Rating:  Summary: Easily Al Franken's best book to date. Review: I love this book! and I'm grateful to Al Franken for taking on the unfunny blowhards Hannity, O'Reilly and Coulter. Al exposes all their dirty tricks using their own 'facts' against them. A very satisfying read. The read is a little slower as you'll savor each page because Al actually uses true facts to back up his insights and lots of them. Both funny and informative. If you've ever watched the right-wing commentators with disbelief and shock Al will show you why you were right to react that way. He's funny, factual, stands up against evil and is leading the way for other liberals to come out from under the bed.
Rating:  Summary: MUST READ! Review: I love this book. For too long the lies of the right-wing media/government have saturated the American public. The only reason the radical right does not like Al is because he is specific - notice the critisism of Mr. Franken and his book; just general insults, nothing with substance.The "right" is scared, and they should be!
Rating:  Summary: One of the greatest works of humor ever Review: I love this book. It is easily one of the funiest books of all time. I can't say I always agree with Franken, but surprisingly despite the title he's not quite a left-wing attack dog. In fact he seems to take almost as much joy in making fun of his own politics as those of the right. I tend to vote Republican, but it does bother me that books written by "my party" tend to be venom filled essays, whereas the Democrats get all of the funny people. I can't wait for Dennis Miller to write a funny book for Republicans, because frankly we got all the dorks. At least we got all the money too! ;^) Seriously, read the book and have a laugh, it's no political manefesto, it just a good bit of fun.
Rating:  Summary: The truth hurts . . . Review: I LOVE those one star reviews. It's GREAT to see right wing-nuts squirm. Come on, idiots . . . point out to us where ANY of Al's facts are wrong. I DARE YOU!!! Great book Mr. Franken. Humour and the TRUTH. Great one-two punch. I'm glad I'm not a far-right-winger. After this book, I'd be emabrrassed to say so if I was. Might as well walk around with the word IDIOT tattooed on your forehead. Can't wait for LATLLWTT-AFABLATR: II ... and III... and IV ... and V... Keep 'em squirming, Al!!!
Rating:  Summary: Al Franken is a liar? Review: I love your work Al! I have since Saturday Night Live. You are a very clever and witty man. I read your book after I read Ann Coulter's "Treason" & "Slander." But your book isn't about the truth either... it's about, "Hi I'm Al Franken and I'm correct about everything." I just get the feeling that your interpretation of the truth is more important than the actual truth. So does that mean your book is full of lies? I am sure the truth lies somewhere in the middle of you and Ann. Without Ann's book, "Lying Liars" would've been about the size of a pamphlet. And Ann's books were actually a lot more fun to read.
Rating:  Summary: Good, but I cringed my teeth a few times... Review: I loved Al Franken's book. It was funny at times, and serious at others. Though, I couldn't help but cringe my teeth at a few things he said... it made me think he was putting on the wrong idea, or using strange reasoning. Even though I am rather conservative, I did find some good point in the end. I'd recommend reading this if you want to keep your mind open.
Rating:  Summary: Vindicates my aura readings of these liars Review: I loved everything about this book. Considering what Franken had to say about these colossal liars, he said it with as much compassion, humility and humor as possible. Many parts of the book, especially those related to Senator Paul Wellstone, brought tears to my eyes. As I take my hat off to Team Franken, I also must note what a vindication this book is for me as an aura reader (I'm the author of AURA READING THROUGH ALL YOUR SENSES). In case you're political without yet being metaphysical, auras are energy fields with databanks of information that anyone can read, including via photos. Integrity shows in three parts of an aura, and for years I've been noting problems with some of these liars. If enough people read auras, we'd have different folks on the radio and the bestseller list. And Al Franken, with his magnificent aura, would be even more appreciated than he is today.
Rating:  Summary: Unexpected Review: I loved Franken's previous books and his writing on Saturday Night Live, so I knew this would be brilliantly funny. But I didn't expect the book to inform me, educate me, almost make me cry. (Not from laughing -- from Franken's beautifully controlled, angry chapter on a memorial service for Sen. Paul Wellstone and the way Franken believes it was misrepresented by conservatives.) Franken has done a beautiful job of articulating how one can love and criticize America at the same time. What's most amazing is that he pull it off without once forgetting to be hilarious.
Rating:  Summary: Franken exposes the Bushies for what they are! Review: I loved this book and greatly appreciate the alternate view of things, that Mr. Franken posits. Heaven knows that our conservative-slanted media won't do anything but stick behind the boy they allowed to quietly assume the role he was never elected for. After all, it took his brother (governor's) help and the support of his daddy-appointed, supreme court justices to sneak him into office. This administration and the fools who back it are all LIARS who don't follow what's really going on. Great job Al Franken and the team from Harvard! I salute you as a true American. Only we true Americans know what's really going on! For you Bush backers, WAKE UP from your Walmart-shopping stupor! He's only using you for votes whilst he erodes our tax base and environmental and domestic policies to help out the super rich. HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOU!!!
Rating:  Summary: Funny and true Review: I loved this book and laughed a lot. It debunks the myth that the media is really left. Any book that bash coulter for the bias liar she is, is a good book. The chapter on O'Reilly is great too. The only problem is that most of this info is floating around on the internet.
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