CONFESSIONS OF A FORMER DITTOHEAD - Softcover

Jim Derych

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0975251783 ISBN 13: 9780975251782

Publisher: IG PUBLISHING, 2006

Synopsis

Political biography of a former Republican, outlining his journey from the heart of conservative darkness to the light of liberalism. 'Dittohead' - a loud, judgmental, self-assured obnoxious hoon blindly aligning themselves with the proclamations of the Republican Mafia. Former Dittohead Jim Derych recounts the experience of self-discovery that led him to re-examine his personal and political views and discover the world outside of the black and white fantasia of the Republican spin machines.

About this title

Synopsis:

"The Republican who aame in from the cold" is a riveting personal and political story showing the saner parts of the human race how Republicans think, and what can be done to change that thinking. Everyone knows a dittohead. In addition to being devotees of the Bush Administration and its continued lunatic plunge towards unilateral disaster, they're also loud, judgmental and sure they are always right. From abortion to gay marriage to international defence to fiscal policy, the dittohead knows what the dittohead has been told by Dubyah and that's the truth, the whole truth and nothing but. "Confessions of a Former Dittohead" is the true story of how one American turned away from the lies and distortions of the Republican Party to become a Liberal Democrat. Originally a diary, it follows Jim Derych on a personal odyssey from the heart of conservative darkness to the light of liberalism, as he shares his observations and techniques with a progressive audience in the hope of winning the battle against the Republican menace.

In addition to showing how the accumulated experiences of his life - a friend who had an abortion, a gay college room-mate, his time spent in the Young Republicans - turned him away from the Republican Party, "Confessions of a Former Dittohead" also discusses the major political and social issues of modern times - abortion, gay marriage, evolution, domestic security - in order to show how dittoheads think and what liberals and progressives can do to change that thinking.

About the Author:

Jim Derych's first book, Confessions of a Former Dittohead, the story of a Rush Limbaugh-listening "dittohead" who becomes a liberal democrat, was called "one of the most important books of the year" by Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos.

About this edition

• Publisher: IG PUBLISHING
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0975251783
• ISBN 13: 9780975251782
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200