transformed into "a party of pork-barrel ear-markers like Dennis Hastert, of political hatchet men like Karl Rove, and of Bible-thumping hypocrites like Tom DeLay." The criticisms were considered particularly noteworthy in view of Gold's close relationships with the people he criticized. In July 2010 he began a blog, The Wayward Lemming, where in March 2016 he publicly announced his withdrawal from the Republican Party. Personal life He and his wife, Dale, lived in northern Virginia from 1959 to the time of his death in 2017. He had three children, Stephen and two daughters, Paige and Jamie. Recognitions In 1992 Gold received the Distinguished Achievement Award for Political Communication from the University of Alabama. Bibliography I Don't Need You When I'm Right: The Confessions of a Washington PR Man, by Victor Gold. Morrow, 1975. , P-R as in President, by Victor Gold. Doubleday, 1977. , Looking Forward, by George Bush with Victor Gold. Doubleday, 1987. The Body Politic by Victor Gold and Lynne V. Cheney. Macmillan, 1988. , Liberwocky: What Liberals Say and What They Really Mean, by Victor Gold. Thomas Nelson, 2004. , Invasion of the Party Snatchers: How the Neo-Cons and Holy Rollers Destroyed the GOP, by Victor Gold. Sourcebooks Trade, 2007. , References External links Victor Gold Knows How to Succeed in DC by Victor Gold, self-interview for Washingtonian magazine, October 1, 2008 The Wayward Lemming, Victor Gold's blog Victor Gold papers at the University of Maryland libraries 1928 births 2017 deaths American political consultants American male journalists American people of Romanian-Jewish descent Jewish American journalists The American Spectator people Alcee Fortier High School alumni Tulane University alumni University of Alabama alumni People from East St. Louis, Illinois Writers from New Orleans United States Army soldiers Military personnel from Illinois United States Army personnel of the Korean War Journalists from Illinois Journalists from Louisiana Alabama Democrats Alabama Republicans New Right (United States) Lawyers from New Orleans 20th-century American lawyers 21st-century American Jews