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~ James Friedman (Contributor), Harry Prichett (Contributor), R.D. Rosen (Contributor), Rob Battles (Contributor)
Key Phrases: President Bush, White House, United States (more...)
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Filled with hilarious, undoctored photographs, cutting captions, "Bad President Early Warning Signs," and "Sad Truths" about the Bush administration, "Bad President" captures the US commander-in-chief doing what he unintentionally does best - the word "clueless" comes to mind - and delivers a book's worth of long-overdue laughs. Releasing in early October, this is the perfect impulse gift for anyone counting down to the end of this administration, or just needing more ammunition to make fun of Americans!

About the Author

James Friedman is a professor at the University of Maine School of Law, and specializes in constitutional law and counterterrorism. He lives in Portland, Maine.

Harry Prichett is a former member of Chicago City Limits and the creator of the off-off-Broadway one-man show, Work=Pain=Success.

R.D. Rosen is an Edgar Award–winning mystery novelist and a humorist whose work has appeared on PBS, HBO, CBS, and—with Harry Prichett—on National Public Radio.

Rob Battles is Senior Vice President of Creative Services for Rainbow, a cable network company.

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  • Paperback: 165 pages
  • Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; annotated edition edition (October 1, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0761146202
  • ISBN-13: 978-0761146209
  • Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.9 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #715,346 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Good Humor, October 20, 2006
Full of real (not doctored) photos, mostly of Bush in a wide variety of settings, but also including his minders/mentors as well. Each photo is labeled with an unflattering (but funny, and appropriate) caption, and several also are accompanied with facing pages containing relevant factoids titled "The Sad Truth."
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23 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Gift, October 25, 2006
By Steve D (Little Neck, New York USA) - See all my reviews
This would be a great gift for anyone who is a fan of President Bush. It is more than just funny captions to pictures, because everytime you think it's all in fun, you are hit with a "sad" fact about the President. It's two books in one, pictures of Bush & his staff with very funny captions, many that hit home & true "sad" facts about things that this administration has done. Not very funny. I read it & everytime I laughed, I read a fact & wanted to cry.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Bad? Well, we knew that, January 4, 2007
By wiredweird "wiredweird" (Earth, or somewhere nearby) - See all my reviews
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Most of this book features actual photos from the news services, retroactively captioned. For example, one shows Pres. Bush II pointing towards his own head. The new caption reads "Because this part of my prefrontal cortex did not develop normally, I have trouble anticipating the consequences of my actions." Amusing, but rarely up to the standard of a good editorial cartoonist. Scattered throughout, there are "The Sad Truth" features: one-page factual essays, on things like Bush proposing anti-scientific teaching of science, gutting of poverty programs that benefit hundreds of thousands of elders and pregnant women, and lots more.

The format lets you pick up any page at random, and read them in any order. That makes it good bathroom reading, or fair amusement for anyone else whose attention is elsewhere. That's about it - funny pictures that miss the truly humorous moments, and factoids too disjoint to sustain well-deserved outrage.

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2.0 out of 5 stars It's fun to laugh at the powerful and famous.
There have been a lot of humor books about President G.W.Bush.and the humorists have all worked overtime to produce them. Read more
Published 3 months ago by J. Guild

4.0 out of 5 stars VERY SMART AND FUNNY
A joy to read, past it around to 8 people at a long party, everyone enjoyed it. It does help to be Jewish
Published 18 months ago by C. Herman

3.0 out of 5 stars Quick, light read
This is a curious book in that just when the captions get going the authors weigh down with the serious, sad parts of the Bush presidency (of which there are many, of course). Read more
Published on February 7, 2008 by Jon Hunt

5.0 out of 5 stars Call to Public Non-Violent General Strike
Imagine ten million people putting every major city into grid-lock on 1 January, holding up a copy of this book, and chanting "Death to the Two-Party Spoils System--Electoral... Read more
Published on December 24, 2007 by Robert D. Steele

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny and unfortunately pertinent
I received this book as a gift from a friend; it proved to be as funny as it was downright depressing at times. Read more
Published on July 11, 2007 by Adam Harpool

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad Book
The books Bad Cat and Bad Baby are both hilarious; a friend assures me Bad Dog is equally funny. This book pretends to be part of the same series of books, but it's really not... Read more
Published on July 10, 2007 by Mary Roach

5.0 out of 5 stars extremely funny
and an excellent gift book. Of course, with Bush as prez, the joke is ultimately on all of us.
Published on March 21, 2007 by another reader

5.0 out of 5 stars bad president
delightful book good spin on a testy subject
Published on January 18, 2007 by Patty Ramacciiotti

1.0 out of 5 stars Just not all that funny

I'm always up for some good old fashioned Bush bashing, we all know he's earned it, but this book just isn't that funny. Read more
Published on December 27, 2006 by Paul Donnelly

4.0 out of 5 stars Not a bit funny
Yep! Not a bit funny. With 3,000+ dead U.S. soldiers, 200,000+ dead Iraquis, damage to our environment, and destruction of the middle class, I was appalled that pages 33, 44, 93,... Read more
Published on December 6, 2006 by C. Wagner

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