A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House
Humor from the Campaign Trail
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Norman Dietz
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Charles Osgood
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From FDR to Harry Truman to JFK to George W. Bush, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House captures the wit and humor of the campaign trail - a place where levity is always welcome. Osgood includes fragments of speeches, interviews, and press conferences, as well as articles written by and about the candidates - no source is left untapped.
Arriving exactly when America most needs a good laugh, this book promises to make the seemingly endless race to the presidency a little more bearable, if not downright enjoyable.
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The Carter presidency was on life support. The Democrats, desperate to keep power and yearning to resurrect former glory, turned to Ted Kennedy. Camelot's End details the incredible drama of Kennedy's challenge - what led to it, how it unfolded, and its lasting effects - with cinematic sweep. It is a story about what happened to the Democratic Party when the country's long string of successes, luck, and global dominance following World War II ran its course, and how, on a quest to recapture the magic of JFK, Democrats plunged themselves into an intra-party civil war.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Does character count in political office?
- De marwalk en 07-29-19
De: Jon Ward
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Rush Limbaugh
- An Army of One
- De: Zev Chafets
- Narrado por: Erik Synnestvedt
- Duración: 8 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 212
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Do you remember your first time? People tend to remember the moment they first heard The Rush Limbaugh Show on the radio. For Zev Chafets, it was in a car in Detroit, driving down Woodward Avenue. Limbaugh's braggadocio, the outrageous satire, the slaughtering of liberal sacred cows performed with the verve of a rock-n-roll DJ-it seemed fresh, funny and completely subversive.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyed it, despite poor narration
- De David en 06-02-10
De: Zev Chafets
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Tip and the Gipper
- When Politics Worked
- De: Chris Matthews
- Narrado por: Chris Matthews
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 179
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 160
They were the political odd couple - the two most powerful men in the country, a pair who "couldn't be more different or more the same." For six years, Matthews was on the inside, watching the evolving relationship between President Reagan and Speaker of the House O’Neill. Drawing not only on his own remarkable knowledge but on extensive interviews with those closest to his subjects, Matthews brings this unlikely friendship to life in his unique voice.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I didn't want it to end
- De Jim en 10-06-13
De: Chris Matthews
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The Center Holds
- Obama and His Enemies
- De: Jonathan Alter
- Narrado por: Jonathan Alter
- Duración: 18 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 150
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 150
In The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies, Jonathan Alter uses his unmatched access and deep knowledge of politics and history to produce the first full account of America at the crossroads. He pierces the bubble of the White House and of the presidential campaigns with exclusive reporting and rare historical insight. More than a campaign book, this is the epic story of an embattled president facing a historic moment he considered more pivotal than 2008.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Best Telling of the 2012 Campaign So Far
- De Mike en 06-11-13
De: Jonathan Alter
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The Red and the Blue
- The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism
- De: Steve Kornacki
- Narrado por: Steve Kornacki, Ron Butler
- Duración: 17 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,138
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,000
In The Red and the Blue, cable news star and acclaimed journalist Steve Kornacki follows the twin paths of Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich, two larger-than-life politicians who exploited the weakened structure of their respective parties to attain the highest offices. For Clinton, that meant contorting himself around the various factions of the Democratic party to win the presidency. Gingrich employed a scorched-earth strategy to upend the permanent Republican minority in the House, making him speaker.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Simply marvelous
- De Hector Gonzalez en 10-04-18
De: Steve Kornacki
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Black Man, White House
- An Oral History of the Obama Years
- De: D. L. Hughley
- Narrado por: Mia Barron, Cherise Boothe, Ron Butler, y otros
- Duración: 9 h y 28 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 246
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 209
From legendary comedian D. L. Hughley comes a bitingly funny send-up of the Obama years, as "told" by the key political players on both sides of the aisle. What do the Clintons, Republicans, fellow Democrats, and Obama's own family really think of President Barack Obama? Finally, the truth is revealed in this raucously funny "oral history" parody.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Clever and Hilarious!
- De Fylynne en 07-14-16
De: D. L. Hughley
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Collision 2012
- Obama vs. Romney and the Future of Elections in America
- De: Dan Balz
- Narrado por: Jeffrey Kafer
- Duración: 15 h y 18 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 39
Four years ago, a bright young presidential candidate named Barack Obama campaigned on a theme of hope and change, and made history. Today, he finds himself in another bitter, divisive presidential race but without the buzzwords. Instead, an embattled president struggles with a dysfunctionally divided Congress, a controversial healthcare bill, a decade-long war, and a stagnant economy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating. Couldn't stop listening.
- De Gregory E Benoit en 07-24-16
De: Dan Balz
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The Path to Power
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson
- De: Robert A. Caro
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 40 h y 29 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 3,714
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3,299
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3,289
This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill Country. The Path to Power reveals in extraordinary detail the genesis of the almost superhuman drive, energy, and ambition that set LBJ apart. It follows him from the Hill Country to New Deal Washington, from his boyhood through the years of the Depression to his debut as Congressman, his heartbreaking defeat in his first race for the Senate, and his attainment, nonetheless, at age 31, of the national power for which he hungered.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Best of all Biographies
- De David C. Daggett en 12-14-13
De: Robert A. Caro
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Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero
- De: Chris Matthews
- Narrado por: Holter Graham
- Duración: 13 h y 20 m
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In Chris Matthews’ extraordinary biography, we see this most beloved president in the company of friends. We see and feel him close-up, having fun and giving off that restlessness of his. We watch him navigate his life from privileged, rebellious youth to gutsy American president. We witness his bravery in war and selfless rescue of his PT boat crew. We watch JFK as a young politician learning to play hardball and watch him grow into the leader who averts a nuclear war.
