{"product_id":"a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-white-house-humor-blunders-and-other-oddities-from-the-presidential-campaign-trail-hardcover","title":"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House: Humor, Blunders, and Other Oddities from the Presidential Campaign Trail - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Osgood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Osgood, one of America's favorite news personalities, offers a hilarious compendium of anecdotes from the last seventy years of presidential campaigns. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With anecdotes from Harry Truman to JFK to George W. Bush, \u003ci\u003eA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House\u003c\/i\u003e captures the wit and humor of the campaign trail. Culled from speeches, interviews, press conferences, as well as articles written by and about the candidates--no source is left untapped. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From Bob Dole telling reporters after a loss in the primary that \"I slept like a baby--every two hours I woke up and cried,\" and Barry Goldwater's comment that his talkative opponent Hubert Humphreys \"has been clocked at 275 words a minute with gusts up to 340,\" to Adlai Stevenson declaring that \"If I talk over the people's head, Ike must be talking under their feet,\" this is the go-to source for campaign humor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Just when America most needs a good laugh, \u003ci\u003eA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House\u003c\/i\u003e makes the seemingly endless race to the presidency a lot more fun.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Osgood\u003c\/b\u003e writes and anchors \u003ci\u003eThe Osgood File\u003c\/i\u003e four times daily over the CBS radio network and anchors CBS television's \u003ci\u003eSunday Morning\u003c\/i\u003e every week. He is the winner of two Emmys and three Peabody Awards; \u003ci\u003eWashington Journalism Review\u003c\/i\u003e named him Best in the Business five years running; and in 1990 he was inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters' Broadcasting Hall of Fame. He lives in New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8.42 x 5.86 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53191457538355,"sku":"9781401322298","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/V3pYVkFuTkM3Z1lMWjQwWitWL1RyUT09.webp?v=1775044695","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-white-house-humor-blunders-and-other-oddities-from-the-presidential-campaign-trail-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}