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What America Wants, America Gets: Notes from the "G.O.P. Revolution" and Other Scary Stuff

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Sharpnack is plainly a genius. His biting satire and clear thinking are an antidote for these strange times we live in where the GOP [Greedy Old Parasites] gives tax breaks to the richest Americans while they send our boys overseas to fight their oil wars. The adage goes that a picture is worth a thousand words. In his cartoons, Sharpnack cuts through the BS and shows what is really occurring. This book should be read by anyone who loves this country and wants to save it for all Americans, not just for the rich. I googled Mr. Sharpnack and found his funny website www.sharptoons.com. Free speech is precious and Mr. Sharpnack shows that it represents the heart of our country. His work is not to be missed.

The issues Sharpnack brings forward through his editorial cartoons show incredible intelligence. Sharpnack is very direct in tackling some political issues that others throw soft balls at. Regarding his ability to use metaphor in cartooning I know of none better. I look forward to more of Mr. Sharpnack's work to be published. Even if one would not agree with his positions one will find him or herself thinking, laughing or deeply offended by his work...and the later may provide the compliment that he is a true editorial cartoonist.

Great book! I loved the savvy confrontation and intelligence of the cartoons. This guy is good. I hope Mr Sharpnack continues to publish his work. Excellent. I wish I had a new "What America wants, America Gets" for every year.

The best political cartoons are jewels and by those criteria, this book is priceless. The humor is so sharp that it generates no pain as the rapier slices through. Like the best cartoonists, Sharpnack spares no one, from the Republican Right, to the Religious Right, across the political colors to the Politically Correct crowd and almost everyone in between. Sharpnack's ability to skewer political hypocrisy is superb, these are some of the best cartoons I have ever read. You smile and snicker and then ponder and nod your head in agreement.

In a world of otherwise predictable scribblings and trite captions, thank goodness there is Sharpnack. His work rises off the page and touches you until you say, "Yes. It's true. Life IS that absurd." Others produce political cartoons. Sharpnack takes real life, shakes it upside down, and draws it sideways. I imagine it would be worth your time to sit down and have a beer with this guy.