We're Still Right, They're Still Wrong: The Democrats' Case for 2016

by James Carville Narrated by James Carville, Tom Stechschulte

Overview

In his 1996 #1 New York Times bestseller We're Right, They're Wrong, political strategist James Carville eviscerated the Republican economic agenda and debunked many of the GOP's ludicrous positions on national issues such as health care, welfare, tax reform, and economic growth.

Now, twenty years after the book's publication, Carville acknowledges that not much has changed. In fact, he maintains that it was the Democratic policies enacted by Presidents Clinton and Obama that salvaged America's financial well-being during the last two decades, saving us from a collapse that George W. Bush and the Republican Congressional majorities inspired.

In We're Still Right, They're Still Wrong, Carville analyzes how the Republican party has ultimately failed to deliver on its promises and how Donald J. Trump-the party's likely nominee in the 2016 presidential election-is the embodiment of that failure-and worse. Make no mistake, says Carville: Trump's ascendance is no accident, but a revealing sign that the GOP is intellectually bankrupt and on the wrong side of today's critical issues, including economic inequality and global warming. Written with Carville's trademark sarcasm, folksiness, wit, and downhome common sense, We're Still Right, They're Still Wrong is a timely guide for voters, politicians, and journalists trying to make sense of our country's most divisive and contentious election of the century.

With an Introduction read by the Author

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

08/15/2016
In this follow-up to We're Right, They're Wrong, a 1996 dissection of Republican policy, Carville makes a breezy, detailed, and well-supported case for the progressive positions he holds dear. Starting with the dedication to "Bill and Hillary Clinton," you know where Carville stands, and he is unapologetic in his bias. Biting and profane, he uses his folksy Cajun style to offer a point-by-point refutation of Republican shibboleths. He cites a credentialed expert to prove climate change is real and caused by humans. With statistics and graphs, he debunks supply-side economics, which he deems snake-oil or worse, and defends welfare. He praises taxing the wealthy to offset income inequality. Carville hammers away at what he considers myths, including deregulation and market solutions as cure-alls and the Affordable Care Act and environmental laws as economically destructive. Carville reserves his greatest vitriol for Donald Trump, calling him "a tangerine with the political leanings of Generalissimo Francisco Franco." Carville's trademark smart-aleck tone is pervasive, and the humor doesn't always work, particularly in the recipes and prescriptions sprinkled throughout. Even so, for liberally inclined readers looking to refute their conservative friends' arguments, these are the concise, thoughtful talking points they'll need. (Aug.)

From the Publisher

"Carville makes a breezy, detailed, and well-supported case for the progressive positions...for liberally inclined readers looking to refute their conservative friends' arguments, these are the concise, thoughtful talking points they'll need." —Publisher's Weekly

"Delivered with [Carville's] signature passion and earthiness...a valuable book for readers hoping to make sense of the strangest election in memory." —Kirkus Reviews

Library Journal

02/01/2016
In his follow-up to the 1996 best seller We're Right, They're Wrong, Democratic stalwart Carville argues that the policies initially enacted by President Bill Clinton and continued by President Barack Obama have helped maintain America's economic well-being—and saved it after Republican policies nudged along the financial crisis of 2008–09.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171848569
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	08/30/2016
Edition description:	Unabridged

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