Tough Sale

By Jason O'Neil

In this novel Senator Ryan Wicklow uses a week on Martha’s Vineyard to learn from friends and advisors about the challenges of a campaign for the presidency. Discussions about the Deep State, Media, Big Tech, Unions, Universities and a new Socialist Media Party (SMP) help Ryan make a decision.
In a dramatic scene, the senator informs the editors of the New York Times, the liberal publication of the Democratic Party, about his decision to run and requests unbiased reporting.
As predicted, the Senator Wicklow and his running mate, Senator Nancy DeYoung from Iowa, win in a landslide as the voters hope to end the Recession or micro-Depression in major cities caused by the Socialist government. In the process, the senator highlights China’s attempt to control the nation prior to a takeover.
The new administration is very successful after only six months. One initiative in particular, the Civilian Closure Corps (CCC), is a new organization chartered to close Federal Government departments because they are unnecessary, staffed by disguised unemployment or perform a state’s function.
In the end New York Times issues an apology for its liberal bias for almost two centuries. The editors realize that Wicklow’s conservative Great Reset is really working and is best for America. With tears of joy in his eyes, the new president realizes that he has accomplished the toughest sales on Earth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jul 18, 2022
• ISBN: 9781665564854

Jason O'Neil

JASON O’NEIL has published 23 books on subjects such as the invention of new classes of vehicles, debunking Global Warming caused by man and the elimination the Slavery of Socialism in America. He is active in the community of Annapolis, Maryland.

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Published by AuthorHouse  07/13/2022

Library of Congress Control Number: 2022913090

ISBN: 978-1-6655-6484-7 (sc)

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CONTENTS

Cast of Characters

1. How About Me

2. Day 2

3. Day 3

4. Day 4

5. Day 5

6. Day 6

7. Day 7

8. Depression

9. Great Reset

10. Decision

11. New York Times

12. Corn Fields

13. Sausalito

14. Hollywood, Maryland

15. Flat Rock

16. Convention

17. Campaign

18. Election

19. Promise

20. Closure

21. Apology

BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR

Bald Eagle Vision

The Red Box

Turbopod

Turbospace

Sinecure

Cyberclipper

When Baldie Cries

New Age Ark

A Necessary Coup

Micronations

Hypersonica

Mission Embryo

DroneViper

Bald Eagle Vision 2

DragonChip

Cellphonica

Solarmania

Escape from La-La Land

Mirachip

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Ryan Wicklow

Candidate/President

BA: Yale University; Economics

Age: 48

Similar to: John F. Kennedy

Nancy DeYoung

Senator/Vice President

M.S. California Polytechnical Institute

Age: 46

Similar to: Amy Adams, Actress

Warren Wicklow

Father of Ryan

BA; Yale University

Age: 72

Similar to: Joe Kennedy, Father of John

Peter Donagal

Family Friend

MA; Brown University

Age: 70

Similar to: Sean Connerly, Actor

Francis Werner

Senator (R-MA)

BA: Princeton University

Age: 67

Similar to: Burt Lancaster, Actor

Andrew Heath

Senate Minority Leader

MBA; Northwestern University

Age: 61

Similar to: John Glenn, Astronaut

Alexander Murray

Tech. Firm President & CEO

MS; Engineering, UCLA

Age: 55

Similar to: Elon Musk, Entrepreneur

Andrew Ho

Chinese Military Scholar

PhD; USC

Age: 51

Similar to: Bruce Lee, Actor

Anthony Glynn

Director, NYC School Board

BA: Rutgers University

Age: 50

Similar to: Colin Powell, General USA

Orin Wright

Director, NSA

BS: University of Maryland

Age: 60

Similar to: Clint Eastwood, Actor

Bill Cavanaugh

Director, Republican National Committee

BA: Princeton University

Age: 62

Similar to: Ronald Reagan, President

Cole Langford

Senator’s Aide

BA: University of Virginia

Age: 38

Similar to: Young Neil Armstrong, Astronaut

Dawn Connelly

Senator’s Aide

BA: Goucher College

Age: 36

Similar to: Michaela Schriffrin, Skier

Sherman Owens

NYC Election Official

BA: New York University

Age: 53

Similar to: Lester Holt, TV News Anchor

Kyle Ridgley

Governor of Texas

BA: University of Texas

Age: 60

Similar to: Harrison Ford, Actor

Lambert Forbes

Financial Guru

BA: Princeton University

Age: 66

Similar to: Larry Kudlow, Economic Advisor

James O’Neil

Speechwriter

BA: Coe College

Age: 56

Similar to: Tucker Carlson, TV Journalist

Mi Lan Po

Pollster

MA: USC

Age: 46

Similar to: Zizi Zhang, Chinese Supermodel

Radford Cook

CCC Director

MBA; University of Pennsylvania

Age: 62

Similar to: Gen. Norman Schwartzkopf

Mitchell Lamb

Director, Labor Department

MBA: University of Chicago

Age: 61

Similar to: Peter Falk, Actor

Peter Cashel

Director, Treasury

MBA: Yale University

Age: 68

Similar to: Warren Buffet, Wealth Advisor

Taylor Ginsburg

Constitutional Scholar

PhD: Georgetown University

Age: 61

Similar to: Earnest Hemmingway, Author

Shannon Bellina

Communications Director

MA: Northwestern University

Age: 44

Similar to: Helen Hunt, Actress

Camilla Harrison

President, USA

BA: University of Vermont

Age: 60

Similar to: Kamala Harris, U. S. Vice President

1

HOW ABOUT ME

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ON A WARM AND windy Sunday afternoon in late May on the eastern tip of Martha’s Vineyard, the junior senator of Massachusetts, Ryan Wicklow, was in a very reflective mood. The man, who has a striking similarity to a prior senator named Kennedy, was just beginning a 10-day family vacation as he stood on the deck and looked out to blue Atlantic Ocean. After a couple of minutes, he was joined by his father, Warren, a successful, retired Bostonian banker.

Son, you seem so deep in thought. What’s on your mind? We’re on vacation. We came here to escape the real world.

Well, dad, American Socialism is a dismal future. It’s causing this macro Recession and even Depression in some cities, and anyone who criticizes the Administration is called a racist."

But, son, our assets are ample and very safe. We’ll weather this storm and find many good investment opportunities when the economy starts to turn around.

Dad, you’re right thanks to your wisdom and smart money moves over a half-century! And, we’re truly fortunate, but…

But what?

But America needs a new Thomas Jefferson, and I think I’m that guy.

Wait a minute, son! Do I understand you correctly that you’re considering running for the presidency?

Dad, even the Democrats in the soup kitchen lines are turning against our lost president and her truly incompetent vice president and their whole administration. Throughout history democracies last about 250-years before too many promises go unfulfilled, and they decay into uncontrollable Socialist states. That’s precisely where we’re at today. We’re on the verge of the proud Bald Eagle nesting somewhere else!

Ryan, I can see that you’ve given this idea some real thought. Son, I’ll make a deal with you.

What’s that?

We use this vacation to expose you to the many challenges you would have to overcome to 1) be elected and 2) keep the Ship of State from sinking.

OK, Dad. What do you have in mind?

The Big-14!

What the hell is that?

Because of the firmly entrenched Socialist State, there are fourteen powerful entities you would have to overcome, at least neutralize, in order to win the presidency.

Dad, I’m all ears. Please explain.

"Son, I’m talking about eight days of total concentration on the actions necessary to be successful. And, of course, I’ll accept your ultimate decision. But