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Lowell Weicker has been a prominent figure on the American political scene since the early 1970s, when he first gained notoriety by fearlessly interrogating members of his own, Republican party during the Watergate hearings. The young senator relentlessly pursued the truth - regardless of the political consequences. Over the years, Lowell Weicker has always loved a good fight, and in this engrossing memoir, he looks back on a lifetime of political battles - over Watergate, protection of the oceans and marine research, the rights of the handicapped, right-wing assaults on the Constitution, and more. When he broke from the Republican party to run for governor of Connecticut as an independent in 1990, he relished jeers that he was too independent. And when he introduced a new income tax in his state to control an escalating debt, he was unfazed when his opponents burned him in effigy, because he knew what he was doing was right. As voters lose faith in the political process, Weicker shows that a determined leader can stand up to special interests and make changes for the public good - but not without a battle. Eloquent, passionate, straight from the hip, Maverick is a political memoir that pulls no punches.
Outgoing Connecticut governor Lowell Weicker loves a fight, and in this remarkable autobiography he recounts the bruising battles and tangible achievements of his maverick career in politics--and in the process shows how a man of principle can make a difference in public life. 8 pages of photos. Targeted ads/media.
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Mary Kay Parkinson
reviewed Maverick on October 19, 2014
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From the Epilogue to the book:
"I'm still a bread-and-butter liberal who believes that every family deserves the opportunity to earn an income, own a home, educate their children, and afford medical care.
That is the American dream, and it's still worth fighting for.In my view, the federal government has an obligation to help you along the line until you achieve that dream. And when you do, you have an obligation to help out the next group that comes along."
I believe it too. If you want to understand the sausage making process that brought the United States from the fifty percent poverty rate and horrible working conditions of 1936, when O'neill started in politics, to a ten percent poverty rate where it stood just before the "Reagan Revolution", read this memoir.
Read what he says about Reagan. That's what I remember, not this pap fed to us by Rupert Murdoch and his hired hands.
Then go out and elect people who think like Tip.
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