01822cam a2200241 4500 76512256 TxAuBib 20100707120000.0 080317s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781401322298 1401322298 BTCTA BTCTA BAKER YDXCP UPZ JED WIQ ZJI TxAuBib Osgood, Charles. A funny thing happened on the way to the White House : humor, blunders, and other oddities from the presidential campaign trail / Charles Osgood. New York : Hyperion, 2008. viii, 239 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. The election of 1948: Truman vs. Dewey -- The election of 1952: Eisenhower vs. Stevenson -- The election of 1956: Eisenhower vs. Stevenson -- The election of 1960: Kennedy vs. Nixon -- The election of 1964: Johnson vs. Goldwater -- The election of 1968: Nixon vs. Humphrey -- The election of 1972: Nixon vs. McGovern -- The election of 1976: Carter vs. Ford -- The election of 1980: Reagan vs. Carter -- The election of 1984: Reagan vs. Mondale -- The election of 1988: Bush vs. Dukakis -- The election of 1992: Clinton vs. Bush -- The election of 1996: Clinton vs. Dole -- The election of 2000: Bush vs. Gore -- The election of 2004: Bush vs. Kerry. A treasury of presidential campaign anecdotes from the past seventy years is a compendium of lighthearted speech excerpts, interviews, and press-conference quotes from the campaigns of such presidents as FDR, Truman, and JFK. 20100707. Presidents United States Biography Anecdotes. Presidents United States Election Anecdotes. United States Politics and government Anecdotes.