In the past week, 266 pages have quickly gone from unknown to well-known. 87% of viewers rate the book with five stars. The current #1 Best Seller on Amazon is much different that one would expect. In fact, the book taking the world by storm is barely a book. Although it is complete with two covers bound with pages in between, the book lacks one necessity: words. The Amazon description of Reasons to Vote for Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide by Michael J. Knowles reads,

“The most exhaustively researched and coherently argued Democrat Party apologia to date, "Reasons To Vote For Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide" is a political treatise sure to stand the test of time. Lefty lawyers require that we state the book is mostly blank and contains precisely 1,235 words. A must-have addition to any political observer's coffee table. "Thorough" --Ben Shapiro, nationally syndicated columnist and New York Times bestselling author.”

People everywhere are amused; people everywhere are upset. Despite your feelings about the new work, the concept is something to chuckle at. Thousands of people are paying seven to ten dollars for blank. Knowles is absolutely making bank, and he barely had to do anything! Amazon reviews beg for audiobooks, Pulitzer Prizes, and similar books in the future.

The celebrity endorsement plastered to the book’s cover and publicity from news outlets do nothing but increase the number of purchases. Many people are saying this never would have taken off before “Trump’s America.” Maybe they are right, but regardless, it is happening, and it is happening right now. There is no telling whether this trend will soon fizzle out, or if this book will be the “must have” of the decade. The idea of thousands purchasing a near 300 page book of plain, white pages is a story to tell our grandkids. I can see it now, “Well, I remember when I was in college, and half the nation rushed out to purchased a blank book. You were the who’s who if you owned Reasons to Vote for Democrats.”

Although it might say something about the American people’s priorities, owning this work is a conversation starter. Now what kind of conversation that is depends on who notices the controversial piece peeping out from beneath the shuffled papers on your coffee table. The annual Thanksgiving Day family political arguments have now been rescheduled to any time or date Knowles’s book is mentioned.

Personally, I find this book hilarious; moreover, I find the fact that ten of thousands of people are actually paying for this book hysterical. I guess we Americans have plenty of money to waste, or we are just suckers for jokes, even offensive ones. The book does a good job of exposing everyone’s cynical side even if it’s barely there. Here’s another reason for the outside world to laugh at us “dumb Americans,” but at least, we find ways to enjoy ourselves. Even if it is ten thousand open spaces that are incapable of being filled with reasons to vote for democrats.