Bob Schieffer's America

by Schieffer, Bob

• ISBN13: 9780425229583
• ISBN10: 0425229580
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-06
• Publisher: Berkley Trade

Summary

With his critically acclaimed bestselling memoir, This Just In, Bob Schieffer proved himself a natural storyteller, a gifted writer able to capture current affairs and television news-and himself-with remarkable wit and insight. It is a gift he has also been able to bring to his award-winning commentaries for Face the Nation. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Bob Schieffer has been covering news for more than fifty years. He worked at his hometown newspaper, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, before joining CBS News, where he has been one of very few correspondents who have covered all four major Washington beats. A member of the Broadcasting Hall of Fame, he was named a Living Legend by the Library of Congress in 2008.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xvii
How Washington Works-and Doesn't	p. 1
Big Shots	p. 4
Victory Over What?	p. 6
Slow and Bluesy	p. 7
Get Out the Shovel	p. 8
Dogs and Cats	p. 9
Tractor Man	p. 11
Park Service Follies	p. 12
The "F" Word	p. 13
An Unusual Man	p. 15
The English Language Debate	p. 16
Fighting Government Waste: An Act of Terrorism?	p. 17
A Government That Can't Remember Anything	p. 18
Lost Lessons from Vietnam and Watergate	p. 20
The Weirdest Week Ever?	p. 21
When Defeat Is Not a Victory	p. 23
Nothing Doing in Congress	p. 24
Vote For...Never Mind	p. 27
McDonald's for President	p. 31
Debating Debates	p. 32
Just a Dream	p. 33
My Exploratory Committee	p. 35
My Friends, It Is with a Heavy Heart ...	p. 36
The Industry of Politics	p. 37
Geeks and Snolly-Gusters	p. 38
The Joy of Voting	p. 39
While Waiting for a President	p. 41
What Was That Again?	p. 42
Campaign Commercials	p. 43
Presidential Predictions	p. 45
Campaign Ads and Brain Waves	p. 46
Axes, Pancakes and Big Rigs ... Oh My!	p. 47
The Best Politicians Money can Buy	p. 49
Calling Mr. Jefferson	p. 53
A Simple Plan	p. 54
Sam Houston	p. 55
Needed: A Twelve-Step Program	p. 56
All Things to All People	p. 57
The Washington Aquarium	p. 58
Casting the Line	p. 59
A Real Debate	p. 61
Bad Advice vs. Common Sense	p. 62
The Money Game	p. 63
Hail to the Chief	p. 65
Include Me Out	p. 72
Me, Too	p. 73
Second Inaugurals	p. 74
Role Model?	p. 75
Starstruck	p. 76
Are We There Yet?	p. 78
A History Lesson	p. 79
The Boy Who Shook Hands with JFK	p. 80
One Year On	p. 81
History-Makers Climb Mountains	p. 82
Vacations	p. 83
Reagan's Wit and Optimism	p. 85
Lessons from Ronald Reagan	p. 86
My Favorite Presidential Interview	p. 87
Ford's Clumsiness	p. 88
"If I Were President"	p. 90
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of News	p. 91
The Senior American Official	p. 96
One-Hundred-Year-Old Man	p. 98
Kicking the Tires	p. 101
For Danny Pearl, Who Tried to Get It Right	p. 102
Escapism at the Paris Hilton	p. 106
No Bribe Left Behind	p. 107
Getting the Story	p. 108
Practicing What We Preach in Iraq	p. 109
Sometimes, Good Things Happen	p. 111
A Case for Newspapers	p. 112
We Didn't Get the Paris Interview	p. 113
War and Peace	p. 115
Pitching In	p. 121
A Death in the Family	p. 122
Our Policy and Our Aim	p. 123
Service	p. 124
Ben Hua	p. 125
Bob Kerrey's Story	p. 126
An Uneasy Feeling	p. 127
Duct Tape and Tax Cuts	p. 129
The Spin on War	p. 130
War Reporters	p. 131
What Comes Next	p. 133
Going It Alone	p. 134
Honesty Still the Best Policy	p. 135
"No Excuse, Sir" Is the Only Answer	p. 136
Sharing the Sacrifice	p. 137
More Than Lip Service	p. 138
Is Baghdad Too Hot for Iraqi Leaders?	p. 139
Asking the Right Questions About Iraq	p. 140
A Tragedy Waiting to Happen	p. 142
Do We No Longer Practice What We Preach?	p. 143
Seasons	p. 145
The Christmas Story	p. 149
Not-So-Happy Holidays	p. 150
Valentine's Day	p. 151
The Man Who Forgot Valentine	p. 152
Friends Like These	p. 153
Mother's Day	p. 154
What Is There to Say About Moms?	p. 155
Graduation Day	p. 156
Code of Honor	p. 158
"Dad, Please Just Act Normal"	p. 159
The Name of the Day	p. 160
Present at the Beginning	p. 161
Checks and Balances	p. 162
Saying Thanks for Thanksgiving	p. 163
And Speaking of Food ...	p. 164
Who We Are	p. 165
Trailer Trash	p. 169
Sophistries	p. 170
Talk to Your Kids	p. 171
O.J. and D.C.	p. 172
The Hit Parade	p. 174
Common Sense	p. 175
The Baseball Lesson	p. 177
A Century's Work	p. 178
The Nation Faces Us	p. 179
Good Schools	p. 180
Vouchers	p. 181
Listening in the Dark	p. 183
Unreality	p. 184
To Know More	p. 185
The Scandal and the Church	p. 186
The Ten Commandments	p. 187
In English Only?	p. 188
Barry Bonds Is No Hero	p. 189
A Very Bad Habit	p. 191
The Sunset of Life	p. 193
We Are All Broken	p. 194
Human Interests	p. 197
No Police	p. 201
Good News	p. 202
Online and Off	p. 203
Working the Phones	p. 204
A Real Snake	p. 205
Everyone Cheered	p. 206
Top Dog	p. 207
Coping with the Cell Phone Culture	p. 208
Talking the Talk	p. 209
Just Call on Me	p. 210
Staying in Touch Too Much	p. 212
Sorry, Andy	p. 213
The Lives We Led	p. 215
The Obits	p. 218
Angel Wallenda	p. 219
Scott Lewis	p. 220
Diana	p. 221
James Michener	p. 222
Dave Powers	p. 223
Madeline Kahn	p. 224
Russell Long	p. 225
Johnny Cash	p. 226
Eddie Adams	p. 227
Pope John Paul II	p. 228
Peter Jennings	p. 229
Paul Tibbets	p. 230
William F. Buckley	p. 231
The Unthinkable	p. 233
A Grayness Within Grayness	p. 237
Oklahoma City	p. 239
A Very Small Place	p. 240
Falling to Earth	p. 241
9/11	p. 242
Aftermath	p. 243
The Origins of Hatred	p. 245
Proud to Be Americans	p. 246
Daily Reminders	p. 247
Government Failed the People	p. 248
9/11 and Hurricane Katrina	p. 249
A Nation's Concept of Itself	p. 251
Flood-Level Hypocrisy	p. 252
Feeling Abandoned in New Orleans	p. 253
At FEMA, Your IQ Must Be Below This Line	p. 254
Our Finest Hour	p. 255
Heroes	p. 257
FDR	p. 261
Eugene Lang	p. 262
John Glenn	p. 263
Hamilton Jordan	p. 264
Bill Proxmire	p. 265
Martin Luther King Jr.	p. 266
Afterword	p. 269
Postscript: An Election to Remember	p. 277
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