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9780743203920

Great Presidential Wit : A Collection of Humorous Anecdotes and Quotations

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  • ISBN13:

    9780743203920

  • ISBN10:

    0743203925

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-01-20
  • Publisher: Scribner

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Summary

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.

Referring to his own run for the presidency, Senator Dole writ

Author Biography

Senator Bob Dole was the longest-serving Republican leader in Senate history. He was also the 1976 Republican nominee for vice president and the 1996 Republican nominee for president. He is currently serving 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, Senator Dole was awarded two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star. He is married to Elizabeth Hanford Dole and lives in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Backbones and Funny Bones 11(18)
A Class by Themselves
Abraham Lincoln
29(13)
Ronald Reagan
42(6)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
48(7)
Theodore Roosevelt
55(10)
Yankee Wits
Calvin Coolidge
65(12)
John F. Kennedy
77(8)
Plain Speaker, Tall Tales, and a Poker Face
Harry Truman
85(4)
Lyndon B. Johnson
89(12)
Herbert Hoover
101(10)
Classroom Humorists
Woodrow Wilson
111(10)
James Garfield
121(8)
Funnier Than the Average President
George Bush
129(2)
William Howard Taft
131(5)
John Adams
136(6)
George Washington
142(8)
Thomas Jefferson
150(3)
Bill Clinton
153(6)
And You Always Thought They Were Dull
Dwight Eisenhower
159(6)
Gerald Ford
165(4)
Rutherford B. Hayes
169(2)
William McKinley
171(5)
Jimmy Carter
176(3)
Stick-in-The-Mud
Ulysses Grant
179(3)
James Monroe
182(4)
Richard Nixon
186(3)
John Tyler
189(2)
Andrew Jackson
191(3)
Chester Arthur
194(1)
John Quincy Adams
195(7)
Andrew Johnson
202(1)
James Madison
202(2)
Grover Cleveland
204(2)
James K. Polk
206(3)
The Joke's on Them
Zachary Taylor
209(2)
Warren G. Harding
211(3)
Martin Van Buren
214(3)
James Buchanan
217(5)
William Henry Harrison
222(1)
Franklin Pierce
223(2)
Benjamin Harrison
225(4)
Millard Fillmore
229(4)
Waiting in the Wings
George W. Bush
233(4)
Al Gore
237

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