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Author | : Roy Herron |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 9781572331020 |
Almost 175 years ago, Congressman Davy Crockett encountered a Massachusetts colleague in Washington. The New Englander, pointing to a farmer driving some mules along Pennsylvania Avenue, quipped: "Hello, there, Crockett, here's a lot of your constituents on parade. Where are they going?" The Tennessee frontiersman shot back, "They are going to Massachusetts to teach school." Ever since Crockett's day, Volunteer State politicians have used humor to deflate their rivals, garner votes, and keep the public amused. Often the public has laughed at them--sometimes even when they were not telling jokes. This book, the first of its kind for Tennessee, offers a broad sampling of that wonderful comic lore, enriched over the years by Democrats and Republicans alike. The stories range from extended anecdotes and tall tales to one-line "zingers." Local politics, statewide races, judicial decisions, and Capitol Hill maneuverings are all covered. Occasionally, names have been changed to protect the guilty, but more times than not, real names are used: Howard Baker, Al Gore (Senior and Junior), Estes Kefauver, and Lamar Alexander are just a few of the pols who cross these pages. There are many books about politics, but few books reveal, much less revel in, what makes politics and public service lively and fun. Tennessee Political Humor is a delightful exception--a book that invites us not just to read the stories but to tell them out loud. The Authors: Roy Herron, an attorney from Dresden, Tennessee, serves in the Tennessee Senate. He is the author of Things Held Dear: Soul Stories for My Sons. L. H. "Cotton" Ivy, who lives in Decaturville, Tennessee, has served in the Tennessee House of Representatives and was commissioner of agriculture under Gov. Ned McWherter.
Author | : S. Robert Lichter |
Publisher | : Westview Press |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2014-07-22 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0813347173 |
This book explores the effect late night political humor has on politicians, agenda-setting, policies, and our political behavior.
Author | : Robert D. Patton |
Publisher | : Ideas Into Books Westview |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2011-05-01 |
Genre | : Legislators |
ISBN | : 9781935271895 |
"In these times of hyper-partisanship and divisive media it is easy to forget that the faces shouting at us on the screen belong to human beings just like us. With both humor and an understanding born of his years of experience in Tennessee state and local politics, Bob Patton's book reminds us of the human side of politics and government. It comes to us just in time." P. Joe Corso, Ph.D., East Tennessee State University Political Science Department
Author | : Trae Crowder |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2017-10-10 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 1501160400 |
"The Liberal Rednecks--a three-man stand-up comedy group doing scathing political satire--celebrate all that's good about the South while leading the Redneck Revolution and standing proudly blue in a sea of red. Smart, hilarious, and incisive, the Liberal Rednecks confront outdated traditions and intolerant attitudes, tackling everything people think they know about the South--the good, the bad, the glorious, and the shameful--in a laugh-out-loud funny and lively manifesto for the rise of a New South. Home to some of the best music, athletes, soldiers, whiskey, waffles, and weather the country has to offer, the South has also been bathing in backward bathroom bills and other bigoted legislation that Trae Crowder has targeted in his Liberal Redneck videos, which have gone viral with over 50 million views. Perfect for fans of Stuff White People Like and I Am America (And So Can You), The Liberal Redneck Manifesto skewers political and religious hypocrisies in witty stories and hilarious graphics--such as the Ten Commandments of the New South--and much more! While celebrating the South as one of the richest sources of American culture, this entertaining book issues a wake-up call and a reminder that the South's problems and dreams aren't that far off from the rest of America's"--
Author | : John S Crandall |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2011-06-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781613644133 |
A very candid account of the Author's views on American Justice and Politics. One of the Books of the Year from our Publishing House. This book is very readable, and counterposes a personal Memoir of living Primitive in the Hills of Tennessee with a very erudite and incisive discussion of the U.S. Political Scene. This is a commentary from the Mind if an Academic on involuntary sabbatical. The questions of Life, Wealth, Poverty, Just Government, and how this Country really works are addressed simply and irreverently, but intelligently as well. Stupid White Men and similar Books had bettered look out because Mr. Crandall has something to say.
