I've never laughed more while reading than I did reading this--for the first, the second, the third, the fourth times. You know something's funny when you read it for the fourth time and still laugh out loud. King is a force onto herself, my favorite misanthrope and someone I admire a great deal as a writer and for her honesty. If more political writers were this funny, I might actually pay more attention to what they wrote. Wit adds an edge to reason, whereas strum and drang blunts it. ( )