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Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot and other observations, Al Franken

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Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot and other observations

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Al Franken

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. Penned 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. On 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 junk food and go file for unemployment insurance. And learn all of Rush's several explanations for how he avoided the draft. Of 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. And don't miss Al's informative discussions with the man who has "the easiest job in America": Rush Limbaugh's fact-checker. And much, much more

Book review -- Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot -- One giant leap toward solving the budget crisis -- Adventures in politics 1951-1975 -- The Newt cancer surgery story -- Gingrich : sex, giraffes, and weightlessness -- Rush Limbaugh's fact checker -- Operation Chickenhawk -- Bob Dole's nightmare of depravity -- The invisible hand of Adam Smith -- Adventures in politics November 8, 1988 -- Phil Gramm, gun lover -- Affirmative action : the case for the mushball middle -- Something we can all get behind -- Apocryphal anecdotes : the Republican contribution to public debate -- This book is not part of a conspiracy -- I get letters -- Adventures in politics December 31, 1993 -- The secrets of Renaissance Weekend -- Stop this man before he kills again -- Monetary policy : a ticking time bomb -- The Reagan years : Rush Limbaugh is a big fat liar -- Newt's loot -- Lexis-Nexis -- Back to Newt's loot -- Adventures in politics April 23, 1994 -- Phil Gramm : everybody's favorite bastard -- Fun with Nexis -- Arlen! Arlen! Arlen! and other thoughts on the '96 election -- Pat Buchanan : Nazi lover -- The middle-class squeeze -- Rubbernecking on the infotainment superhighway -- Another fearless policy initiative from me -- Adventures in politics April 29, 1995 -- More fun with Rush Limbaugh's fact checker -- Republicans and environmental regulation : like mixing oil and water. Literally. -- The law and order party : us! -- Fair mean vs. unfair mean -- Adventures in politics August 12-14, 1995 -- The urgent need for health care reform -- The critical need for legal reform -- The desperate need for entitlement reform -- Bill Clinton : greatest President of the twentieth century -- Adventures in politics September 9, 1995 -- A time for healing -- Adventures in marketing January-April 1996 -- Adventures in politics the 1996 primary season -- Adventures in politics May 4, 1996 -- My research assistant is not dead