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Biography & Autobiography.
Politics.
Nonfiction.
HTML:A remarkably illuminating biography of one of America's most fascinating political figures—including news-making revelations from Mitt Romney himself about dissension within today's Republican Party—written with his full cooperation by an award-winning writer at The Atlantic. Few figures in American politics have seen more and said less than Mitt Romney. An outspoken dissident in Donald Trump's GOP, he has made headlines in recent years for standing alone against the forces he believes are poisoning the party he once led. Romney was the first senator in history to vote to remove from office a president of his own party. When that president's supporters went on to storm the US Capitol, Romney delivered a thundering speech from the Senate floor accusing his fellow Republicans of stoking insurrection. Despite these moments of public courage, Romney has shared very little about what he's witnessed behind the scenes over his three decades in politics—in GOP cloakrooms and caucus lunches, in his private meetings with Donald Trump and his family, in his dealings with John McCain, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell, Joe Manchin, and Kyrsten Sinema. Now, exclusively for this biography, Romney has provided a window to his most private thoughts.
Based on dozens of interviews with Romney, his family, and his inner circle as well as hundreds of pages of his personal journals and private emails, this in-depth portrait by award-winning journalist McKay Coppins shows a public servant authentically wrestling with the choices he has made over his career. In lively, revelatory detail, the book traces Romney's early life and rise through the ranks of a fast-transforming Republican Party and exposes how a trail of seemingly small compromises by political leaders has led to a crisis in democracy. Ultimately,Romney: A Reckoning is a redemptive story about a flawed politician who summoned his moral courage just as fear and divisiveness were overtaking American life.… (meer)
Autobiographies like this try to cover everything, so inevitably there are parts that aren't so interesting. But there is plenty to offset that.
I have come away with a much better appreciation of who Romney is, who he was when he ran for president. I did not know how very capable he was, and he would have made a good president. Unfortunately for him, he was up against a landmark presidential candidate in Obama.
If only he was the choice this year! He's now retiring from politics, as he doesn't want to serve in his 80s! It seems incredible that he's yielding to a man lacking in character and conscience, whose greatest skill is as a con artist - scary stuff. ( )
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"Do we weigh our own political fortunes more heavily than we weigh the strength of our republic, the strength of our democracy, and the cause of freedom? What is the weight of personal acclaim compared to the weight of conscience ?"
-- Mitt Romney, January 6, 2022
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
For Annie, Ellis, Alden, Margot, and Hewitt
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
"Even if history only writes one line about you," he tells me, "you'd like it to be a good line."
Biography & Autobiography.
Politics.
Nonfiction.
HTML:A remarkably illuminating biography of one of America's most fascinating political figures—including news-making revelations from Mitt Romney himself about dissension within today's Republican Party—written with his full cooperation by an award-winning writer at The Atlantic. Few figures in American politics have seen more and said less than Mitt Romney. An outspoken dissident in Donald Trump's GOP, he has made headlines in recent years for standing alone against the forces he believes are poisoning the party he once led. Romney was the first senator in history to vote to remove from office a president of his own party. When that president's supporters went on to storm the US Capitol, Romney delivered a thundering speech from the Senate floor accusing his fellow Republicans of stoking insurrection. Despite these moments of public courage, Romney has shared very little about what he's witnessed behind the scenes over his three decades in politics—in GOP cloakrooms and caucus lunches, in his private meetings with Donald Trump and his family, in his dealings with John McCain, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell, Joe Manchin, and Kyrsten Sinema. Now, exclusively for this biography, Romney has provided a window to his most private thoughts.
Based on dozens of interviews with Romney, his family, and his inner circle as well as hundreds of pages of his personal journals and private emails, this in-depth portrait by award-winning journalist McKay Coppins shows a public servant authentically wrestling with the choices he has made over his career. In lively, revelatory detail, the book traces Romney's early life and rise through the ranks of a fast-transforming Republican Party and exposes how a trail of seemingly small compromises by political leaders has led to a crisis in democracy. Ultimately,Romney: A Reckoning is a redemptive story about a flawed politician who summoned his moral courage just as fear and divisiveness were overtaking American life.
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I have come away with a much better appreciation of who Romney is, who he was when he ran for president. I did not know how very capable he was, and he would have made a good president. Unfortunately for him, he was up against a landmark presidential candidate in Obama.
If only he was the choice this year! He's now retiring from politics, as he doesn't want to serve in his 80s! It seems incredible that he's yielding to a man lacking in character and conscience, whose greatest skill is as a con artist - scary stuff. (