Summary of Tim Miller's Why We Did It

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 I was the Iowa spokesperson for John McCain’s presidential campaign in 2007. The comprehensive immigration reform bill known colloquially by the political class as McCain-Kennedy and by Republican voters as amnesty for illegals was about to be reintroduced in the U. S. Senate.
#2 I was extremely nervous and excited to be at the rally. I was hoping McCain would shine and give me some crowd-pleasing answers, but he didn't. He was hit with asperity after asperity after asperity.
#3 Eight weeks into his presidential campaign, McCain had to downsize. The front-runner had faltered so dramatically out of the gate, anticipating the populist future.
#4 McCain’s pivot on immigration was a minor sacrifice that foreshadowed the much more dangerous panders to come, from other politicians who didn’t share his prudence.

Sujets

• Political Science
• Commentary
• Opinion

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 23 juillet 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822546790
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Tim Miller's Why We Did It
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was the Iowa spokesperson for John McCain’s presidential campaign in 2007. The comprehensive immigration reform bill known colloquially by the political class as McCain-Kennedy and by Republican voters as amnesty for illegals was about to be reintroduced in the U. S. Senate.

#2

I was extremely nervous and excited to be at the rally. I was hoping McCain would shine and give me some crowd-pleasing answers, but he didn't. He was hit with asperity after asperity after asperity.

#3

Eight weeks into his presidential campaign, McCain had to downsize. The front-runner had faltered so dramatically out of the gate, anticipating the populist future.

#4

McCain’s pivot on immigration was a minor sacrifice that foreshadowed the much more dangerous panders to come, from other politicians who didn’t share his prudence.

#5

The final decision came at McCain's ranch in Arizona. There, Schmidt would be the one who made the closing argument for Palin, while another close aide pitched Tim Pawlenty, a milquetoast Minnesota governor. But Schmidt was focused solely on blazing a path to the White House.

#6

I should have left the McCain campaign when I was hired, but I allowed myself to get sucked back in. I told myself many of the same stories that eight years later led otherwise rational people to decide that they should go along with Donald Trump.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

I had to come out of the closet, and I did, by allowing myself to see people who were both gay and leading open lives. I couldn’t see myself in that kind of life, as I was too entrenched in the closet.

#2

I was afraid to come out because I didn’t want to be labeled as a homosexual, and I was afraid of what others would think of me. I eventually came out to my coworkers at the office, and they were wonderful in response.

#3

Coming out was the best decision I ever made. It improved my life in myriad ways, big and small. It widened my capacity for empathy. It saved me. The closet is omnipresent and omnipotent. It engulfs you and makes everything you do a lie.

#4

I developed a skill that would become common among mainstream Republicans during the Trump era: compartmentalization. I was gay and excited to work for McCain, who did not want to deny me the ability to have a totally chill, off-the-books ceremony.

#5

I had a brief window where I was in between coming out of the closet and returning to work for the campaign, when I had the opportunity to fix my brain. During that time, I was a flirty and fabulous political outsider without any inclination to rationalize the actions of any other party.

#6

I was out of the closet, but I needed to get back into politics. I was managing astroturf groups for corporations that was still a full-time exercise in deceit.
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