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050		4	_aJK2281 .A872 2021
100	1		_aAustin, Jerry.
245	1	0	_aTrue Tales from the Campaign Trail, Vol. 2 : _bStories Only Political Consultants Can Tell.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aAshland : _bUniversity of Akron Press, _c2021.
264		4	_c©2021.
300			_a1 online resource (267 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aThe Bliss Institute Series
505	0		_aCover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Strother Stories -- Dedication -- Sound Problem -- That Cadillac Don't Run on Water -- A Million Dollar Campaign -- Losing Papa Brock -- Please Don't Kill a Reporter -- Buick and Beer -- Good Old Boy with Bad Habits -- Protecting the Institution -- Old Friends Conduct Politics -- Gary Hart Makes a Call -- Gary Hart Makes a Decision -- Gary Hart is Set Up -- Mark of a Losing Campaign -- Where Credit is Due -- Crazy -- Dwarf Luck -- II. Campaigns -- Firing a Candidate -- Signs, Wires, Hats, Gloves-and a Jacket -- Mr. Ed Talks Again -- The Louisiana Way of Doing Business -- The Best 300 I Ever Spent -- Candidates Say the Darndest Things -- The NAACP Tournament -- American Joe -- Radon Ramble -- Debating the Debate -- A Question of Timing -- Money, Mistakes, and Timing -- Fired on the Spot -- As Luck Would Have It -- You're Running Against Whom? -- Making a Contribution -- Who are My Friends? -- Surprise! -- Hotel Roosevelt -- Bill Randle, Mr. Scandal -- The Big Three -- III. Beginnings and Endings -- I Got Here as Fast as I Could -- Best Decisions -- How I Got Started in Politics -- Innovation and Revenge -- When I Caught the Bug -- Job Interview -- Serendipity -- Getting Started in Politics -- My First Political Job -- Beres, Not Perez -- A Wakeup Moment -- Queen Elizabeth and the Bottle of Cheap Gin -- The Agony of Defeat -- IV. Politics -- The Mummers Parade -- Perils of Legislating -- Calling the Shot -- Bloomingdales, Yankee Stadium, and the Supreme Court -- Hardball Politics -- Softball Politics -- "The Right Staff" and "The Amazing Metz" -- Laurel and Hardy -- Zoo Plane -- Carter, Mineta, and Me -- Good Morning, Palm Beach -- The Governor is Gay -- V. Personalities -- Why Not, Barack? -- Dick Morris -- Be Kind to Dogs-and Vote Democratic -- Roger Stone -- How Not to Make a Deal.
505	8		_aMe and bin Laden -- Ed Koch -- Bella Abzug -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- Robert Morgenthau -- Knowing John Glenn -- Zero G's and Feeling Fine -- Too Funny to Run -- I Don't Know If I Have Alzheimer's or Not -- As Grave a Thing as Any -- Speechless -- About the Contributors.
520			_aTrue Tales from the Campaign Trail, Volume 2 is a compilation of great campaign anecdotes from experienced political consultants, Democratic and Republican, and other great storytellers. Many of the stories are funny. Many of the stories give you a behind-the-scenes view of what happens in campaigns when the camera is off and the reporters have put down their laptops, and all of these stories are stories that only an insider could tell. Anyone with any curiosity about how political campaigns are run and won will enjoy this book.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aPolitical campaigns--United States.
650		0	_aPolitical consultants--United States.
650		0	_aUnited States--Politics and government.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aAustin, Jerry _tTrue Tales from the Campaign Trail, Vol. 2 _dAshland : University of Akron Press,c2021 _z9781629220178
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		4	_aThe Bliss Institute Series
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=6733514 _zClick to View
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