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Third Term: Why George W. Bush (Hearts) John McCain | 
 enlarge | Author: Paul Begala
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 285804
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 1439102139
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.931092
EAN: 9781439102138
ASIN: 1439102139
Publication Date: September 9, 2008
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For Democrats, Independents, and the majority of Republicans who are fed up with the GOP, a handbook for the most important election in our lifetime. With the indispensable chapters: The John McCain Quiz and Things John McCain is Older Than.In details that will surprise even close followers of the political scene, veteran political strategist Paul Begala thoroughly makes the case that John McCain would be a third term for George W. Bush. He explodes the myth that John McCain is a maverick, and proves powerfully that he's just four more years of the same old thing.
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 IIf You Liked The Last 8 Years You Would Love A McCain Presidency. November 21, 2008
Third Term
Paul Begala
This book begins with the 2000 Republican Presidential primary and the incredible smears by the Bush campaign against the McCain campaign and their total lack of truth. Amazingly it go on to say how after only a short cooling off period McCain completely embraces George W. Bush and his policies. By comparing words and deeds Begala makes a very good case why if you liked the last 8 years you would love a McCain Presidency.
Meticulously researched, engagingly presented critique. November 3, 2008
Paul Begala makes the case with research, not rancor, that Senator McCain's record, rhetoric and proposals promise a continuation, not a break from, the Bush Administration's economic, social, deregulatory, military and foreign polices. He avoids the common pitfalls of such political accounts: this is neither the dry scorecard of a policy "insider," nor the zingy yet unsubstantiated riposte of the "pundit." Rather, it is a mature, concise, specific accounting of Republican policies, John McCain's support for them, and their devastating effects on the nation. It should have been "must" reading for undecided voters.
BUSH III ALL OVER AGAIN October 28, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
First Papa Bush
Then Baby Bush
Now here comes little minny-me Bush
How else has more faithfully voted the Bush line all of these yeares.
Meticulously researched with thirty pages of footnotes to back things up, Begala gives us the best thing to consider in the coming week before the elections (or re-selections).
And you will love reading it, far more than you'll love a GOP win.
McCain promises us endless warfare. How long before he brings it home?
Read this book. Vote for Hope, audaciously.
This is not the only book out now with a cover showing these two old white guys swapping sweaty hugs. See The Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don't Trust Him and Why Independents Shouldn't's cover too! Who said he hates Bush? These two are joined at the hip!
Good Summary! October 21, 2008
"The biggest myth of Campaign 2008 is that John McCain is fundamentally different from George Bush" - so opens Paul Begala in "Third Term." His purpose in writing the book is to explode that myth. It is not, however, a book that emulates the Swift Boat Veterans' lies about John Kerry with lies about John McCain.
Begala goes on to point out the remarkable personal similarities between Bush and McCain. Both were the first-born of American dynasties, partied through elite educations, and have large "unearned" fortunes. Both displayed general ignorance on Iraq - both prior to and after the invasion. Both are stubborn, see the world in black and white, take a "my-way-or-the-highway" approach, and attack the motives of those who disagree. Both are intellectually incurious on domestic issues (Bush on everything else as well), both have a hot temper, and both declared "the fundamentals of the economy" are strong - just before the great credit collapse.
McCain has voted with Bush 91% of the time, though flip-flopped on abortion, the mortgage crisis, gay marriage, Bush tax cuts, and estate tax repeal.
Finally, Begala points out that earmarks are a trivial issue for McCain to focus on, and that he supports privatization of Social Security, cuts to Medicaid and Medicare. As for "Change" - McCain has 134 lobbyists on staff or raising money for his campaign.
 Based on supposition October 9, 2008
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Total opinion. McCain HAS been a maverick for all of his life; he always will be.
Just because he voted on similar issues as Bush does not mean that those similar votes contributed to today's problems. ALSO, it does not mean another four years of the same. Not at all. John McCain knows there needs to be some change, and he will implement the RIGHT kinds of changes that will completely set him apart from the Bush administration.
McCain's got his own ideas. He does not go along with anyone else. That is what makes him a maverick. This author is obviously biased. Why would you want to read anything coming from a biased point of view? It's contorted.
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