03299cam a2200361 4500 500549282 TxAuBib 20210421120000.0 201005s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020045308 9781250238443 $29.99 1250238447 $29.99 TxAuBib Boehner, John, 1949- On the House : a Washington Memoir / John Boehner, former Speaker of the House of Representatives. First edition. 2021. xvi, 266 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm. The art of (real) power -- Cheaper by the dozen -- Smoke-filled rooms -- Gerry, Jerry, and me -- Bull balls and bailouts -- Mayor of Crazytown -- Deep state delusions -- Alligators, not enemies -- America, from inside and out -- Epilogue: Into the sunset. Former Speaker of the House John Boehner shares colorful tales from the halls of power, the smoke-filled rooms around the halls of power, and his fabled tour bus. John Boehner is the last of a breed. At a time when the arbiters of American culture were obsessing over organic kale, cold-pressed juice, and SoulCycle, the man who stood second in line to the presidency was unapologetically smoking Camels, quaffing a glass of red, and hitting the golf course whenever he could. There could hardly have been a more diametrically opposed figure to represent the opposition party in President Barack Obama's Washington. But when Boehner announced his resignation, President Obama called to tell the outgoing Speaker that he'd miss him. "Mr. President," Boehner replied, "yes you will." He thought of himself as a "regular guy with a big job," and he enjoyed it. In addition to his own stories of life in the swamp city and of his comeback after getting knocked off the leadership ladder, Boehner offers his impressions of leaders he's met and what made them successes or failures, from Ford and reagan to Obama, Trump, and Biden. He shares his views on how the Republican Party has become unrecognizable today; the advice—some harsh, some fatherly—he dished out to members of his own party, the opposition, the media, and others; and his often acid-tongued comments about his former colleagues. And of course he talks about golfing with five presidents. Through Speaker Boehner's honest and self-aware reflections, you'll be reminded of a time when the adults were firmly in charge. The former Speaker of the House shares candid tales from Washington, D.C.'s halls of power, offering insight into America's Republican Party and the leadership successes and failures of presidents from the past half century. 20210421. Boehner, John, 1949- United States Congress House Speakers Biography. United States Congress House History 20th century. United States. Congress. House Biography. Biography & Autobiography. Politics. Legislators United States Biography. United States Politics and government 1989- Ohio Biography. http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=89&titleID=5716259