Why You're Wrong About the Right

Behind the Myths: The Surprising Truth About Conservatives

S. E. Cupp, Brett Joshpe

• Publisher: Threshold Editions
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN:
  9781416562849
• eBook ISBN:
  9781416563280
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Conservatism & Liberalism
• Index: Politics & International Relations

And on your right, ladies and gentlemen, please observe The Conservative (Conservitus Americanus). This fascinating species in-habits vast territories across middle America, but rarely reveals itself in coastal urban areas. It is commonly believed to be uptight, humorless, and devoid of compassion, and is often characterized as racist, homophobic, and highly eco-unfriendly. Primary behaviors include unnecessary warmongering, tax cutting, and gun collecting. For decades, conservatives have proven to be hopelessly un-hip, and their mating habits dull. They are highly feared and often despised, for so few know and understand their true nature.

Get ready to meet the conservative next door or in the office down the hall, the person you never thought in a million years was one of "them." Lively, witty, and thought-provoking, Why You're Wrong About the Right blows the lid off the stereotypes that have long been associated with the American Right, and reveals the face of today's conservatives: an intellectually and philosophically diverse new breed of young, outgoing, smart, friendly professionals who live and work among liberals everywhere!

Themselves closet conservatives in Leftoid Land (aka Manhattan), S. E. Cupp and Brett Joshpe inject their own unique and colorful points of view into an honest dialogue on conservative ideas in American life and popular culture, and draw from interviews with a roster of renowned writers and political personalities, including Tony Stewart, Tucker Carlson, Brian C. Anderson, Laura Ingraham, Pat Toomey, David Horowitz, Ted Hayes, and many more.

Undercover conservatives, reveal your true colors with pride! Liberals, hug a conservative today! And whichever side you find yourself on, you'll be engaged, surprised, and happily re-educated when you discover Why You're Wrong About the Right.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• CONTENTS
• FOREWORD
• INTRODUCTION
• WHY YOU’RE WRONG ABOUT THE RIGHT
• CHAPTER 1 Republicans Are Racist
• CHAPTER 2 Republicans Are Elitist WASPs
• CHAPTER 3 Republicans Are Humorless
• CHAPTER 4 Republicans Don’t Care About Education
• CHAPTER 5 Republicans Are NASCAR-Loving Rednecks
• CHAPTER 6 Republicans Hate the Planet
• CHAPTER 7 Republicans Are Stupid
• CHAPTER 8 Republicans Are Intolerant
• CHAPTER 9 Republicans Aren’t Cool
• CHAPTER 10 Republicans Are Bad in Bed
• CHAPTER 11 Republicans Don’t Care About You
• CHAPTER 12 Republicans Are Religious Extremists
• CHAPTER 13 Republicans Love Them Their Guns
• CHAPTER 14 Republicans Are Sexist
• CHAPTER 15 Republicans Are Greedy
• CHAPTER 16 Republicans Are Undemocratic
• CHAPTER 17 Republicans Are Homophobic
• CHAPTER 18 Republicans Hate Foreigners
• CHAPTER 19 Republicans Are Warmongers
• CHAPTER 20 All Republicans Think Alike
• CONCLUSION
• GLOSSARY
• NOTES
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS