Who is reading Charlie Wilson's War?

Fact is stranger than fiction.
There is no way a fictional writer could produce a better work than this book.
By the way, it is about the CIA's covert war in Afghanistan against the Soviets during the 1980s.
Charlie Wilson was a Representative from Texas.
Wilson and a few others in the book were just unbelievable, but it actually happened, which is the amazing part..

I was an intern in his DC office one summer, and I campaigned for him several times. He is quite unique.

Molly Ivins had some of the best stories about him. I remember her writing one time that she'd gotten a phone call from a DC reporter saying something like "What in the world is going on? There's some Texas Congressman over in Afghanistan and he took Ms. World with him." She said her immediate response was "Gotta be Charlie." His personal life made Clinton look tame!

Charlie wasn't right about everything, but if we had listened to him rather than abandoning the people of Afghanistan after the Soviets pulled out, it would probably be a very different world today.

because he had a policy of hands off in the office.
And you were probably quite attractive, based on what he looked for in his staff. Don't hate me if I am wrong about the attractive part. ;-) I am just going by what I think Charlie Wilson would have done.
"You can't teach them to type, but you can't teach them to grow tits."
One of my favorite lines in the book.

I agree about the comparison to Clinton.
If Charlie Wilson was President during the 90s, he would have been impeached every other week.
I also agree about Afghanistan.
The US has a history of fighting wars well but really messing up the peace. Just look at Reconstruction after the Civil War. It took 100 years for the US to correct the problems of Reconstruction.

I was only an intern, so I won't include myself in this description. But yes, his staff certainly deserved the moniker of Charlie's Angels! Some very attractive, extremely competent and bright women worked for him during the time I had any contact with his office. An office full of women to run things, Charlie and one male Administrative Assistant, who was a very sweet man. Not a testosterone driven office at all! And Charlie, for all his faults, was considered by many to be one of the best feminists Texas ever had.

And no, he never hit on me. I wonder if I should be insulted? ;-)

who Charlie got another job for so he could date her.
Cannot remember her name offhand and really do not consider it that important to try to look her up in the book.
Even though he was a huge womanizer, he still had rules.
No dating in the office. The moment they left, different story.
I could see how he would be one of the best feminists Texas ever had.
There was one picture of Charlie and his angels in the book based on the tv show, and I would have to say the three in the pic were definitely angels.
Actually, I think it was a good tactic for Charlie. Distract other Congressman with his staff so he could get what he wanted from them.
I am sure more than one Congressman made a surprise visit to Charlie's office to talk about nothing in particular. The guy was a genius when it came to his staff.

Don't be insulted. He had his rules.