''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
Richard Samuel Morris (born November 28, 1948) is an American political author and commentator who previously worked as a pollster, political campaign consultant, and general political consultant.
A friend and advisor to Bill Clinton during ...
and his wife
Eileen McGann,
[
] which spells out hypothetical catastrophic consequences of the
Barack Obama administration
Barack Obama's tenure as the List of presidents of the United States, 44th president of the United States began with First inauguration of Barack Obama, his first inauguration on January 20, 2009, and ended on January 20, 2017. A Democratic Pa ...
policies
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and shows how the Obama administration could be stopped.
Reception
''Catastrophe'' was number 1 on
''The New York Times'' Best Seller list for the first two weeks after its release,
and was third in the July 2009 Poli-Book Best Seller List.
It ranked number 6 in non-fiction on ''
The Wall Street Journal
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''s July Best Sellers listing.
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.
References
External links
Book: Obama turning slump into socialism
2009 non-fiction books
Books about Barack Obama
HarperCollins books
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