Won't Get Fooled Again: A Voter's Guide to Seeing Through the Lies, Getting Past the Propaganda and Choosing the Best Leaders

305 Pages·2008·1.78 MB·English

by  Joseph H. Boyett

Won’t Get Fooled Again:
A Voter’s Guide to Seeing
through the Lies, Getting
Past the Propaganda, and
Choosing the Best Leaders
JOSEPH H. BOYETT
AMACOM
WON’T GET
FOOLED
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Joseph H. Boyett
WON’T GET
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A Voter’s Guide to
Seeing Through the Lies,
Getting Past the Propaganda,
and Choosing the Best Leaders
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Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Boyett,Joseph H.
Won’t get fooled again :a voter’s guide to seeing through the lies,getting past the
propaganda,and choosing the best leaders / Joseph H.Boyett.
p.cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8144-0931-2
ISBN-10: 0-8144-0931-8
1. Elections—United States. 2. Voting—United States. 3. Political candidates—
United States.4. Political psychology. I.Title.
JK1967.B68 2008
324.60973—dc22
2008002374
© 2008 Joseph H.Boyett.
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To the people of New Orleans who, during and
after Hurricane Katrina, suffered as much from
incompetent leadership at the national, state, and
local levels as they did from the ravages of nature.
May it never happen again.
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Contents
Introduction 1
1. The Motivation to Follow 7
2. The Good and Bad Motivation to Lead 15
3. The Dark Side of Leadership 29
4. Leadership Is Acting 47
5. The Mundane Leadership Job of Crafting a Vision 61
6. Evaluating the Leader—The Values Test 85
7. Evaluating the Leader—The Reality Test 107
8. Evaluating the Leader—The Facts Test 135
9. Rhetoric,Propaganda,and Damn Lies 163
10.Inconsistent,Disrespectful,and Skeptical Social
Mavericks Make the Best Followers 189
11.Wishy-Washy Flip-Floppers Make the Best Leaders 207
12.Strategies for Intelligent Leading and Following 223
Notes 233
Bibliography 261
Index 287
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