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Summary: Well Done Franken
Review: After watching the most excited C-Span Book expo I think I've ever seen I had to go check out Franken's book, also promoted by the Fox Lawsuit. I expected a lot of humour but what is so underrated about Franken is how well his work is researched. "Team Franken" did an excellent job getting the facts out there for America to see. O'Reilly and Coulter beware! Franken is on your case!
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Summary: Let the light affix its beam
Review: Ah, truth, honesty, clear thinking! Twain, Mencken, Sinclair, Orwell, and Swift must be looking down and smiling on Mr. Franken for his well-written, eloquent, humorous addition to the literature of honest political assessment. By debunking the lies of the current administration and of its media henchmen, Franken clarifies the current state of the union and the corruptions that linger there in relationship to political power and discourse, the economy, the environment, religion, and foreign policy. And he does it all with penetrating, hilarious satire done with a human touch and documented with facts and clearly shown evidence. Dear reader, get in touch with reality and feel like an empowered citizen again. Dittoheads, beware 2004; books like this are opening eyes.
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Summary: Bravo, Mr. Franken, Bravo
Review: Ahh..the sweet refreshing taste of unfiltered truth. I can't say much about this book that hasn't already been repeated or refuted, but I will say one thing:Al Franken decides to perform the rare task of backing up his arguments with undisputable, cold, hard, facts. He is not a raving propagandist like Ann Coulter or Michael Moore (sorry Moore fans, but the guy IS a bit of a nut), nor is he out to boost his own reputation like so many of today's politicians. He is witty, intelligent, and honest. He's good enough, he's smart enough, and gosh darnit, I like him.
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Summary: Well written, witty and slams the neo-con establishment
Review: Aholes running multiple reviews to downgrade this book should move to Rio. I guess they figure after the Florida voting thing... what the heck! If our socio-economic-geopoliticial strategy maintains its current path, liberal or conservative, that's where we're ALL headed.
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Summary: Finally, Al's is able to sell something...
Review: Al caps an illustrious career as a failed Saturday Night Live extra, never having made the main cast... a career that was so illustrious that he systematically watched nearly every main cast character surpass him in success, year after year after year. But finally, Al has found a calling where he can rise to the top. SNL was too tough, but his new affiliation is made for him to thrive... It's called the New Democratic Party. Let's get the biggest idiot on the planet to be our spokesperson... I have never been more scared of the democratic party, and more steadfast in my belief that they are no longer fit to govern this country in a post-9/11 world. The fact that this is #1 on Amazon's non-fiction list is the scariest thing of all... I pray that it's curiousity only, and not a lot of head-nodding going on. Otherwise, I think we're sunk and I'll be going into my shelter to prepare for the next terrorist attack as we try to appease the Hitler-wannabe's of the world...
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Summary: Hilarious
Review: Al did it with this one. Not only did he filter through the web of lies and myths created by these neo-cons, his comedic value and personable attitude throughout the book makes it that much more enjoyable a read. Kudos to you Al.
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Summary: Truth with real footnotes!
Review: Al does a great job putting humor with reality. He shows(proves) his points through funny dialogue and footnotes. He does go a little over board when he starts telling stories with no footnotes to prove some of his points, but as an independent registered voter(my voter registration card says independent, not just saying that I am independent!), I loved the book!
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Summary: Pay attention Democratic candidates!!!
Review: Al does it again! First it was Rush (remember him?) who received the skewering, now it is Fox News and All Coulter. I just don't think it could have been targeted at a nicer group of people. From the twisted lies of our current President and his henchmen that have landed us in the current messes we are in to the ways in which media is corrupted by a few greedy [people] (Rupert Murdoch and Richard Mellon Scaife are names that come to mind), Al gets his man (or woman in the case of that Coulter skank). My personal favorite is the Wolfowitz retort to Al commenting on what a great job Clinton's military had done in Afghanistan. A prime example of one of our nation's great minds at work... One thing I hope that readers of the conservative persuasion will note is that Al and his student helpers have documented all their statements with factual references. This means they actually took place!!! This contrasts with the fairy tales written by Hannity, Coulter, and O'Reilly. I hope one of the Democratic candidates who runs against Alfred E. Newman next year will use some of the ideas in this book to send him back to Crawford once and for all.
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Summary: The 12 step book review
Review: Al does it again. I laughed out loud when I read this book, all three times. The chapter, "I'm a bad liar," is a classic. I hope Al comes out with a sequel. I'll buy it, because, He's good enough, He's smart enough, and doggone it, I like him. Brian
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Summary: Funny, Inspiring, Scary
Review: Al exposes one lying liar after another. Team Franken takes them to the wood shed with something they can't refute. The documented, unblemished, truth. Be warned. You will never believe anything these media whackos say after reading this book. Exposing these liars is often childishly simple. One example has O'Reilly insisting time after time that HE has won two prestigious Peabody Awards. Well, it takes Al about two minutes to call the Peabody Award people to verify this. I'll let you guess whether O'Reilly won ANY awards let alone the Peabody.
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