We need to punch back against the extremes of both the left and the right and define the terms of the debate ourselves.
John Avlon Quotes
A wingnut is someone on the far-right wing or far-left wing of the political spectrum - the professional partisans, the unhinged activists and the paranoid conspiracy theorists. They're the people who always try to divide rather than unite us.
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| Birth: | 1973 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Journalist, Political Analyst |
About
John Phillips Avlon is an American journalist who is editor-in-chief and managing director of The Daily Beast and a CNN political analyst. He has also been a columnist and associate editor for The New York Sun and chief speechwriter for former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani. He earned his bachelor's degree from Yale University and an MBA from Columbia University. He has written several books include: Independent nation, Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe is Hijacking America, Wingnuts: Extremism in the Age of Obama, and Washington's Farewell. He married Margaret Hoover in 2009. They have one son and one daughter.
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