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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 “misremembered” 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. Finally
ensconced in the White House as one of George W. Bush’s
chief speechwriters, he soon realized that the post wasn’t
at all what he’d envisioned. Less like Aaron Sorkin’s “The
West Wing” and more like NBC’s “The Office,” D.C.’s 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.
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