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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
funny
informative
fast-paced
Factual (almost 50 pages of citations), funny (in a dark way) and mostly horrifying.
funny
informative
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funny
informative
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This was a funny read but dang…… he sure has it out for Republicans. Reading this book, you’d think that only Democrats have all the answers, are well educated, and fit for public office.
At some point it became repetitive and predictable to hear all the stupid things from the right. The left certainly has had their moments as well.
But perhaps my grammar or spelling in this review inset perfect and I’m just another stupid person. God forbid a typo exists.
At some point it became repetitive and predictable to hear all the stupid things from the right. The left certainly has had their moments as well.
But perhaps my grammar or spelling in this review inset perfect and I’m just another stupid person. God forbid a typo exists.
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
funny
informative
inspiring
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funny
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This book is very funny and very sad at the same time. You can laugh at the stupid things Republicans like George W Bush and Donald Trump have said and done, but at the same time it's sad (and quite frightening) that these people keep getting political power when it's obvious they're totally unqualified for the job.
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I came in thinking this was going to be Borowitz Report: The Book. Instead, I got a a nice history lesson on all of the misdeeds of Republican Presidents since Ronald Reagan. The tone of the book read like a casual history book with a smattering of humor. The last portion of the book was the weakest, perhaps due to the fact that it’s covering Trump and his ilk which is too recent to have the same level of retrospection.
This book is funny and eye opening and undoubtedly true as far as it goes. And yet... I wish the author had presented examples from both sides. I felt beaten over the head with "people on the right are (mostly) stupid and ignorant, and people on the left are (mostly) intelligent and well read."
The author's theory about the rise of stupid politicians describes three stages: 1) Stage 1 politicians try to hide their stupidity, 2) Stage 2 politicians admit their intellectural shortcomings to show they are ordinary people just like us, and 3) Stage 3 politicians purposely appear stupid to get elected. The author presents Donald Trump as the prime example of a Stage 3 politician. But Donald Trump does NOT try to appear stupid. Just the opposite. He's a throwback to Stage 1. I'm not sure how this validates the author's theory about how stupid politicians have multiplied, unless he switched from analyzing politicians' views to analyzing the voting public's views. Maybe the general population has gotten stupider (I tend to agree), but his three stages of acceptance don't support the premise.
People vote the way they do for a variety of reasons. Smart people and stupid people exist on both sides of the aisle. The author oversimplifies things by presenting virtually all Republicans as stupid but likeable, while presenting virtually all Democrats as smart but beset by bad luck, arrogance, or a hostile press.
There are nuggets of truth in here, and I laughed out loud many times, but the biased presentation taints what could have been (dare I say it?) an intelligent analysis of recent political events.
The author's theory about the rise of stupid politicians describes three stages: 1) Stage 1 politicians try to hide their stupidity, 2) Stage 2 politicians admit their intellectural shortcomings to show they are ordinary people just like us, and 3) Stage 3 politicians purposely appear stupid to get elected. The author presents Donald Trump as the prime example of a Stage 3 politician. But Donald Trump does NOT try to appear stupid. Just the opposite. He's a throwback to Stage 1. I'm not sure how this validates the author's theory about how stupid politicians have multiplied, unless he switched from analyzing politicians' views to analyzing the voting public's views. Maybe the general population has gotten stupider (I tend to agree), but his three stages of acceptance don't support the premise.
People vote the way they do for a variety of reasons. Smart people and stupid people exist on both sides of the aisle. The author oversimplifies things by presenting virtually all Republicans as stupid but likeable, while presenting virtually all Democrats as smart but beset by bad luck, arrogance, or a hostile press.
There are nuggets of truth in here, and I laughed out loud many times, but the biased presentation taints what could have been (dare I say it?) an intelligent analysis of recent political events.