Review of The Right to Nominate
Posted: 17 Sep 2021, 08:58
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Right to Nominate" by Thomas E Peterson.]
William Ewart Gladstone, a former prime minister of Britain in the 1800s once referred to the American constitution as "the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man." Contrary to the current political system, or perhaps state of political affairs in the United states, where political figures of questionable character, driven by the now deeply enrooted partisanship and controlled by some over ambitious elites, literally force the American people to vote them into office; because of the little or no choice in terms of contestant diversity the American voters are left with, the Framers of the American constitution had in mind a political system where partisanship was in fact passive in the determination of the outcome of elections. They had the idea that political sovereignty was bestowed on the people, as Lincoln puts it, "a government of the people, by the people and of the people". Thomas E Peterson prys into this whole delicate subject about party politics in the United States, how it has affected the role of an American voter, and digs deeper into history to remind the voter of his or her political right, precisely voting right, in his book The Right to Nominate.
The Framers of the American constitution, as much as they loathed the idea of having political parties, acknowledged the fact that political parties were an inevitable cause in any democratic political system. Basing their ideas on diverse knowledge of political history, and convinced of the ultimate unpleasant eventuality of a government heavily influenced by political parties, they made it their greatest interest to craft a constitution that will contain and check these parties, including the people leading them.
The idea that the American constitution was designed for the people to have a freely elected representative government not dominated by political parties, is almost not perceivable to the current generation, most of the American voters don't even know about this. The current American government is under what some would call political dictatorship. As much as the elections are important, so are the political nominations. It has proven to be a waste of democracy to vote for political candidates nominated by their respective political parties.
Thomas E Peterson in his book The Right to Nominate adopts a thought provoking style of writing. He takes you back through history giving you an insightful view over the topic or subject he is addressing. He posses questions after every historical analysis he makes. I find The Right to Nominate a very resourceful book as Thomas has sufficient and trustworthy sources for occasional references. His choice of words is good. His sentences are well structured and easy to comprehend. He has a rich collection of political vocabularies that make the book a spellbinding read. He does a good job with the book. Thomas E Peterson writes this book as an awakening call to the American population on their political rights.
I did not find any error in the book. It is well edited. What I did not like about The Right to Nominate is the format in which it comes in. I received an EPUB format. The quotation marks are represented by upright slash marks. The font on some pages, especially the ones written in italics is quite confusing to read, it takes time to make out a letter or word from the italicized sentences. Because of this, I rate it 3 out of 4 stars. Political enthusiasts will love this book.
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The Right to Nominate
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William Ewart Gladstone, a former prime minister of Britain in the 1800s once referred to the American constitution as "the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man." Contrary to the current political system, or perhaps state of political affairs in the United states, where political figures of questionable character, driven by the now deeply enrooted partisanship and controlled by some over ambitious elites, literally force the American people to vote them into office; because of the little or no choice in terms of contestant diversity the American voters are left with, the Framers of the American constitution had in mind a political system where partisanship was in fact passive in the determination of the outcome of elections. They had the idea that political sovereignty was bestowed on the people, as Lincoln puts it, "a government of the people, by the people and of the people". Thomas E Peterson prys into this whole delicate subject about party politics in the United States, how it has affected the role of an American voter, and digs deeper into history to remind the voter of his or her political right, precisely voting right, in his book The Right to Nominate.
The Framers of the American constitution, as much as they loathed the idea of having political parties, acknowledged the fact that political parties were an inevitable cause in any democratic political system. Basing their ideas on diverse knowledge of political history, and convinced of the ultimate unpleasant eventuality of a government heavily influenced by political parties, they made it their greatest interest to craft a constitution that will contain and check these parties, including the people leading them.
The idea that the American constitution was designed for the people to have a freely elected representative government not dominated by political parties, is almost not perceivable to the current generation, most of the American voters don't even know about this. The current American government is under what some would call political dictatorship. As much as the elections are important, so are the political nominations. It has proven to be a waste of democracy to vote for political candidates nominated by their respective political parties.
Thomas E Peterson in his book The Right to Nominate adopts a thought provoking style of writing. He takes you back through history giving you an insightful view over the topic or subject he is addressing. He posses questions after every historical analysis he makes. I find The Right to Nominate a very resourceful book as Thomas has sufficient and trustworthy sources for occasional references. His choice of words is good. His sentences are well structured and easy to comprehend. He has a rich collection of political vocabularies that make the book a spellbinding read. He does a good job with the book. Thomas E Peterson writes this book as an awakening call to the American population on their political rights.
I did not find any error in the book. It is well edited. What I did not like about The Right to Nominate is the format in which it comes in. I received an EPUB format. The quotation marks are represented by upright slash marks. The font on some pages, especially the ones written in italics is quite confusing to read, it takes time to make out a letter or word from the italicized sentences. Because of this, I rate it 3 out of 4 stars. Political enthusiasts will love this book.
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The Right to Nominate
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon