Thomas Frank savages new Joe Klein book

Thomas Frank, author of the somewhat controversial What's the Matter With Kansas summarizes Klein's new book, Politics Lost : How American Democracy Was Trivialized By People Who Think You're Stupid by cutting to the thesis of the work: Liberalism sucks, authenticity rocks. Klein supports this view by using the following themes throughout the book:

1. The courageousness of centrism


2. The mystical greatness of Bill Clinton


3. When Democrats lose elections, it’s nearly always the fault of boring old liberalism

Frank posits that Klein really believes the following to be true:

"It’s only when Democrats are most like Republicans on the economic issues—when they offer voters the least amount of choice—that they’re being most radical, most funky, most true to themselves."

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