The Wicked Wine of Democracy
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The Wicked Wine of Democracy

A Memoir of a Political Junkie, 1948-1995

  1. 280 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Available until 23 Dec |Learn more

The Wicked Wine of Democracy

A Memoir of a Political Junkie, 1948-1995

About this book

The Wicked Wine of Democracy is a frank account by a political operative and practicing lobbyist who in the early 1950s went from being a journalist in Seattle to working on the campaigns of such important political figures as Warren G. Magnuson, Henry "Scoop" Jackson, Frank Church, William Proxmire, and, finally, John F. Kennedy. He was so successful in managing the media for campaigns across the country that in 1957 the Washington Post labeled him "the Democrat's answer to Madison Avenue." After Kennedy's victory, Miller opened a lobbying office on Capitol Hill and took on clients as diverse as the United Steelworkers of America, the Western Forest Industries Association, and the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association. In this always revealing and often humorous memoir, Miller reports on the highlights and backroom conversations from political campaigns, labor negotiations, and lobbying deals to give an honest picture of how politics worked over his forty-year career in the nation's Capitol.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication Page
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword by Shelby Scates
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. 1 - A Political Junkie
  10. 2 - Something Special—Dick Neuberger
  11. 3 - Maggie and the Tiger
  12. 4 - Frosty
  13. 5 - Prox
  14. 6 - Winning Big
  15. 7 - Revenge in Kentucky
  16. 8 - Hawaiian Odysseys
  17. 9 - A State That Time Forgot
  18. 10 - Outside on the Inside
  19. 11 - The Campaign and Aftermath
  20. 12 - A Lobbyist Is a Lobbyist Is a Lobbyist
  21. 13 - No Vestal Virgin in the Whorehouse
  22. 14 - The Spotted Owl and Other Varmints
  23. 15 - Mike's "Fish Bowl"
  24. 16 - Pirates of Pork
  25. 17 - Strike! Strike! Strike!
  26. 18 - Battle of the "Black Hats"
  27. 19 - The Wicked Wine of the Democratic Process
  28. 20 - Reflections
  29. A Word about Sources
  30. Index