3.5 When I saw this book at the library, it just looked really interesting to me mostly because it's such a strange concept. Take Meghan McCain, daughter of former GOP Presidential candidate John McCain and Michael Ian Black, comedian with fairly liberal views, and throw them in a stinky RV for a trip across the country together. It sounds strange, but it actually works pretty well.

This book is a sort of love letter to America and all of its wonderfulness and strangeness and eccentricities. During the ride, McCain and Black discuss all things politics and all of the different things that they see along the way. They have some pretty interesting adventures (strip club with stripper named G-cup B*tch? How could you not be intrigued). Aside from all their adventures, they really do explore some of the things that make living in America really awesome.

With as silly as the concept is, the book gave me a lot to think about especially with the particular political climate that we're in right now. Everything that you see on tv about the politics in the country makes it look like we're all trying to out American each other or rather to try to prove who is the best American. We're all Americans. We all make this place pretty great. It would be super boring if we all believed the same things. The purpose of our discourse should really be to try to make things better. Rigorous debate will obviously be a part of that but let's keep it to debate instead of cut-downs, eh? This point is really the driving force of this book.

Bottom line: This is a strange adventure with something to think about!