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Title: POTUS Speaks: Finding the Words that Defined the Clinton Presidency by Michael Waldman ISBN: 0-7432-0020-9 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 05 October, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent insight into speechwriting
Comment: This book is about Presidential speechwriting. It includes all stages of the process as told by the author. It is particularly interesting as a portrait of what it is like to write speeches for a president who is active. The scenes about President Clinton's late edits are especially good. A nice read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Inside The "Real" West Wing and more
Comment: This book gives a fine example of what it's like to work for the most powerful, or one of the most powerful, person[s] in the world. Not unlike the NBC show "The West Wing", the battles over language; the frustration over when things go wrong and the joy at when they go right, this book by Michael Waldman sparkles with wit and humor. It also goes a long way to explaining the tough task of working for a President like Bill Clinton. If you're a "West Wing" fan, as I am, and want to get a clue into working inside the White House, read this book.
Rating: 3
Summary: Light and Possitive
Comment: It is a refreshing start to a book when the author admits up front that he is and was a strong supporter of President Clinton. Unlike many of the books that have come out regarding Clinton, either positive or negative, they all profess to be unbiased and fair, but usually by about 25 pages in you know the track the author is following. With this book the author admits up front his position so there is never any question as to the slant he was using. You could read the book and know that the positive side of the situation was being documented, not a sly attempt to malign the President.
As you know from reading the book synopsis, the author was the head speechwriter for Clinton and was with him for almost his entire Presidency. Unfortunately for me that fact seemed to mean that he was not really involved in any policy decision (I assumed that fact going into the book), but also that he did not share any gossip or good insight in how many decisions were made. I do not think there was anything detailed in the book that was not already spelled out in other books or in the papers. The laborious speech writing process Clinton used was interesting and the lack of organization of the early administration was expressed well.
Overall I found the book to be just average, nothing really new. I felt that best parts of the book dealt with the start of Monica issue and the impeachment process and how the speechwriting team just kept plugging away. If you are looking for a light book from a Clinton fan then this book will make you happy. I would suggest that the following books are better: Locked in the Cabinet (by Reich), All Too Human (by Stephenopolis) and Shadow (by Woodward). All of them give far more detail and I thought they were actually better written.
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Title: All the Presidents' Words: The Bully Pulpit and the Creation of the Virtual Presidency by Carol Gelderman ISBN: 0802713181 Publisher: Walker & Co Pub. Date: January, 1997 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title:The War Room ASIN: 1573624578 Publisher: Vidmark/Trimark Pub. Date: 24 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $9.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $9.98 |
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Title: First In His Class : A Biography Of Bill Clinton by David Maraniss ISBN: 0684818906 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 08 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Confessions of a White House Ghostwriter: Five Presidents and Other Political Adventures by James C. Humes, Julie Nixon Eisenhower ISBN: 0895264331 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: All too Human by George Stephanopoulos ISBN: 0316930164 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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