Spanking the Donkey: Dispatches from the Dumb Season by Matt Taibbi is a laugh out loud account of the madness that is American politics, where the only thing more ridiculous than the candidates are the people covering them.
Taibbi, a journalist with a sharp tongue and an even sharper wit, dives headfirst into the chaotic circus of the 2004 presidential campaign, offering up biting commentary and a front-row seat to the absurdity. Whether he’s skewering the self-important pundits, exposing the hollow soundbites of politicians, or simply marveling at the sheer lunacy of it all, Taibbi pulls no punches.
The title itself is a perfect metaphor for the book’s content, because in a political season this dumb, everyone’s getting a spanking.