By Daniel Kurtzman
Partisan struggle hasn't ever been quite a bit fun.
How to Win a struggle With a Conservative is the last word survival consultant to arguing politics, packed with the entire crafty innovations, damning evidence, and cruel ridicule liberals have to provide their conservative "friends, acquaintances and countrymen" the verbal smackdown of a life-time.
With the presidential election drawing close, this irreverent but sensible advisor is vital analyzing for unpracticed neophytes and pro politicos alike—the excellent primer for a person who's ever fantasized approximately smacking feel right into a inaccurate right-wing adversary.
Includes:
* The 7 conduct of hugely useless Partisans
* The Conservative corridor of Shame
* the way to realize Lies, Propaganda, and normal BS
* Kick-Ass Arguments: A step by step Guide
...and a lot, a lot more!
This roadmap to good fortune can help you dimension up, knock down, and win over your conservative rivals—without making your self the objective of the neighborhood defense force.
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Gayle King, editor-at-large of O, The Oprah Magazine and host of "The Gayle King Show" on Oprah and Friends
"Daniel Kurtzman doesn't have a political awl to grind. He has axes to grind. And he does it with the sharpest wit visible in those bipartisan elements for particularly it slow. Crisscrossing the aisle with depraved glee; irrespective of which booklet you end first, you'll instantly are looking to run out and get the opposite one to find what he stated approximately your part. just be sure you put on a disguise."
Will Durst, political satirist and writer of The All-American game of Bipartisan Bashing
"No one is familiar with political satire like Daniel Kurtzman."
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