Buck Up, Suck Up . . . and Come Back When You Foul Up
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Buck Up, Suck Up . . . and Come Back When You Foul Up by James Carville
The political strategists who directed the Clinton campaign's War Room reveal the lessons and secrets from their hard-fought battles -- and how to use these highly effective strategies for success in business and everyday life.James Carville and Paul Begala have waged political war all across America and on three continents. They've won some of the most spectacular political victories of the twentieth century and lost a few campaigns too. Along the way, they've learned a few lessons. Some sound simple, like Never Quit, some comic, like Kiss Ass, and some are more complicated and nuanced, like Strategy Ain't Tactics. But each lesson contains tried-and-true wisdom, illustrated with colorful stories from long political experience:
- Find out how Carville's mother used a bass boat to frame the debate in
selling encyclopedias.
- Learn the War Room tricks for sharpening your message and delivering the perfect sound bite.
- Discover what success secret Hillary Rodham Clinton and Tom DeLay share.
- And much more.
Whether you are a senior executive or a secretary, a political junkie or the president of the United States, the rules to live by can be found in Buck Up, Suck Up.and Come Back When You Foul Up.
Houston Chronicle Disarmingly entertaining...a breezy, colloquial discussion on what it takes to get ahead. These two very colorful characters are decidedly Democratic ...but their advice is useful no matter what your political inclination may be.
Paul Begala served as the Clinton-Gore campaign's chief strategist in 1992. In the Clinton White House, he worked as a counselor to the president, coordinating policy, politics, and communications. He was a key consultant to the pro-Obama Super PAC that was instrumental in Obama's reelection in 2012. He has written five books, the most recent of which is Is Our Children Learning? Bush; It's Still the Economy, Stupid; Buck Up, Suck Up...and Come Back When You Foul Up (with James Carville); Third Term: Why George W. Bush Fails (with James Carville); Third Term: Why George W. Bush Fails (with James Carville); Third Term: Why George W. Bush Fails (with James Carville); Third Term: Why George
Taking it Back: Our Party, Our Nation, Our Future (with James Carville) and Bush Loves John McCain Begala is a CNN political pundit and a Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Affairs associated professor of public policy. Paul graduated from the University of Texas with a bachelor's degree and a law degree. He and his wife, together with their four sons and a German shepherd, live quietly in Virginia.
(OK, so they don't live in peace.)
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| ISBN 13 | 9780743234481 |
| ISBN 10 | 0743234480 |
| Title | Buck Up, Suck Up . . . and Come Back When You Foul Up |
| Author | James Carville |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2003-12-05 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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