All the Presidents' Pets: The Inside Story of One Reporter Who Refused to Roll Over

by Mo Rocca

Book Overview

In this new edition of All the Presidents' Pets you'll find: - Presidents: 42- Poops on White House rug: 1- References to President Chester Alan Arthur's hip muttonchops: 1- Press corps reporters... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1400052254
• ISBN13: 9781400052257
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Toy

This is a great toy, I'd buy it twice if I had the cash.

Absolutely Great

Let me start by saying I enjoy reading, but am incredibly picky on what I read. It's gotta be a good book for me to read it. I read this book in three days. This is a great book. Its pretty well written, but I'm sure some writing snobs could find some things to complain about. But this book's readers arent supposed to be focusing on how its written. Its a really funny book. I cant tell you how any times I laughed out loud while reading this. It's absurdity is really well done. I just really enjoyed reading it. Its very fast paced, and it was not something I was able to easily put down. It had a twists left and right. I really recommend this book. But a lot of people might not have the same sense of humor as me. If you like stuff like Reno 911!, the Daily Show, or Mo's segments on Leno, check this book out.

So Funny

This book is about Mo (if you mean self-effacing), Mo's career (if you mean completely made up), and American journalism (if you mean making fun of everyone on TV). And it also has real history, pet related and otherwise. This book is so funny, with its pop culture cleverness and political smartness. And, well, who couldn't use a good laugh now that the elections are over?

Mo Rocks!

I've been anxiously awaiting a book from the lovable scrumptious Mo Rocca and he has seriously delivered. This is a smart and funny satire that peels away the layers of the decsion making red tape in the White House to reveal a policy dictated by Presidential pets. Mo uses his tireless reporting skills to dig deep to expose this scary truth- I was so horrified by these truths that I couldn't stop giggling. I can not tell you how many lines I have quoted from this book to my friends. Point being, this book is smart, funny, and it's freakin' Mo Rocca! Yay! Go out and buy this book.

Surreal and... Educational and Timely, too?

This is one of the oddest, funniest - and most fact-packed -- books I've read in a long time, and certainly one of the most surreal books I've ever read, which is basically a survey of presidential history and politics set against contemporary issues in the guise of the story of Mo Rocca being appointed a White House correspondent for CNN to compete with the Presidential Pet beat (read - White House propaganda) being monopolized by Fox News. Are you with me? If you saw this year's RNC, and the video about Barney helping sway voters across the country, well, that kind of shilling is basically what is at the heart of this book. And it's filled with cameos by political pundits and politicians and celebrities and all sorts of pop culture references that range from ironic to down right inspired, as well as real honest to god history. It's sort of Monty Python meets....something, I can't quite figure out, but it's sort of screaming cult status. Oh, and then there's the "thriller" that runs through the book where Rocca uncovers the "real influence" presidential pets have had in shaping the country that is suspiciously like the Da Vinci Code, albino (named Gephart), "holy" grail and all. Right on.