Conservatives Are from Mars, Liberals Are from San Francisco: 101 Reasons I'm Happy I Left the Left

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Synopsis

“For years,” Burt Prelutsky writes, “the ranks of the Right were so bereft of amusing people they had to point to William F. Buckley Jr. as their token funnyman. Finally, thank God, P. J. O’Rourke came along. Now he was really funny. I mean, on purpose.”

So begins the man who invented political incorrectness. In this delightful social commentary and rant on just about everything the Left does that offends him, he brings a biting wit. Among his observations:

On Politicians: “If you have a politician for a friend, you don’t need an enemy.”

On Free Speech: “Most Hollywood types are zealots when it comes to free speech. Except when they aren’t.”

On Working People: “While liberals will sing folk songs celebrating the wonderful folk who build the bridges, till the soil, and make the world run, they just don’t want them to vote.”

On Campaign Finance Laws: “What [the politician] wants is to get money out of his opponent’s election process.”

On Lawyers: “How is it that in a society in which everything from toys to toasters comes with dire warnings attached, lawyers don’t?”

In 101 short, pithy chapters, Prelutsky applies his wit and wisdom to the big issues of the day. To quote him: “So right-wingers, dig in and enjoy. Liberals, dig in and wise up.”

Biography

Burt Prelutsky has been a humor columnist for the Los Angeles Times and a movie critic for Los Angeles magazine. As a freelancer, he has written for the New York Times, TV Guide, Modern Maturity, Emmy, Holiday, American Film, and Sports Illustrated. He has also written for several television series, including Dragnet, McMillan and Wife, M*A*S*H, Dr. Quinn, and Diagnosis Murder, and several television movies. He lives in the San Fernando Valley area of southern California.