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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 324 EAN: 9780143113225 ISBN: 0143113224 Label: Penguin (Non-Classics) Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics) Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: January 29, 2008 Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics) Editorial Review: Product Description: Noted political commentator Laura Flanders investigates the state of American politics from the bottom up With her trademark wit and indefatigable reporting, Laura Flanders, host of RadioNation and bestselling author of Bushwomen: Tales of a Cynical Species, reveals as only she can the state of progressive America today. All over the country, grassroots organizations are making a difference, and democrats of all stripes are doing what the national party has failed to do: engage new voters, advance progressive issues, and even run their own candidates for officeand winin some of the most unlikely places. With a fiery polemic, assured narrative, and acute political commentary, Blue Grit is crucial reading for anyone interested in the future of the Democratsand this country. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Wanders, But I Finished ItON STRIKE UNTIL AMAZON STOPS DELETING FAVORABLE VOTES FROM FANS AND COUNTING NEGATIVE VOTES FROM THOSE WHO HATE THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE BOOK BEING REVIEWED MORE THAN THEY CARE ABOUT THE REVIEW. I put this book down several times over a week and picked up another, but I finally finished it, and that brings it up from three to four stars. Here are my notes and some quotes, and I must say, given better organization and editing, this book probably deserve to earn five stars, ... Read More Rating:  - Has A Winning StrategyThis book hits the nail on the head as to why the Republican party has been more successful than our Democratic party. According to Flanders, the Democratic Party organizes from the top down and only pays attention to it's strongholds. The party traditionally has little or no organization in the so-called Red States. Flanders shows that there are disenchanted voters in Red States and Red areas of Blue States. They are putting forth grass roots efforts and winning local elections. The book ... Read More Rating: - Campaigns not CandidatesBlue Grit is what the Democratic Party needs. It's a little bit like soul it's a lot like grits. Whether they get it or whether they will ever get it is another story. The story that Laura Flanders tells in her prescient book is one that the fourth estate--fawning over Barack Obama's rout in Iowa--would have been well advised to read. They might have learned a thing or two: That progressive movements are not built over night and that they are not built on the backs of candidates, no matter ... Read More Rating:  - More like Blue Snit.I just finished reading this book, and my take-away impression is that half the book is about brave individuals working alone or together in little three-or-four-letter-acronym political activist groups to advance "progressive" causes, and the other half is about what is wrong with the Democratic Party. The book is half blue grit, and half blue snit. It seems there's a split in the Democratic Party these days, and in this book Laura Flanders explains in detail why and how this came about. ... Read More Rating: - This American Life: Flanders is a Political Ira GlassI loved this book, I simply didn't want it to end. Another volume maybe, Laura? Flanders is a top-notch storyteller, social observer and enthusiastic cheerleader for progressive social change. Her style is refreshing and human; she's tough on all the right assholes, gentle with the good guys and emphatic as she bursts many a bubble of disinformation, misinformation and outright deception. But more than anything, her stories of the courage and committment of small "d" democratic activists across ... Read More |
