On The DMZ: What does RG3’s knee have to do politics? Do journalists just not get what it means to be a professional athlete? Matt and Bill remember Richard Ben Cramer and the legacy of What It Takes, and recommend some other great books about politics. Has George Will become a libertarian? Plus: Dick Armey gets hilariously confused.
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John J. Miller’s book, “The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football”
Michael Grunwald on Obama and liberals
Richard Ben Cramer’s book, “What It Takes”
Ben Smith on the pilgrimage to Cramer’s house
NYT on Bill O’Reilly’s bestsellers
Michael Lewis’s book, “Losers”
John Brady’s book, “Bad Boy”
Ed Rollins’s book, “Bare Knuckles and Back Rooms”
Chris Matthews’s book, “Hardball”
Carville and Begala’s book, “Buck Up, Suck Up . . . and Come Back When You Foul Up”
Peter Wehner on George Will
Will’s 1992 column on libertarianism
Buzzfeed on The Blaze
Dick Armey’s interview with Media Matters
Daily Caller on Armey
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