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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 08:42 AM
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And this is from a fiction book.
"As a lobbyist, he had long ago concluded there was no difference in how Democrats and Republicans conducted the business of government. The game stayed the same. It was always about favors and friends and who controlled the dough. Party labels were merely a way to keep track of the teams. Issues were mostly smoke and vaudeville. Nobody believed in anything except hanging on to power, whatever it took."

From SICK PUPPY, by Carl Hiaasen.

The general public doesn’t hold fiction reading in high esteem, but you can learn a lot from fiction. I guess I’m preaching to the choir here.
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Silverhair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 08:46 AM
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1. Have you ever read a "Parliment of Whores"?
Same theme, nonfiction, and funny in the bargin. P. J. O'Rourke slices up both Democrats and Republicans in that book.
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 08:48 AM
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2. No, but I'll have to check that out. nt
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catnhatnh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 08:56 AM
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4. ANY O'Rourke is Great.....
but when he discusses U.S. farm subsidy programs while a cow is artificially inseminated has to be one of the funniest chapters ever written....
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 08:50 AM
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3. Carl is very politically astute
All his books have a political thread to them. :thumbsup: And they're hilarious.
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Democrats_win Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 08:58 AM
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5. Several years ago, Paul Krugman said its about splitting the economic pie
Edited on Thu Sep-15-05 08:59 AM by Democrats_win
That hasn't changed.
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abluelady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 09:26 AM
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6. Just Picked up SICK PUPPY
I really like Hiaasen's books--very clever and funny!
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 09:38 AM
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7. I just read that book a couple of weeks ago.
Funny, I noticed that very same part - I felt like underlining it. :D
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 08:03 PM
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8. Carl Hiaasen
is rapidly becoming one of my favorite authors
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hiaasenrocks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 12:24 PM
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9. One of many, many great Hiaasen quotes.
By far, my favorite writer. (Hence, my DU handle...)
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 12:26 PM
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10. Welcome to DU then...
...nice handle.
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hiaasenrocks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 12:30 PM
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11. Thanks!
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 01:15 PM
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12. I've read several of his, he's one of my favorite writers. nt
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 04:28 PM
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13. I don't know that this is the choir.
Unfortunately, many Dems are unwilling to face their own party's subjugation to Big Money. The Republicans perfected it, of course, but those on the left side of the aisle have been doing their best to emulate them.
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