For Immediate Release January 2008

Do You Have What It Takes To Be President?

New humorous book tests Presidential qualifications

After years of armchair quarterbacking Presidential campaigns, now it is time to see if you have the right stuff to be President. “So You Think You Can Be President? 200 questions to see if you are right (or left) enough to be the Commander in Chief,” is a wildly humorous book by Iris Burnett, a seasoned political veteran and Clay Greager, a respected Viet Nam veteran, that finally puts an amusing spin on the world’s toughest job.

Described by former Presidential Candidate, Senator John Kerry as “required reading,” and by former Speaker of the House and author of Pearl Harbor and Real Change: From the World That Fails to the World That Works, Newt Gingrich, as “ a book that brings back the humor in thinking about politics and government”, “

An engaging take on the Presidency, “So You Think You Can Be President, has a truckload of humor, and is guaranteed to keep you entertained by combining the truth about electoral politics with the unfortunate reality of governance. With over thirty years’ experience in politics and government, and as one of the first women in high level Presidential politics, Burnett is in her element in this unforgettable test.

“It is different from most political books because it doesn’t tell all, or any, it just tells it like it really is -- with a great many laughs, but -- you have to take the test.” Greager says.

Burnett adds “ I think we have captured the humor in Politics and Parties, and given the nature of what it takes to govern – finding “funny” was always a challenge.

Among many notable comments:

P.J. O'Rourke, author of Peace Kills says, “A brilliant book that also solves the budget deficit. If Presidential candidates have to pass this test, there will be a vacant McMansion on Pennsylvania Avenue.”

Dave Barry, humorist, novelist, columnist and author of Dave Barry’s History of the Millennium (So Far) says, "I've been running for President since 1984, and I was a total failure. Then I read this amazing book, and today I am the leader of the free world! At least that's what I tell people in bars."

Tom Oliphant, author of the best selling book Praying for Gil Hodges : A Memoir of the 1955 World Series and One Family's Love of the Brooklyn Dodgers says, “This triumph of a tome is what would happen if the most brilliant nerd of a political consultant were to write a strategy memo after taking acid for a week.”

Donna E. Shalala, former US Secretary of Health and Human Services, calls it

“A stunning, sunny book. It may attract a new breed of Presidential candidate.

One with a sense of humor."

And Linda Peek Schacht, Chair, Department of Political and Organizational Communication, Emerson College says, “All current and future Presidential aspirants: Put Iris Burnett on speed-dial! Her unvarnished and practical advice stands out in a field dominated by poll-tested pablum. She’ll make you laugh all the way to the White House”—

“So, You Think You Can Be President” will make you laugh and will make you wonder, would I want to be President? It is a genuinely funny, realistic look at the government and the run for the White House, that could only come from people like Iris Burnett and Clay Greager – two ‘vets’ who have been there, done that, and suffered all the consequences.

“So, You Think You Can Be President?” Take the test!

About the Authors

Iris Burnett is the first and only woman to have been Director of Security for a National Political Convention. With over thirty years’ experience in academia, politics, and government, she has played key roles in eight Presidential campaigns, has been an advisor to two Presidents, and was the communication strategist for far too many elected officials. A resident of Arlington,Virginia, and New York City, she is married to world renown photojournalist David Burnett.

Clay Greager, a two-tour Viet Nam vet, successful business owner, and renown author, philosopher and poet has suffered the consequences of too many Presidential decisions. Through it all he has maintained his unending sense of humor. After having voted 47 times in the past six presidential general elections and sending several thousand emails to potential candidates asking for a simple answer to a simple question "Why does two plus two equal four" and not getting one response, he is hopeful that the candidates are literate -- but won't know til they take the test.

So You Think You Can Be President?

200 questions to see if you are right (or left) enough to be the Commander in Chief

Trade Paperback 204 pages $12.95

Complimentary Media review copies will be available through Skyhorse publishing in NYC.