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Summary: The Left DOES have a sense of humor when they are Right
Review: Absolutely brilliant, sometimes overly lewd, truly enlightening, and always entertaining in one fell swoop. Franken has done an admirable job of exposing, and thoroughly documenting the hypocrisy and outright slaughter of the truth that is being perpetrated upon the American public on a daily basis by talking (screaming) heads such as Bill O'Reilly, George Bush, Ann Coulter, and Sean Hannity to name a few. Their (c)overt lies and distortions of the truth are laid bare. Still have your doubts? Feel free to do your own research into some of the quotes Franken uses. To be fair, I did just that. Sure enough, my local library, Google, and a friend at LexisNexis in NYC validated every item I sought to verify. Consider yourself a fair and balanced sage of American politics and the media game? If you have only read the likes of the aforementioned heads, you are only hearing one side of the arguement. Buy this book and get the rest of the story.
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: Absolutely marvellous, although I remain convinced it's never really worth arguing politics anyway. Your political stance reflects your psyche. Those who question authority will veer to the liberal, those who hide behind it will veer to the Republican. This book is the antidote to Druggie Limbauch. Even better, it's funny
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Summary: Franken tells it like it is
Review: Absolutely the best book I've read in years.I couldn't put it down! Franken exposes the hate & hypocrisy of the rabid-right disinformation machine and manages to do so with biting humor and wit.Meticulously researched. If your politics lean to the Left you'll LOVE it! Should be required reading for right-wingers - it just might open their eyes (of course they'd have to open their minds a little first).
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Summary: To the previous reviewer
Review: Actually, he went to Harvard you moron.
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Summary: Thank God for Al Franken
Review: Admittedly, Al is preaching to the choir here. I consider myself an independent politically, but I tend to fall on the left side of most issues.
I recieved the book in the mail yesterday and I couldn't put it down until I read the entire document. Alternating between laughter and an almost giddy feeling that, finally, someone is taking these right wing liars to task by using REAL FACTS to obliterate their positions. There will undoubtedly by many reviewrs from the right who will castigate Al, but I would be willing to bet that they will not be able to refute the many strong points Al makes regarding the lies and deception practiced by the right wing media. Try to defend Sean Hannity or Ann Coulter or Bill O'Reilly after reading this book.
I also love his use of really tiny letters whenever he refers to Alan Colmes, the milquetoast counterpoint to the bleating Hannity. Share this book with all those who are interested in politics.
It will put a smile on the faces of Democrats and a frown, or worse, on the ... Republicans.
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Summary: The Quintessential Angry White Male: Al Franken-stein
Review: After checking this book out from the library I could only get through about half of this blathering idiot's rantings. Al-Franken-stein is the left's poster boy of elitist's frustration and impotance. He was pretty funny in "Trading Places" starring Eddy Murphy.
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Summary: Read.
Review: After going over some of the reviews of this book, I realized that ninety per cent of the people who deemed themselves right-wingers who had reviewed this never actually stated anything about the book. Just that Al Franken (or Franklin in some cases) was a 'twit,' a 'moron,' and an 'instigator.' There was nothing presented about the books, and nothing to recommend the decisions these people came upon. I don't blame or accuse or dislike people either of being, or for being, a Republican, I'm not one, but I'm not a Democrat either. I consider myself one of the few people who can actually look at a political situation and settle on what seems right for my interests, and not on what the party line is. However, these one star reviews are somewhat compelling, they state nothing about the book, only that Al Franken is incompetent (which he's not, check some of these facts he presents), or that he just wants a fight. Let him have his fight, because no matter whether you're left or right, neither you nor I should be a part of it. This is how indelible lines get drawn in nations like ours. So let my leave everyone with this, which is actually from the book, for all of you that didn't read, but still reviewed. Republicans love America like a four-year old loves her mommy. Democrats have a grown-up relationship with her. Here's where the similarities between our two situations end, for those of you keeping score. That credo shines through more clearly no where rather than on this very site. All in all, it's a funny book, and it IS truthful, if you don't believe it, look some of this up yourself, you'll find what he did. And it does make you think at least, which is more than I can say for some of the other driving political novels I've read in the past ten years
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Summary: FOX and O'Reilly is gonna hate this!
Review: After hearing for so long and so many times how "fair and balanced" a certain news channel is, it is high time and about time for someone to blow their ship of "truth" out of the waters. And Al (Oh, the things he does!)Franken has done it. And, unlike the pundits he attacks, he allows the reader up-front to know his methods and his attitude to the subject and people he comes to. This said, Franken does a wonderful job of showing how little the right-wing of the Fascist, oops, the Republican Party really cares for the rights of everyone but themselves. This is the book for anyone who cares about the truth and how it has been mishandled by these so-called patriots--and can accept the humour of a darkly serious problem. This is the book for those of us, and there are a lot, who are tired of FOX and its cronies trying to bully the country into Big Brother-Murdoch's world-view.
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Summary: Fitting Title
Review: After purchasing this book, I found it odd that Franken LIED to Ashcroft in an attempt to obtain material for the book itself, then formally apologized for his LIES. In an easily found-on-the-net letter, Al apologizes for fraudulently claiming he had received abstinence stories from people like Condi Rice for his book (a simple google search will turn it up if you're really interested in TRUTH). Somehow now I find it difficult to take anything Franken says as gospel after that. In fact, the title of the book is a perfect description of the author. Consider this carefully before reading it!
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Summary: Al Franken, todays modern political satirist
Review: After reading Al Franken's recent book, Lies and the lying liars who tell them (a fair and balanced look at the right), I have to say Franken is our modern day Mark Twain/Will Rodgers. Insightful political commentary with just the right touch of Frankenesque sarcasm. This book should be read by every decent American that is bombarded day after day with the lies of the "Right". His chapter on Bush and his "sissyhawk" friends titled "Operation Chickenhawk: episode one", is by far the most hilarious slam I've read regarding the "patriotism" of the likes of Rush Limbaugh, George Will, Gingrich and others who paint themselves as being on the "right" side of the flag. Franken has scored a direct hit on so many of the "right" (the lying liars). He makes no bones about his dislike for the transgenered (my words not Franken's) Ann Coulter (have you ever seen an Adam's apple like Coulter's on another woman?) and Sean (I'm an idiot) Hannity. Bravo Al for some of the best laughs I've had in some time. You must be one heck of a great drinking buddy. I will now send a copy of this hilarious book to my "republican" son, who I'm sure, will use it as a door stop. I'm hoping he'll actually read it.
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