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P J O'Rourke RIP. I miss him already
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 6:17 am
by MajGenl.Meade
"Those of us who are native Republicans feel the same way about Donald Trump as native Scots feel about Fat Bastard in the Austin Powers movies..."
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34199866
Re: P J O'Rourke RIP. I miss him already
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 8:33 am
by Bicycle Bill
I remember him from his 'National Lampoon' days and some of the outrageous stuff he wrote there
(like this one). I'm sure it was meant as satire, but back in those days, and with the bunch that was on the Lampoon's masthead at that time, you couldn't really be sure.
Glad to see that his legacy ended up covering far more than that.
-"BB"-
Re: P J O'Rourke RIP. I miss him already
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 2:40 pm
by Burning Petard
He is the only writer who ever made me think about voting Republican. (I quickly took a nap until the urge went away)
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Re: P J O'Rourke RIP. I miss him already
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2022 4:29 pm
by Burning Petard
I heard a short tribute to him on the NPR radio program "Wait,Wait; Don't Tell ME" yesterday. PJ O'Rourke announced when a panelist on that program that he was voting for Hillary Clinton, rather than Trump. "Hillary Clinton is WRONG on everything. But she is wrong within normal parameters."
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