Rating:  Summary: If you like politics and you have a sense of humor... Review: This book is a good collector's item for those who love hearing about how Churchill, Reagan, JFK, FDR, Calvin Coolidge and countless others infuse some humor into their political lives. It was quick reading and funny, and truly bipartisan. Dole's contributions were good as well, but most of the book is quotes from other statesmen. (Question: What is a statesman? Answer: A politician who has been dead ten years. It's from the book.) A good one to have on the shelf if you like politics, would make a great gift for someone who does. And you don't have to like Bob Dole to like it, though it doesn't hurt.
Rating:  Summary: hilarious and great 5 minute reading Review: this is a classic, great to read before heading to a party and pick up some great oneliners
Rating:  Summary: A book to enjoy front to back or for just dipping into Review: 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.
Rating:  Summary: A book to enjoy front to back or for just dipping into Review: 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.
Rating:  Summary: A conservative from Ohio Review: This was entertaining...really just a bunch of smoke and mirrors from the controlled-opposition; the BEST "Conservative" writing of our time is by far "My Awakening" by U.S. Rep. (R)-LA David DUKE...an absolute MUST for any "European American"!!
Rating:  Summary: Extremely Funny & Worth Every Penny!!!! Review: To bad Senator Dole didn't write this before he ran for President, he would have won.
Rating:  Summary: A great book! Insightful and entertaining! Review: You won't believe what some of these politicians actually said! This is the kind of book you can pick up anytime and read a couple of pages for a quick laugh. Mr. Dole should have put this together before the election. People would have been able to see his wonderful and wicked sense of humor.
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