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Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell

Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell

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  • Create Date：2022-06-29 00:19:41
  • Update Date：2025-09-07
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  • Author：Tim Miller
  • ISBN：B09G6SB55Q
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Reviews

Fullmetalfisting ，

It takes either a tremendous amount of balls or a tremendous lack of self-awareness to quote James Baldwin in the forward of your book about how you were instrumental in the “trumpification” of America。

Diane S ☔ ，

3。5 In reading books like these I'm trying to get a understanding of how our country came to be where it is today。 A country that seems hellbent on throwing our hard won democracy away， while in the Ukraine they are fighting and dying to hold on to theirs。 Tim Miller was an insider who worked on various campaigns， a challenge， a game of one upmanship， until Trump。 There he drew the line and in this book he explains why he did while so many did not。 People he worked with， friends who saw the thre 3。5 In reading books like these I'm trying to get a understanding of how our country came to be where it is today。 A country that seems hellbent on throwing our hard won democracy away， while in the Ukraine they are fighting and dying to hold on to theirs。 Tim Miller was an insider who worked on various campaigns， a challenge， a game of one upmanship， until Trump。 There he drew the line and in this book he explains why he did while so many did not。 People he worked with， friends who saw the threat Trump posed， but still were drawn into supporting a man many knew was unfit and a detriment to this country。He explains them by type， uses specific names and shows how these people became complicit， many who still are。 Power， self delusion，wanting to be an insider， so many reasons， so many who knew and know better。 Chris Christie， Elise Stefanik and others who continue to play a game with our very lives， makes me so angry， helpless and very afraid of what will be left of our country。 If those in power won't speak the truth。 When the quest for power embraces the lies， runs on hate and makes the extremes the normal， where do we go from here？ 。。。more

Stefan Fergus ，

This is a strange and frustrating book。 The tone is a little uneven - sometimes it seems to be very much appealing to younger readers （not in a YA sense， but in the slang employed， and Very Online terminology on occasion）。 This trivialized some of what Miller was trying to say， and often the best and most insightful content feels secondary。It is a combination of a number of things， including:"How did we embrace Trump？！ I feel terrible that my party embraced him。""I am really awesome at my job！ B This is a strange and frustrating book。 The tone is a little uneven - sometimes it seems to be very much appealing to younger readers （not in a YA sense， but in the slang employed， and Very Online terminology on occasion）。 This trivialized some of what Miller was trying to say， and often the best and most insightful content feels secondary。It is a combination of a number of things， including:"How did we embrace Trump？！ I feel terrible that my party embraced him。""I am really awesome at my job！ But now I guess I feel bad about that。。。？""Politics is a game， and damn I am an awesome player。 But now I guess I feel bad about that。。。？"Plus some good， original reporting on those who either did or did not embrace the New GOP。So， a typical Never Trumper Republican post-2016 memoir/book。 There are some good observations （some are not necessarily original， but it's useful to be coming from a "respected GOP operative"）。Another book by a Republican operative who woke up and realized they were a large part of the problem， and now they'd like us to know they're sorry。It's great that they've realized what they have done to the country， but it's also really irritating that it took them this long to realize that the criticism directed at them was 100% accurate。I think the best book in this sub-genre remains "It Was All a Lie" by Stuart Stevens。 。。。more