How Dana Perino’s parents prepared her for a job in politics?’

Unravel advice from the bright side in “And the Good News Is…”  by Dana Perino.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Dana Marie Perino is an American political analyst and blogger, serving as the 24th White House Press Secretary under President George W. Bush from 14 September 2007 to 20 January 2009. She was the second female White House Press Secretary, Dee Dee Myers, who served in the Clinton administration. She is currently a political analyst for Fox News, as well as co-host of the network talk show The Five, and is an executive writing book at Random House. She started hosting The Daily Briefing with Dana Perino on Fox News on October 2, 2017.

Perino was recruited by Andy Card, White House Chief of Staff, two months after the September 11 attacks. Initially, she was Associate Director of Marketing at the CEQ White House as mentioned at length in “And the Good News is….”

Perino served as Deputy Secretary of the Press from 2005 to 2007. From March 27 to April 30, 2007, she was acting White House Press Secretary, when Tony Snow was undergoing treatment for colon cancer. On August 31, 2007, President George W. Bush declared that Snow would resign for health reasons and that Perino would become his successor. Perino served as Advisor to the President and Secretary of the White House Press from 14 September 2007 to the conclusion of the Bush administration in January 2009.

On 14 December 2008, a TV journalist, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, hurled two shoes at Bush during a press conference in Baghdad. Bush was successful in dodging both of them, but Perino’s eye was injured by a microphone stand during the commotion around al-arrest. Zaidi’s

PARENTAL SUPPORT – DANA’S STRENGHTH 

But what prepared her to have such a turmoil filled political career. She owes this credit to her parents and thereby stresses a great deal on expressing their role in letting her become a political icon. Dana and her sister Angie were supposed to discuss the latest affairs at the dinner table. Every afternoon, from the third grade on, Perino read the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post before her dad, Leo, got home from work. Dana’s father has subscribed to various political magazines such as Time, U.S. News & World Report, National Review and Newsweek. 

It didn’t take long, of course, for the young Dana to become obsessive – so obsessed, in particular, that she insisted on her family attending the early church service on Sunday so that she could get home in time to catch the morning talk shows. She read them to prepare for a debate on two papers of the day. Leo told NewsMax that he needed his children to realize that there were still two sides to each story. It was the tradition of Leo that made her involved in journalism. She also joined the high school debating team when she was 13 and went on to college. She said the discussion had a significant effect on her life.

POLITICS AND ETHICS

As per “And the Good News Is…”, she enrolled in the Colorado State University of Pueblo in 1994. She was a major in marketing and philosophy, and she earned a full scholarship for her debate.

When she grew up she even defied the opinion of his own family. Despite a conservative background, she considered voting for former President Bill Clinton after visiting her campus for a protest. She couldn’t recall what he meant, but she recognized the seductive energy of his campaign. Her plan to become a reporter was faltering, and she ended up refusing to interview a mother about her 2-year-old son who had been murdered.

Find out about her journey as discussed in the book, “And the Good News is….”