
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Presidents
From Wilson to Obama
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What makes a president great?
Academics, journalists, and popular historians agree: our greatest presidents are the ones who confronted a national crisis and mobilized the entire nation to face it. That’s the conventional wisdom. The chief executives who are celebrated in textbooks and placed in the top echelon of presidents in surveys of experts are the bold leaders - the Woodrow Wilsons and Franklin Roosevelts - who reshaped the United States in line with their grand “vision” for America. Unfortunately, along the way, these “great” presidents inevitably expanded government - and shrank our liberties.
As the twentieth-century presidency has grown far beyond the bounds the Founders established for the office, the idea that our chief executive is obliged to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States” has become a distant memory.
Historian and celebrated Reagan biographer Steven F. Hayward reminds us that the Founders had an entirely different idea of greatness in the presidential office. The personal ambitions, populist appeals, and bribes paid to the voters with their own money that most modern presidents engage in would strike them as instances of the demagoguery they most feared - one of the great dangers to the people’s liberty that they wrote the Constitution explicitly to guard against. The Founders, in contrast to today’s historians, expected great presidents to be champions of the limited government established by the Constitution.
Working from that almost forgotten standard of presidential greatness, Steven Hayward offers a fascinating off-the-beaten-track tour through the modern presidency, from the Progressive Era’s Woodrow Wilson to Barack Obama. Along the way he serves up fresh historical insights, recalls forgotten anecdotes, celebrates undervalued presidents who took important stands in defense of the Constitution, and points the way to a revival of truly constitutional government in America.
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Critic reviews
great book for Americans!
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can you believe this author gave Bush a B plus for his constitutionality rating?!?!
BUSH THE GUY WHO RAISED REGULATIONS AND TAXES. BUSH WHO GAVE US A MEDICAID EXPANSION ...MEDICAID D I BELIEVE ...BUSH THAT LITERALLY BROUGH US BAILOUTS OF BIG CORPORATIONS LEADING TO THE TOO BIG TO FAIL DOCTRINE OBAMA JUST EXPANDED AND USED TO URINATE OVER THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, SMALL BUSINESS AND COMPETITION IN GENERAL.
BUSH THE NATION BUILDER...THE CONSTITUTION S FOUNDERS ... WASHINGTON BELIEVED THAT THE NATION SHOULD ALLOW OTHER NATIONS TO GOVERN THEIR OWN AS THEY WOULD...THAT AMERICAN BLOOD WAS TO BE SHED ONLY IN THE MOST RARE CONDITIONS AS TO DEFEND AMERICAN INTERESTS. WE COULD HAVE SIMPLY DROPPED BOMBS, KILLED HUSSEIN AND LEFT THAT PLACE... YES THE VACUUM WOULD HAVE BEEN FILLED BY SOMEONE UNSAVORY BUT AT LEAST THEY WOULD RESPECT OUR POWER WHI CH IS ALL ANY LEADER IN THAT REGION IS CAPABLE OF UNDERSTANDING.... AND THEY'D REMEMBER...BOMB THE US AND LOSE 1000 TIMES THE SOLDIERS AND UR OWN LIVES AS THE LEADERSHIP AS WELL...AS REAGAN DID WITH IRAN. THE WAR IN IRAQ IN FACT SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST INCLUDED SAUDI ARABIA, SEEING THAT THE FUNDING FOR 911 CAME FROM SAUDI ARABIA AND MOST OF THE HIJACKERS WERE FROM SAUDI ARABIA....OH WE COULDNT DO THAT BUT FOR THE BUSH OIL INTERESTS AND A VENDETTA AGAINST HUSSEIN FOR DADDY BUSH.
I BELIEVE IRAQ // AFGHANISTAN WAS A BUSH ATTEMPT AT MAKING AN EXAMPLE FOR THE SAUDIS TO SEE ... AND IT FAILED... THE WAR WASNT THE BAD CALL AS THE WAR BILL PASSED BOTH HOUSES... THE BAD CALL WAS NOT ADDRESSING THE TRUE PROBLEM...RADICAL / ORTHODOX ISLAM, SAUDI ARABIA, AND STAYING AFTERWARDS WITHOUT EVEN TAKING PROPER COMPENSATION FOR OUR AMERICAN BLOOD SHED ... EACH FAMILY THAT LOST A SOLDIER SHOULD HAVR RECEIVED AT LEAST 10 MILLION DOLLARS AND NOT HAVING TO PAY TAXES FOR LIFE, EXTENDED TO THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY.
INSTEAD, WE STILL DO BUSINESS WITH THE HATEFUL SHAHS , MULLAHS AND HATEFUL LEADERSHIP IN SAUDI ARABIA, IRAN, ETC ...
BUSHBAMA WERE SHAMEFUL PRESIDENTS...THE MOST ELITIST, FECKLESS ONES OF THEIR OWN...
BARBARA BUSH SAID IT BEST WHEN SHE ACCIDENTALLY TOLD JEB.." WEVE HAD ENOUGH BUSHES IN THE WHITE HOUSE..." BASICALLY CONCEDING THAT HE SHOULDNT RUN.
AT LEAST ONE BUSH ISNT COMPLETELY FULL OF SHHHHHIIIIITTTT
INOT BAD BUT I TAKE POINTS OFF FOR LYING ABOUT
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the mind blowing education of the presidents and their actions over the last century.
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This is for people who enjoy text books or presidential history, and no one else.
Almost really good
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Where does The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Presidents rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Like every book in the P.I.G series, unless your mind is open, you're not going to receive the information. This is an excellent reference - no hold's barred and no party affiliation permitted - offering only facts about each President's actions and how each relates back to the oath to uphold the Constitution. All have failed pretty miserably. Some much worse than others. Unfortunately, this topic is yet another that divides this once great nation; is the Constitution a living, breathing, changing document, or did our Founding Fathers get it right at the beginning?What does Johnny Heller bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
I really enjoyed Mr. Heller's voice. The gravely quality may not be everyone's cup of tea but I found it especially fitting considering the subject matter.Any additional comments?
I would love to have a companion version of the first Presidents and how they are graded by the oath to uphold the Constitution.One of the best in the P.I.G. series...
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Good historical perspective but biased analysis
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Fairly Comprehensive
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I was surprised that George W. Bush actually was very good in supporting the constitution, where his father was very bad!
The book also describes the Presidents’ good qualities and bad ones, their accomplishments, what was going on at the time to affect American policy. It’s a real good history lesson from a conservative perspective.
I really liked listening to the Presidents that happened in my lifetime, but I also was interested in the older Presidents and their effect on society and the USA. This book was super interesting and went by very quickly. I wanted more! Will there be a similar book on Obama, Trump, and Biden? I hope so!
Great narration. Highly Recommended for everyone, not just conservatives! I think I may listen to this book again and again!
Fantastic book! Highly Recommended for everyone.
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Great read about the Presidents
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Excellent instruction about the Constitution
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