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3 out of 5 stars
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What Might Have Been?
- De Mel en 12-06-11
De: Chris Matthews
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The Obama Diaries
- De: Laura Ingraham
- Narrado por: Laura Ingraham
- Duración: 11 h y 10 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 272
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 112
Popular conservative radio host Laura Ingraham discusses President Obama's first year in office. Informative and hugely entertaining, The Obama Diaries will inspire both laughter and critical thinking about the future of the nation and the man currently at the helm.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Almost Not Funny -- Almost!
- De Dan en 07-14-10
De: Laura Ingraham
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Insane Clown President
- De: Matt Taibbi
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
- Duración: 9 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,180
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,053
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,042
Dispatches from the 2016 election that provide an eerily prescient take on our democracy's uncertain future, by the country's most perceptive and fearless political journalist.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Slow Motion Horror
- De Rick en 01-20-17
De: Matt Taibbi
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Believer
- My Forty Years in Politics
- De: David Axelrod
- Narrado por: David Axelrod
- Duración: 19 h y 3 m
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The man behind some of the greatest political changes of the last decade, David Axelrod has devoted a lifetime to questioning political certainties and daring to bring fresh thinking into the political landscape. Whether as a child hearing John F. Kennedy stump in New York or as a strategist guiding the first African American to the White House, Axelrod shows in Believer how his own life stands at the center of the tumultuous American century.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Love letter to Obama
- De DaWoolf en 03-15-15
De: David Axelrod
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The Defining Moment
- FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope
- De: Jonathan Alter
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 12 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,108
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In this dramatic and fascinating account, Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter shows how Franklin Delano Roosevelt used his first 100 days in office to lift the country from the despair and paralysis of the Great Depression and transform the American presidency.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very infomative, and also refreshingly honest
- De Andy en 02-19-09
De: Jonathan Alter
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Ike and Dick
- Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage
- De: Jeffrey Frank
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 13 h y 56 m
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 41
Richard Nixon was a young Navy officer when he first saw Dwight D. Eisenhower through a storm of tickertape as Manhattan celebrated the end of the war in Europe. Seven years later, Nixon was Eisenhower's running mate on the Republican presidential ticket-the beginning of a political and personal relationship that lasted for nearly twenty years. Despite a gulf that separated them by age and temperament, their association evolved into a collaboration that helped to shape the nation's political ideology.
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4 out of 5 stars
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He's against NIxon
- De James A. Bretney en 01-20-14
De: Jeffrey Frank
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Master of the Senate
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson III
- De: Robert A. Caro
- Narrado por: Stephen Lang
- Duración: 8 h y 33 m
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 145
Master of the Senate carries Lyndon Johnson's story through one of its most remarkable periods: his 12 years in the U.S. Senate. At the heart of the book is its unprecedented revelation of how legislative power works in America, how the Senate works, and how Johnson, in his ascent to the presidency, mastered the Senate as no political leader before him had ever done. "There is something uniquely mesmerizing about the wily, combative Lyndon Johnson as portrayed by Caro," says Publishers Weekly.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Abridgement bad
- De Shelly Brisbin en 09-05-04
De: Robert A. Caro
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Game of Thorns
- The Inside Story of Hillary Clinton's Failed Campaign and Donald Trump's Winning Strategy
- De: Doug Wead
- Narrado por: Doug Wead
- Duración: 13 h y 28 m
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Here is the first insider account of the precipitous fall of Hillary Clinton. How the scandals of a lifetime finally reached critical mass. How, in the last few days of the campaign, some on her staff saw the ghostly shroud of defeat creeping over them but were helpless to act, frozen by the self-denial of the group.
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5 out of 5 stars
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President Donald Trump stopped that Clinton Machine
- De Paulette en 03-05-17
De: Doug Wead
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Big Girls Don't Cry
- The Election that Changed Everything for American Women
- De: Rebecca Traister
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 11 h y 55 m
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48
In the last two years, the United States - its history, assumptions, prejudices, and vocabulary - have all cracked open. A woman won a state presidential primary contest (quite a few of them, actually) for the first time in this country's history. Less than a year later, a vice-presidential candidate concluded her appearance in a national debate and immediately reached for her newborn baby. A few months after that, an African American woman moved into the White House - not as an employee but as the First Lady.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect refresher course in feminism and the media
- De Stacey en 12-16-10
De: Rebecca Traister
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House
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- 08-15-12
Great book for an election year
Would you listen to A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House again? Why?
I have already listened to it several times, and will listen several more times. I use these book to give my brain something happy or funny to think about as I go to sleep. I use soft earphones, and it doesn't disturb husband. This one works fine.
What was one of the most memorable moments of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House?
Who ever thought Gerald Ford could be so funny?
Which scene was your favorite?
Ronald Reagan's quick retorts. I didn't vote for him, and didn't like a lot of his policies, but he was quick to polk fun at an opponent--or himself: not in the angry hateful way of too many current politicians.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I play all the books from Audible all night long. Eventually, I manage to hear them all awake.
Any additional comments?
I'm looking for happy, funny books. This is certainly one.
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