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Title: Great Political Wit: Laughing (Almost) All the Way to the White House (Compass Press Large Print Book Series) by Robert J. Dole, Bob Dole ISBN: 1-56895-754-8 Publisher: Wheeler Pub Pub. Date: December, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.16 (19 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Best Political Humor Collection Around.
Comment: Bob Dole - former U.S. Senate Majority Leader, and Presidential candidate - dishes out a quenching dose of exceptional political humor and anecdotes. Divided into 21 sections, his stories are categorized in divisions such as: "Public Speaking", "Defeat", "Late Night" and "Roots". He deftly distributes jokes he has amassed over his generations of civil service. From Presidents to Prime Ministers, and every level of politics in between, Dole keeps his reader alive in the flowing narrative in which he presents each hilarious situation. One can start the book at the beginning and read it like a novel to the end. A great read for those inclined towards both humor and politics! As a closing note, Dole's dry humor is bipartisan and quite wry.
Rating: 5
Summary: Should have been published prior to the election
Comment: Senator Robert Dole is known for many personal and professional attributes. However, his having a sense of humor is not an item that would have made it on to many lists. Mr. Dole always seemed quite serious, so when I read his collection of bi-partisan political humor, he had both collected and contributed to, I was extremely surprised.
The traditional image of our elected officials is that they go after each other while practicing the blood sport they call politics, the manner they govern the country after a minority of its citizens bother to vote. The reality of course is quite different, and this collection is brilliant with wit, and not just of the political variety. Many of the comments in the book took place long before anything other than politically correct generic humor (which is almost an oxymoron) became the standard. The good natured jokes shared by legends like Tip O'Neil, Truman, Churchill, Kennedy, and a good cross section of 20th politicians and those who reported on their every move, were given and taken in stride. What really struck me was how well these elected officials get along when the press is not watching, forcing them to become various shades of gray.
Senator Robert Byrd who is described as being a master of Roman History stated during a debate that "If Cicero were alive today, he would oppose the Balanced Budget Amendment". Senator Dole claims Senator Strom Thurmond, who has been in office since President Andrew Jackson, "jumped up and said, I knew Cicero. Cicero was a friend of mind. And I know he was in favor of a Balanced Budget Amendment."
I have stated in other reviews that I am a great admirer of Sir Winston Churchill. Senator Dole quotes him several times in the book, but this is one I had forgotten. In response to the concept that "familiarity breeds contempt", Churchill responded, "without a certain amount of familiarity we would breed nothing at all."
A great read for any and all parties, voters and non-voters alike.
Rating: 4
Summary: A book to enjoy front to back or for just dipping into
Comment: This is a very enjoyable book. Bob Dole has a fine sense of humor and has selected witty sayings by politicians on a variety of topics in a range of situations. Senator Dole has organized them topically and I found all of them funny and many of them hilarious. A few are even worth committing to memory.
It isn't a long book, but it offers a lot of great stories. What is even better is that Mr. Dole shares his own knowledge of some of the people he quotes in the book and of the institutions in Washington that he knows so well. It is a book you can enjoy reading from front to back or just dipping into briefly again and again.
A word to speakers who would use the anecdotes from this book: be careful. I remember when this book first came out and politicians everywhere were quoting this or that story from it and it was a bit embarrassing to hear. This kind of humor is something that has to be used with a delicate touch and with the best style and timing. You can't just say the words and expect the big laugh. It just doesn't work that way. I always enjoyed Senator Dole's sense of humor and he could pull it off with a bit of an acerbic touch. Some folks didn't like that spice, but I always did.
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Title: Great Presidential Wit...I Wish I Was in the Book: A Collection of Humorous Anecdotes and Quotations by Bob Dole ISBN: 0743203925 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 20 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Presidential Campaigns by Paul F. Boller ISBN: 0195097300 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: April, 1996 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Stupidest Things Ever Said by Politicians by Ross Petras, Kathryn Petras ISBN: 0671040537 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Power Plays: Win or Lose--How History's Great Political Leaders Play the Game by Dick Morris ISBN: 0060004436 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 16 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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