Author | : David Maraniss |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Legislators |
ISBN | : 0743204115 |
Author | : James D. Squires |
Publisher | : Vanderbilt University Press |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2013-03-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0826519253 |
"A sometimes eye-goggling history of political corruption in one corner of the postwar South. . . . [Squires'] grandfather was a sheriff's deputy who carried a gun and a clenched fist, a man . . . [who] was also, Squires relates, one of the muscle men behind a vicious cabal of power brokers headed by one Boss Crump. . . . That machine involved, for a time, much of Nashville's leading citizenry. It engineered elections, stole votes, organized lynch mobs, ran an illegal gambling empire, and in the 1950s, when it appeared that the traditional Democratic Party was going soft on civil rights, brokered the advent of Republicanism in one corner of the South." —Kirkus Reviews "His richly textured narrative charts the Nashville machine's rupture with the state's top political boss, Edward Crump of Memphis, and traces the sweeping reforms that shattered rural white control of the state legislature. Squires dramatically reenacts the downfall of Nashville lawyer Tommy Osborn, convicted of jury tampering in 1964 after defending Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa. He follows Nashville's transformation into a crucible of the civil rights movement in this stirring chronicle of the South's coming-of-age." —Publishers Weekly
Author | : Jody C. Baumgartner |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 718 |
Release | : 2019-10-07 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1440854866 |
This two-volume set surveys the profound impact of political humor and satire on American culture and politics over the years, paying special attention to the explosion of political humor in today's wide-ranging and turbulent media environment. Historically, there has been a tendency to regard political satire and humor as a sideshow to the wider world of American politics—entertaining and sometimes insightful, but ultimately only of modest interest to students and others surveying the trajectory of American politics and culture. This set documents just how mistaken that assumption is. By examining political humor and satire throughout US history, these volumes not only illustrate how expressions of political satire and humor reflect changes in American attitudes about presidents, parties, and issues but also how satirists, comedians, cartoonists, and filmmakers have helped to shape popular attitudes about landmark historical events, major American institutions and movements, and the nation's political leaders and cultural giants. Finally, this work examines how today's brand of political humor may be more influential than ever before in shaping American attitudes about the nation in which we live.
Author | : Bob Clement |
Publisher | : Archway Publishing |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2016-10-20 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1480834459 |
From a colorful youth growing up in the governors mansion, to a distinguished military career, and seeing firsthand the politics of world events during the second half of the twentieth century, Presidents, Kings, and Convicts tells the story of Congressman Bob Clements multifaceted life, and it reveals many previously untold stories about famous people. This memoir narrates the shaping of his life as a moderate Democrat growing up in the south in the 1950s; it shares how Clement had a front-row seat to some of Americas most significant events since World War II; it provides insights on the current crisis situations taking place in the Middle East and around the world; and it addresses the dysfunction and lack of bipartisanship among the nations political leaders, as well as offers solutions for getting the country back on track. Presidents, Kings, and Convicts provides entertaining and captivating behind-the-scenes accounts of some of Clements most memorable events and the people who shaped them. From personal stories of country music stars and other notable Americans, to the bipartisan meeting with the exiled king of Afghanistan and leaders of the Northern Alliance at the kings home outside Rome, Italy, Clement offers insight into his event-filled life and his storied political journey.
Author | : Al Franken |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2004-09-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0141018429 |
The dramatic rise and dizzying fall of Al Franken, the first Jewish president of the United States. From the first days of the Franken campaign as the candidate pledges 'to walk the state of New Hampshire, diagonally and then from side to side' as Al, aided by his covering sex addict and alcoholic deputy campaign manager, stuns the pundits by defeating Al Gore for the democratic nomination, then is swept into office carrying all fifty states. But from that moment of triumph it's downhill all the way...