Don't Vote!: It Just Encourages the Bastards - Softcover

P.J. O'Rourke

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848879075 ISBN 13: 9781848879072

Publisher: Atlantic, 2011

Synopsis

Best-selling humorist P.J. O'Rourke is back with his latest political masterpiece, DON'T VOTE - It Just Encourages the Bastards. Using his signature wit and keen observational skills, O'Rourke reflects on his forty year career as a political commentator, spanning his addled hippie youth to his current state of right-wing grouch maturity. Proclaiming his political stance as to the right of Rush Limbaugh, O'Rourke explores ideas ranging from why Americans love freedom and the founding fathers' unique perspective on the pursuit of happiness to the modern application of the Bill of Rights, an odd document of which Americans are inordinately proud, that guarantees their rights to Twitter, kvetch, and prevent the Pentagon from sending Marines to sleep on fold-out couches. Far from the typical high school textbook's survey of United States history, DON'T VOTE takes a hysterically sharp look at some of the most important issues Americans face today.

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From the Back Cover:

In DON'T VOTE - IT JUST ENCOURAGES THE BASTARDS, bestselling humorist PJ O'Rourke, whose On the Wealth of Nations about the foundations of economics has been published in 18 languages, delivers a hilarious theory of politics. America's most subversive conservative, O'Rourke describes government as a devil's bargain between power, freedom, and responsibility, and goes on to hilariously skewer the politicians who have bargained with us to consolidate power, and the many mini-bargains and evasions that citizens have made with the consequences of their choices. P.J. O'ROURKE begins with a party game that comes to us from late night giggle sessions in all-girls boarding schools: Kill, F@#%, Marry. Pick three men - or, in O'Rourke's version, three political ideologies, i.e., Democrat, Republican, and Independents (a.k.a. Confused). Then you have to choose which to terminate with extreme prejudice, which to go for a roll in the hay with, and which to settle down with permanently for a boring life in the suburbs. This astute tool of political analysis works on the parts of government as well as on the political thinking that led to those parts: Kill the Department of Education, screw Social Security, and marry the Armed Forces. The same for political policies: Screw the bailout, marry (more...)

About the Author:

P.J. O'Rourke is the author of 15 books, including Parliament of Whores and Give War a Chance, both of which were #1 New York Times best sellers. His most recent book is Driving Like Crazy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atlantic
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1848879075
• ISBN 13: 9781848879072
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 277