Sixteen Scandals : 20 Years of Sex, Lies and Other Habits of Our Great Leaders

by Strauss, William

• ISBN13: 9781402203152
• ISBN10: 1402203152
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-01
• Publisher: Sourcebooks Inc

Summary

When a nation's leaders goof up, someone's got to hold them accountable. In America, that job falls to the comedians. For the past 20 years, no one has skewered the flaws and foibles of our politicians better than the Capitol Steps, a group of former congressional staffers who have established themselves as the longest-running, most-beloved musical-political satire troupe in America. Sixteen Scandals takes you back to a simpler time -- when Russia was still the "Evil Empire," ketchup was a vegetable and there was barely one George Bush, let alone two. Rediscover the humor in each scandal from Reagan to Dubya, from Iran-Contra to the Monkey Business, from "Read my lips" to Whitewater, Bimbogate, hanging chads and Enron. Laugh along with these moments and more while you listen to 52 classic musical parodies on audio CD. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Fools on the Hill ("Superfranticunproductivenothinglegislation")	p. 1
Quoth the Reagan, "Cut Some More" ("Make My Ketchup a Vegetable")	p. 11
Dutch the Magic Reagan ("Workin' 9 to 10")	p. 23
Thank God I'm a Contra Boy ("We'll Do What Ollie Would")	p. 31
Bush Lite ("Read My Flips")	p. 41
Stand by Your Dan ("I Want a Man with a Slow Mind")	p. 49
Operation Stormin' Norman ("Bomb Bomb Iraq")	p. 61
Culture War Chic ("Multipetaled Victims of Pesticidal Food Chain Chauvinism")	p. 69
The Joy of Sax ("Why Not Take Al and Me?")	p. 79
The Great American Pleasure Palace ("Lirty Dies and Skirty Dandles")	p. 89
Atsa Lawyer ("What a Lie-Lie-Lie")	p. 99
A Whole Newt World ("The Right Wing's Striking Again")	p. 109
The Full Monica ("Unzippin' My Doodah")	p. 117
Careful the Things You Say ("So Tell Me What You Did?")	p. 127
Y2K & E2K ("I Want a Brand New Pair of Candidates")	p. 137
God Bless America ("Which City? What City?")	p. 149
Acknowledgments	p. 161
CD Track List
Introduction (Twenty Years and Sixteen Scandals Ago)
Superfranticunproductivenothinglegislation
Hark When Gerald Ford Was King / Ronald R Superstar
Mutual Annihilation Society
Immense Expense Is Mainly in Defense
Get Me to the Dirge on Time
Workin' 9 to 10
Don't Know Much about Who Fought Who
The Wreck of the Walter Fritz Mondale / 'Crats
While Reagan Sleeps Tonight / Thank God I'm a Contra Boy
Who Put the Bomb in Tehran Tehran Tehran?
We'll Do What Ollie Would
I'm Not Exciting
Fifty Ways to Hide New Taxes
We Need a Little Isthmus
Stand by Your Dan
I Want a Man with a Slow Mind
Keep Him Alive
Iraq Is Robbin'
Bomb Bomb Iraq
Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round My Oldsmobile
Like a Suburban Drone
You Don't Bring Me Floriculturally Diverse Polyfragrant Soilistically Challenged Multipetaled Victims of Pesticidal Food Chain Chauvinism
Boys Just Wanna Have Guns
The Joy of Sax
Ol' Whitewater Keeps on Rollin'
The Fondler
Return to Center
Fun Fun Fun 'Til Teddy Puts His T-shirt Away
Can You Feel the Rub Tonight?
Snipped Like a Bobbitt in Two
If You Knew Souter Like I Know Souter
Atsa Lawyer
Johnnie Cochran's Fairy Tales
What a Lie-Lie-Lie
The Loonies of the Right
The Right Wing's Striking Again
We Like That Old Timer Robert Dole
Viagra
Unzippin' My Doodah
Livin' Libido Loco
Wick Slillie ("Lirty Dies" Backwards Talk)
Unzip Unzip, Ah!
My Pants Go Down
Put Ten Grand in the Hand
Son of a Bush
I Want a Brand New Pair of Candidates
There's a Hole in the Center of the Ballot / Singing Chads
Don't Go Faking You're Smart
Obama Sin Laden ("Lirty Dies" Backwards Talk)
Enron-Ron-Ron
Conclusion (Superfranticunproductivenothinglegislation--Reprise)
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