You’re thinking I’m going to recommend The Audacity of Hope or Dreams from My Father, but I’m the only passionate Democrat left who hasn’t read them. Or maybe Team of Rivals or one of the other books about Lincoln, but I’m going to save those options for his 200th birthday next month. Or maybe one of the stack of books about the Obama candidacy, but it’s too soon for me to believe there is real reflection on the part of the authors. No, in light of the barrage of terrible news we are receiving about the economy and foreign affairs, and wanting to keep in touch with the euphoria for Tuesday, I chose So You Want to be President? by John Warner.
It’s not easy for a book to make me laugh out loud. Usually when I’m reading a “funny” book I note in my head “this part is the funny part,” occasionally I smirk, and every now and then I chuckle. I can count how many times a book has made me laugh out loud. Annie Lamont has a scene about going to the beach with thin teenagers and how her thighs feel so large she names them. I could hardly breathe I laughed so hard. I love listening to David Sedaris, when he’s reading I’ve had to pull over so I don’t get in a car accident. But when I read him, not so much. By the fifth page of So You Want to be President? I was laughing out loud.
This book is the civics class you wish you had; however, it’s rated upper PG-13 or lower R, so probably there’s a problem assigning it in school. The first section of the book tests whether or not the reader is a Democrat or Republican. These tests always worry me, what if I’m secretly not a believer in the Read the rest of this entry »
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