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Summary: Where was the mainstream media?
Review: Al Franken and his Harvard team did what the mainstream media should have been doing all along, investigating and checking the facts. It is comforting to know that the propoganda machine can be checked by best-selling books. With a free press that does it job, this book would not be needed.An entertaining read. The one star deduction is for the clunky chapter in which the draft-dodging Republican warmongers find themselves in combat.
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Summary: Hits Every Nail Squarely On The Head
Review: Al Franken and his team hit every nail squarely on the head without having to even stretch the truth or fabricate anything. I particulary enjoyed the chapter "Ann Coulter: Nutcase" in which Franken shows repeatedly how many times she misrepresented something or just flat out lied in her book "Slander". The right-wing will hate this book and label it "whiny", say that liberals are just "bashing" the right-wing, will write 1 star reviews without having read the book to dissuade people from buying it. But through all this, there is one glaring fact: they cannot dispute anything Franken writes in this book. He dispels the myth of the so-called "liberal media" and shows how the right-wing repeatedly counts on the American people to believe anything they say as long as they repeat it often enough, even if it's an out-and-out lie. Every example Franken uses in this book is well-documented and researched. He says it himself -- the difference between his book and Ann Coulter's, Sean Hannity's, et al, is that he's been able to do something the right-wing can't: get the facts straight!
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Summary: Lies....EXPOSED!!!!
Review: Al Franken and his team of elite Harvard liberal ideologues tell it like it is. He and they make exposing right-wing lies, tricks, and cynical grandstanding seem easy and fun. You'll be outraged and chortling with delight at the same time, so don't read this book on a commercial airline flight or you could be detained indefinitely for your suspicious behavior.
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Summary: Wickedly funny and impeccably researched...
Review: Al Franken and his team of FOURTEEN researchers strike a serious blow to the credibility of prominent right-wing figures. These republican loudmouths lie, and Franken proves it. In spades. With their own words. Hilarious reading, and much more poignant and focused than Franken's last political outing "Rush Limbaugh..."--this is a bitingly honest view of the right's distorted vision, and their obsession with...well...lying. Coulter, Hannity, O'Reiley, Bush and Cheney; no one is spared, and none of them should be. And the best part about it? Franken doesn't lie. The research is thorough and ALWAYS used in context (Ms. Coulter! Are you listening?) Great job, Al! Oh...and PLEASE READ THIS BOOK BEFORE REVEIWING IT. Republicans just might be suprised...truthful and witty. Great reading.
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Summary: neener neener
Review: Al Franken and Rush Limbaugh are two sides of the same coin. Both are really upset, both are reasonably witty and neither one is mature enough to give a reasonable view of any of the political view points of the day. Franken and Limbaugh both use the kind of "his fly is undone!" humor that we all enjoyed in high school -- but since both these guys are in their 50's it is a little alarming. Nevertheless... "Liars" is an amusing read, just like Limbaugh's musical satires are an amusing listen. The field remains open for a mature, intelligent individual to actually satirize today's body politic in a way that makes us laugh without wincing. Oh wait. That's happening right now in California.
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Summary: Captivating, Entertaining and Shocking
Review: Al Franken at his best! The book is absolutely wonderful. At a time when everyone who disagrees with the right wing is accused of 'aiding the terrorists' and Ann, Sean and Bill seems to be the only spokespersons for the 'working class', Al exposes the astonishing facts about the most popular personalities of our times. I read the book for eight straight hours and loved every minute of it. The book is extremely well-researched and provides detailed arguments and analysis for the all allegations made against the right wing champions. If you are a Democrat you will absolutely love it, if you are Republican you will be stunned in to a state of denial. Whether you agree with the content or not, you will find it extremely entertaining and informative. Irrespective of your political affiliation, if you read one book this year, read this one!
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Summary: Bold and Telling
Review: Al Franken challenges the current Right regime on their weakest premise: facts. Resisting the temptation of Michael Moore's "appeal-to-emotion" sensibility, Al makes a clear and compelling argument using thorough fact-checking and logical debate, occasionally accompanied with photo proof.
A considerable portion of Al Franken's humor is to adopt a particular argument style and draw it out to its ridiculous conclusion, discrediting it; this is a the logical demise of the propaganda argument itself.
It is unfortunate that we live in a political age where appearances are more important than facts, and kudos to Al and TeamFranken for dotting the i's and crossing the t's on this one. Even those in direct opposition to Al's political point of view have much to learn from his style, and for that reason I would recommend this book to everyone.
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Summary: funny or cruel?
Review: Al Franken claims that he is just being funny,but Ann Coultier is cruel and crazy. Free speech is for all of us.If you are going to say questionable things about people...go ahead just be able to handle the backlash.
Al doesn't seem to be able to do this.He claims he is a comic and it is okay for him to say cruel things about people.If Ann Coultier does it,he claims she is crazy.The double standard does not flow well with me.His hatred of America runs rampant.It makes me see him for who he really is.A blow hard out to make a buck.I think this guy should not be given a forum until he comes up with something interesting to say.This book is a real stinker.
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Summary: Searing Wit
Review: Al Franken comes out swinging with his new book, making you laugh while making you think. Franken fully admits to not writing the book himself and gives credit to "team Franken" at Harvard for helping him do research. The titles of his chapters alone will do more to make you smile. He puts a flaming hot spotlight on the right wing pundits, like Glamazon Anne Coulter, and dissects their arguments with ease and precision, exposing them for the nut jobs they really are. He doesn't stop there with the media but also focuses on the unelected President George Bush and all his foolishness and inability to act on the things that are important to the American people. Thank goodness for Al Franken.
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Summary: This book is so bad I had to throw it away.
Review: Al Franken continues his fall into insanity in his latest garbage laden attempt at writing. These are the type of rants you expect to read in a psychiatric profile, not a published book. Don't even waste your time.
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