The Wicked Wine of Democracy: A Memoir of a Political Junkie, 1948-1995

Author:   Joseph S. Miller
Publisher:   University of Washington Press
ISBN:  

9780295992327


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   27 November 2012
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Joseph S. Miller
Publisher:   University of Washington Press
Imprint:   University of Washington Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9780295992327


ISBN 10:   0295992328
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   27 November 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Foreword / Shelby Scates Preface Acknowledgments 1. A Political Junkie 2. Something Special - Dick Neuberger 3. Maggie and the Tiger 4. Frosty 5. Prox 6. Winning Big 7. Revenge in Kentucky 8. Hawaiian Odysseys 9. A State That Time Forgot 10. Outside on the Inside 11. The Campaign and Aftermath 12. A Lobbyist Is a Lobbyist Is a Lobbyist 13. No Vestal Virgin in the Whorehouse 14. The Spotted Owl and Other Varmints 15. Mike's ""Fish Bowl"" 16. Pirates of Pork 17. Strike! Strike! Strike! 18. Battle of the ""Black Hats"" 19. The Wicked Wine of the Democratic Process 20. Reflections A Word about Sources Index"

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The Wicked Wine of Democracy hums along like a Shiraz-warmed conversation at the dinner table. Seattle Times


'Smiling Joe' Miller's fascinating story is vividly and candidly recounted in his memoir ... packed full of fascinating political anecdotes as well as public policy discussion. Students of Northwest political history, in particular, won't want to pass up what 'may be the most relevant look at American politics in the last half of the twentieth century that you will ever read.'. Blue Oregon The Wicked Wine of Democracy hums along like a Shiraz-warmed conversation at the dinner table. Seattle Times In this campaign season, [Miller's] book is an entertaining reminder that while political policies and philosophies matter, so do personalities, backroom arm-bending, and that wicked wine. Bellingham Herald Joe Miller has spared no one, including himself. He played the game long and devotedly, did it with good intentions, and has earned his reputation as a good man. Crosscut.com [Miller's] comments on money remind us both of the pervasiveness of the fat envelope in American political history, and that, while the process is now less crude, the denominations are a lot larger. About the role of money in politics, Miller concludes, 'Does it work? Almost always. What is different these days is the aggressive way that money is pursued, by both sides. Oregon Historical Quarterly


'Smiling Joe' Miller's fascinating story is vividly and candidly recounted in his memoir... packed full of fascinating political anecdotes as well as public policy discussion. Students of Northwest political history, in particular, won't want to pass up what 'may be the most relevant look at American politics in the last half of the twentieth century that you will ever read.'. Blue Oregon The Wicked Wine of Democracy hums along like a Shiraz-warmed conversation at the dinner table. Seattle Times In this campaign season, [Miller's] book is an entertaining reminder that while political policies and philosophies matter, so do personalities, backroom arm-bending, and that wicked wine. Bellingham Herald Joe Miller has spared no one, including himself. He played the game long and devotedly, did it with good intentions, and has earned his reputation as a good man. Crosscut.com [Miller's] comments on money remind us both of the pervasiveness of the fat envelope in American political history, and that, while the process is now less crude, the denominations are a lot larger. About the role of money in politics, Miller concludes, 'Does it work? Almost always. What is different these days is the aggressive way that money is pursued, by both sides. Oregon Historical Quarterly


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Joseph S. Miller is a retired lobbyist living in Washington, D.C. Miller wrote and edited for the Lewiston Morning Tribune, Boise Daily Statesman, Oregon Journal, and Seattle Post-Intelligencer before beginning his career as a media consultant for political campaigns and a lobbyist for a variety of unions and associations.

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