America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book has parts that are wildly funny, The Daily Show now rates with only 2 other authors that have made me LOL. (The others are [a:Woody Allen|10356|Woody Allen|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1198641626p2/10356.jpg] and [a:Hunter S. Thompson|5237|Hunter S. Thompson|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1206560814p2/5237.jpg] with [b:Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas|1319758|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas |Hunter S. Thompson|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182727882s/1319758.jpg|1309111].)
However well before half the book I was saddened and could only laugh at off-topic jokes like the news anchorman name generator gag. Why? Because the topical jokes are how sad, confused, muddled, unfair, and ridiculous the American political system and political discourse is. And, it is so true, too true to laugh at...
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