“15 Biggest Lies about Politics”
By: Major Garret & Timothy J. Penny
One of the authors of “15 Biggest Lies about Politics” is Major Garrett. Garret was born August 24, 1962 in San Diego, California. Garrett attended University of Missouri where he graduates with honors in 1984 with a degree in Bachelor of Journalism degree and Bachelor of Science degree in political science. Gat Garrett has tons of experience in politics which makes him highly qualified for writing this book. Garret was a senior editor and congressional correspondent for U.S. News and World Report and a congressional reporter for The Washington Times in the 1990s before joining CNN's White House team in early 2000, and later moving to Fox in 2002 as a general assignment reporter. There, he covered the 2004 election, and served as the network's congressional correspondent. He has also been a White House correspondent for CNN, and an award-winning reporter across the country for Houston Post, Las Vegas Review Journal, and Amarillo Globe-News. His articles have appeared in such magazines as The Weekly Standard, Washington Monthly, and Mother Jones.
The other great author of this magnificent book is Timothy Penny. Penny was born November 19, 1951 in Minnesota. Penny attended Winona State where he received a bachelor's degree in political science in 1974. In 1982, Penny won the DFL nomination for the 1st, becoming only the third Democrat to ever represent this district. Penny was reelected in 1984 with 56 percent of the vote, becoming the first non-Republican to win reelection in the 1st since statehood. In 2000, Penny briefly considered running against Rod Grams for the Senate. Governor Jesse Ventura unsuccessfully tried to recruit him to run on the Reform Party ticket. Ventura later left the Reform Party for the Independence Party, and recruited Penny to run as his replacement. Penny’s unsuccessful 2002 run for governor