Idiots in Charge Lies, Trick, Misdeeds, and Other Political Untruthiness

by Gregory, Leland

• ISBN13: 9780740769702
• ISBN10: 0740769707
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-08-01
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Summary

Nothing is more important in the face of a war than cutting taxes." --Tom DeLay, America's Community Bankers meeting, March 12, 2003* After revealing absurd 911 phone calls and America's dumbest criminal antics, formerSaturday Night Livewriter Leland Gregory skewers political pandering and pen-pushing philosophizing.Leland Gregory generates the best laughs by exposing the worst of human nature. InsideIdiots in Charge: Lies, Trick, Misdeeds, and Other Political UntruthinessGregory offers more than 250 accounts of bumbling bureaucrats on both sides of political party lines:* David Spellman became mayor of Black Hawk, Colo., on July 12, 2006, a week after pleading guilty to felony menacing and third-degree assault for pistol-whipping his wife with a handgun and firing three shots in 2005.* County officials in Vermillion, Ind., were told by state homeland security officials in July 2006 to stop using the special emergency-only highway message boards to advertise their charity fish fries and spaghetti dinners.* District 1 Town Councilor David Watson resigned from his position as council vice chairman on January 23, 2007, after unintentionally forwarding an e-mail to 18 members of the New Elementary School Building Committee. The e-mail contained nine embedded images of topless women under the heading "This Is National Women's Breast Awareness Day." The only other text in the e-mail read, "Beats . . . Martin Luther King Day, doesn't it?"

Author Biography

The jokes, wacky anecdotes, and inane quotes in Leland Gregory’s Stupid-themed anthologies showcase the best of human nature at its worst. Through his Twitter handle of @ChronicStupid, Leland shares headlines, quips, and unbelievable feats of folly culled from print, online, and broadcast media around the globe. He has authored more than a dozen humor titles, including What's the Number for 911? and the New York Times best-sellers Stupid American History and America's Dumbest Criminals.  A tireless promoter, he has made hundreds of radio and television appearances, including multiple appearances on NBC's Today show.