Famous for his deadpan humor, New York Times bestselling author Senator Bob Dole here brings us his favorite witticisms and hilarious remarks of this country's commanders in chief. Great Presidential Wit collects the former senator's favorite funny stories and remarks by and about American presidents -- from George Washington to George W. Bush. Senator Dole tackles the assignment of ranking the presidents from the funniest (Abraham Lincoln) to the least funny (Millard Fillmore), and everyone in between. With chapters cleverly organized according to the senator's own opinions -- from A Class by…mehr
Famous for his deadpan humor, New York Times bestselling author Senator Bob Dole here brings us his favorite witticisms and hilarious remarks of this country's commanders in chief. Great Presidential Wit collects the former senator's favorite funny stories and remarks by and about American presidents -- from George Washington to George W. Bush. Senator Dole tackles the assignment of ranking the presidents from the funniest (Abraham Lincoln) to the least funny (Millard Fillmore), and everyone in between. With chapters cleverly organized according to the senator's own opinions -- from A Class by Themselves (Lincoln, Reagan, the Roosevelts) and Yankee Wits (Coolidge, Kennedy) to The Joke's on Them (Taylor, Harding, Van Buren, Buchanan, the Harrisons, Pierce, Fillmore) -- Great Presidential Wit is the perfect antidote to the long political season and a patriotic reminder that our leaders are human and often witty and amusing.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Bob Dole was the longest-serving Republican leader in Senate history. In 1976, he was the Republican nominee for vice president, and then in 1996, he was Republican nominee for president. He served as the chairman of the World War II Memorial campaign and as chairman of the International Commission on Missing Persons in the Former Yugoslavia. Wounded in World War II, Dole was awarded two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star, and in 2018 he was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. He passed away in 2021 at the age of ninety-eight.
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CONTENTS Introduction: Backbones and Funny Bones A CLASS BY THEMSELVES 1. Abraham Lincoln 2. Ronald Reagan 3. Franklin D. Roosevelt 4. Theodore Roosevelt YANKEE WITS 5. Calvin Coolidge 6. John F. Kennedy PLAIN SPEAKER, TALL TALES, AND A POKER FACE 7. Harry Truman 8. Lyndon B. Johnson 9. Herbert Hoover CLASSROOM HUMORISTS 10. Woodrow Wilson 11. James Garfield FUNNIER THAN THE AVERAGE PRESIDENT 12. George Bush 13. William Howard Taft 14. John Adams 15. George Washington 16. Thomas Jefferson 17. Bill Clinton AND YOU ALWAYS THOUGHT THEY WERE DULL 18. Dwight Eisenhower 19. Gerald Ford 20. Rutherford B. Hayes 21. William McKinley 22. Jimmy Carter STICK-IN-THE-MUD 23. Ulysses Grant 24. James Monroe 25. Richard Nixon 26. John Tyler 27. Andrew Jackson 28. Chester Arthur 29. John Quincy Adams 30. Andrew Johnson 31. James Madison 32. Grover Cleveland 33. James K. Polk THE JOKE'S ON THEM 34. Zachary Taylor 35. Warren G. Harding 36. Martin Van Buren 37. James Buchanan 38. William Henry Harrison 39. Franklin Pierce 40. Benjamin Harrison 41. Millard Fillmore WAITING IN THE WINGS George W. Bush Al Gore
CONTENTS Introduction: Backbones and Funny Bones A CLASS BY THEMSELVES 1. Abraham Lincoln 2. Ronald Reagan 3. Franklin D. Roosevelt 4. Theodore Roosevelt YANKEE WITS 5. Calvin Coolidge 6. John F. Kennedy PLAIN SPEAKER, TALL TALES, AND A POKER FACE 7. Harry Truman 8. Lyndon B. Johnson 9. Herbert Hoover CLASSROOM HUMORISTS 10. Woodrow Wilson 11. James Garfield FUNNIER THAN THE AVERAGE PRESIDENT 12. George Bush 13. William Howard Taft 14. John Adams 15. George Washington 16. Thomas Jefferson 17. Bill Clinton AND YOU ALWAYS THOUGHT THEY WERE DULL 18. Dwight Eisenhower 19. Gerald Ford 20. Rutherford B. Hayes 21. William McKinley 22. Jimmy Carter STICK-IN-THE-MUD 23. Ulysses Grant 24. James Monroe 25. Richard Nixon 26. John Tyler 27. Andrew Jackson 28. Chester Arthur 29. John Quincy Adams 30. Andrew Johnson 31. James Madison 32. Grover Cleveland 33. James K. Polk THE JOKE'S ON THEM 34. Zachary Taylor 35. Warren G. Harding 36. Martin Van Buren 37. James Buchanan 38. William Henry Harrison 39. Franklin Pierce 40. Benjamin Harrison 41. Millard Fillmore WAITING IN THE WINGS George W. Bush Al Gore
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