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Put the country's big, fat political ass on a diet. Lose that drooping deficit. Slim those spreading entitlement programs. Firm up that flabby pair of butt cheeks which are the Senate and the House.
Having had a lot of fun with what politicians do, P.J. O'Rourke now has a lot of fun with what we should think about those politicians. Nothing good, to be sure. Best-selling humorist P.J. O'Rourke is back with his latest political masterpiece, Don't Vote--It Just Encourages The Bastards. Using his signature wit and keen observational skills, O'Rourke reflects on his forty year career as a political commentator, spanning his addlepated hippie youth to his current state of right-wing grouch maturity. Don't Vote--It Just Encourages The Bastards is a brilliant, disturbing, hilarious and sobering look at why politics and politicians are a necessary evil--but only just barely necessary. Read P.J. O'Rourke on the pathetic nature of politics and laugh through your tears or--what the hell--just laugh."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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"Funny, cutting, and insightful." --Booklist
"The timing is perfect for the witty sanity of P.J. O'Rourke, to remind us how intellectually bracing unfashionable views can be. . . . He is fearless and funny. Whether you agree with him or not, particularly if not, you should read him. He restores much-needed disorder to the political debate." --The Evening Standard "P.J. O'Rourke is what happens when America does Grumpy Old Men. Instead of sour-faced curmudgeons bleating that 'politics is just a load of crap, ' you get a succession of amusing an incisive observations about why politics is a load of crap." --The Spectator "You may find yourself staying up way past your bedtime because you just can'tput it down. In Don't Vote, O'Rourke has elevated his game to a Buckley-like level. Read it and you'll elevate your game too." --The Daily Caller "The man is intelligent, articulate, and very funny." --The Austinist "P. J. O'Rourke is not only knowledgeable, he's one of the best writers the Right has ever produced. Additionally, he's the single best foreign affairs reporter I've ever read. Nobody makes another country come alive like P. J. O'Rourke."--John Hawkins, Right Wing News "[O'Rourke's] take on things in this book is savage, biting, and often spot-on. You may need to turn off your obscenity meter while you're reading it, as it's about as irreverent as anything I've read since Rape of the A*P*E* . . . Politics is a dirty game, and O'Rourke doesn't seem to mind getting down and talking dirty." --The Steel Bookshelf "A splendid writer and critic of our current political and social scene." --Emporia Gazette
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In his new book, DON'T VOTE - It Just Encourages the Bastards, best-selling political humorist P.J. O'Rourke writes the mirthful political theory companion to his classic political science book, Parliament of Whores.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Red State. Blue State. Republicans. Democrats. Bailout. Stimulus. Health Care Reform. Blah blah blah. Has there ever been a moment where politics have sucked any more? Don t Vote It Just Encourages the Bastards is a brilliant, disturbing, hilarious, and ultimately sobering look at why politics and politicians are a necessary evil but only just barely necessary. P. J. presents his Sex, Death, and Boredom Theory of Politics, which breaks the social contract down to power, freedom, and responsibility by using a party game, Kill, F@#k, Marry, more typically found in late-night giggle sessions at all-girls boarding schools. With this tripartite lens of politics, O Rourke looks at the financial crisis ( The best investment I ve made lately? I left a $20 bill in the pocket of my tweed jacket last spring, and I just found it ), the bailout, health care reform ( Something doesn t add up. Politicians are telling me that I can smoke, drink, gain two hundred pounds, then win an iron man triathlon at age ninety-five ), the stimulus package, climate change ( There s not a god-damn thing you can do about it . . . There are 1.3 billion people in China and they all want a Buick ), trade imbalance, the end of the American automobile industry, U.S. foreign policy and the Family of Nations ( Uncle Russia s out on parole, drunk, unemployed, and likely to kill some folks next door again soon ), campaign finance reform, gun control, No Child Left Behind ( What if they deserve to be left behind? ), and pretty much everything else under the sun. His findings: Put the country s big, fat political ass on a diet. Lose that drooping deficit. Slim those spreading entitlement programs. Firm up that flabby pair of butt cheeks, which are the Senate and the House. Listen to P. J. O Rourke on the pathetic nature of politics and laugh through your tears or what the hell just laugh. Seller Inventory # 00046017581
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ISBN 10: 0802145434
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Red State. Blue State. Republicans. Democrats. Bailout. Stimulus. Health Care Reform. Blah blah blah. Has there ever been a moment where politics have sucked any more? Don t Vote It Just Encourages the Bastards is a brilliant, disturbing, hilarious, and ultimately sobering look at why politics and politicians are a necessary evil but only just barely necessary. P. J. presents his Sex, Death, and Boredom Theory of Politics, which breaks the social contract down to power, freedom, and responsibility by using a party game, Kill, F@#k, Marry, more typically found in late-night giggle sessions at all-girls boarding schools. With this tripartite lens of politics, O Rourke looks at the financial crisis ( The best investment I ve made lately? I left a $20 bill in the pocket of my tweed jacket last spring, and I just found it ), the bailout, health care reform ( Something doesn t add up. Politicians are telling me that I can smoke, drink, gain two hundred pounds, then win an iron man triathlon at age ninety-five ), the stimulus package, climate change ( There s not a god-damn thing you can do about it . . . There are 1.3 billion people in China and they all want a Buick ), trade imbalance, the end of the American automobile industry, U.S. foreign policy and the Family of Nations ( Uncle Russia s out on parole, drunk, unemployed, and likely to kill some folks next door again soon ), campaign finance reform, gun control, No Child Left Behind ( What if they deserve to be left behind? ), and pretty much everything else under the sun. His findings: Put the country s big, fat political ass on a diet. Lose that drooping deficit. Slim those spreading entitlement programs. Firm up that flabby pair of butt cheeks, which are the Senate and the House. Listen to P. J. O Rourke on the pathetic nature of politics and laugh through your tears or what the hell just laugh. Seller Inventory # CIN0802145434G
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