Analyzes the 1984 U.S. presidential election, looks at the growing strength of conservatism, and discusses the reasons for voter apathy

Wake Us When It's over: Presidential Politics of 1984

Politics & Social Sciences

Witcover, Jules

Germond, Jack W.

Politics & Government

Macmillan Pub. Co.

For over four decades, the legendary reporter Jack W. Germond has made national politics his beat. He is a journalist whose incisive, honest, no-nonsense reporting--and tremendous wit--are hallmarks of a singular career in punditry. Germond is one of our best political writers, and in this hugely entertaining memoir he serves up his inimitable views on politicians and elections across the country and recounts the daily trials of being a political reporter on the road--including often returning home on a late-Friday-night standby flight, a fat man in a middle seat. Germond vividly recalls the races and personalities of the past forty years in politics: the great New York governors Averell Harriman and Nelson Rockefeller; the ever-present Richard Nixon; and Hubert Humphrey, Robert Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy, George McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. He writes about the politics of race relations and how George Wallace "wrote the book on playing the race card." He discusses Watergate and what a nightmare it was for other reporters that two "unknown punks" had all the sources locked up. Germond is fascinating on the subject of reporting, notably on ethics and graft, and on the colleagues and bosses who didn't think he looked the part of a bureau chief. He writes about countless late nights in bars, rides on campaign planes, and off-the-record briefings and strategy sessions--the real stuff of politics. Germond is perceptive, honest, and bitingly funny (especially when writing about the enormous ego of John McLaughlin). In an age when the media have become their own worst enemy, Jack Germond reminds us what great reporting is. Fat Man in a Middle Seat is an essential book for political junkies, followers of current affairs and journalism, and anyone interested in how the country is really governed.

Fat Man in a Middle Seat: Forty Years of Covering Politics

History

Random House]

Describes the many bad moves and questionable strategies made by Gary Hart, Michael Dukakis, and other major contenders in the presidential race

Whose Broad Stripes and Bright Stars?: The Trivial Pursuit of the Presidency 1988

Americas

GRAND CENTRAL PUB.

Whose Broad Stripes and Bright Stars: The Trivial Pursuit of the Presidency, 1988

Two veteran political observers recount and analyze the twists and turns that categorized the 1992 presidential campaign, analyzing the primaries, debates, conventions, and changing political climate. 60,000 first printing.

Mad As Hell: Revolt at the Ballot Box, 1992

Finally in paperback, here is the acclaimed bestseller hailed a fascinating tour de force of campaign reporting that should be one of the most widely read accounts of the 1988 race for the White House (Washington Post)--written by America's premier campaign journalists.

Whose Broad Stripes & Bright Stars: The Trivial Pursuit of the Presidency 1988

Random House Value Publishing

Mad As Hell

Discusses the 1980 presidential election, examining campaign strategies and masterminds, political maneuvers, sophisticated media technology, primaries, issues and platforms, and more

Blue Smoke and Mirrors

Viking Adult

For more than forty years, Jack Germond has been covering politics for Gannett newspapers, the Washington Star, and the Baltimore Sun, and talking politics on the Today show, The McLaughlin Group, and Inside Washington. Now, in Fat Man Fed Up, Germond confronts the most critical issues raised by our election process and offers a scathing but wry polemic about what’s wrong with American politics. Is there any connection between what happens in campaigns and what happens in government? And if not, where does the blame for the discontent lie? Was Tocqueville right? Do we get the leaders we deserve? Indeed, according to Germond, the politicians aren’t the only ones to blame, or even the chief culprits. He describes how he and his colleagues in the news media have been guilty of dumbing-down the political process–and how the voters are too apathetic to demand better coverage and better results. Instead, they simply turn away and too often end up enduring third-rate presidents. This no-sacred-cows manifesto faces the problems many are reluctant to address: • Polls and how they are used and abused by politicians and press to mislead gullible voters. • The critical failure of the press to accurately portray figures in the political realm, from Eugene McCarthy to Barbara Bush to Al Sharpton. • How the complaints about liberal bias in the press miss the real point: whether that bias, if it exists, colors the way editors and reporters work. • The staggering influence of television, and the networks’ inability to provide anything but the most simplistic coverage of politics. • The “big lie” school of campaigning. From “Where’s the beef?” to “compassionate conservatism,” the politics of empty slogans has always placed noise above nuance: Say anything loudly enough and long enough, and voters are bound to mistake it for the truth. Along the way, Germond illustrates his arguments by drawing from his war chest of priceless anecdotes from decades in the business. With his inimitable combination of incisive journalism and sardonic and witty straight talk, Germond guides us through the fog created by candidates and the media. In this timely, outrageous, and compulsively readable book, no one is let off the hook. Fat Man Fed Up is a bracing look at how we never seem to get the truth about the people we’re electing.

Fat Man Fed Up: How American Politics Went Bad

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

Harry Fletcher can't for the life of him figure out what exactly the 'nugget' of information his colleague, Eddie Concannon, uncovered prior to his death is. Picking his way along the threads of information, Harry soon finds himself at odds with government officials and his own newspaper seems to be involved in the collusion. Join Harry as he deciphers the clues and enjoy a journey into the world of investigative reporting set against a colorful back drop of characters and locations.

A Small Story for Page 3

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

MuseItUp Publishing

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