| What's a Nice Republican Girl Like Me Doing in the Aclu? Contributor(s): Kennedy, Sheila Suess (Author) |
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ISBN: 1573921432 ISBN-13: 9781573921435 Publisher: Prometheus Books OUR PRICE: $21.84 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1997 Annotation: In this fascinating firsthand account, Sheila Kennedy, head of the Indiana CLU, explains her amazement at stalwart conservatives who seem to think that being a Republican is utterly incompatible with a firm devotion to civil liberties. In perceptive anecdotes, Kennedy skewers the rampant misrepresentations about civil liberties, the ACLU, and those who have abandoned the libertarian heart of the GOP. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Political Parties - Political Science | American Government - General |
| Dewey: 323.097 |
| LCCN: 97-7935 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6" W x 8.93" (0.56 lbs) 191 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For decades conservative Republicans have railed against the "liberal" American Civil Liberties Union and its state affiliates for defending unpopular causes -- from the fights of "criminals" to flag burning, pornography, and Nazi marches down Main Street. So what possessed the Indiana CLU to put a card-carrying Republican at its helm? How could anyone who supported George Bush be a civil libertarian? In this fascinating firsthand account, Sheila S. Kennedy explains her amazement at stalwart conservatives who seem to think that being a Republican is utterly incompatible with a firm devotion to civil liberties. In perceptive, humorous, and easy-to-understand anecdotes, Kennedy, a self-described Goldwater Republican, skewers the rampant misrepresentations about civil libertarians, the ACLU, and those who have abandoned the libertarian heart of the GOP. With robust enthusiasm and a fervent conviction that the nation needs a "Liberty's Lawyer", Kennedy offers her thoughts on "The Great Prayer Wars", "The Criminal's Lobby versus Tax and Spend Conservatives", "The Gay Nineties and Family Values", "Purveyors of Filth at the Local Library", "A Day at the Legislature, or Can These People Really Be Representative?" and more. |