101 Things to Do With a Conservative [Paperback]

Pat Oliphant (Author), Dain Dunston (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 101 pages
• Publisher: Andrews Mcmeel Pub (August 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0836225465
• ISBN-13: 978-0836225464
• Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 4.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,170,037 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Pat Oliphant occupies a unique position among today's editorial cartoonists. Widely considered the dean of the profession, he is one of its sharpest, most daring practitioners. Oliphant divides his time between Santa Fe, N.M. and Washington, D.C. Pat Oliphant is syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate.

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars better left unpublished, February 10, 2000

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Charles G Bird (sammamish, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 101 Things to Do With a Conservative (Paperback)

I am a big Pat Oliphant fan. I have nearly every cartoon book he has ever published. (parenthetically to the reviewer who assumes Oliphant only goes after conservatives take a look at some of the stuff he did to Teddy Kennedy and Jimmy Carter). Pat Oliphant remade political cartooning in America. Pre Oliphant political cartooning in the US was cliched symbols of Uncle Sam and tired homilies defending the American way of life.

Ok enough praise of Pat. This book has plenty of venom but no bite. It's not funny or particularly hard hitting. A good cartoon should prove its point, this one just uses a tired symbol in 101 different ways almost all equally boring, the only exception, the Jeanne Kirkpatrick allusion in one panel. For heaven's sake Pat, these guys are such easy targets it should be simple to come up with some decent cartoons instead of tired mildly risque word play like cork socker, or coke soaker. If you want to see somebody who does a good job skewering the rich and powerful in america, take a look at Tom Toles' work Your fans deserve better.

4 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Liberals Have More Fun-they have conservatives to amuse them, January 27, 2000

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Allen Anderson (Santa Fe, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 101 Things to Do With a Conservative (Paperback)

I wonder if the previous reviewer actually read the book, or got in a snit just over its title. Oliphant's next book should be "102 Things to Do With a Conservative". By the way, can conservatives do anything besides moralize themsevles into hopeless knots?

6 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Liberal Intolerance?, November 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: 101 Things to Do With a Conservative (Paperback)

The title of this work indicates that Mr. Oliphant is suffering from a severe double-standard. Seeing that he has two (one for his friends - tolerance is good; and one for his enemies - "I will not tolerate a logical point of view and will denegrate the holders thereof"), one can hardly trust his bleary point of view. It is typical of a liberal to insist on a cordial discourse and then to slander his opponent.