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Summary: Please.....
Review: This book is by far the most idiotic book ever written. Franken is just a blind follower of the liberal faith who must see it as a personal mission to destroy, no wait annihilate, all things conservative. This was my first attempt at reading this obvious idealouge, and it will definitely be my last. His obvious smear campaign against people who at least have morals is a real turn off. People who like Franken say he usually walks the fine line between satire and ideology based statements. I disagree, he is way beyond the satire line and is only into conservative bashing. Don't waste your time on this moron, I am really sorry I did.
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Summary: Absolutely dead on
Review: This book is clearly for those who like their facts and a heaping helping of biting wit on the side. Franken uses the right's own attack-dog style (witness Fox's inane and laughable lawsuit) against them and he is unflinching. But Franken's weapon is humor instead of lies. The truth is always more fun anyway. Try getting a laugh out of Hannity's book.It's doubtful that any of these conservatives (the ones who rated this book a 1 star) have given this book anything but a cursory read, or flipped through it at all. But for those who have, I would challenge them to point out just a couple of the facts that Franken and his researchers got wrong. If, as they contend, most of it is fiction then finding one or two major factual errors shouldn't be too much of a problem.
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Summary: Well done, but flawed.
Review: This book is considerably more scrupulously fact-checked than several on the opposite side of the aisle, most specifically those by Hannity and Coulter (Good lord! Isn't there some sort of legal penalty for unleashing that much untruth on such uncritical minds as her fold?). My problem wasn't with the factual (which I checked on Nexis/Lexis; pretty much every quote was verbatim and the facts check out). While I realize Al Franken's job is to entertain, I wasn't fond of some of the tone of voice. I think Joe Conason's book was a bit...well...classier. Yes, he's a comedian. Still, the opposition is so meanspirited and ugly that I find I'm particularly critical of that type of tone of voice. That said, I do not give four stars lightly. The Wellstone chapter alone was heartbreaking. Al, look me up and we can go flog some of the deserving.
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Summary: Can't find conservative response
Review: This book is excellent in revealing the hypocrisy of the right, the laziness and pack mentality of mainstream journalism, and the lies of the Bush administration. But to be fair, I have been searching for an intelligent response to the book from the right-wing media that can refute the facts presented by TeamFranken. (The one-star Amazon reviewers don't count because they obviously didn't even read the book... HULLLOOO??) But I have found nothing substantial from web searches... Fox News, Washington Times, Weekly Standard, WSJ, and Rush Limbaugh are all silent. I did however find one book review from columnist Byron York of the National Review, but instead of rebutting the factual points, he just derides Al's humor and tone. Lame. If that is the best that the right can come up with to debunk this book, then Franken's research must have been pretty solid, even if you never bothered to verify Franken's footnotes (which I did). By the way, I think Borders and Barnes & Nobles both lean to the right too because at my local stores, they both put Al's book near the bottom of the Humor section while OReilly and Coulter are on the top of the Political Science section. What's up with that? Based on the books' content, the store manager should swap shelf positions.
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Summary: Excellent - for OPEN minds
Review: This book is excellent. BUT only if you are open minded.
I found it to be analytical, factual ( i researched) and accurate. It is also a sad book when we realize how much the powers-that-be do not care unless they benefit personally. Bush is a disgrace. And thanks for all the updates on the Clinton and Carter admisistrations... These 2 did an excellent job in enhanceing world peace and domectic advancement. In short order, GW Bush demolished it all- domestic markets and finances, environmental protection and world peace. But the BEST is the FUN... It is so funny... even as in the sad parts.
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Summary: Finally, someone does their research
Review: This book is excellent. Very well researched and as a bonus, very funny. Franken exposes the hypocrisy of right wing blowhards in the media as well as politicians
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Summary: Hilarious and informative
Review: This book is fantastic. Franken one of the funnist politcal writers I have ever encountered. He picks apart the right wing with humor as well as solid facts and research. Read this book!!!
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Summary: Lie, lies and more lies
Review: This book is filled with lies from the left. If you believe this book please contact me because I have some ocean front property here in Milwaukee I can sell you for really cheap.
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Summary: Really Bad book
Review: This book is for hard core Democrats and anyone who's a fan of Bill O'Reilly is going to be bitterly disappointed. I find this book degrading to anyone who reads it, especially since it takes Bill and all his work and makes a complete mockery of it. The writer is very misinformed. It's demoralizing to even think he would do this to a self respecting man such as O'Reilly.
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Summary: page turner
Review: This book is full of facts. The non-reader from Lincoln would know this if he/she had actually read the book. The chapter on the 2000 election was one of my favorites. It includes a transcript of Sean Hannity either lying or showing how ignorant he is. Probably lying. In his book Franken makes a fool of O'Reilly, Hannity, and Coulter. Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot was funnier than this one, but I don't hold it against Franken. It is hard to make jokes about some of the more serious topics. I didn't believe the republicans when they tried to say 9-11 was Clintons fault but now I know how outrageous those claims were. The Clinton administration was way more aware of the threat of terrorism than the pre-9-11 Bush administration.
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