Readers who enjoyed this book might also enjoy "Idiot America" by Charles Pierce.
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Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber | 
Readers who enjoyed this book might also enjoy "Idiot America" by Charles Pierce.
pickBorowitz's analysis of the descent of the intelligence of American politicians is told with wonderful humor, but is also a scary tale. The last section is mostly about Trump, but he does include info on many other well known Republicans. What amazed me was how well educated they all were (Ivy league schools etc.) and yet how ridiculous they generally sound, making me worry not only about the state of politics, but also education. A great read 4.5!
"Thanks to Trump's strategic deployment of CAPS LOCK, military intervention proved unnecessary." ?
When the National Embarrassment told everyone to drink bleach in order to fight COVID-19. By the way, if you were dumb enough to listen to him, you deserve to die.
I always like it when someone manages to make fun of two different people at the same time, like Borowitz does here. He does that several times throughout the book.
"He's sort of a guy who got an MBA, but it didn't take." ???
pickIt's a strange coincidence that the last two books I read in 2022 also happened to be two of the best.
This book is outstanding. There's something quotable on almost every page.
(By the way, the book I read before this one that I consider to be one of the year's best is The Next Civil War by Stephen Marche).
(Continued)...activities that are productive and not just symbolic.
In the summer of 2021, Florida became responsible for a whopping one-fifth of the nation's new COVID-19 cases. If, as many predict, DeSantis runs for president, he has already locked up the endorsements of several major variants.
(Continued)...stick the landing. Since all she was trying to say is children are the future, it's baffling that she didn't quote the far less genocidal Whitney Houston. Her only mistake was saying in public what Trump only said in private. Knowing when and when not to praise Hitler can be tricky.
"Reagan demonstrated that, in the hands of a talented TV performer, one joke could sink a thousand facts."
The conservative commentator Meghan McCain was moved to call Michelle Bachmann "the thinking man's Sarah Palin." Asked to explain her reasoning, McCain responded, "She's more smarter."
(Continued)...comparison of the financial crisis to 9/11 was unintentionally insightful: both disasters might have been averted had George W. Bush been paying attention.
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