To the Ramparts: How Bush and Obama Paved the Way for the Trump Presidency, and Why It Isn't Too Late to Reverse Course

by Ralph Nader, Jim Feast (Editor)

America’s number one citizen Ralph Nader’s latest
book shows us how unchecked corporate power has led to the wrecking
ball that is the Trump presidency. Nader brings together the outrages
of the Trump administration with the key flaws and failures of the previous
administrations—both Republican and Democratic—that have
led our nation to its current precipice. It’s all in the details and Ralph
Nader knows them all. Trump didn’t come out of nowhere. Bush and
Obama led the way. Writing as a Washington, DC, activist and people’s
advocate for over fifty years―someone who has saved more lives and
caused more impactful legislation to be enacted than almost any sitting
president or legislator—Nader shows how Trump’s crimes and misdemeanors
followed the path of no resistance of the Obama, Bush and
Clinton regimes, which ushered in the extreme rise of corporate power
and the abandonment of the poor and middle classes.

Genres: Politics

304 pages, Hardcover

First published August 28, 2018

About the author

American attorney, author, lecturer, political activist, and candidate for President of the United States in five elections, including the last election 0f 2008, with his role in the 2000 election in particular being subject to much debate.

Areas of particular concern to Nader include consumer rights, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and democratic government. Nader is the first Arab American presidential candidate in the U.S.

Reviews

[Gustavo Mendez · Rating 2 out of 5]

I feel like this book was all over the place. The title is misleading, "...How Bush and..." when there was hardly any information Bush. There was much more information on Obama than there was on Bush. I don't understand the reason behind the so-called letters he sent to the president if he already had another book solely on the letters he wrote to the president. He also mentions the candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, hence when I say he was all over the place with this book. I'm all for Ralph Nader, what he's done for us consumers and citizens, but this book does not do him justice I think.

[Eric · Rating 3 out of 5]

Constructive hypotheticals or I told you sos, Nader highlights his tried and true hits covering what’s so wrong with the two major parties and the direction our country is headed with them at the wheel. It’s appreciable if not overly entertaining.

[Bill · Rating 1 out of 5]

If we can put a man on the moon why can't we put Ralph Nader there?

Mr. Corporate Responsibility has steadfastly refused to take any responsibility for his part in giving us for 8 disastrous years of Bush and now wants to impart his wisdom about the era?

[Hapzydeco · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ralph Nader, in the role a political visionary, interprets the recent American political history. This work can help political junkies explicate today's political climate.

[Jim Noyes · Rating 5 out of 5]

with all the talk of civics education in our schools, this should be the textbook

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF not as bad as most of the books I don’t finish. Just didn’t like the epistemological style

[Redemption 87 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ralph is having a hard time understanding that both parties play for the same team---empire!