The Grouchy Historian: An Old-Time Lefty Defends Our Constitution Against Right-Wing Hypocrites and Nutjobs
Language: English
Published by Simon & Schuster, 2017
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- Title
- The Grouchy Historian: An Old-Time Lefty Defends Our Constitution Against Right-Wing Hypocrites and Nutjobs
- Author
- Asner, Ed; Weinberger, Ed.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Publication year
- 2017
- Condition
- As new
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1501166026
- ISBN 13
- 9781501166020
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 499 grams
- Dimensions
- 2.54 centimeters width by 15.24 centimeters height by 22.86 centimeters depth
Ed Asner, a self-proclaimed dauntless Democrat from the old days, figured that if the right-wing wackos are wrong about voter fraud, Obama&;s death panels, and climate change, they are probably just as wrong about what the Constitution says. There&;s no way that two hundred-plus years later, the right-wing ideologues know how to interpret the Constitution. On their way home from Philadelphia the people who wrote it couldn&;t agree on what it meant. What was the president&;s job? Who knew? All they knew was that the president was going to be George Washington and as long as he was in charge, that was good enough. When Hamilton wanted to start a national bank, Madison told him that it was unconstitutional. Both men had been in the room when the Constitution was written. And now today there are politicians and judges who claim that they know the original meaning of the Constitution. Are you kidding?
In The Grouchy Historian, Ed Asner leads the charge for liberals to reclaim the Constitution from the right-wingers who use it as their justification for doing whatever terrible thing they want to do, which is usually to comfort the comfortable and afflict the afflicted. It&;s about time someone gave them hell and explained that progressives can read, too.
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About the Author
Ed. Weinberger began his career in the early 1960s with Dick Gregory and has written for such diverse comedians as Bob Hope, Richard Pryor, and Johnny Carson (for five years on The Tonight Show). He wrote for and produced The Mary Tyler Moore Show, co-created Taxi, Dear John, and The Cosby Show. He also executive-produced and created Amen, Sparks, and Good News. He has won three Golden Globe Awards, a Peabody, and nine Emmys. In 2000, he received The Writer&;s Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award. He lives in Los Angeles.
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