No Retreat, No Surrender: One American's Fight
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No Retreat, No Surrender: One American's Fight is a 2007 book by Tom DeLay
and Stephen Mansfield
. The book has a foreword by Rush Limbaugh
and a preface by Sean Hannity
.
s banned from the White House
— had been repeatedly shown to be false prior to the publication of this book.
Tom DeLay
Thomas Dale "Tom" DeLay is a former member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1984 until 2006. He was Republican Party House Majority Leader from 2003 to 2005, when he resigned because of criminal money laundering charges in...
and Stephen Mansfield
Stephen Mansfield
Stephen Mansfield is an American author who writes on history, religion, and politics.-Publications:* Pope Benedict XVI: His Life and Mission* Keeper of the Flame*Then Darkness Fled: The Liberating Wisdom of Booker T. Washington...
. The book has a foreword by Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III is an American radio talk show host, conservative political commentator, and an opinion leader in American conservatism. He hosts The Rush Limbaugh Show which is aired throughout the U.S. on Premiere Radio Networks and is the highest-rated talk-radio program in the United...
and a preface by Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity is an American radio and television host, author, and conservative political commentator. He is the host of The Sean Hannity Show, a nationally syndicated talk radio show that airs throughout the United States on Premiere Radio Networks. Hannity also hosts a cable news show, Hannity,...
.
Controversy
At least one statement about the Clinton administration included in the book — that the Clintons had sought to have military uniformMilitary uniform
Military uniforms comprises standardised dress worn by members of the armed forces and paramilitaries of various nations. Military dress and military styles have gone through great changes over the centuries from colourful and elaborate to extremely utilitarian...
s banned from the White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
— had been repeatedly shown to be false prior to the publication of this book.
Quotes from the book
- On charges that DeLay violated campaign financeCampaign financeCampaign finance refers to all funds that are raised and spent in order to promote candidates, parties or policies in some sort of electoral contest. In modern democracies such funds are not necessarily devoted to election campaigns. Issue campaigns in referendums, party activities and party...
laws: "I believe it was Adolf HitlerAdolf HitlerAdolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
who first acknowledged that the big lieBig LieThe Big Lie is a propaganda technique. The expression was coined by Adolf Hitler, when he dictated his 1925 book Mein Kampf, about the use of a lie so "colossal" that no one would believe that someone "could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously." Hitler asserted the technique was...
is more effective than the little lie, because the big lie is so audacious, such an astonishing immorality, that people have a hard time believing anyone would say it if it wasn't true. You know, the big lie — like the Holocaust never happened or dark-skinned people are less intelligent than light-skinned people. Well, by charging this big lie liberalsLiberalismLiberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...
have finally joined the ranks of scoundrels like Hitler."
External links
- No Retreat, No Surrender Official link
- Tom DeLay: 'No Retreat, No Surrender' NPR interview with DeLay
- http://crooksandliars.com/2007/05/18/colbert-nails-a-clueless-tom-delay/ The Colbert Report interview with DeLay