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Today is the dirty-sounding anniversary of the day a bunch of American troops got bombed in the waters surrounding Obama’s Kenya. Newt Gingrich honored their sacrifice on Twitter by reminding America he wrote some books that are available for purchase so that America can help him finance a new extramarital affair or whatever. Obviously, “Everyone [...]
Who knew Keith Richards’ autobiography, Life, would be such a perfect political history of the 1950s-2000s? We’ve been tremendously enjoying this book, having accidentally received a copy surely intended for Pitchfork or Tumblr or something, and we’ve been especially delighted by the political anecdotes, of which there are hundreds. Hundreds. So, beginning right now, we [...]
Hey, it’s everyone’s favorite superhero, “The Palinman!” It’s that time again, when Sarah Palin fans have saved up enough Social Security to make their annual pilgrimage to sit outside a bookstore for days for the right to buy a book from that woman who is just like them except she’s on the teevee. Palinman, however, [...]
Surely you’ve been wondering lately, “HMMM, what makes better Hanukkah reading: Sarah Palin’s new book, or that infinite library of Wikileak’d State Department telegrams?” If you enjoy endless Reports of the Obvious (“TOP SECRET: Arabs don’t like Iran!”) and the occasional bitchy gossip item (“Vladimir Putin: DRAG QUEEN BY NIGHT, or so I’ve heard”), go [...]
Historical novels aren’t like those Important Must-Read Books about getting divorced in Connecticut or that time your grandparents died. They imply that other times, other places, other ways of being, people who are in many ways QUITE DIFFERENT from yourself might be interesting and worth reading about, sometimes even more interesting than you and your [...]
Yes, we could assume that Glenn Beck and that other guy on this cover are this kid’s gay dads, to go for (a Wonkette record?) three-straight (three-gay) posts about gayness. But we will just advise Glenn Beck that this kid has the right strategy sliding into first; Glenn shouldn’t have his mouth open so wide. [...]
Isn’t it great to have our previous president back in the news these days? How about this one: He lifted passages of his book out of other people’s books and news articles? Yes, he did! Or rather, whoever was putting together his book did. Hey, c’mon, why would Bush want to remember stuff himself? It’s [...]
Former Texas Rangers owner George W. Bush was so upset by the outcome of the 2010 World Series that he retreated to a dark library somewhere and poured his feelings into a huge cri de coeur titled Decision Points. It also includes stuff about his time as President of the United States. You’ve already heard [...]
The revelations from George W. Bush’s blockbuster graphic novel, Stuff I Did, continue to slam America when it is most vulnerable and butt-hurt. For example, the longest serving president of the 21st Century (really, so far!) says he would’ve never been our beloved national leader had he kept his fun drinking habit. Imagine that! Just [...]
Down in the dumps about the election? Looking for an escape from our National Jobs & Politics Sadness via the wonder of books? Do you crave Teabagger erotica about a small-town Texan sheriff who leads a dramatic insurrection against the degenerate rulers of Amerika, leaving a trail of dead and maimed illegal immigrants in his [...]
Rejoice, Wonketeers, for Halloween is nearly upon us! In keeping with the spirit of this sexy witch-burning holiday, Wonkette World o’ Books is going to try something a bit different this week. Instead of reviewing one shameful/inept book, we’ll simply recommend a few different books, none of them explicitly about politics but all helpful in [...]
Remember Ralph Reed, shameless leader of ’90s boy band “the Christian Coalition” and smooth-faced huckster for Casino Jesus? Your book reviewer doesn’t spend an unhealthy amount of time thinking about Ralph Reed, but he occasionally wonders, “How does Ralph Reed spend his time when he’s not manufacturing rube hysteria and gobbling up Jack Abramoff lobbying [...]
Rick Sanchez may be unemployed because of some stuff he said about the Jews, but that doesn’t mean he has quit. Sanchez is still active, occasionally doing interviews and sitting by the phone for one of the cable news channels that are run by fewer Jews than CNN to ask him to bring his trademark [...]
