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The speechwriter : a brief education in politics / Barton Swaim.

by Swaim, Barton, 1972- author.

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New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.

Sanford, Mark, 1960-

Sanford, Mark, 1960- -- Friends and associates.

Swaim, Barton, 1972-

Speechwriters -- South Carolina -- Biography.

South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1951-

9781476769929 (hardcover)

1476769923 (hardcover)

ix, 204 pages ; 22 cm

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

The dumps -- The writer -- Language -- My list -- Letters -- The art of saying no -- Talking points -- Press conferences -- Verbiage -- Stimulus -- Tea Party -- Fall -- Impeachment -- Larger notion.

From 2007 to 2010 Swaim worked for Mark Sanford, South Carolina's governor, as a communications officer and speechwriter. Everyone knows this kind of politician: a charismatic maverick who goes up against the system and its ways, but thinks he doesn't have to live by the rules. Swaim tells the story of a band of believers who attach themselves to this sort of ambitious narcissist--and what happens when it all comes crashing down.

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