Summary of Andy Borowitz's Profiles in Ignorance

Book excerpt: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 It’s a book-length essay about Reagan’s novels, which Byrne describes as insightful, thoughtful, and a valuable contribution to the literature of the American Dream. According to Byrne, these books were the first to argue that government should never intrude on the lives of Americans. They were also among the first to feature an African American family in a positive light. -> Ronald Reagan was the first politician to seem like a dumbass, and his disciples worship him like a prophet, an oracle, and the Yoda of cluelessness. His devotees have lavished him with the sort of hagiographies usually reserved for the Dalai Lama or LeBron James. #2 Don’t believe the hype. Reagan was a dunce, and his disciples worship him like a prophet, an oracle, and the Yoda of cluelessness. #3 Reagan was a dunce, and his disciples worship him like a prophet, an oracle, and the Yoda of cluelessness. #4 Reagan was a dunce, and his disciples worship him like a prophet, an oracle, and the Yoda of cluelessness.