Here is what Publishers Weekly had to say about Bushworld and its author. This fall, Maureen Dowd has published her first book, Bushworld, which is now on sale in our book store and which I am sure she would be glad to sign after the forum if you wish to purchase a copy. Maureen has received many other awards both as a columnist and as a reporter including, I have to say, my favorite, the Damon Runyon Award in 2000 for her outstanding contributions to journalism. And in 1992, she was a Pulitzer finalist for her reporting on the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill sexual harassment hearings. In 1999, she won a Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary for her columns on the Clinton impeachment process. She became a columnist for The New York Times in 1995 after serving as correspondent in The Times Washington Bureau for nine years and, before that, as a reporter for Time Magazine and a sports columnist for the now defunct Washington Star. Maureen Dowd is a Washington native and a Washington original. There are three in particular whom she’s captured in her columns over the years in a sort of bipartisan shish-kebab with Bill Clinton sandwiched in between the elder and younger Bushes with healthy side-orders of Al Gore and John Kerry as Presidential candidates. Although I have to say that most of the squirming is done by Presidents caught on her skewers. Wodehouse, Maureen Dowd has found - she may disagree with those comparisons I hope not - has found a way to make us laugh and squirm and think all at once. So this evening, we’re offering a special pre-election feast of political punditry carefully prepared and served up on skewers, and we have a world-class chef to help us. Now, since Boston is at the center of this year’s Presidential race, but somewhat off the battlefield, we know that you’re hungry for political red meat. In addition, we thank Boston Capital, the Lowell Institute, WBUR which broadcasts these forums now every Sunday at 8:00, fireside chats at the Kennedy Library, The Boston Globe and. Īnd before introducing our speakers, I’d like to offer special thanks to the institutions that make these forums possible, starting with our lead sponsor, Bank of America. But now that the Red Sox have headed out to a battleground state, we thought it might be a good time for the Kennedy Library to celebrate Boston’s second favorite sport, Presidential politics. And I tried to squelch it by telling them that all we really care about up here is the World Series. I was in Washington yesterday, and I have to tell you that the Capitol is abuzz with rumors of a Curt Shilling presidential write-in campaign. And on behalf of Paul Kirk, Chair of our Board of Directors, and Deborah Leff who directs the Library and Museum, I’m delighted to welcome you to this very special Red Sox pre-game show. I’m John Shattuck, CEO of the Kennedy Library Foundation. JOHN SHATTUCK: Good afternoon and welcome again to the John F.
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