Life of the Party: A Political Press Tart Bares All

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Life of the Party: A Political Press Tart Bares All
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First edition
AuthorLisa Baron
LanguageEnglish
GenreMemoir
Publisher Citadel Press
Publication date
2011
Publication place United States

Life of the Party: A Political Press Tart Bares All is a 2011 memoir by Lisa Baron describing her time as a spokesperson for Ralph Reed.

Lisa (Baron) Shore is a former spokesperson for Ralph Reed, who did not share many of his political views; even though the people she worked for were fundamentalist Christian, she was Jewish. [1]

Content about her work with Reed makes up the majority of the book. [2] She stated that the book reveals previously secret information, including Reed's view of the Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal and Baron's sexual life; [1] it describes an encounter with Ari Fleischer. [3] The book also chronicles her political work with Christine Todd Whitman; [4] Baron made negative statements about Whitman, including some Stephen Lowman of the Washington Post stated "violate this website’s standards of decency." [2] Kirkus Reviews stated that the sexual encounters "seem almost quaint" since there was a "long list of prominent conservatives who have been caught doing much worse". [1]

As of 2009 the author was married to Jimmy Baron, a host of a radio program. [5]

Reception

Foster Kamer of Gawker stated that the "great" book, described as one of several "political tell-alls", "is the Republican version of Primary Colors and Coyote Ugly meeting in the middle." [6]

Kirkus Reviews described the book as "A misguided focus on sex and booze overshadows the moments of insight and inspiration." [1] It criticized the focus on social life over day-to-day life in politics. [1]

Michelle Goldberg, an opinion columnist for The New York Times , characterized the book as "a self-portrait of a cynical, fame-hungry narcissist". [7] On December 3, 2018, The New York Times published a response by Baron. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Life of the Party". Kirkus Reviews . 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2018-11-27. - Published in print on June 1, 2011.
  2. 1 2 Lowman, Stephen (2011-04-06). "Former "press tart" bares all in tawdry memoir". Washington Post . Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  3. ↑ ""Press Tart" Lisa Baron pens tell-all about Ralph Reed, Christine Whitman, Ari Fleischer and other Republican insiders". Washington Post . 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  4. ↑ Gavin, Patrick (2011-04-07). "Former press adviser pens racy memoir". Politico. Archived from the original on 2011-04-09. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  5. ↑ "Ex-Ralph Reed spokeswoman Lisa Baron spilling sexy political details for book". New York Daily News . 2009-11-28.
  6. ↑ Kamer, Foster (2009-11-29). "Humor Inherent in Ari Fleischer's Blowjob Increased Exponentially by Revelation of Blowjob-Giver". Gawker . Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  7. ↑ Goldberg, Michelle (2018-11-26). "Maybe They're Just Bad People". Op-Ed. The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  8. ↑ Baron, Lisa (2018-12-03). "Opinion | A Memoir of Years in the G.O.P. Trenches". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2018-12-04.


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