Read For Free Hill Rat: Blowing The Lid Off Congress By John L. Jackley Issued As Hardbound

it's kind of a terrible book, but everybody loves a little behind the scenes namedropping, And it talks about an old boss of mine who was a real jerk, and it was fun to read about him being a jerk to other people, too.
As a top aide to powerful Texas Congressman Ronald Coleman, John Jackley watched the nation's highest elected officials lie, manipulate media images, and spend millions of taxpayer dollars to stay in power.
The mindboggling scope of the abuse of perks and privilege by both legislators and their staffers finally shocked him into reality.
What began as a secret journal for his children to clear his conscience has become Hill Rat, a journey behind Congress' closed doors and into the corrupt back alleys of power.
With both humor and outrage, Jackley reveals how the promise of Congress has been hijacked and corrupted by the current crop of careerist incumbents.
"Today, " he writes, "a successful congressman has the fundraising ability of a hooker trying to make cab fare home and the morals of a bigtime football coach!" His account is laced

with the names of Capitol Hill's most prominent legislatorsMajority Leader Richard Gephardt, Speaker of the House Thomas Foley, Ron Dellums, Bill Alexander, Minority Whip Newt Gingrich, Thomas Luken, and scores of others.
Jackley also reveals, with names, dates, and examples, the outrageous power of Congressional staffers"Hill Rats"who "run the engines of democracy on a daily basis and pride themselves on their ability to do anything in the name of their cause.
" To show the flagrant abuse of taxpayers' money for reelection purposes, Jackley points out that in just fortyeight hours in early, the House mailed more thanmillion newsletters and postcards.
In, the first postJim Wright, postcongressional scandal election,of the incumbents who ran were reelected, Even in, only six Members running for reelection were defeated, aturnover rate less than that of the Soviet Politburo, From previously untold Congressional involvement in Oliver North's contra resupply network to Democratic complicity in the SampL crisis to the taxpayerfunded incumbent protection plan, Hill Rat reveals secrets backed by hard e.