the Conservative Movement, the Nation- and Ourselves

by Mark Sanford

Overview

Former Republican Governor and Congressman Mark Sanford shares his brutally honest and hard-hitting political memoir, Sanford first tells the story of his two very different falls and how the hard lessons he learned from the first led him to inevitably choosing the second by maintaining his integrity and opposing Trump.

In Two Roads Diverged Sanford analyzes the immense harm he believes Trump’s presidency of lies, cronyism, shady dealings, and bullying caused to our country, and especially to the Republican party. Within four years, the GOP was synonymous with fake news, extreme divisiveness, and brazen lies. Rather than becoming great again, the party had degenerated into a personality cult centered around Donald Trump. But Sanford strongly believes that the Republican party has a choice at its current crossroads. Two Roads Diverged is also a serious examination of what what fellow conservatives can do to help calm today’s political waters and build a better future for both the party and the country. As he was, the GOP has been given a second chance…if those in the party are wise enough to recognize it, and brave enough to take it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781641120272
Publisher:	Nextone Inc
Publication date:	08/24/2021
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	1,097,216
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 5.80(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Mark Sanford served as the 115th Governor of South Carolina. He has twice represented the First District of South Carolina in the U.S. Congress, has worked in real estate, operated his family farm, and has had the blessing and honor of raising four great sons. In Washington, DC, as a U.S. Representative and as governor of South Carolina, his record as a fiscal reformer and budget hawk was incontestable.

Table of Contents

Preface: Two Roads Diverged xi

Introduction: Recalibrating the Conservative Conscience xix

Part 1 Second Chances 1

1 My Second Chance Gained and Lost 3

2 A Second Chance for the Republican Party 43

3 A Second Chance for the Conservative Movement 68

4 A Second Chance for America 95

Part 2 What We Can Do 107

5 Nine Things We Can Do for the Party and the Movement 109

6 Eight Things We Can Do for the Nation 137

7 Thirteen Things We Can Do for Ourselves 171

Parting Thoughts 209

Epilogue: Epistles 215

To Democrats 216

To the Trump Voters 221

To the MAGA Folks 225

To Evangelical Christians 230

To the Commenters on My Facebook Page 234

To Congressman Jim Jordan 240

To Senator Ted Cruz 244

To Senator Josh Hawley 248

To Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene 252

To Nancy Pelosi 254

To Former President Donald Trump 259

To President Joe Biden 264

To My Sons 269

Acknowledgments 271

Editorial Reviews

"Two Roads Diverged well describes the Republican Party these days, and consequently the road we pick going forward has remarkable implications for our country. This book makes a timely and valuable contribution to that decision, and I highly recommend." —Congressman Adam Kinzinger, U.S. Representative for Illinois's 16th Congressional District

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