Fritz Hollings is described as "the nastiest politician in Washington." Hollings response to the Japanese premiers accusation that Americans were illiterate and lazy was a cartoon suggestion: "You should draw a mushroom cloud and put underneath it, 'Made in America by lazy and illiterate Americans and tested in Japan.'"

Two items in the book stood out to me. The first was Carlson's criticism of Karen Hughes, one of President Bush's most trusted advisors. If you remember, Carlson wrote a piece about candidate Bush in the now defunct 'Talk' magazine. In the piece, Bush revealed that like most Americans, he uses swear words, especially the word 'fuck.' Carlson admired this, and wrote about it. He was shocked to see Karen Hughes on the air a few days later denying Bush had said such things, and that Carlson had made it up to get publicity for himself. When Carlson called her to tell her stop lying about it, she wouldn't. Not only that, Hughes told him that she never heard Bush talk that way, despite the fact that Hughes was present when Carlson was interviewing him. He attributed her denial to either discipline or a mental problem or both. Carlson also said she was "shamelessly dishonest."

The second example that stood out, which I thought was hilarious was what Carlson did to people who would attack him on air. He said dismissing such attacks about a print piece is easy, since the person doesn't agree with what was written. It isn't personal. By contrast, on television anything said towards you is personal, and there were times when it got to him. He said instead of trying to defend himself, he just drafted a form letter that he would send out to said people. It read:

Dear Mr. Jones,

Fuck you.

Sincerely,
Tucker Carlson

Classic. As I mentioned earlier, I enjoyed the book because it was a departure from the usual gaggle of nonsense that is being published. In fact, I have stopped purchasing such books because most of them are the same thing, said by somebody else. Carlson's book is different, and I recommend picking it up.