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Summary: Poorly Written
Review: One of the worst books I have every read. Don't waste your time or money.
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Summary: An autobiography of the author.
Review: One problem, Al failed to include himself and old Bill Clinton.
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Summary: To simultaneously laugh and weep
Review: Only Franken could write about such a horrendous trend - the liberal bashing conservative media - and instill it with his uncanny satire. The fact that FOXNEWS tried to sue him from using "fair and balanced" in the title, only makes buying this book more rewarding.
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Summary: Al Rocks. Elect Al.
Review: Or, just let him hold the office!What a great read, refreshing to see the truth. For the Lying Liars, shame on you. Read this book.
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Summary: Embarrassed that a friend bought it for me
Review: Ouch. A great title. This book is full of lies... Al Franken's lies. Every major accusation is so thoroughly discredited, it's sad that he even mentions them.
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Summary: Wake-up call to America
Review: Out with sound-bites, lies, deception, demagoguery, right or left-wing dogma... What America needs right now is a pragmatic strategy to fight terrorism, i.e., one that is based on an honest, open-minded analysis of what works and what doesn't. The cable "news" networks haven't been doing the American people a good service, and I hope that this book will mark the turning point. I'm hopeful, given the sheer volume of feedback on this book. "News" TV producers take notice: give us real news and balanced analysis, and get the zealots off the air. Some of the reviewers here are obviously not open-minded enough to read beyond the title of the book. Those that do keep an open mind however will find that Al Franken's analysis, although extremely personal (and hilarious), is entirely factual. After reading this book, it just becomes impossible to trust any word coming out of Hannity, O'Reilly, Coulter, and co. For example, how can you believe ANY statement of "fact" from a man who will lie about where he was raised? (O'Reilly)
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Summary: Great Book, The End.
Review: ow. A really remarkable book. At the LA Book Expo, televised on C-Span, I saw Al's big argument with Bill O'Reilly, when Bill petulantly refused to read Mr. Franken's book. Now I see why he'd be hesitant --(or afraid?). Al has actual documents--documents!!!-- that show Bill O'Reilly is a liar -- documents on one lie anyway. No documents for the other lies, but lots of fun facts! Al is also fair (fair and balanced? -- let's sue him!) when he says that Bill is not, and I'm paraphrasing, 'not as bad as some others out there'. And that 'at times I agree with him.' Bill calls himself a journalist. If he is, he should get past the hate he feels for this intellectually superior man -- (and more importantly, a man of greater integrity -- read it, you decide!), and read this well backed up book, and see the 'great' in it. Maybe even-- yipes!-- discuss it on his show, or God forbid, LEARN SOMETHING FROM IT! It's not all about Bill at all. He can skip the stuff about himself, in fact. Did you know Al Gore never said he invented the internet? I did. So did many others who pay attention. But my goodness, it's nice to have Al Franken break it down in black and white for the closed minded liars who love believing anything untrue about someone they hate. There is so much here that is right on. I am a moderate, by the way. I have voted Republican in local elections. If you're open minded, you'll love this book, be saddened by it, angered by it, all of those things. The Clinton terrorist stuff is amazing. People who blame Clinton should READ it, and then research it as I did after reading it. Al's dead on. Now, I'm mostly pointing out the O'Reilly stuff, which is unfortunate because the stuff on Hannity is priceless. What a jerk. This is someone who can 'fudge' -- to say the least. A true liar and bully -- gotta read it. It's there, and it's PUBLIC RECORD.) But when Bill spoke at the LA Expo about raising the discourse in America, and then called Franken a 'propagandist'-- well, I think, no matter how much one likes O'Reilly (I watch him nearly every night. I agree with him sometimes too), one must say that he's hypocrital if he says let's elevate the discourse, and then calls someone a propagandist without reading his book. Read his book. You'll see. You'll see a lot if you keep your heart and mind open.
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Summary: At last a beacon of truth
Review: Part of this book is serious reporting on the hypocrisy that is the "right" in this country. The other part of this book is laugh out loud funny satire of those least able and willing to see there own shortcomings. This book is a direct poke in the eye to the right wing nuts that think there side is pure as a new fallen snow.
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Summary: Anyone but Bush in 2004
Review: Pay no attention to the conservative nazis who dominate this board. This is a great book with great information... "I read this book at the library, and I feel I spent to much. My time is to valuable to read CRAP like this, I'll never waste my time on his books again."
- This person can't spell "to" well, so how can they even comprehend a whole book? "Rates more up there with Michael Moore saying the president went awol."
- This person doesn't watch the news and hasn't seen the obvious evidence against this white trash redneck.
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Summary: Non-Polarized = Boring
Review: People from the left and the right lighten up! Al is a good writer, because just like Notre Dame and the Yankees, he can get people to love or hate him. The book is funny, but I felt that after a while the humor got old. It is correctly labeled as political satire, and I assure you that Al's primary motivation for writing the book was to make a whole bunch of money. Why does (did) Rush do his talk show? To make a whole bunch of money. All the rest of them (politicians, political analysts, commentators, etc...) same thing! They are out to make money, and there is NOTHING wrong with that! It is entertainment, just like WWF, NASCAR, and the NFL. Just imagine if everyone told the truth all the time. Regardless of which side of the fence you sit on, you have to admit watching TV where two people calmly state facts back and forth would be BORING! If it was boring, it would get bad ratings, if it got bad ratings, there would be no advertisers, if there were no advertisers, we wouldn't know what kind of beer to drink, so we would stop buying beer and the entire economy would spin into further chaos! So in conclusion, lies and tempers make for good, entertaining TV. Don't believe everything you read or see on TV, but by all means enjoy it!
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