P J O'Rourke

[prunofour]

Where's P.J been with the Bin Laden death, a bad debt deal, and finally a new jobs bill. I hope he's writing another book.

[Fx1m]

you americans should be proud with some one like patrick jake , i love to hear him talk and learn from his experience , i hope we have some one like him in the middle east he is awesome

[muabdeeb]

Roxy, you're probably like me, socially liberal, fiscally conservative. We can like and hate both sides.

[veegta83]

A Conservative to be proud of! Without the rabid racism of the right or smug self-righteous left.

A sensible man, like the majority of people.

[ROXYROXSINGS]

PJ is sooo funny... but I like Obama!!!!

and... i've changed from Republican.  I guess I'm a conservative/liberal if there is such a thing... and I DO believe in evolution!! Please!!!! LOL funny jokes!

[liberalmatt]

@ROXYROXSINGS Indeed! He's the only conservative I like (as he has a sense of humour). Loved his writing since Parliament... and I'm a liberal!!!

[vampyre93]

@liberalmatt You obviously didn't actually read the book, I believe the phrase you're looking for is "glanced over the jokes"

[liberalmatt]

Your comment is a little ambiguous - please expand

[skinsknot1]

I friggin love P.J. O' Roruke....ever read any of his books or those great articles he wrote for national lampoon? Man he launched John Belushi, Chevy Chase, and Christopher Guest's career as a writer for NL. He's great.

[cruiserweight77]

best word for pj.... spaz

[skankspankr]

Whether you think P.J. is THAT funny or not, fact is he's the ONLY funny Republican! Go back and read his stuff from his National Lampoon days. This was before Nat Lamp became known more from titles of cheesy sex comedies.

[nhtyger]

Not so, and I doubt from your comments that you know many Republicans. Greg Gutfeld is very funny, imho

I'm told Jonah Goldberg is

And I know how much hatred there is of him, but the fact is, in his lighter moments, Rush Limbaugh has a great sense of humor

And to paraphrase PJ, Jerry Falwell and Pat Roberston are a riot--unless of course, they're serious

Anyway, back to McCain--unfortunately, a Republican in a natl election has to kiss ass to the Falwells--if O'Rourke were a (cont)

[nhtyger]

representation of mainstream Republican politics, I'd be happy to support the Republican agenda. Unfortunately, I'm agnostic, pro-gay rights, pro drug legalization and turned off by the power grabs made by both parties when they're in control, so while I'm right of center overall, I'm not really welcome in the Republican party which seems more interested in idealogical "purity" than in pragmatism

[skankspankr]

I agree with your viewpoints on the 2 main political parties. I think in alot of ways right and left wing idealogies stifle both parties from using common sense, which is what I believe most people want from their elected officials. I dont consider myself any particular party and/or idealogy, and like you, I have views that might be considered one or the other, depending on the topic, but I tend to hold things against the cons a little bit more, because they're more ruthless n their methods, imo

[skankspankr]

I guess it's a matter of opinion and taste in humor, but conservatism and humor dont seem to mesh, imo. I'm unfamilier with the writers you mentioned, I'll look them up!

[millertas]

Like a lot from the USA, it was taken by the rest of the world and improved. Motor Vehicles, Computers, Rock and Roll and Political Humour. He is just not that funny.

[skankspankr]

The British were doing political humor way before the US.

[JoeLahoud]

PJ O'Rourke is so not funny. How many cheesy one-liners and un-insightful commentary can you deliver before people realize you're a hack? I don't understand why Maher keeps bringing him back.

[barnoldwhv]

Maher is the hack, that smug bastard. Read one of O'Rourke's books, guy (Parliment of Whores for example). O'Rourke is brilliant. He is just appearing on a short dumb bit on a dumb show.

[destituteillusion]

i've never read his books, but i gotta say the man is not funny on maher's show.

[Mrun985]

I just read Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence and a Bad Haircut: 25 Years of P. J. O'Rourke. I honestly enjoy his short fiction best.

[antred11]

I agree. The man is awesome. I only read one of his books ("Give War A Chance"), but that was enough for me to see the light.

[DavidCJensen]

I love this guy.

[EasyEs]

Why can Bill not act like this anymore.. Civil yet funny. Now his show is full of bitter pussy liberals and Andrew Sullivan who is pissed because he can not have Obamas baby.

[TimeWarp66]

THANK YOU!

[knifeofspaghetti]

Because the Republicans lost. Pop culture doesn't protect them anymore.

[EasyEs]

I am sorry are you implying that the republicans were ever protected by pop culture?

[nhtyger]

That's ridiculous--pop culture is altogether liberal. Are you saying the likes of John McCain, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, etc are protected by pop-culture? I think you're drunk or stoned

[mowgli2071]

Nice to hear from you, governor Swartzenegger.

[nhtyger]

mowgli, I'm trying to be nicer to people online. But this is ridiculous, and apparently you think you're clever. Yeah, there are some conservatives in Hollywood. I could even name a few who might surprise you.

But pop culture and most media, talk radio notwithstanding are liberal. It's not a conspiracy; the type of people who go into acting and journalism are usually liberal

Your comment is akin to me replying to a comment that golf is a mostly white sport by bringing up Tiger Woods

[ahabthewhaler]

reality has a left wing bias

[nhtyger]

That's your opinion--opinions are like assholes--we've all got one I'm guessing you're a liberal, which tilts your perception somewhat. We all bring alot of baggage to everything, so we all have a bias.

My parents are both Massachusetts liberals, as was I for a long time. I was exposed to left wing teachers, professors, media, etc. I think I have a fair understanding of the liberal mind. I doubt most people have as wide an exposure to both the left and right as I do, but then, I'm biased

[skankspankr]

Anybody that HAS TO label themselves "liberal" or "conservative", and thinks you have to be one or the other, is incapable of thinking for themselves.

[skankspankr]

nhtyger, pop culture has little to do with politics. It's more of a "cult of personality" thing. Besides, McCain was a media darling until he ditched his maverick style and started sucking up to neo-con ideals so he could get elected.

[nhtyger]

I agree with your lib/cons. comment to the extent that ilfe is far more complex--I hold many positions that would be labeled conservative, but no few others that would be considered liberal--but many people ARE idealogues--like my parents.

I agree that politics is hugely about personality.

But, McCain's media treatment has more to do w his opponent--favorable when it was Bush, not so when it was Obama

[skankspankr]

I live in east TN, and this place is compulsively conservative, to the point that you're automatically considered a homosexual, atheist abortionist, if you dont hold fast to the conservative propaganda. I've always admired McCain, especially when he was willing to go against the grain on principal. I also admire TN's Republican senator, John Duncan, he seems to be somebody who sincerely considers what he votes on, and isn't a rubber stamp.

[mozart20dlubos]

PJ O'Rourke is overrated.

[johnnymagic10]

your mom is overrated

[Scotsgit]

Actually, his mom is good value at 40 cents an hour!

[NGS712]

Is it just me or is the sound off?

[downcard11]

this guy is great