Catastrophe (Morris and McGann book)

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Catastrophe
Catastrophe Front Cover (2009 first edition).jpg
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Author Dick Morris
Eileen McGann
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectBusiness & Economics
Economic Conditions
Barack Obama
Publisher HarperCollins
Publication date
2009
ISBN 9780061771040

Catastrophe: How Obama, Congress, and the Special Interests Are Transforming a Slump into a Crash, Freedom into Socialism, and a Disaster into a Catastrophe . . . and How to Fight Back is a 2009 book co-written by American political commentator Dick Morris and his wife Eileen McGann, [1] which spells out hypothetical catastrophic consequences of the Barack Obama administration policies and shows how the Obama administration could be stopped. [2] [3]

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Reception

Catastrophe was number 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list for the first two weeks after its release, [4] [5] and was third in the July 2009 Poli-Book Best Seller List. [6] It ranked number 6 in non-fiction on The Wall Street Journal 's July Best Sellers listing. [7]

Dana Larsen of Storm Lake Pilot Tribune writes that in the book, Morris accuses the Obama administration of "canceling the war on terror and replacing it with a war on prosperity". Larsen expands that Morris feels the administration's takeover of both banks and the auto industries, its compromising of the existing health care systems, its "enfranchising" of illegal aliens, and its relinquishing of personal liberties is creating a socialist state. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Larsen, Dana (July 16, 2009). "Tea Party movement brews in BV County". Storm Lake Pilot Tribune. Retrieved 2009-07-30.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. Dick Morris Discusses the Obama Catastrophe
  3. Dick Morris; Eileen McGann (2009). Catastrophe. HarperCollins. ISBN   9780061771040 . Retrieved July 20, 2009.
  4. "The New York Times Best Seller List, July 12, 2009" (PDF). Hawes Publications.
  5. "The New York Times Best Seller List, July 19, 2009" (PDF). Hawes Publications.
  6. Buddo, Orville (July 11, 2009). "July's Poli-Book Best Seller List". The New York Times . Retrieved 2009-07-30.
  7. "Wall Street Journal Best-Sellers, Non-Fiction". The Wall Street Journal. July 24, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
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July 12, 2009 – August 1, 2009
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