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A bad craziness is snaking through America in the first years of the Obama administration:THE WINGNUTS ARE ON THE ATTACKWHAT’S A WINGNUT?A wingnut is someone on the far-right or far-left wing of the political spectrum—professional partisans, unhinged activists and paranoid conspiracy theorists.Campaigning as the antidote to polarized politics, Barack Obama promised to transcend the old divides of left and right, black and white, red states and blue states. But during his first year in office, he presided over an eruption of hate and hyper-partisanship that mocks the pledge upon which millions ushered him into office.From Revolutionary War-inspired “Tea Party” protests to the health-care town hall hijackings, principled policy opposition to government spending has taken a sharp right into Crazytown. Not to mention death threats to elected leaders and Sarah Palin’s ranting about administration “death panels.” For those with a vested interest in stirring the crazypot, all of this has been good for business—hate is a cheap and easy recruiting tool. But it can be murder on a democracy...As creator of CNN’s hit segment, “Wingnuts of the Week,” Daily Beast senior political columnist John

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Author

John P. Avlon,Tina Brown

Publisher

Beast Books

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780984295104

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Government & Politics, Social_sciences

Rating

3.65 / 5 (279 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14