I Am America (And So Can You!)

I Am America (And So Can You!)

 by Stephen Colbert
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I Am America (And So Can You!) (Hardcover)
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Author: Stephen Colbert
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing


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1291 out of 1425 people found the following review helpful.
Review Date: 4/19/07


The perfect Christmas gift!

I cannot recommend this book highly enough.
A powerhouse. A tour de truth.
I laughed. I cried. I lost 15 pounds!
A must buy!

553 out of 772 people found the following review helpful.
Review Date: 9/8/07


Ow.

I picked up this book too fast and broke my wrist. There should be a warning label.

75 out of 105 people found the following review helpful.
Review Date: 10/10/07


If you don't know what Colbert Nation is....

Get a little inspiration! Just when you may be wondering how much longer you can stand living in a country that airs Fox News 24/7, along comes Stephen Colbert's long awaited diatribe. Reading him rail against homosexuals, liberals and the media is a bit like being back in high school and trying to decide who to vote for on the Student Council. You may realize that while one of the guys is a real douche bag, he just has that certain "it" factor that you know will make HIM win and you want to make sure you can say you voted for him. You want to be on his side and speak HIS language. Stephen Colbert's character on the Colbert Report is exactly that kind of guy; except that while you are shaking his hand (or reading the words) you are thinking how insane it is that there are people out there thinking like this. You draw from the wellspring of his deep insanity, smiling, nodding, thinking "where will I hide my kids when these people organize?"

And now, in this book, he fleshes out his character in a way that allows us to feel even more intimately linked to his neo-right wing propaganda cause. He begins with an explanation of how he came to be the Man he is today, how he was shaped into the conservative model of greatness that leads the ColbertNation. Be sure that this is nothing BUT the opinion of Stephen Colbert OF the Colbert Report. If you are a fan of the show, you will LOVE the book, as I did, knowing it has no relation to Stephen Colbert the actor who plays the character on the show. If you have no idea what show I am talking about, you'd be best off buying the book and reading it after watching the show on Comedy Central a few times first. IF you read the book and love it without having ever watched the show, God help us.

46 out of 61 people found the following review helpful.
Review Date: 9/9/07


Behold! The power of Colbert!

Over the three day weekend I happened to find myself in an old-growth national forest looking for tree-huggers to punch in the gullet when I found myself face to face with a towering, black (or so I was told later - I don't see color) Godless Killing Machine.

Of course I would have fought it, had I not injured one of my wrists in a thrilling arm wrestling match with speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi, but as it was, I was left defenseless - except for my copy of "I Am America (And So Can You!)"

Thinking quickly I took the book from my pack and through it at the charging bear. The throw was strong, my aim was true, and the book hit the beast right on the bean, giving him pause long enough to get distracted from his pursuit by the glowing image of Colbert's face on the cover.

It was in that moment that Stephen and the Bear locked eyes that the full power of truthiness rose from the book and covered the entire forest with a warm tingly sensation, similar to that felt while using "Herbal Essences."

The bear, under the hypnotic spell of Colbert's book, decided then to give up his life as a godless killing machine, to shed his fur, and follow the path of righteousness. From that day forward, this creature would no longer be known as "bear," but now... as "Sean Hannity."

And that's the word.

41 out of 58 people found the following review helpful.
Review Date: 10/9/07


Colbert is a brilliant satirist

Steve Colbert, perhaps more than any other living comedian, understands the dictum of Mark Twain, America's greatest humorist, who once said (and I'm paraphrasing here) that the way to tell a funny story is to tell it gravely.

Twain also said: "Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand." This, too, Colbert understands. Against his dry, droll, grave humor, the idiocy of right-wing demagoguery shatters into dust.



39 out of 46 people found the following review helpful.
Review Date: 10/9/07


You will just LOVE this one!!!

Even if you had accidentally landed on this Amazon page with no intention of buying Stephen Colbert's book, besides becoming 25% more patriotic, you will thank him a thousand times over if you finish reading this one. That's exactly how I started watching Colbert's Report, and I can swear, hands down, that nothing takes priority for me at 8.30 PM EST everyday than watching this man on television.

The surprise pack of this book is the Homosexual Agenda (They're prowling. Like a gay pride of lions, according to Colbert) and 'Religion,' in which 'Stephen' forces all of us to jump on the 'Jesus Train.'

He has also shared with us the complete transcript of his infamous speech at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner. As you may recall, his remarks fried not only Bush, but the entire D.C. elite. Given that he cut so close to the bone of his audience that the next year they invited Rich Little to be the "keynote" entertainer so that there would be no "danger" of anyone saying anything relevant or critical of the elite in D.C.

Colbert concludes the reason he wrote the book was because he fears America has lost its balls. He hopes to re-ballify us. He claims he has written a constitution for the Colbert Nation, and agrees we may not agree with everything he had to say. But at the very least, we will understand that our differing opinion is wrong. That's Stephen Colbert!!!

I won't be surprised if does an interview of himself by running to that corner left table as he always does.

So if you always wanted to become America, go read this book! It's outrageously funny and controversially conservative. You will love it.

N.Sivakumar
Author of America Misunderstood: What a Second Bush Victory Meant to the Rest of the World

20 out of 27 people found the following review helpful.
Review Date: 10/9/07


The Greatest Book I have not read!!!

I bought a copy of the book but I have not read it. I don't need to. My gut tells me that this is the greatest use of paper since the invention of the dollar bill. This book is better than "War and Peace", "A Tale of 2 Cities", "Plato's Republic" and "Yertle the Turtle", all of which I also have not read. I would call this a real page turner, had I actually bothered to turn the pages. I can't wait for the movie!!!!

Great job Stephen!!! This truly is the perfect book to inspire all of America (including the illiterate ones!)

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