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Summary: Hahahahahahahaha
Review: "Hi, my name is Bob Dole and I have erectile disfunction", and other such comments do not constitute as the basis for a book. I almost looked at thinking about "reading" this book, because I thought it would be humorous; however, I was poorly mistaken
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Summary: Hahahahahahahaha
Review: 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.
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Summary: The Best Political Humor Collection Around.
Review: 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.
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Summary: Great fun, exposes funny bone of otherwise pompous pols
Review: Bob Dole does a clever job of gathering vignettes and anecdotes of pols, some of whom we might not have suspected of possessing wit and humor. This book should be especially useful for speechwriters, and for students of political science.
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Summary: Great political wit, old and new
Review: Bob Dole has penned a charming little book here. Political humor may seem lacking in today's age of attack and sound bite --the Senator shows otherwise with wit old and new alike. This book is a must-have for any aspiring public speaker. It is choke full of material to use in openers or comebacks. It also reminds one of the consistently great wit of Senator Dole himself -- a fact obscured by the somewhat grouchy persona generated for him by the media. Were it to be updated anytime soon, I'd have to recommend a line spoken by California Gubernatorial Recall candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger after being pelted by an egg while wading through a crowd, "That man owes me bacon, there's no two ways about it!"
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Summary: Great political wit, old and new
Review: Bob Dole has penned a charming little book here. Political humor may seem lacking in today's age of attack and sound bite --the Senator shows otherwise with wit old and new alike. This book is a must-have for any aspiring public speaker. It is choke full of material to use in openers or comebacks. It also reminds one of the consistently great wit of Senator Dole himself -- a fact obscured by the somewhat grouchy persona generated for him by the media. Were it to be updated anytime soon, I'd have to recommend a line spoken by California Gubernatorial Recall candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger after being pelted by an egg while wading through a crowd, "That man owes me bacon, there's no two ways about it!"
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Summary: BOB DOLE SPEAKS!
Review: Bob Dole speaks and lampoons himself and shares anecdotes about the political arena that make talk- show hosts and professional comedians look like amateurs. Who would think that this masterful 25 year veteran of Congress would be so funny? He has a lighter side to that political genius. Read these quotes, and stories of political greats; the Kennedys, Calvin Coolidge, and Winston Churchill. Get ready for side splitting laughter. Thoroughly enjoyable reading. One can only wonder what he would have said about the Clintons!
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Summary: BOB DOLE SPEAKS!
Review: Bob Dole speaks and lampoons himself and shares anecdotes about the political arena that make talk- show hosts and professional comedians look like amateurs. Who would think that this masterful 25 year veteran of Congress would be so funny? He has a lighter side to that political genius. Read these quotes, and stories of political greats; the Kennedys, Calvin Coolidge, and Winston Churchill. Get ready for side splitting laughter. Thoroughly enjoyable reading. One can only wonder what he would have said about the Clintons!
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Summary: 40 Years of Political Humor Doled Out In This Anthology
Review: Finding and sharpening his funny bone allowed Bob Dole, after a legendary 40 year career in government, to become the political equivalent of boxer George Foreman: both men, once perceived as taciturn, mean-spirited and competitive, were made amiable, even folksy (not to mention more commercially marketable) by a sense of self-depreciation. It's fitting, then, that Dole compile and narrarate "Great Political Wit," a collection of his observations with those of political figures from the last 100 years. You wouldn't anticipate a joke book based on the table of contents, which features chapters on "War," "The Economy," "Religion" and that political rib-tickler, "Defeat." But Dole's remembrances and selected stories succeed in showing the lighter side of often somber figures (the Kennnedys, the Roosevelts, especially Winston Churchill), making their humor seem almost contemporary. Dole also recalls wit and wisdom from often-overlooked figures like president Calvin Coolidge and candidates Huey Long and Adlai Stevenson (whose retort to minister Norman Vincent Peale shows the power of positive punning). The book also shows the reasons behind political humor: not always for laughs but persuasion, consensus, even attack. President Reagan, who Dole praises for showing "that not all conservatives have embalming fluid flowing in their veins," gets Don Rickles-sized barbs off at his 1980 opponent, Jimmy Carter. Dole even recalls touching stories about history's more tragic figures: Richard Nixon, George McGovern, Herbert Hoover, even Nelson Rockefeller. None of "Great Political Wit" is side-splittingly funny, although nearly every quote will elicit a mild chuckle or nod of recognition. (Surprisingly, Dole devotes a chapter to Jay Leno and David Letterman's political barbs while leaving out even sharper political humorists like Mark Russell and Mort Sahl). Nonetheless, "Great Political Wit" is a breezy, lighthearted look at politics and the chracters inhabiliting it.
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Summary: 40 Years of Political Humor Doled Out In This Anthology
Review: Finding and sharpening his funny bone allowed Bob Dole, after a legendary 40 year career in government, to become the political equivalent of boxer George Foreman: both men, once perceived as taciturn, mean-spirited and competitive, were made amiable, even folksy (not to mention more commercially marketable) by a sense of self-depreciation. It's fitting, then, that Dole compile and narrarate "Great Political Wit," a collection of his observations with those of political figures from the last 100 years. You wouldn't anticipate a joke book based on the table of contents, which features chapters on "War," "The Economy," "Religion" and that political rib-tickler, "Defeat." But Dole's remembrances and selected stories succeed in showing the lighter side of often somber figures (the Kennnedys, the Roosevelts, especially Winston Churchill), making their humor seem almost contemporary. Dole also recalls wit and wisdom from often-overlooked figures like president Calvin Coolidge and candidates Huey Long and Adlai Stevenson (whose retort to minister Norman Vincent Peale shows the power of positive punning). The book also shows the reasons behind political humor: not always for laughs but persuasion, consensus, even attack. President Reagan, who Dole praises for showing "that not all conservatives have embalming fluid flowing in their veins," gets Don Rickles-sized barbs off at his 1980 opponent, Jimmy Carter. Dole even recalls touching stories about history's more tragic figures: Richard Nixon, George McGovern, Herbert Hoover, even Nelson Rockefeller. None of "Great Political Wit" is side-splittingly funny, although nearly every quote will elicit a mild chuckle or nod of recognition. (Surprisingly, Dole devotes a chapter to Jay Leno and David Letterman's political barbs while leaving out even sharper political humorists like Mark Russell and Mort Sahl). Nonetheless, "Great Political Wit" is a breezy, lighthearted look at politics and the chracters inhabiliting it.
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