I Should Be Dead, Bob Beckel
I Should Be Dead, Bob Beckel
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I Should Be Dead
My Life Surviving Politics, TV, and Addiction

Author: Bob Beckel, John David Mann

Narrator: Bob Beckel, Graham Beckel

Unabridged: 13 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/03/2015


Synopsis

From Bob Beckel, the popular co-host of "The Five" on Fox News Channel, a deeply moving, redemptive memoir about his life as a political operative and diplomat, his long struggle with alcohol and drugs, and his unlikely journey to finding faith.

Growing up poor in an abusive home, Bob Beckel learned to be a survivor: to avoid conflict, mask his feelings, and to lie--all skills that served him well in Washington, where he would become the youngest-ever Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and manage Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign.

But Beckel was living a double life. On January 20, 2001--George W. Bush's first Inauguration Day--he hit rock bottom, waking up in the psych ward. Written with captivating honesty, Beckel chronicles how his addictions nearly killed him until he found help in an unexpected ally, conservative Cal Thomas, who helped him find faith, get sober, and get his life back on track.

About Bob Beckel

Bob Beckel, a liberal, is the Democratic political analyst for Fox News and a professor of political strategy at George Washington University.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Alexw on January 04, 2022

I knew going into this reading that Beckel was fired for a racial slur but reading the book, I found no racial basis but quite the opposite as he was beaten while trying to register the black vote. However, this is still a sordid tale of a sordid man. From his taking nine hits of meth to flunk his dr......more

Goodreads review by Sam on November 14, 2016

A whole generation of Americans today mostly knows Bob Beckel as a TV personality, with relatively few of them much aware of just how powerful a political operative the man was in his day. Beckel won some and he lost some, but there is little doubt that he was once a real player in the game of natio......more

Goodreads review by Mark on July 12, 2021

Should be required reading… I was not one who particularly liked Bob Beckel from television, though he wasn’t like those who followed him on The Five and seemed to only echo DNC talking points… but this book reveals a completely different man. This should be mandatory reading for everyone who is elect......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on February 21, 2017

SPOILERS IN REVIEW....A brutally honest book written by a man who survived abuse, drugs, alcohol, the world of politics, and a divorce with children. He openly talks about dodging the draft, cheating during campaigns to get what he wanted, being with prostitutes, and so many terrible things that you......more

Goodreads review by barbara shiffer on March 07, 2017

Excellent I have watched Bob Beckel for many, thing him to be an arrogant sob. I have a newfound respect for him now, having read this book. I am in awe of the struggles with alcohol and drugs that he has overcome and I pray that he lives to a very old age to continue saving others from addiction.......more