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  Savage Mules: The Democrats and Endless War
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TitleSavage Mules: The Democrats and Endless War
ASIN1844672654 - Support The Site - Purchase This Book
CategoryCommentary
ContributorBob Sacamano
Last ModifiedBob Sacamano - November 29, 2008 07:08pm
DescriptionProclaiming that American political life has always been a feeding frenzy of delusion, uplift, and fantasy, blogger and satirist [Dennis] Perrin (Mr. Mike) focuses his attack more narrowly on the Democrats, arguing that from Andrew Jackson on, they have robbed, cheated and lied to their constituents in order to consolidate power and maximize mega-profits. The book moves from a historic overview to a contemporary critique of the Democratic support for the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, skewering such Democratic heavyweights as JFK, FDR, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, America's most underrated imperialist. The final chapter offers a blow-by-blow account of the liberal blogger convention YearlyKos, an event that the author uses to illustrate his conviction that the Dem [sic] elites will continue to gorge on corporate money and favors. Perrin undermines himself with his reliance on ad hominem attacks and joyless one-liners (JFK was smoked, genocide in Bosnia is an Ian Fleming scenario, the Iraq era had been satirically deficient). The result is a combination of self-righteousness and puerility.

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