WHY WE DID IT: A TRAVELOGUE from the REPUBLICAN ROAD to HELL (audiobook) by Tim Miller
Unabridged.
Tim Miller is a Republican political operative. He previously worked on the presidential campaigns for John McCain (2008), Jon Huntsman (2012) and Jeb Bush (2016), worked for the Republican party as a liaison to the Romney campaign (2012), created "gotcha" content for websites and traditional media, helped run a Political Action Committee (PAC) and writes regularly for Rolling Stone magazine and political websites.
He's connected. He knows someone on every campaign. He knew people all over the Trump administration.
He is also a "Never Trumper". He once made a list compiled by the Washington Post of the top ten Never Trumpers.
Miller talks about the motivations of people that joined the Trump White House after they swore that they never would because he was simply not an acceptable candidate or president. He talked with several people and he got the same answers over and over. Among them are these:
1. Fear of Missing Out. The White House is where the action is, no matter who is the President.
Tim Miller is a Republican political operative. He previously worked on the presidential campaigns for John McCain (2008), Jon Huntsman (2012) and Jeb Bush (2016), worked for the Republican party as a liaison to the Romney campaign (2012), created "gotcha" content for websites and traditional media, helped run a Political Action Committee (PAC) and writes regularly for Rolling Stone magazine and political websites.
He's connected. He knows someone on every campaign. He knew people all over the Trump administration.
He is also a "Never Trumper". He once made a list compiled by the Washington Post of the top ten Never Trumpers.
Miller talks about the motivations of people that joined the Trump White House after they swore that they never would because he was simply not an acceptable candidate or president. He talked with several people and he got the same answers over and over. Among them are these:
2. Fear of damaging their careers. Refusing to work for President Trump could spell the end of their career as Republicans.
3. Looking to further their careers. Enthusiastically supporting the GOP candidate and the GOP President could vault their career ahead.
4. Being the adult in the room. Someone had to keep an eye on Trump and say no to the bad ideas and suggest better ones. A lot of people said this but there were very few times when someone could tell him that they actually did it.
There were other categories as well, but perhaps you get the idea.
Miller makes an excellent analogy comparing his own life with his colleagues that went to work for President Trump and his own experiences working for multiple Republican candidates as a gay man. He notes that he simply ignored the clear biases that some of the candidates he supported had against people like him. Instead, he focused on the positives because...(insert one of the reasons from up above).
Miller's analysis was most likely accurate. However, I wasn't a big fan of Miller's snarky nicknames for people. He was especially rough with Sean Spicer. I am not a fan of Spicer, but I see no reason to call him by an embarrassing nickname that he was given in college over and over and over again. It was unnecessary.
I rate this audiobook 4 stars out of 5. It can be found on Amazon.com here: WHY WE DID IT: A TRAVELOGUE from the REPUBLICAN ROAD to HELL (audiobook) by Tim Miller.
3. Looking to further their careers. Enthusiastically supporting the GOP candidate and the GOP President could vault their career ahead.
4. Being the adult in the room. Someone had to keep an eye on Trump and say no to the bad ideas and suggest better ones. A lot of people said this but there were very few times when someone could tell him that they actually did it.
There were other categories as well, but perhaps you get the idea.
Miller makes an excellent analogy comparing his own life with his colleagues that went to work for President Trump and his own experiences working for multiple Republican candidates as a gay man. He notes that he simply ignored the clear biases that some of the candidates he supported had against people like him. Instead, he focused on the positives because...(insert one of the reasons from up above).
Miller's analysis was most likely accurate. However, I wasn't a big fan of Miller's snarky nicknames for people. He was especially rough with Sean Spicer. I am not a fan of Spicer, but I see no reason to call him by an embarrassing nickname that he was given in college over and over and over again. It was unnecessary.
I rate this audiobook 4 stars out of 5. It can be found on Amazon.com here: WHY WE DID IT: A TRAVELOGUE from the REPUBLICAN ROAD to HELL (audiobook) by Tim Miller.
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