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Distractions, Distortions, Deceptions, And Outright Lies: Diversions That Keep The South Red, Poor People Poor, And Plutocrats And Oligarchs In Power
Trafford Publishing
ISBN13:
9781490786841
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As far back as middle school, I developed a passion for understanding what motivated people to take the political positions they were taking. I wondered why most people couldnt see clear things clearly and why they had to be told what politicians thought and felt. Couldnt they see that for themselves? I also wondered why some people seemed to wait until things happened or unfolded before they began telling everybody why they were better than the other guy at solving the problem. I guess it wasnt until my sophomore year in high school that I began reading more in-depth American history, especially American political history. I became interested in the second Adlai StevensonDwight Eisenhower presidential race. I didnt know anything about politics or economics. All I knew was that we didnt have very much and some other people had lots, lots more. I thought Stevenson was on the side of those that didnt have very much, so obviously, I wanted him to win. Little did I know that he was running against a Republican war hero and that Republicans were trying to paint the Democratic Party as sellouts because of their 1948 and 1952 platforms on racial desegregation. I had no idea that everything said in a presidential campaign didnt have to be the truth. I didnt think these grown men would lie just to win a job. Of course, I had lots of growing up to do. So from that point forward, I committed myself to the pursuit of truth in politics. I found that uncovering the truth about the American political process in the twenty-first century was far more than just a notion, and theres still lots left to do.
- | Author: Val Atkinson
- | Publisher: Trafford Publishing
- | Publication Date: Jan 27, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 154 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover/History
- | ISBN-10: 1490786848
- | ISBN-13: 9781490786841
- Author:
- Val Atkinson
- Publisher:
- Trafford Publishing
- Publication Date:
- Jan 27, 2018
- Number of pages:
- 154 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover/History
- ISBN-10:
- 1490786848
- ISBN-13:
- 9781490786841