The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism by Conason, Joe
The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism by Conason, Joe

The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism

A sardonic chronicle of how conservatism turned into a racketeering enterprise - and why Donald Trump became...
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Author: Joe Conason
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The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism by Conason, Joe

The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism

$45.42
The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism by Conason, Joe

The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism

$45.42
Author: Joe Conason
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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A sardonic chronicle of how conservatism turned into a racketeering enterprise - and why Donald Trump became the living emblem of the American right's moral decay.

The Longest Con tells the fascinating story of the partisan con artists who have corrupted conservative politics in our time, creating a toxic phenomenon that culminated in the election of Donald Trump, a bumptious fraud whose checkered career and tawdry retinue, including his presidential cabinet, have featured almost every variety of scam. But long before he appeared, Trump's path to power was blazed by the motley horde of swindlers and quacks who preceded him.

From the "professional anti-communists" (whose tactics even J. Edgar Hoover despised) to the "populist" grifters of the Tea Party movement and the religious charlatans of the "prosperity gospel" (who provided a pious front for Trump), the right-wing ripoff has remained remarkably consistent, even as personalities change and new technologies emerge: Stir up anger and resentment, demonize political opponents, promise vengeance, and collect donations from the gullible. It's a highly lucrative game that any unscrupulous charlatan can play, as many have - and they are named in these pages.

In an unsparing and often comic narrative, Joe Conason explores the right's long, steep descent into a movement whose principal aim is not to protect freedom or defend the Constitution, but merely to line the pockets of pretenders and blowhards whose malevolent tactics now endanger the nation.

Author: Joe Conason
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 07/09/2024
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 9.45h x 6.43w x 1.07d
ISBN: 9781250621160


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/15/2024 pg. 3
Library Journal 06/01/2024 pg. 116
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2024
Publishers Weekly 08/12/2024

About the Author
JOE CONASON is an American journalist and commentator. He is editor-in-chief of The National Memo, a daily political newsletter, and a senior fellow at Type Media Center. His articles have appeared in many publications around the world, including The New Republic, The Nation, The Guardian, Salon, and The American Prospect. He was executive editor of The New York Observer and a staff writer at The Village Voice. Two of his previous books, The Hunting of the President and Big Lies, were New York Times bestsellers.
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