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Reason to Believe Kindle Edition

by Mario Cuomo (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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The democratic party's most eloquent statesman in a triumph of heart, mind, and voice delivers a vivid rebuke to the radical Republicans running riot in Washington.

Forthright in confessing his party's own failings, Cuomo is remorseless in dismantling the opposition, using the floodlight of his clear prose to reveal the evasion and show the inadequacy of the now-famous, celebrated Contract with America. In its place, he offers a hopeful vision of what we the people might achieve if we can only learn to remember "we're all in this together."

Written with a depth of understanding drawn from twenty years of daily involvement with local, state and federal government and six decades as the American son of quintessential immigrants, Reason to Believe is Cuomo's tribute to the uncompromising wisdom of people like his parents and the parents of his wife, Matilda, seekers and believers who taught him the lesson America needs so badly now: "that what is right is usually also what is necessary; that in helping one another we almost always help ourselves."

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Former New York Governor Cuomo offers a liberal rebuttal of the Contract with America, offering his own solutions to the nation's current ills.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Chartock (political science, SUNY-New Paltz) hosted a radio show for 12 years on which he interviewed New York's thenGovernor Mario Cuomo once a week discussing whatever issue on the state and national political scene he or the governor felt was worth pursuing. Quoting extensively from the radio dialogs, Chartock looks at the complexities?and consistencies?in Cuomo's personality and political philosophies. Cuomo should be pleased with this very flattering book, for Chartock portrays the governor as a highly intelligent, insightful, and astute politician; a sensitive, devoted father and husband; and a concerned leader who feels a strong sense of civic responsibility. The governor is also strongly self-critical and always ready to laugh at himself. Cuomo, in his own highly readable and often entertaining book, shows he has been doing a lot more than munching corn chips since he left the governor's mansion. In an impassioned and articulate response to the Republicans' Contract with America, he labels the climate surrounding this Congress the "New Harshness." He characterizes Congressional Republicans as "Running Hard Backwards." And not just 60 years backward to the pre-New Deal days but to the era before the Constitution was framed. Cuomo chides GOP leaders for proposing a system that has been tried and failed?one that champions individualism and state sovereignty. He eloquently explains how the progressive government movements that began in this century and evolved through the New Deal and postwar economic boom succeeded because people worked together to solve problems. While he admits to excesses and failures in the system, he decries the GOP reaction as throwing the baby out with the bath water and advocates compromise and coordinated approaches to solving our problems. Libraries in New York State will want Chartock's volume, while Cuomo's book is recommended for political collections across the country.?Jill Ortner, SILS, SUNY at Buffalo
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B009R53BVE
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster; 1st revised edition (November 13, 2012)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 13, 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1181 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 206 pages

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Saydee

I always enjoy Mario Cuomo's Books

Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2021

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Always a pleasure to read Mario Cuomo's insights. Worth every penny

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2015

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Good copy and marvelous individual with very helpful thoughts. He's underrated and gone too soon. EJA

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Jess

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Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2019

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This book was disappointing. It appeared in plastic to be new. Well. I received the book with bugs inside the flap, binding, and in a few pages. Seriously, this book should have never been labeled "new" and should not have sent w bugs to MY HOME!! So much for any checks & balances. Yea, im not happy.

Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2016

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A very good book on policy

Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2009

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While the book is old, Cuomo's vision of America is timeless. This is an excellent promulgation of a progressive policy agenda and rebuttal of fundamental conservative arguments. It is truly a shame that Governor Cuomo was never able to implement his vision as president.

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mroy

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2015

Excellent, thanks.

Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2004

If you want to be witness to a very active and functional liberal mind, it's Cuomo's writings you should explore.
Cuomo lays out several well thought-out arguments against the 1990's republicans, and successfully argues, I think, for the need to strengthen the democratic party, in order to get back to the democratic principles that made this country great!
Cuomo has excellent speaking skills and this is reflected in his marvelous writing.
Jeffrey McAndrew
author of "Our Brown-Eyed Boy"

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