White House Inc. Employee Handbook (Paperback)

~ The Writers of Whitehouse.org (Author) "White House Inc. appreciates the fact that all of its staffers have selflessly abandoned their happy and wholesome lives deep in America's well-scrubbed heartland..." (more)
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Might even make Republicans laugh. -- Maxim, May 2004

Product Description

From the writers 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!

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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.com Sales Rank: #1,059,753 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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38 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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

By	Michael G. Jameson "Great guy!" (Dallas, Texas United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In Hilarious Humor is revealed the Terrifying Truth:, February 3, 2004

By	Dora (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews

I see that the frightened Bush lap dogs have already come snarling. In contradistinction to them, I've actually read this fabulous book. It is - by far - the funniest book I've devoured in a long while. In ripping the coy illusions spun by Karl Rove (and dutifully parroted by our truth-adverse President) into colorful confetti and creating an outrageous, unvarnished version of the Bush White House, this book comes perilously close to revealing the nastiest and most deceitful administration in the history of our great country. While you with howl with laughter, your joy will be tempered by the realization that this book's less amusing, more conniving counterpart truly exists in Washington.