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Great Political Wit Laughing (Almost) All the W

内容简介

BobDole'spoliticalcareermaynothavetakenhimtotheWhiteHouse，buthedidpickupsomegreatstoriesalongtheway.Inthisdelightfulcollection，thelongtimeUnitedStatessenatorshareshisfavoriteanecdotes，witticisms，andreminiscences.FromthecampaigntrailtotheOvalOffice，fromsmoke-filledroomstothechambersoftheCapitol，BobDolesurveysacenturyofpoliticalwit.  TherearebonmotsfromCalvinCoolidge，WinstonChurchill，HarryTruman，JohnF.Kennedy，andahostofotherpoliticalfigures.BobDoleintroduceseachsectionwithmirthfulmomentsfromhisownexperience，displayingthegiftforwryhumorthathasmadehimafavoriteguestonlate-nighttalkshows.Ajovial--andcompletelybipartisan--compendium，GreatPoliticalWitisaconnoisseur'sselectionofpoliticalreparteeatitsbest.

作者简介

BobDoleisrecognizedasoneofthenation'smostprominentpoliticalfiguresofthetwentiethcentury.Knownforhiseffectivenessasaconsensusbuilderinhisthirty-fiveyearsinCongress,SenatorDolewasthelongest-servingRepublicanleaderinSenatehistory.HewasalsochairmanoftheRepublicanNationalCommittee,the1976Republicannomineeforvicepresident,andthe1996Republicannomineeforpresident.HeiscurrentlyservingasthechairmanoftheWorldWarIIMemorialcampaignandaschairmanoftheInternationalCommissiononMissingPersonsinBosnia.WoundedinWorldWarII,SenatorDolewasawardedtwoPurpleHeartsandaBronzeStar.  HeismarriedtoElizabethHanfordDole,presidentoftheAmericanRedCross,andlivesinWashington,D.C.,,

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