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“A
rollicking, foil-mouthed” [memoir]....Boehner has delivered a classic
Washington “tell-all,” albeit one with his typical jocular style.” --The Washington Post
Former
Speaker of the House John Boehner shares colorful tales from the halls
of power, the smoke-filled rooms around the halls of power, and his
fabled tour bus.
John Boehner is the last of a breed. At a
time when the arbiters of American culture were obsessing over organic
kale, cold-pressed juice, and SoulCycle, the man who stood second in
line to the presidency was unapologetically smoking Camels, quaffing a
glass of red, and hitting the golf course whenever he could.
There
could hardly have been a more diametrically opposed figure to represent
the opposition party in President Barack Obama's Washington. But when
Boehner announced his resignation, President Obama called to tell the
outgoing Speaker that he'd miss him. "Mr. President," Boehner replied,
"yes you will." He thought of himself as a "regular guy with a big job,"
and he enjoyed it.
In addition to his own stories of life in the
swamp city and of his comeback after getting knocked off the leadership
ladder, Boehner offers his impressions of leaders he's met and what
made them successes or failures, from Ford and Reagan to Obama, Trump,
and Biden. He shares his views on how the Republican Party has become
unrecognizable today; the advice--some harsh, some fatherly--he dished
out to members of his own party, the opposition, the media, and others;
and his often acid-tongued comments about his former colleagues. And of
course he talks about golfing with five presidents.
Through Speaker Boehner's honest and self-aware reflections, you'll be reminded of a time when the adults were firmly in charge.
