Good evening. I am bradley graham, coowner of politics prose along with my wife, with the muscatine and on behalf of the entire staff thank you for coming. Thank you for braving the cold and the ice. Is due to appear at the Washington Post style section decides to run a favorable future about the person in the new book and that of course is what happened today for the congressman steve israel. For those of you that havent read the book yet with me summarize steve and his first attempt at a novel has written a really funny washington parody titled old moron morris the story recounts how the giant counterterrorism apparatus thats focused on the hapless long island pharmaceutical salesman feldstein. But it seems to amaze even steves closest friends is how that turned out and its how he found the time to write it. For one thing it represents a far demanding district new yorks third Congressional District which includes a chunk of long island as well as a small portion of queens. Also havin
Country. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good evening. I am the owner of politics ambroses with my wife on behalf of the entire staff thank you for coming and braving the cold and the ice. Just a few notes. Knowledge is the big time to turn off your cell phones during the talk. When we get to the q a please step up to the microphone because we are recording the event tonight for our purposes and is the spee into booktv is here. And the staff would appreciate it if you could fold up the chairs where you were seated to leave them against something solid lead somewhere. Now for the feature presentation it makes our job here a little easier when on the day and the author is due to appear the Washington Post style section decides to run a big favorable feature about the person and the new book and that is what happened today for congressman steve israel. If you have not read the piece yet let me summarize. You can read the whole thing. [laughter] with his first attempt a
[inaudible conversations] good evening either from politics prose along with my life on behalf of the entire staff thank you for coming the cold and the ice melted is a good time to do turnoff your cellphone when we go to the q a session please step up to the microphone because we are recording for our purposes and also cspan booktv. Before you have your book signed our staff would appreciate it if you could fold up your chairs so now for the feature presentation and makes our job here of little easier on the day the Washington Post style section runs the big favorable feature about the person in the new book and that is what happened today for representative israel. If you have not read the piece yet let me summarize. To read the whole thing. [laughter] in his first attempt at a novel as a funny washington parody titled the global war the story recounts how the giant counterterrorism apparatus is focused on the pharmaceutical salesman with boris feldstein. But what seems to amaze even
Less you want to watch something else. Theyre playing the braves and said he detected the possibility in hope they that the only sound would be the of kung pao between his cheeks ted drumming of herve rebels against the table god had implanted with the pipes the sound just like the well a fourth Tornado Warning or police siren before herb breaking in the white foam. He never did anything wrong but his idea of a major problem he wants to watch a picture for the new york mets ted is a difference between them. Let me continue with his dilemma of course, morris never gets to watch because she uses killed as a weapon so morris finds himself later watching cnn. He sat in the of lunger in 2004 it could have been any year since the war and terror was proclaimed with the same crescendo of music that unmistakable voice of the voice said james settle jones the voice of this is cnn. Then pulitzer had the days news. It is true. Sunday august 1st, 2004. Look it up. He broke said days news yesterday
Protect the homeland then he promised to be back after commercials about depression medication. Then it got worse isnt this better than the baseball game . He could not understand why anyone in would but he said yes now lets shift ahead introduced to dick cheney as i was introduced. You although Vice President jaime . After the release the report on torture just when you thought it was safe hes back. To say it is so good i would do it all over again. So i paid to my own picture. I have the character in the book named pruitt is from responsibility the adviser to Homeland Security secretary tom ridge and he is the liaison if you read former Homeland Security secretary book he acknowledges there is pressure on him at times and did not always feel those facts narrated so he derives he felt he shall paid in his stomach and in his side about to meet with Vice President jayvee j. D. That was the bond that it hurt them to see each other. [laughter] Pruitt Alliant arrives in the white house sid