I checked the back cover for a summary and noticed all the quotes from people like “Finally! A guy who says what people who aren’t thinking, are thinking. – Jon Stewart”.
Being a fan of Jon’s show and seeing the goofy smirk on Glenn’s face on the back cover, I thought the book would be similar to the political satire Colbert generally writes. I bought the book for a few laughs.

By the time I got to the third chapter of the book, the laughs stopped and I realized this guy was not only serious, but was also insane. I buried the book in my shelf, never expecting to open it again.

Well, last night I finally found the only good use for this book:

This could be useful

Found a use for it!

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First it started out with John McCain’s campaign. It seemed like every decision made sunk him further and further into the ground. The more they focused on absolutely ridiculous accusations of relating Obama to terrorism and socialism, the less interested people were. Not to mention they go and pick Sarah Palin as VP running mate?

Then you’ve got this Joe the Plumber debacle who wasn’t even a plumber and had no intentions of buying his own business. Stood to make more money from Obama’s plan than McCain’s. Alright, that was a failed project… Then why is he still around? Why is he still making speeches for the Republicans on the economy and foreign policy? What the fuck does he know about either, he can’t even figure out if he’s a plumber! What a joke.

But the worst of the worst is happening right now. It seems the entire Republican party has banded together under the ruling of Right Wing talk show hosts like Rush Limbaugh.
Rush Limbaugh is one of the most idealistic lunatics in existence who is constantly spewing from the mouth some of the most ridiculous ideas I’ve ever heard. He lies to his listeners and manipulates the truth in any way possible to fit his ideals.
The far right seem to get their information from him, which is a dangerous thing. He has no moral standing when it comes to reporting the truth.

So the Republican party has banded together to Filibuster and vote against anything the new President tries to throw their way. He comes up with a stimulus package that has the most probable outcome of stopping, if not slowing down our current downward spiral of job loss and foreclosure and the Republicans band together to try to stop it completely!
Do they have a plan of their own put together? NO! All they’re suggesting is “More Tax Cuts!”. We tried that, it doesn’t work! Pull your heads out of your asses and realize that tax cuts will never dig us out of this hole!

But what I find fascinating about this entire ordeal is the Republican Party’s strategy.

If they vote No on the Stimulus and it doesn’t pass, the economy gets worse and worse while the Democrats have majority and the Republicans may stand a chance next election campaigning “This is what happens when the Democrats have Majority”. Maybe people’s memories are short-term enough for this to work, or maybe they’ll seen as the party that stood in the way and lose even more votes!

If they vote No and the Stimulus works, they hope they can campaign on the fact that the stimulus may have worked, but there were better ways of going about it. (Yet they haven’t really offered any plans to the table except a general ‘Cut Taxes’ consensus, which history has already shown to have failed.)

If they vote No and the stimulus passes, but doesn’t fix everything or fails horribly (not likely) they campaign on being the party that tried to stop it and take back over.

The Republican Party as a whole is betting on the stimulus to fail and the economy to get worse, as it’s their only chance in the next election season. They want us to suffer for two more years so they can take back a few seats in the house and senate, only to make things worse anyway!

Well, the American people have already spoken. We elected Obama because of his plans for the economy. The majority of Americans are pro-stimulus, because we’re smart enough to realize that something needs to be done about this situation. So when the stimulus helps turn the economy around, the Republican Party better hold on tight. If they thought the Democrats had a hold on Washington now, just wait. The more they follow the ridiculous ideals and logic of people like Rush Limbaugh, the more they dig themselves into the hole with everyone but the far right. And as the election showed, you’re going to need more than just the far right to win the next election season.

Besides, anyone who voted for McCain on the assumption that Barack Obama is a terrorist… I really don’t know what to say to you and doubt you’re smart enough to work a computer to read this anyway.