Jacob Weisberg Libros

Explores the whole Bush story, distilling all that has been previously written about Bush into a defining portrait and illuminating the fateful choices and key decisions that led George W., and thereby the country, into its current predicament.--From publisher description.

"There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee -- that says, fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again." With signature remarks like these, it's hardly surprising that George W. Bush's malapropisms have become renowned around the world. Editions of Bushisms have become bestsellers in Germany, France, and Italy, and they remain as popular in the United States as ever. Jacob Weisberg, faithful scribe, here presents the best of the latest crop: "There's only one person who hugs the mothers and the widows, the wives and the kids upon the death of their loved one. Others hug but having committed the troops, I've got an additional responsibility to hug and that's me and I know what it's like." "I'm the master of low expectations." "First, let me make it very clear, poor people aren't necessarily killers. Just because you happen to be not rich doesn't mean you're willing to kill."

"They misunderestimated me." Or did they? Judge for yourself. Here are over 100 memorable misstatements by our syntactically challenged president, collected, annotated, and introduced by Slate magazine's Jacob Weisberg. "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream." "We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers." "It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it." "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family." "I do know I'm ready for the job [the presidency]. And if not, that's just the way it goes."

The Bush era has been a special time -- for the deficit (back, and larger than ever), for the countries formerly known as our allies, and for the English language. Here it all is, straight from the horse's, er, mouth.With new Bushisms coming fast and furious in this election season, ace Bushism editor Jacob Weisberg offers a must-read compendium and "explanation" of the first term. Read President Bush's eye-popping description of his economic policy:"See, without the tax relief package, there would have been a deficit, but there wouldn't have been the commiserate -- not 'commiserate' -- the kick to our economy that occurred as a result of the tax relief."Got that? How about this analysis of the weapons proliferation problem, from the man with his finger on the Button:"Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction."Or his belief in the importance of staying connected to us all:" A]s you know, these are open forums, you're able to come and listen to what I have to say.""The Deluxe Edition" also includes reality checks: coherent Bush statements about major issues that bear no relation to the truth."The Deluxe Election-Edition Bushisms" is essential reading for everyone still wondering what the past four years have all been about.

Ronald Reagan byl prezidentem transformace. Po osmi letech ve funkci po sobě zanechal jinou zemi – byla bohatší, ale méně rovná, vůči vládě byla naladěna nepřátelsky a sledovala mírové zakončení více než čtyřicetileté studené války. Tyto změny se zrodily z idejí, kterými se zabýval, když působil ve 40. letech jako hollywoodský herec, jako mluvčí General Electric v 50. letech a jako hlas rodícího se konzervativního hnutí v 60. a 70. letech. I dnes však zůstává Reagan hluboce nepochopen – osobně i politicky – díky konzervativcům, kteří upravují jeho názory tak, aby se hodily jejich ideologii, a díky liberálům, kteří nedokážou ocenit jeho pragmatické a mírotvorné instinkty.