A hilarious bipartisan collection of rants, malapropisms, doublespeak, and just plain idiocy from lifelong politicians and Washington wannabes.
Whether it's a Republican mayor on crime -- ""The streets are safe in Philadelphia. It's only the people who make them unsafe (Frank Rizzo) -- or his Democratic counterpart on the same subject -- ""Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country"" (Marion Barry) -- political discourse is often off-course, not to mention unintentionally hilarious.
Wickedly funny when read from either direction, this book presents both Republican stupidity (""Approximately 80 percent of our air pollution stems from vegetation""-- Ronald Reagan) and matching head-slappers from Democrats (""For those who died
in the San Francisco earthquake , their lives will never be the same again"" -- Barbara Boxer).
The 267 Stupidest Things . . is the perfect antidote to election-year bombast.
By:
Ted Rueter Imprint: Random House USA Inc Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 175mm,
Width: 127mm,
Spine: 8mm
Weight: 118g ISBN:9780609806357 ISBN 10: 0609806351 Pages: 128 Publication Date:20 June 2000 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Inactive
TED RUETER teaches political science at UCLA. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has taught at Middlebury College, Georgetown University, and Smith College. This is his eighth book.