In The Line of Fire, Did This book revealed the true faces of Politicians?
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I read excerpts of the book. He forgot to add that he made it a law no one can run for office in Pakistan unless they have a college degree, and other status symblos.\n\nHe is a dictator. He removed a demcratically elected President to come to power. He arrests political opponets. I don't care how he justifies it.
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count the politicians
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I met the writer of this book just weeks before his death. The book is 100% true.griping !!!!! I had to order it at Barnes + Noble\nTook one week. please get this book,You will not be able to put it down.Title\nNONE CAME HOME
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No.\n\nWhen a politician makes a promise they might at that time honestly want to fulfill that promise, but when in office, find that they have to renege because of certain circumstances they were not aware of.\n\nThis is what elections are for.
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he was honest,\nbut honest politicians will always be failures.
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I do think some people have a point here. Politicians may start out with the best intentions and I think once they are bedded-in, they are called into some sort of secret government society underground as such and told what the "REAL" agenda is and either promised riches to carry them out or told that they will have their nuts chopped off if they don't.
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authors of Presidential elections: Strategies of American electoral politics
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I don't know if I'd call it the 'fun going out of politics'. I think I'd say many of our political figures lack personality. Not that they don't have personalities. I'm sure they do. But they are public figures and they put on a public face.\n\nTheir job depends on whether or not their constituents want them there. Everything they do is under public scrutiny. So they're gonna do their damnedest not to rile any feathers, not to say anything stupid. Because in this era of sound bites and out-of-context quotes, they can easily fall victim to the publics' appetite for controversy and the media's appetite for something that'll keep people watching. \n\nTo add to that, all the profiling and pooling and opinion gathering done by both parties in attempt to figure out that happy medium of issues that will gain them the most votes. A happy medium that they repeat and repeat, because that's what's gonna get them the most votes, not necessarily what they feel most passionately about. \n\nIt'd be nice if politicians acted a little more like themselves. They wouldn't come across nearly as much like talking heads.
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YES I do. As a matter of fact, i do admire HONEST & INTELLIGENT politicians rather than famous and glamorous actors/actresses. I really like their wits and intelligence. I always wanted to be a good leader since I was a child and  I experienced it through friends, family and business. Like politicians, not are 100% deserving to be one and that i may be compared for, i used to make mistakes too.
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The book you are looking for may be "BROTHERHOOD OF ARMS: General Dynamics and the Business of Defending America" Author: Goodwin, Jacob. Published by New York Times Books 1985.  \n\nHere's a description from TomFolio.com: "A thought-provoking book about powerful, ambitious, and strong-willed men; about American big business at its most competitive; about the interesection of economics, politics, international affairs, and national security. . .also it charts the motives--both noble and evil--of the men who arm America. Gets deep into accusations, illegal kickbacks, fraud charges, the corporate headquarters, grand jury hearing rooms, accusations and denials, & much more. "\n\nThere is another book about the scandal called "Running critical : the silent war, Rickover, and General Dynamics" \nAuthor: Tyler, Patrick. Publication: New York : Harper & Row, 1986. \n\nThere is a description of this book at amazon.com.
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I believe they exist.  I'm sure, because I saw George Bush, Sr. when he was Vice President, and Strom Thurmond was with him.\n\nI don't believe politicians tell the truth.  Power corrupts, even the ones who are essentially decent human beings at the beginning.  They have to play the game if they want to make it in politics.  So they learn to compromise and do all sorts of other unethical things.
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Politician, or a PA to some politician
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton Is correct. He is also famous for the Opening "It was a dark and stormy night" He was both an Auther and  politician. You can find many of his Novels online @ http://www.edward-bulwer-lytton.info/
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yes, in order to be a politician, you have to be a great manipulator, but not a liar... in fact, nobody can tell the truth everytime, so what politicians do is to tell the truth in a way that it is convenient. I see nothing wrong with that. Instead of saying "I hate you", they may say "I don't like you very much"
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Yes, based on polling data, civil unrest, interpersonal moods, etc.\n\nSomeone wrote a scholarly work on that, just a few months ago. I don't remember the person's name, but they were interviewed on the Daily Show. The book had a big "J" on the cover, and dealt with the ways to measure the stability of a society, relative to its current political and social climate.
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Do all politicians eruct from Iraq?
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Sen. Webb has wrote excellent books on the Vietnam War. I don't know if they are critically aclaimed tho.And yes I have read them. Fields of Fire is the first book I ever read about Vietnam, it is an awesome book!