'' Stupid White Men ... and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation ! '' is a book by Michael Moore published in 2001 . Although the publishers were convinced it would be rejected by the American reading public after the September 11 attacks , it spent 50 consecutive weeks on '' New York Times '' Best Seller list ( eight weeks at number 1 ) for hardcover nonfiction and is in its 43rd printing . It is generally known by its short title , '' Stupid White Men . '' The book is highly critical of recent U.S. government policies in general , and the policies of the Clinton and Bush administrations in particular . Moore 's " A Prayer to Afflict the Comfortable " was originally published in this book
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