Indivisible: Uniting Values for a Divided America

By Martha Zoller

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0974537640
• ISBN13: 9780974537641
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Stroud & Hall Pub
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The US is neither liberal or conservative but Centrist

Ms. Zoller writes a lot in this book that makes sense. She says, rightly, that the extreme ends of both American political parties are simply too far from the center. In order to win the nomination of the Democratic party you have to go so far left that it's a long pull to get to the center voters. John Kerry in the last election is a good case in point. The same is true for the Republican party but on the other end of the scale. She is also right when she says that most people are at the center or maybe center-right of the political spectrum. It's here that you really begin to run into questions of where is the center. Where for instance is the center line on abortion rights. She says: 'We have murdered more than 40 million babies in this country since this Supreme court atrocity of Roe v. Wade was decided.' Using words like 'murder' and 'atrocity' don't come across to me as exactly the center. Most of us think that our own particular beliefs are clearly correct and indeed that we are the center. In her book, Mr. Zoller seems to clearly believe that. She reinforces this belief by looking at the decline of the Democratic party in recent years. The Bush-Kerry race was very close, it came down to one very closely contested state. I don't believe, Ms. Zoller that I'd completely write them off just yet. Several years ago the pundits were writing off the Republicans. Then the Republicans decided that they wanted to win and put together candidates that appeared closer to the center than those of the Democrats. One day the Democrats will decide the same. Ms. Zoller's understanding of how the system works seems quite correct (that means it matches my understanding). I enjoyed reading those parts of her book that talked about the way the system works. I even enjoyed reading those parts with which I didn't agree (I think I'm more center than she is.). In her next book I'd like to see more discussion on a couple of other litmus issues like the death sentence and gun control.