Democrazy: A True Story of Weird Politics, Money, Madness, and Finger Food Audiobook
Democrazy: A True Story of Weird Politics, Money, Madness, and Finger Food Audiobook
- Trey Radel
- Penguin Audio
- 2017-03-28
- 7 h 55 min
Summary:
The way the Washington sausage really gets made: a brutally honest, outrageous memoir by former GOP congressman Trey Radel.
‘Radel, the previous congressman busted on cocaine costs, has published a memoir that delves in to the forgotten idea of shame.’ – Huffington Post
‘DEMOCRAZY may be the most puckish politics memoir in latest memory … enough to cause you to wish he were still in the House’s GOP caucus under the Trump administration.’ – Bookforum
In 2013, when Washington D.C. law enforcement about Democrazy: A True Story of Strange Politics, Cash, Madness, and Finger Meals learned that Trey Radel, then a Republican congressman from Florida, got bought cocaine, he quickly became the target of a police sting. In October of that season, Radel was arrested for wanting to buy cocaine from an undercover cop, and eventually became the subject of intense mass media insurance and scrutiny. When Radel resigned in 2014, he remaining with insider understanding that remains unidentified to many American citizens.
Democrazy is normally Radel’s candid account of the making of a modern political star as well as the inner workings of Congress. In his memoir, Radel recounts his early days as a TV news reporter and radio present host before operating for Congress in 2012, a choice that would launch the brand new, infamous chapter of his lifestyle. Radel inserted the politics sphere using the same ideological fervor of all first-time politicians–he liked America and wished to serve his country and its people. But Radel’s optimism waned as he witnessed the wheelings and dealings of Congress’s most powerful users. Told with humor and irreverence, Radel’s memoir is an interesting, fascinating journey of an unlikely politician.