Do I Stand Alone?, Jesse Ventura
Do I Stand Alone?, Jesse Ventura
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Do I Stand Alone?
Going to the Mat Against Political Pawns and Media Jackals

Author: Jesse Ventura

Narrator: Jesse Ventura

Abridged: 2 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2000


Synopsis

With jackhammer force and candor, Governor Ventura issues an urgent wake-up call to America -- a resounding indictment of our creeping national cynicism, and how our political system rewards mediocrity while turning a blind eye to accountability.
In Do I Stand Alone? Ventura decries the ease with which most Americans surrender their freedoms and apathetically accept a system of governance driven more by pork and patronage than by the best interests of the constituency. He also denounces an irresponsible media, taking them to task for too often confusing fame with notoriety, and for driving the news instead of simply reporting it. And he unabashedly speaks out on today's hot-button issues, including welfare, racism, abortion, campaign finance reform, and gay rights.
Giving us fascinating insights into the future of independent parties, Governor Ventura ushers us deep into the polished corridors of power, exposing the best -- and worst -- of our current crop of political personalities while laying out a workable strategy for bringing our political system -- and its politicians -- back to greatness.
In a forthright, razor-sharp, and entertaining critique, Governor Jesse Ventura has once again thrown down the gauntlet -- challenging today's politicians as well as a disenchanted public to transcend the tired rhetoric and defiantly reclaim the freedom and opportunity that is our American birthright.

About Jesse Ventura

Jesse Ventura is a politician, military veteran, actor, television presenter, political commentator, author, and retired professional wrestler.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Madonna on October 07, 2013

This was a good book and it made me highly suspicious of everything I hear and read in the media. So I'm not sure if it was worth the read since it made me question everything I hear. I wasn't so sure about politicians and the government before I read this but now it makes me feel like we could do a......more

Goodreads review by Jon on June 28, 2009

I liked it. I agree with most of the politics in this book, which are of a centrist libertarian type. Ventura does a good job attacking the two party system and the media. He also explains the issues sensibly.......more

Goodreads review by Lance on June 29, 2018

As a wrestling fan, I knew of Jesse Ventura's career before he made it in politics. I followed his run in politics, and found this book at a library book sale. I have read his first book, and with the last Presidential election, where an "outsider" won , I thought I'd read this and compare it with t......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on August 06, 2015

I enjoyed this even more than his first book. While his first book, I Ain't Got Time To Bleed, spends a lot of pages detailing Jesse Ventura's very interesting life so far, this book spends the majority of its pages discussing politics, the media, and all the problems inherent in both. I knew or sus......more