Summary of Andy Borowitz's Profiles in Ignorance

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Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 It’s a book-length essay about Reagan’s novels, which Byrne describes as insightful, thoughtful, and a valuable contribution to the literature of the American Dream. According to Byrne, these books were the first to argue that government should never intrude on the lives of Americans. They were also among the first to feature an African American family in a positive light. -> Ronald Reagan was the first politician to seem like a dumbass, and his disciples worship him like a prophet, an oracle, and the Yoda of cluelessness. His devotees have lavished him with the sort of hagiographies usually reserved for the Dalai Lama or LeBron James.
#2 Don’t believe the hype. Reagan was a dunce, and his disciples worship him like a prophet, an oracle, and the Yoda of cluelessness.
#3 Reagan was a dunce, and his disciples worship him like a prophet, an oracle, and the Yoda of cluelessness.
#4 Reagan was a dunce, and his disciples worship him like a prophet, an oracle, and the Yoda of cluelessness.

Sujets

• Political Science
• Histoire
• Theory
• History

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 11 octobre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798350039689
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Insights on Andy Borowitz's Profiles in Ignorance
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

It’s a book-length essay about Reagan’s novels, which Byrne describes as insightful, thoughtful, and a valuable contribution to the literature of the American Dream. According to Byrne, these books were the first to argue that government should never intrude on the lives of Americans. They were also among the first to feature an African American family in a positive light. -> Ronald Reagan was the first politician to seem like a dumbass, and his disciples worship him like a prophet, an oracle, and the Yoda of cluelessness. His devotees have lavished him with the sort of hagiographies usually reserved for the Dalai Lama or LeBron James.

#2

Don’t believe the hype. Reagan was a dunce, and his disciples worship him like a prophet, an oracle, and the Yoda of cluelessness.

#3

Reagan was a dunce, and his disciples worship him like a prophet, an oracle, and the Yoda of cluelessness.

#4

Reagan was a dunce, and his disciples worship him like a prophet, an oracle, and the Yoda of cluelessness.

#5

Reagan was a dunce, and his disciples worship him like a prophet, an oracle, and the Yoda of cluelessness.

#6

Reagan was a dunce, and his disciples worship him like a prophet, an oracle, and the Yoda of cluelessness.

#7

Reagan was a dunce, and his disciples worship him like a prophet, an oracle, and the Yoda of cluelessness.

#8

Reagan was a terrible actor, but he was a great president.

#9

Reagan was a terrible actor, but he was a great president.

#10

The man who wanted to be governor of California was a terrible actor, but he was a great president.

#11

Adlai Stevenson was a terrible president, but he was a great politician.

#12

The Democrats were just as bad.

#13

Ronald Reagan was a terrible actor, but he was a great president.

#14

Eight years later, another egghead set Democratic hearts aflame, and left the rest of the country cold: former college professor Eugene McCarthy, a U. S. Senator from Minnesota.

#15

While TV often made Ford look clumsier than he was, he did have one genuine flaw that helped foster his image as a goofball: his optimism that sometimes veered into magical thinking.

#16