Overview

Look Mom-I'm a Congressman! Takes you behind the scenes on what really happens after a guy wins election to the Big Show. Unlike most of his fellow conservative Republican colleagues, Rogan didn't spring from trust funds, prep schools, and inherited connections. He was the illegitimate son of a convicted felon--single mother who raised her four kids on welfare and food stamps; our future congressman grew up hanging out with street toughs: he hot-wired cars, smoked pot, was expelled from high school-and never graduated. Later, he scrapped his way through college and law school by working as a bartender in Hollywood strip clubs and a Hells Angels biker dive, and as a bouncer in a Los Angeles porn theater. How's that for a congressional pedigree? If you want to indulge your political curiosity with an entertaining and refreshing insight into life under the dome, then fasten your safety belt, keep your arms and legs inside the vehicle at all times, and get ready for an outrageously fun crash-car ride behind the veil of power. Rogan will show you how a high school dropout from a badass neighborhood adapted to the Congress of the United States, and how he made Congress adapt to him. Enough said-go buy this book!

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"""Rogan writes like a P.J. O'Rourke with a Capra-esque streak."" - Publisher's WeeklyRogan's writing is ""filled with outrageous stories, rare candor, and downright fun,"" and it is among ""today's best nonfiction."" - Readers Digest""Jim Rogan's story is really the story of America."" - President Gerald R. Ford""When I think of Jim Rogan, I think about one of the finest public servants I have ever known. I think about honor, decency, and integrity."" - President George H. W. Bush"

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James Rogan is a former U.S. congressman; he is a retired law professor, gang murder prosecutor in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office, and judge of the California Superior Court. As a freshman member of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, his colleagues chose him to help lead the prosecution team in the impeachment and trial of President Bill Clinton. He and his wife Christine share their home with Daisy the 85-pound lab, and with Polly-Pie the formerly feral cat. For more information, visit www.jamesrogan.org.

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