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Tales Of A White House Survivor
Crown
October 2009
On Sale: September 22, 2009
304 pages
ISBN: 0307463729
EAN: 9780307463722
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Political
As a young political geek, Matt Latimer dreamed of one day heading to Washington to work for a conservative president and usher in another Reagan Revolution. With the support of his slightly mortified liberal parents, he tried to do just that -- but his youthful exuberance began to cool as he moved up the rungs of power. On Capitol Hill he worked for a Congressman who โmisrememberedโ basic facts, assisted a U.S. Senator who hid from his own staff, and met another who cowed her male aides into carrying her purse.ย Finally ensconced in the White House as one of George W. Bushโs chief speechwriters, he soon realized that the post wasnโt at all what heโd envisioned. Less like Aaron Sorkinโs โThe West Wingโ and more like NBCโs โThe Office,โ D.C.โs most prestigious address turned out to be a bizarro world in which the major players were in some ways mirror opposites of their public images.ย
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