John Dean's new book, "BROKEN GOVERNMENT", to be released next week.

[seafan]

Keith Olbermann had Dean on Countdown last night, and announced the upcoming book's release next week.

This looks to be a must read. Dean's historical perspective will be invaluable, particularly for those who were very young when Nixon went down.

How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
John W. Dean - Author


The former White House counsel faults Republican mismanagement for the current state of the government

John Dean has become one of the most trenchant and respected commentators on the current state of American politics and one of the most outspoken and perceptive critics of the administration of George W. Bush in his New York Times bestsellers Conservatives Without Conscience and Worse Than Watergate.

In his eighth book, Dean takes the broadest and deepest view yet of the dysfunctional chaos and institutional damage that the Republican Party and its core conservatives have inflicted on the federal government. He assesses the state of all three branches of government, tracing their decline through the presidencies of Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II. Unlike most political commentary, which is concerned with policy, Dean looks instead at process— making the case that the 2008 presidential race must confront these fundamental problems as well. Finally, he addresses the question that he is so often asked at his speaking engagements: What, if anything, can and should politically moderate citizens do to combat the extremism, authoritarianism, incompetence, and increasing focus on divisive wedge issues of so many of today’s conservative politicians?

With the Democrats now in control of both the House and Senate, the stakes for the 2008 presidential election have never been higher. This is a book for anyone who wants to return government to the spirit of the Constitution.

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[babylonsister]

1. seafan, finding the news in the news! Yes, I recall Olbermann saying a

few times he had a book coming out 'in a week', so I'm glad you picked up on that. :pals:

[seafan]

4. It will be on CD as well, so we can give our poor old tired eyes a rest, lol. n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Another book to read

and another book to tell us what we already know

[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. dean has a way of putting things nicely and in perpective.

a unique one, to be sure, and one with wisdom.

He is too much of a pro to show much emotion, but his hatred of all things bush is pretty clear. Then, he takes that energy and applies it in a surgical strike, both full of meaning and simple to grasp. that is the talent of a damned good lawyer. never overreaching, yet grabbing for the balls, while maintaining a professional distance.

Nadin, I love what you write. BUT, do you really think that we know all we need to know about the inner workings and lurkings of this administration?

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. No, we don't know the sordid details and we won't know them

for decades

But we already know that the modern Republican party is dedicated to the destruction of this country, with all its defects

They are also economic royalist

And Colonialists in the worst sense of the word (assuming there is anything good to say about colonialism... oh yes there is... it did get some modern health care to places that needed it. Unfortunately once the powers retreated that was gone, there I said it, something good about colonialism. but the brand these guys practice doesn't even have that)

But we know enough to realize that these guys are fascists of the worst kind

And that some of "our own people" enable them

As to Dean... he doesn't hate Bush... for the same reason I don't hate Bush. It takes too much damn energy

;-)

[Berry Cool]

3. I look forward to it.

He writes excellently about this craziness we see going on all around us.

[bdamomma]

7. John Dean is great, his books are all very knowledgeable and

totally accurate. I loved reading his Worse than Watergate.