Too Funny to Be President
Morris "Mo" Udall, Arizona's Democratic congressman for thirty years, was as well known for his sense of humor as for his dedication to environmental causes. And it was during his 1976 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, when he claims he drew more laughter than votes, that...
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Morris "Mo" Udall, Arizona's Democratic congressman for thirty years, was as well known for his sense of humor as for his dedication to environmental causes. And it was during his 1976 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, when he claims he drew more laughter than votes, that James K. Kilpatrick pronounced him "too funny to be president." Udall kept four black notebooks of jokes that he had collected throughout his public life. Some he heard in the courtroom or on the floor of the House; others he found in old speeches and newspaper articles; still others he swiped on the rubber-chicken circuit. This book, a memoir of Udall's career, collects many of those jokes to create a citizen's guide to the lighter side of politics.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780805005936 (0805005935)
Publish date: November 28th 1987
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Pages no: 249
Edition language: English
The late Congressman Morris "Mo" Udall was one of that rare breed: the successful progressive Western politician. He was also noted for his sense of humor. Too Funny to be President is his autobiography, but it's more a collection of Udall's jokes (and of other political humor that he enjoyed over t...
The late Congressman Morris "Mo" Udall was one of that rare breed: the successful progressive Western politician. He was also noted for his sense of humor. Too Funny to be President is his autobiography, but it's more a collection of Udall's jokes (and of other political humor that he enjoyed over t...