Can't we all just get along? The 2004 election is over and people are pissed. The re-election of W for a second term has divided the country in ways we haven't seen since the OJ verdict, since Britney v. Christina, since paper v. plastic. The cultural divide between the liberal elite and the compassionate conservative has pitted family member against family member, co-worker against co-worker, and on a much larger scale, the Blue Stater v. Red Stater. We're supposed to be the "United" States, but right now, we're about as united as Shaq and Kobe in the NBA finals. RED v. BLUE is an irreverent guide to the history, demographics, ideals, and philosophies of "the enemy." This hilarious humor book is an equal opportunity offender, and the Red side of the great divide will embrace how its handbook showcases the hypocrisies and vulnerabilties of the opponents. The book includes: The History of Stater Hating, including origins of Red v. Blue; A rundown of divisive issues defining each side's position on Coke v. Pepsi, creamy v. chunky, Roe v. Wade, paper or plastic, Vietnam, Leno v. Letterman, Big Mac v. Whopper, Ruben v. Clay, et al.; The 10 Commandments (according to the Red side); State of the Red nation—laced with fun factoids—with an in-depth look inside the mind of Red Staters regarding morals, foreign policy, drinking, smoking, and drugs, religion, entertainment, and consumer characteristics.; Quizzes to determine what shade of red you are.; A turncoat's survival guide (ways to survive in you're living in a state of the other color). And much much more hilarious commentary on the great divide.
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Deborah Baer has worked as an entertainment editor at Ladies Home Journal, Parents, CosmoGirl!, and Lifetime magazines, where she interviewed more than 100 celebrities including Angelina Jolie, Britney Spears, Pierce Brosnan, Ellen DeGeneres, Julianne Moore, and Shania Twain. Now freelancing, Dibs has written for Seventeen, US Weekly, Star, Hamptons, More, Marie Claire, Galmour, Self and the New York Daily News. After earning a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. E.J. Boeke began working in promotions/marketing at Conde nast. She has spent most of her eight-year career there at Conde Nast Traveler, Details, GQ and now Gourmet, with a few stints as a copywriter for The New York Times in between.
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A look at the losers who won the 2004 election,
This review is from: Blue V. Red: The Blue Starter's Guide to the Great State Debate (Paperback)
Winston Churchill said that the best argument against democracy was a five-minute talk with the average voter, while Benjamin Disraeli said that a conservative government is an organized hypocrisy. This provides all the hard evidence to show why 51% or so of the American electorate still chose to go with Bush despite his track record of failure and incompetence. The contradictions and hypocrisies of the "moral" right are spelled out in detail with researched figures from the CDC, FEMA, and the Center For Rural Strategies: red states have a higher incidence of drug addiction, AIDS cases due to needle drug use, poverty, physical violence despite being the "Culture Of Life," and general ignorance (almost 90% of 18-to-24-year-olds, the primary military recruiting demographic, can't find Iraq on a map). The best part is the armistice treaty/nonaggression pact at the end, spelling out all of the tradeoffs both sides of the political divide are to endure just to make the noise stop (Michael Moore and Ann Coulter both have to do life without parole in the same Gitmo jail cell).
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This review is from: Blue V. Red: The Blue Starter's Guide to the Great State Debate (Paperback)
This little book had me laughing out loud just browsing through it at the bookstore. I won't give away any of the jokes, but I have to hand it to the authors who take a no-holds barred approach to making fun of all the bible slapping, god-fearing, full of hubris and hatred Bushers out there. And for all you Bushers, don't worry. The authors were equal opportunity offenders and wrote Red v. Blue.
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