Title

Completing the revolution : a vision for victory in 2000

Description

The conservative pundit and television personality maps out a strategy for the Republican nominee to win the 2000 Presidential election.

Identifier

846934

684827468

Creator

Novak, Robert D

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

2000

Program air date: January 30, 2000

Publisher

Free Press

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations

Front endpapers contain references to Novak's principles, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, the contrast between Theodore Roosevelt and Thomas Brackett Reed, campaign finance reform, the influence of lobbyists, term limits and tax cuts. Also included are notes criticizing members of Congress for having a large, often half empty parking lot at Washington's National Airport reserved for their exclusive use, on gun control legislation following the Columbine shootings, on the Republican revolution running out of steam after October 1998, on criticism of Republicans who desire the opulent life styles of their supporters who "can think of nothing but making money". In the author's view the Republicans lost the "Mandate of Heaven" in 1995, i.e. they lost credibility, because they backed away from their ideas of reform, then, after winning Congress in 1996, they yearned for their own "fleshpots" - having big staffs etc. Also mentioned in the notes are George W. Bush, Gingrich, Dick Armey, Tom Delay, Bill Paxon, Tom Coburn and Jack Kemp. Back endpapers contain references to the nature of the presidency - "[It] is not an administrative job" - , "the monolithic quality of the Democratic support for the president", the "Carville Doctrine", and Dick Morris' permanent campaign. These questions and statements are part of the notes: "Who was Michael Bernstein?" -- "You're dubious about Robert Livingston." -- "Gingrich before 1978 would call all the time - stopped when in leadership." -- "Maybe Tom Coburn should run for President?" -- "Should we go back to smoke-filled rooms?" -- Annotations by Brian Lamb in the margins and underlining of pertinent phrases throughout the book. -- Examples: p. 43: "And so the most important thing in their world was not getting rid of the National Endowment for the Arts or even scrapping the Internal Revenue Code. It was enjoying the fruits of being in the majority party. They didn't keep their eye on the ball." -- p. 199/200: "How to win: The nominee should not be an incumbent senator. - The nominee should not come from Washington, D.C. - The nominee should have shown an ability to win elections. - The moninee preferably should be a governor or a former governor. -- The nominee should come from the South or California. -- The nominee should be free of past controversy and antagonisms. -- The nominee should be able to attract voters who spurned the Republican presidential candidate in 1992 and 1996." -- p. 220: [Republican principles]: "Tax Reform - Diminished Government - Enlightened Nationalism - Equal Rights - Government Reform - Privatized Social Security - Right to Life - Individual Freedom."

Subject

"Presidents--United States--Election--2000."

"Conservatism--United States."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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