by Joe Concha
First published 2024
Fox News contributor and bestselling author Joe Concha examines how the Democratic Party abandoned its 1990s positions on fiscal responsibility, immigration enforcement, and working-class priorities. Concha argues that Democrats once championed balanced budgets, limited government, secure borders, equal opportunity over equal outcomes, deficit reduction, and blue-collar concerns. Now he claims they oppose these very principles while pretending they never changed positions. Using John Kerry's flip-flop on an $87 billion appropriation as his centerpiece example, Concha dissects what he sees as systematic political transformation. The book tackles contemporary flashpoints including identity politics, socialist policies, and America's role in the Ukraine conflict. Concha criticizes progressive politicians and their media supporters for abandoning pragmatic governance in favor of ideological purity. His analysis offers readers a framework for understanding how major political parties can completely reverse their stated principles within a generation.
Genres: american-fiction, american, political-science, 21st-century
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: ideological-conflict, social-commentary
Period: 1990s, Contemporary
272 pages · Hardcover · Broadside Books