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From a high speechwriter to Leader George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld, this can be the most deliciously candid memoir ever before written about public Washington—a laugh-out-loud cri de coeur that presents what can occur to idealism in a town influenced by self-interest.
Despite being brought up by reliably liberal parents, Matt Latimer is, from an early on get older, lured by the upbeat topics of the Reagan Revolution and, in the custom of Mary Tyler Moore, sets off from the Midwest for the big city, established to "make it in the end." In Matt's glory-filled daydreams, he will champion smaller federal and increased self-sufficiency, lower fees and stronger protection—and, by the force of his vibrant enthusiasm, eradicate do-nothing boondoggleism and lead America to new heights of greatness.
But first he has to find employment.
Like an inside-the-Beltway Dante, Matt chronicles his descent into Washington, D.C., hell, as he snares some progressively lofty—but unsatisfying—jobs with powerful numbers on Capitol Hill. One boss can't remember basic facts. Another seems to cover from his own personnel, barricading himself in his office. When Fate offers Matt employment as key speechwriter for Secretary of Protection Donald Rumsfeld and Matt sees he actually admires the person (producing his liberal friends to shake their minds in dismay), his vibrant passion is renewed. But Rummy soon becomes a piñata for the press, and the Section of Protection is discovered as alarmingly dysfunctional.
Eventually, Matt lands at the White House, his center aflutter with the hope that, here at last, he is able to fulfill his dream of penning words that will become part of background—and maybe grab some cool souvenirs. But simple fact intrudes once more. More like The Office than The West Wing, the nation's most storied workplace is a place where the staffers who run the united states are in way over their minds, and almost everything the public has been advised about the major players—Bush, Cheney, Grain, Rumsfeld, Rove—is incorrect.
Both a exceptional behind-the-scenes accounts that boldly brands the fools and scoundrels, and a poignant lament for the principled conservatism that disappeared during the Bush presidency, Speech-less will forever change the public's view of the nation's capital and the folks who joust daily because of its power.
