Reviews for Daniel and Mary: Edited by Mary Ann Sawyer Meyer

The average rating for Daniel and Mary: Edited by Mary Ann Sawyer Meyer based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-05-08 00:00:00 Paul Scott Martinez The subtitle of this book is not appropriate. Instead, it should be What a Party! How Terry McAuliffe Has Never, Ever Made a Single Mistake on a Matter of Any Real Importance. This reads like a caricature of a memoir, where the writer is a hero on every page and when bad things happen, it's always someone else's fault. (Did I mention that McAuliffe also seems to have had his friends and employees shill the book with a glowing Amazon review or three? Apparently he forgot or just doesn't care that right there on page 350-something he noted that one Addisu S. Demissie, proud owner of a 5-star review, is his trusted assistant and sometime driver.) It's also a fairly embarrassing co-writing job on Kettmann's part, abetted by sloppy editing - there are numerous typos and minor but obvious factual errors, like explaining that the Boxing Day earthquake of 2004 occurred on Christmas Eve. All that said, there are a handful of entertaining anecdotes here, but they mostly occur early on in the book. As you might expect, the life of a fundraising genius just isn't all that interesting; there seem to be only so many ways one can kiss the asses of very rich men. Overall, worth a quick skim if you're interested in some of this inside baseball stuff. Just make sure you have kosher salt on hand, because the grains you should take this book with need to be extra big.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-05-13 00:00:00 John Conrad This book is hilarious. Read it for the humor and don't focus on the politics. It's a political beach read. Great stories though on the Clinton years and honest reflection on issues with the Kerry campaign. Also really interesting to hear from Terry himself about how he turned around the DNC. Note- this book is best for those who align themselves more to the left although even republicans will find themselves chuckling at some of his stories (like he seriously did wrestly an alligator to raise money).