"Ridicule is the unfortunate destiny of the ridiculous." --James Howard Kunstler
This book could not come at a better time here in these United States. The Republicrat National Conventions are in full swing, with Part One having wrapped up a couple of weeks ago in Philadelphia, and Part Two underway even as we speak in Los Angeles.
If you haven't heard of the Republicrat Party, you are not really qualified to discuss American politics, as it is far and away the only force currently able to shove through its egregious policies and legislation, all through the clever illusion that it is actually two seperate and distinct parties, which the Republicrats call "Republican" and "Democratic." The Party has one goal, and to date it has succeeded admirably, while paradoxically having nothing admirable about it: Stay in power.
Kuper skewers the significant players in the Republicrat Party, including current Republicrat Presidential Candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush. The two face off in the Republicrat Primary in November, and whoever gets the most votes then is rubber-stamped in the real election, by the Electoral College.
Sickening, isn't it?
Kuper has some fun with the evil, backward yet moneyed attorneys and oil barons trying to convince the American people they "Feel your pain." I liked the comparison of "Dubya" to 007 ("Bush, George W. Bush."), and the constant jabs at Al Gore's inability to get out of the shadow of Bill Clinton (sometimes literally!) are dead-on.
As with any collection of political cartoons, a few of the pieces that were bleeding-edge topical a few months ago are now hopelessly dated (Who remembered Donald Trump was running for President in 1999?), but it's always good to be reminded that someday cunning stunts like Al Gore and Dubya may be relegated to the irrelevant compost pit of the Republicrats in the same manner as Bill Bradley, "Rudy" Giuliani and John McCain.
