
Spoiled Rotten
How the Politics of Patronage Corrupted the Once Noble Democratic Party and Now Threatens the American Republic
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · May 15, 2012
A popular columnist for The Weekly Standard, conservative journalist Jay Cost now offers a lively, candid, diligently researched revisionist history of the Democratic Party.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in revisionist histories of the Democratic Party
- Themes
- Democratic Party history, Political patronage, Special interests and government
- Genres
- Political Parties, Corruption & Misconduct, Political Commentary
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A popular columnist for The Weekly Standard, conservative journalist Jay Cost now offers a lively, candid, diligently researched revisionist history of the Democratic Party.
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In Spoiled Rotten, Cost reveals that the national political organization, first formed by Andrew Jackson in 1824, that has always prided itself as the party of the poor, the working class, the little guy is anything but that—rather, it’s a corrupt tool of special interest groups that feed off of the federal government. A remarkable book that belongs on every politically aware American’s bookshelf next to Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism and The Forgotten Man by Amity Shlaes, Spoiled Rotten exposes the Democratic Party as a modern-day national Tammany Hall and indisputably demonstrates why it can no longer be trusted with the power of government.
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in revisionist histories of the Democratic Party
- Politically aware readers interested in American party politics
Where it sits
| Political Parties | 79% |
|---|---|
| Corruption & Misconduct | 37% |
| Political Commentary | 36% |
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Publisher categories
- World History
- Federal Government Law
- Political Philosophy
- Politics & Government
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- State & Provincial Government
- National Government
- American Government
- World Politics
- Authors
- Jay Cost
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 15, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Democratic Party history · Political patronage · Special interests and government
- Reading lane
- World History