Taibbi, Matt:  Spanking the Donkey – Dispatches From the Dumb Season

 

Introduction

 

1. Iraqt-up!

          At the D.C. Rallies, a Few Hundred Thousand Go Missing

 

2. Spring/Summer 2003

Cleaning the Pool

On Board

Wired, Tapped

May Day, May Day

Heads of Industry

Elongate Thy Foe

 

3. Dean-a-Palooza

          A Front Runner Takes to the Skies

 

4. Campaign Diaries

 

5. Fall/Winter 2003-2004

The Influence of Reality Television

One Penis, Under God

Stuffed on Thanksgiving

Fascism is the Answer

Prickless for President

Odd Man In

 

6. Feed the Beast

 

7. Spring/Summer 2004

You Say You Want a Tivo-lution?

Memories of John

I Confess
Donkey.  Elephant.  Chicken.

Bin Laden Speaks Out

A Closer Look at John Kerry’s Acceptance Speech

 

8. Bush Like Me

          Through the Looking-Glass into Other America

 

9. Wimblehack!

Round 1: The Competition Begins

Round 2: The Gorm Turns

Round 3: The Herd Thins

Round 4: The Sad End

 

10.  The Next Step

          Why the Blue States Are Blue

 

Epilogue