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Pundit Review (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Last night I had a really interesting and enjoyable conversation with former Rumsfeld and Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer, who has a highly entertaining new book about his experiences working in the administration. This is essentially the story of a young, principled conservative who left Michigan to puruse the political junkie’s dream in Washington DC. As [...]
Hot Air (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), Kerry Picket of the Washington Times returns to cover all the news inside the Beltway. In the second half, we'll interview Matt Latimer, whose memoirs of his tenure as a White House speechwriter, Speech-less: Tales of a White House Survivor, ...
Power Line (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Matt Latimer was deputy director of speechwriting for President George W. Bush during the latter part of his presidency. Before that, Matt was the principal speechwriter for Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld. Matt has written a book called Speech*Less about his time in Washington, which also encompassed working for three Republican members of Congress. The book has received...
Random Jottings (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Matt Latimer, Running Away From Rush — The Daily Beast: ...Time and again during the Bush administration, folks on talk radio warned the White House and Congress about grassroots discontent over a divisive immigration bill, would-be Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, and the administration's spending sprees. GOP leaders didn't listen....
CWA-NJ Conservatives with Attitude! (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Had an opportunity to interview former George W. Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer, who is the author of Speech-Less Tales of a White House Survivor, available at Amazon. In Speech-Less, Matt tells stories that can’t possibly be true, but they are. Starting out working for a out of touch Senator, then a eccentric Congressman, then back [...]
Notes From D. R. (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Matt Latimer on Sarah Palin.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Or her J. Crew aides as former Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer relates in his new book Speechless:"Now I want you to take my purse back to the office," she said. "Yes, senator," the purse boy responded. "Take the nail polish...
Liberalism-Capitalis (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
In my book Financial Fiasco , I suggest that the Bush administration didn't know what it was doing with the TARP bailout and that Congress and the president was misled by some of his closest advisors. Now along comes a book by one of Bush's speechwriters, Matt Latimer , which reveals that this was the case. Here is an extremely revealing passage about preparations for a speech where Bush...
U.S. News (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Former speechwriter Matt Latimer discusses Speech-less .
Power Line (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Yesterday, we posted a piece by Matt Latimer about his provocative new book Speech*Less . Here, as promised, is my mixed review of the book. It's easy to criticize obscure White House staffers who write kiss-and-tell books. But depending on how the book is executed, and assuming the administration is no longer in power, these books can be worthwhile. I recall reading two of them after...
From On High (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
But since when did they start taking Rush's advice on anything? Matt Latimer : As an eyewitness to the final days of the Bush administration, I can report with assurance that the absolutely last people the powers that be listened to were conservative activists on radio and TV. If Chief of Staff Josh Bolten happened to catch Rush or Laura, it likely was only on his way to finding NPR....
The Daily Beast (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Sorry, Democrats: The Limbaughs and Becks don't dictate what Republicans do in Washington. Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer on how Dubya's team ignored the talk titans-and why that was a mistake. Like viewers learning about a mysterious civilization on...
The Daily Beast (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
The media, the Dems-even her own consultants tried to kill her off. Former Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer on the Alaskan's enduring appeal-and why she's still the class of a weak 2012 field. Run away, Tim Pawlenty, as fast as you can. The latest news...
CWA-NJ Conservatives with Attitude! (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Your Blogger-with-Attitude! receives books from authors and publishers all the time to review for our readers. Over the last month, I made a conscious effort to try and catch up on some of the backlog of books I have piled up over here. I just finished today a fairly new book by Matt Latimer, a [...]
