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Straight Talk From The Heartland
Ed Schultz
Talk from the Heartland : Tough Talk, Common Sense, and Hope from a Former Conservative
Regan Books
October 2004
256 pages ISBN: 0060784571 Hardcover
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Ed Schultz is here to slay the "right-wing radio dragon" and
revitalize the charge against Bush-era "conservative
cruelty" with his own bold, irreverent truth-talk. When the
self-described "gun-toting, meat-eating, drug-free liberal"
from America's heartland came out swinging with his
syndicated radio program, The Ed Schultz Show, listeners
realized right away that this was no cookie-cutter liberal,
but a tough-talking advocate for everything that's right
about the left. "A free press is all that stands between you
and a dictatorship," warns Schultz, in defiance of the Bush
administration and ultra-conservative talking heads like
Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, whom he blames for quashing
political debate just when America needs it most. While Big
Ed has what it takes to "go bare-knuckle brawling" with his
staunchest detractors, it is with a deep compassion and
impeccable common sense that he describes how our
"government by the rich and for the rich" is imperiling the
lives of average hard-working Americans. In Straight Talk from the Heartland, Schultz rails against
the havoc that our nation's leaders are wreaking on
everything from international relations to homeland defense,
from our skyrocketing federal deficit to the disenfranchised
families of rural America who are struggling to make ends
meet. With a heady mix of patriotism, outrage, humor, and
hope, he makes an urgent appeal to universal virtues such as
honesty and liberty, and reminds readers of what he calls
the Four Pillars of a Great Nation: * Defending America: "We have lost faith in our leaders.
The world has lost faith in us. Our foray into Iraq, to
disarm a nation of biological and nuclear weapons they did
not have, has shrunk American credibility like a cheap sweater." * A Sound Economy: "The Bushies are like street
hustlers. While they show you a meager tax cut with one
hand, they steal your wallet with the other." * Feeding the Nation: "Bad farm policy and bad trade
agreements are running the American farmer off the land.
It's killing small towns, and small towns are the heart of
this nation." * Educating America: "Don't start counting your tax
break just yet. Your state and local taxes are rising to
support the unfunded mandate of the No Child Left Behind act." "I'm here to give it to you straight," Big Ed says. "I've
got faith that, when Americans grasp what's going on around
them, they'll start acting like a bear fresh out of
hibernation -- famished, ill-tempered, and ready to start
raising hell." Straight Talk from the Heartland is the wake-up call America
has been waiting for.
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