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Tales of a Political Life, From LBJ to George W. Bush and Beyond
Bright Sky Press
May 2006
256 pages
ISBN: 1931721718
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir | Non-Fiction Political
How did the Democratic Party-party of JFK, LBJ, and civil
rights-fall from glory? How did Texas, home of its most
promising players, become Bush territory? What do
politicians on either side need to do today to get our
country back on track? Ben Barnes has the answers. Barnes had a front-row seat through it all. His political
savvy and bravado made him a standout in the
rough-and-tumble world of Texas politics. He won a seat in
the Texas Legislature in 1960, at the unheard-of age of 22,
and four years later became the youngest Speaker of the
House since the Civil War. In 1968, he helped Congressman
George Herbert Walker Bush get his son into the National
Guard-a controversy that would rage during the 2004
presidential election. In 1970, Lyndon Johnson told the
public that Ben was destined to be the next U.S. president
to hail from Texas. How did his party lose its place in Texas . . . and the
nation? How did Barnes-affectionately dubbed the "51st
Democratic senator"-remain a force on the Democratic scene
despite his departure from public office? In this exciting
new book, Barnes takes readers inside the rise and fall of
the party he loves. Pulling no punches, he uses lessons
learned in the Texas trenches as a guiding light for a new
generation of lawmakers and political hopefuls, and a calls
for a return to bipartisan consensus building for our
nation. Barnes's rollicking memoir recalls the glory days of
his Texas past and blazes a trail for our country's future.
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