Steven Dennis
@Bloomberg Senate reporter. Previously covered the White House, House and Senate for CQ & Roll Call. Opinions mine. Email sdennis17@bloomberg.net
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by John F. Clark, Cookie Miller VanSice·You?
by John F. Clark, Cookie Miller VanSice·You?
When congressional aide John F. Clark met his future boss, South Carolina Congressman John Jenrette, in 1975, he was awestruck. Jenrette seemed to be everything Clark was looking for in a leader. With intense charisma and uncanny knowledge of how Washington worked, Jenrette seemed poised to lead a New South and destroy the common stereotype of white southerners as narrow-minded racists. Jenrette was indeed all the things Clark hoped him to be. He advocated for African Americans in an era when his political opponent insultingly sent a truckload of watermelons to a prominent black leader’s home. Jenrette became an enlightened champion of civil rights for both racial minorities and women. Then, everything changed. Jenrette may have been a political success story, but his personal failings were too big and too politically precarious to hide. Capitol Steps and Missteps gives you a front-row seat to Jenrette’s eventual fall from power and the political scandal that set it all into motion. Wife Rita fueled flames by posing nude in Playboy, revealing a sexual tryst on the Capitol steps, and ridiculing South Carolinians and Washingtonians. Jenrette’s career seemed ruined, but he still had a chance for redemption…
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“@JohnFetterman Fun fact: Battlefield Earth is Mitt Romney's favorite book. (And a much better book than that tripe of a movie).” (from X)
by L. Ron Hubbard·You?
by L. Ron Hubbard·You?
New York Times Bestseller: Battlefield Earth (1st edition Hard Cover), Rare Collector's Edition Condition: Mint 1982 Printing 30 years before Adam Driver played villain Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the classic conflict of good vs. evil, the world of science fiction books would change forever with Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard. A thousand years in the future, an alien invasion has overrun our planet, and the human race has become an endangered species. Now, all that stands between mankind and total extinction is Jonnie Goodboy Tyler—the courageous young warrior determined to rally the scattered tribes of his species to take the fight to the ruthless conquerors. Can one young man triumph over a towering evil and change the course of history? Find out in Battlefield Earth — the novel that changed the shape of science fiction. “Battlefield Earth is a terrific story! The carefully underplayed comedy I found delicious. A masterpiece.” —Robert A. Heinlein “Tight plotting, furious action and have at'em entertainment.” —Kirkus Review “Among the top 3 English Language Novels of the Twentieth Century” —Random House Modern Readers Poll