Al Franken - Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot, Wellington in Wellington, Wellington for sale

In the grand satirical tradition of Swift, Rabelais, and Twain comes.Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot, and Other Observations.a scathing--but uncompromisingly fair--look at America's largest talk show host and the rest of the Republican right.ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿPenned by the Emmy award-winning Saturday Night Live writer whom John Podhoretz of the New York Post has called'the man responsible for some of the most brilliant political satire of our time,'Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot tackles the issues--and the politicians--in ways few have dared.ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿExploding Medicare Costs:'Why not shoot the elderly into space?ÿÿStay with me.ÿÿBecause I'm not just thinking about the budget here.ÿÿI'm talking about science.ÿÿJust think how many more manned space operations NASA could undertake if they didn't have to worry about getting the astronauts back.'ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿCrime:'I have a radical gun-buyback idea that I guarantee would be a huge success.ÿÿHere's how it works: hand in a gun, get a free vial of crack.'ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿNewt Gingrich:'Many of us, like Newt, have acknowledged smoking dope and reading Toffler in the early 70s.ÿÿBut after reading his book, I think Newt's dirty little secret is that he smoked dope and watched The Jetsons.'ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿPhil Gramm:'If you get beyond the fact the Gramm is ugly, mean, hypocritical, has a boob fetish, and drives his wife like a mule, he does have a certain folksy charm.'ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿOn the subject of Rush Limbaugh, Franken lets the facts speak for themselves. Listen to Rush, the'rugged individualist'and enemy of government handouts, explain how his second wife made him stop sitting around the house eating just food and go file for unemployment insurance.ÿÿAnd learn all of Rush's several explanations for how he avoided the draft.ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿOf course, when it comes to draft-dodging Republicans, Rush isn't alone. Reading Al's Vietnam short story,'Operation Chickenhawk,'you'll savor the exploits of Privates Limbaugh, Gramm, Quayle, Buchanan, Gingrich, and George Will as Lieutenant Oliver North leads them kicking and screaming into combat.ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿAnd don't miss Al's informative discussion with the man who has'the easiest job in America': Rush Limbaugh's fact-checker.ÿÿAnd much, much more. 336 pages
Author
Al Franken
Title
Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot
Publisher name
Penguin 2004 Paperback
Price
$13.50
Shipping cost
First book $5.08, each extra book $2.54
Shipping time
3 - 7 days
Publication year
2004
Vendor name
Book Haven
Vendor rating
Key words
Humour, Non-fiction
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