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An Unexpected Twist
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Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
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2022
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The 50 Funniest American Writers*: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion
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The Borowitz Report: The Big Book of Shockers
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2004
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Who Moved My Soap?: The CEO's Guide to Surviving Prison: The Bernie Madoff Edition
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The Republican Playbook
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Trillionaire Next Door: The Greedy Investor's Guide to Day Trading
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Governor Arnold: A Photodiary of His First 100 Days in Office
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Quem Mexeu no Meu Sabonete?
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"Andy Borowitz is not just a funny guy and an excellent satirist, he's also a keen observer of U.S. politics, a direct descendant of George Carlin. In this short book he traces the evolution of ignorance in politics.
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Yes, I refer to the Hofstadter book in my book - he identified this trend 60 years ago.
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""What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is." —J. Danforth Quayle, trying to repeat the slogan of the United Negro College Fund, "A mind is a terrible thing to waste"
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Adam: thank you for pointing out my criticism of the Democrats. A lot of people expect this book to be a partisan takedown of Republicans. It isn't. I
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“Think about it...
The Republicans have gone from Abraham Lincoln to Sarah Palin to Donald Trump.
No wonder they don't believe in evolution.”
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The Republicans have gone from Abraham Lincoln to Sarah Palin to Donald Trump.
No wonder they don't believe in evolution.”
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“There is a fine line between social networking and wasting your f**king life.”
― The Borowitz Report: The Big Book of Shockers
― The Borowitz Report: The Big Book of Shockers
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“Over the past fifty years, what some of our most prominent politicians didn’t know could fill a book. This is that book.”
― Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
― Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
“Who’s the most ignorant person the United States is willing to elect?”
― Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
― Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
“Given the alarming state of his knowledge, you might wonder what job he could get. Unfortunately, he’s not hypothetical, and the job he got, in 2016, was president of the United States.”
― Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
― Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
“Being dumb’s just about the worst thing there is when it comes to holding high office. —HARRY S. TRUMAN The worst thing a man can do is go bald. —DONALD J. TRUMP”
― Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
― Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
“I want the president of the United States to be intellectually curious for a simple reason: I think the person running the country should be smarter than I am. We’ve just lived through the alternative, and it was only good for the liquor industry.”
― Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
― Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
