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Republican Party Reptile: The Confessions, Adventures, Essays and (Other) Outrages of P.J. O'Rourke
"I think our agenda is clear. We are opposed to: government spending, Kennedy kids, seat-belt laws, busing our children anywhere other than Yale, trailer courts near our vacation homes, all tiny Third World countries that don't have banking secrecy laws, aerobics, the UN, taxation without tax loopholes, and jewelry on men. We are in favor of: guns, drugs, fast cars, free l...more
Paperback, 220 pages
Published
September 29th 1995
by Atlantic Monthly Press
(first published January 1st 1988)
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In this collection of P.J. O'Rourke's essays he proves, once and for all, that conservatives are much funnier than liberals. Some examples:
- I'm a registered Republican and consider socialism a violation of the American principle that you shouldn't stick your nose in other people's business except to make a buck.
- In fact, safety has no place anywhere. Everything that's fun in life is dangerous. Horse races, for instance, are very dangerous. But attempt to design a safe horse and the result is a...more
- I'm a registered Republican and consider socialism a violation of the American principle that you shouldn't stick your nose in other people's business except to make a buck.
- In fact, safety has no place anywhere. Everything that's fun in life is dangerous. Horse races, for instance, are very dangerous. But attempt to design a safe horse and the result is a...more
I bought this collection of essays by O'Rourke over 20 years ago and fell in love with it - and Mr O'Rourke too.
"We are in favor of: guns, drugs, fast cars, free love (if our wives don't find out), a sound dollar, and a strong military with spiffy uniforms. There are thousands of people in America who feel this way, especially after three or four drinks. If all of us would unite and work together, we could give this country. . . well, a real bad hangover."
O'Rourke is married with kids now and s...more
"We are in favor of: guns, drugs, fast cars, free love (if our wives don't find out), a sound dollar, and a strong military with spiffy uniforms. There are thousands of people in America who feel this way, especially after three or four drinks. If all of us would unite and work together, we could give this country. . . well, a real bad hangover."
O'Rourke is married with kids now and s...more
Among P.J.'s earliest and funniest works, this book made me laugh back in 1989 when I was just an errant fratboy, and still does. Either I haven't matured at all (quite likely) or else it, like only the rarest humor, stands the test of time. "How to Drive Fast on Drugs While Getting Your Wing-Wang Squeezed and Not Spill Your Drink" still gives me the best line I could ever use about my speeding tickets: "Some believe 55 mph is the speed at which a spirited person parallel parks." It's wickedly f...more
O'Rourke's writings are here to show that republicans can have a sense of humor and write about sex, drugs, and alcohol. Some of the writings were very funny, some not so much. I was entertained enough to want to seek out other writings by the author.
By turns hilarious, candid, profound and misfiring. Well worth a read. It speaks very eloquently of the time in which it was written.
Some stories are stellar, others lacking. P.J. O'Rourke is pretty awesome regardless. A more tounge in cheek Hunter S. Thompson
May 16, 2009
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Republican Party Reptile: The Confessions, Adventures, Essays, and (Other) Outrages of... by P. J. O'Rourke (1995)
It can be hard to remember that O'Rourke used to be funny, but this is just great.
the best one is the one where he drives the ferrari.
PJ O'Rourke is hilarious. 'Nuff said.
Good.
Testing my theory that conservatives are not as funny as liberals, I borrowed this book from Sandy and was proven wrong. Some of the essays are hilarious and some, at least for me, fall flat. So the three-star rating is an average. The book was published in the mid-eighties and some of the pieces are older with a dated feel, but I enjoy his wit and humor. And his foreign correspondent pieces on Lebanon and Indonesia are great pieces of travel writing.
Feb 13, 2012
Vicki Cline
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This one's pretty old, articles from various publications collected in 1985. It was strange to see Reagan and the Soviet Union being written of in the present tense. Despite the title, there was very little of political talk here. My favorites are the articles he writes about being in a foreign country. P.J. is always funny even if I don't agree with his politics.
Ferrari Refutes the Decline of the West will stay with me as long as I live, so long as I am driving on American interstates contemplating life with a radar detector. I also enjoyed O'Rourke's thoughts on proper dinner party conversation and on recreational use of ecstasy.
great satire. not a republican, but it made me kinda want to be one (but not really). o'rourke used to be one of my favorite authors. i used to read all his articles in rolling stone, and then i proceeded to buy all his books...
One of the true classic testiments to debauchery out there.... Contrary to the title, this one has nothing to do with being a Republican, other than that the author is one -- and a raging party animal ;)
Republicans are pretty funny in general. This one is rip roaring hilarious and highly addictive even if I don't agree with 75% of his views
Great collection of humorous essays and short stories.
Disappointing except for the trip to Russia.
Good, but not quite yet hitting his stride.
great take on politics.
Laugh out loud funny. and I don;t say that often. Just as funny as when I read it 20 years ago.
Hi-larious.
Jun 16, 2013
John Smith
marked it as to-read
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Patrick Jake O'Rourke is an American political satirist, journalist, and writer. O'Rourke is the H. L. Mencken Research Fellow at the Cato Institute and is a regular correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, The American Spectator, and The Weekly Standard, and frequent panelist on National Public Radio's game show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! He is perhaps best known in the United Kingdom as the face...more
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