Outsider in the White House

by Bernard Sanders

Other authorsHuck Gutman (Author)
Paperback, 2015

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Available

Publication

Brooklyn, NY : Verso Books, 2015.

Description

As Bernie Sanders continues to cement his reputation as hero to the progressive left with his run for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016, this expanded and updated edition of his 1997 political autobiography continues his remarkable story as he fights to bring radical social change to America. The revised edition will include a new introduction from Sanders explaining what led to his run for the presidency and a substantial afterword written by John Nichols, the Washington Correspondent of The Nation, bringing Sanders's story forward from the late 1990s to the present.

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LibraryThing member the.ken.petersen
Bernie Sanders is standing for the Presidency of the United States as an independent. He is thought to be a wildly left wing socialist by many in his own country, which says more about the state of the States, than the man. I thought that I perhaps should know a little more about Bernie, before
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opening my big mouth upon the subject of politics across the pond.

This book is very much a political biography; it contains the absolute minimum of personal detail. It was published in 1997 and recounts the experience of an independent taking on the behemoths of the Republican and Democratic parties at Congressional and Mayoral level. Sanders has faced just about every dirty trick that the dollar can aim at an American citizen. This might seem to be a subject for U.S. voters to consider whilst no business of a humble U.K. voter, however, the comparisons between the USA, 18 years ago, and Britain in the present day are stark.

President Reagan, along with his sidekick Margaret Thatcher, hatched the politics of 'No Society' - a phrase actually utter by Thatcher, but more rapidly instituted by America. The opposition, in the form of Bill Clinton, took the view of our own Tony Blair: namely, that one could not fight the right's onslaught and so, it was better to offer a watered down version. The result of this is to delay, but not derail a philosophy that points society firmly on a course back to middle ages serfdom for the many.

When I hear Labour politicians observe that Ed Miliband was defeated due to his arching socialist stand, then I fear for the NHS, education for the masses and any hope for society. Republicans were, and still assert that Sanders is tantamount to a Communist infiltrator: how long will it be before Michael Gove is conducting trials in which the main question begins, "Are you now, or have you ever been..."?
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LibraryThing member WallaceEWebb
I rarely find an exact match for a book I have purchased. The data on this book does not completely match
the book I have in my library. For instance, I have only 346 pages. I do not know what other data does not match,.
LibraryThing member wellreadcatlady
Whether or not you feel the Bern, Outsider in the White House is worth reading. It takes a deep look into the political process and what goes into a campaign. Sanders addresses the issues facing the nation in 1996 and it's amazing how relevant the book still is because we are facing the same
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problems STILL (low voter turnout, big money influencing, etc...). The focus is on Bernie's career and the 1996 election for Vermont's House of Representative's seat. It flips back and forth from the current (current in 1996) campaign and his career leading up to that moment. If you don't care about his views but looking for a book about politics this works just fine just don't read the final 2 chapters where the bulk of his views are expressed. Sanders writes in a honest way and pokes fun of himself making this a very entertaining read.
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