White House Inc. Employee Handbook [Paperback]

The Writers of Whitehouse.org (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 3, 2004

From the creators of WhiteHouse.org comes the guide to success, profit, and eternal salvation in Bush's Executive Branch

WhiteHouse.org, the Internet's most popular political parody, busts the Executive Mansion's elegant doors wide open to take you on a hilariously eye-popping, completely top secret tour through the most guarded-and ridiculous-people, places, prophesies, and policies of the otherwise "on message" world of the George W. Bush Administration. The White House Inc. Employee Handbook reveals the secret life of the White House staffer-from his introduction to senior management (Dick Cheney, commander of the Commander-in-Chief; Donald Rumsfeld, secretary of the smackdown; etc...) to the official Bush policy on hot-button issues (ex: homelessness: eliminate the glut of shelters so these people can finally live up to their name).

Equal parts shrewd business lampoon and political send-up, this is wickedly astute satire at its finest-funny and gutsy, with a frightening, yet familiar ring of that oft-forgotten thing called truth. Welcome to The White House Inc., patriotic worker bee-you picked the winning team!

Editorial Reviews

Review

Might even make Republicans laugh. -- Maxim, May 2004

About the Author

Regularly compared to parody megasite The Onion, www.whitehouse.org boasts 1.5 million unique visitors a month, four Dot Comedy awards, and is a 2003 Webby Award nominee for best humor book. This is the first book based on the site.

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Plume (February 3, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0452285194
• ISBN-13: 978-0452285194
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,214,388 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank You Cheney, February 5, 2004

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"hahahaya" (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: White House Inc. Employee Handbook (Paperback)

The media attention around Cheney's attempted legal action against whitehouse.org and banning of the website by a grade school drove me to the hilarious website and I was instantly hooked. The sharp, biting wit of the whitehouse.org site is captured beautifully in this book and the print medium allows the authors to add new depth to their unrelenting ridicule of Bush and his cronies. Even Bush supporters will find it hard to suppress the sudden fits of laughter that certain passages in this book provoke. More than just funny, the book is a frighteningly poignant examination of the monetary agendas and warped sense of ethics that infest the executive branch.

46 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, TRUTH that will set you free!, February 3, 2004

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Michael G. Jameson "Great guy!" (Dallas, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: White House Inc. Employee Handbook (Paperback)

While this material is from the always-funny website WHITEHOUSE.org, which is the location of the best parody site on the entire net (with the possible exception of its "sister site," LANDOVER BAPTIST), the truths "exposed" in this delightful book will have you rolling on the floor in an alarming mixture of hilarity and horror.

You'll learn so much about the least President in American history (with the possible exception of his dad) it will make you wonder how they can sell it for a measly twelve bucks. It's the best value in humor and history you'll find at Amazon or anywhere.

Funnier than the fate of rotten Ronnie and even a little more side-splitting than the astonishing debt piled up by those "SPEND, SPEND, SPEND" (as long as it's not their fat-cat friends money) RepubliCan'ts.

Give this wonderful book to friends, lovers, the mailman, everybody you can think of. Yes, it's THAT good! Then get Molly Ivans new book. While not quite as funny, it has the distinction of unvarnished truth. Which makes the Crimes Against Humanity of the Bush Administration(s) all the more scary. Also see MoveOn.org for REAL democracy in action.

26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive and HYSTERICAL, February 10, 2004

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Susan Carlson (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: White House Inc. Employee Handbook (Paperback)

I was pretty skeptical when I picked this up, but I have to say, this really is an amazingly well-crafted piece of STINGING political satire. The writer SKEWERS the entire Bush klan with no mercy. It's definitely R-Rated fare though, so I wouldn't let the kiddies at it. But if you're craving a wickedly hilarious election year read, I think this definitely belongs on our short list. (Unless you're Barbara Bush, in which case this book justm ight make your head explode!)