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Summary: What a joke!
Review: This book is absolutely horrible! I though I was getting a "fair and balanced" view of the true liberal side and all I read was wicked nasty horrible one-sided fanatic nonsense from someone who cannot write. I was going to take this book to Goodwill, but I decided no one else needed to read this garbage. So I tore out the pages and burned it in my barbecue grill. What a joke!
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Summary: Very entertaining.
Review: This book is an 'easy' read and very funny. However, the further I got into it, the more angry I became. I am familiar with how the right wing manipulates the government and the media through its vast wealth, but Franken uses a multitude of facts to clearly show how this is perpetrated. From the environment, to civil liberties, to tax breaks for the rich, we (the lower 90%) are getting screwed.
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Summary: A "fair and balanced" read
Review: This book is an excellent and humorous look at many of the social issues facing our country today. Al and TeamFranken set out to debunk many of the lies being spoon fed to the American people by mass media and I felt they did an exceptional job. This book will make you laugh and it will make you cry, but most of all it will make you think - as it should. The issues in this book have been *thoroughly researched* and should be read by liberals and conservatives alike, even conservatives may be surprised by what they find between the covers.Bill O'Reilly Loyalists should especially pick up this book before they let their blind faith in Bill guide their opinion. Don't be afraid of a little bit of truth, it never hurt anyone.
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Summary: Al Franken, new voice of freedom
Review: This book is an eye-opener. I'm glad he's writing to the general public, who are often spoon fed the news and have not much choice in believing what they see. I give him 5 stars for standing up to the bullies in the media.
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Summary: You're Darn Right We're Mad
Review: This book is as funny as it is anger inducing. All the Richard Clarke stuff is covered in "Operation Ignore." How the out going Clinton administration tried to tell the Bushies that terrorism was gonna be big on their to do list and how they promptly ignored it. Ann Coulter is in fact a nutcase. O'Liely is just a pathological liar. Who will even lie about where we grew up! And colmes is the second biggest joke on tv, right behind his meal ticket Hannity. It can't be a debate show if they don't actually talk to each other! A right wing friend of mine, who is currently working to get Bush reelected, said, "The hate is why you (The Democrats) will lose." I could only respond with, "The evil and the lying is why you (The evil and lying right wingers) will." And for the record Al Franken has gone into war zones to entertain the troops more then a few times. He's been to Iraq and Afganistan. Which is more times then Hannity, Coulter, O'Liely and Rush the Junkie combined. So take that you America hating right wingers.
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Summary: LAME....
Review: This book is basically one long Saturday Night Live political skit. I love Franken's humor and sarcasm. But, like a Saturday Night Live skit no one can honestly take this book serious. If they do, our nation is in serious trouble. One star for the clever political name calling and nonsense, and no stars for lack of research by Franken in order for anyone to actually take this serious.
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Summary: Al Franken is a hypocrite and a liar
Review: This book is boring .... and is itself a lie ... and is mean-hearted and mean-spirited ... I'd say go back to SNL but they wouldn't take you back ... I borrowed the book... no way would I pay for it... and I suggest you do the same ... It is not worth your money....
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Summary: Where was this guy during 2000 and 2002?
Review: This book is both hysterical and infuriating. Hysterical for Al Franken's wit, infuriating because of the truth he tells and that nobody who needs to read this book really will, or will take it seriously. His dissection of Wellstone's funeral and the circus surrounding it is both touching and frustrating, as is his analysis of the press coverage surrounding the Bush and Gore campaigns in 2000. It's worth buying the book for those passages alone. Franken's dissection of Ann Coulter is also great and screamingly funny. I particularly enjoyed the reviewer on this site who stated that *Franken* had brought political discourse in this country to a new low with this book.
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Summary: Right on, Al !!
Review: This book is brilliant -- a breath of fresh air! The chapters detailing and exposing the lies of Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity are meticulously researched and well documented. The "Operation Chickenhawk" chapter and the comic book style "Supply-Side Jesus" offer up a healthy serving of hilarious (but deservedly biting) satire. The chapter about Paul Wellstone's funeral and how rabid right-wingers (with the aid and comfort of an inept mainstream media) used the Senator's tragic death as a means of pushing a conservative political agenda is both eye-opening and heartbreaking. Thus far, no one has stepped forward with any credible evidence to challenge or refute Franken's charges; indeed, the right wing has been shockingly silent about the specifics highlighted in this book. Why? Clearly because they have no defense when faced with the ugly truth. Please note how the right wing reviewers here can neither refer to, nor refute, any of the specific accusations that Franken levels against their heros; I mean, it doesn't take a genius to discern that they CLEARLY have not read the book! It's just more of the same old nasty & under-handed shenanigans from the cabal of lying liars on the right.... But, of course, if they were ever forced to play fair, they'd lose all the time.
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Summary: FACTS folks, Just the facts
Review: This book is brilliant and thoroughly researched. Any negative reviews of this have to be from some very disturbed people who refuse to face truths when they are clearly placed before them. Franken employed 14 Harvard Grad students to help him do his research, which is amazingly well done. My only question is why aren't these facts and blatant Lies by politicians put into more newspapers for mass consumption? Instead we get J. Lo and Ben, the flavor of the week. Meanwhile, our country is facing HUGE deficits and a deceitful government. It's time we got our priorities straighted out. Hopefully whoever ends up running against Pres. Bush will have read this book.
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