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Summary: Good Book for Political Science Class
Review: This book is the turning point for US's political growth and development in the 21st century. It will be examined and analyzed by collegiate intellectuals. It is a brilliant expose of a terrible trend to which our wonderful nation had succumbed. Thank you, Mr. Franken, for your insightful and informative book, and thanks for the humour! Without it, it would be difficult for the layman. ...
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Summary: The Truth Hurts
Review: This book is truly an eye-opener. It's something that everyone should read, regardless of their political views. Lying is something that nobody in the public eye should get away with and it's about time that someone exposed the worst of the worst. It's actually scary at times because you realize that a lot of people listen to the chronic liars in this book and truly believe that they are hearing the truth. More people should step forward like this and expose the dishonest and inappropriate behavior of people in the media and in politics. A must read.
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Summary: EXCELLENT!!!
Review: This book is very funny and proves what so many of us always thought in the first place: FOX-NEWS is a propaganda channel, Ann Coulter's work is pure fiction and the media has a right-wing bias! Thank you Al! You did this great country a service with this book!
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Summary: Funny Stories and Comedians Who Tell Them
Review: This book is very funny, because Al Franken has a sense of humor and facility of expression. Truly, this is one of the funniest books I have read in a long time. I have always been a conservative and still remain one to this day. No, I'm not. Yes, I am. I am not lying. Much of what is said in this book should be taken tongue-in-cheek. And I do not see all the stories Mr. Franken presents in exactly the same light as he does, though I enjoyed reading his version of them. For example, his defense of Al Gore's statement that he took the initiative in creating the Internet is unsustainable. I wrote a book about the rise of the Internet and, considered literally, Mr. Franken's defense of Al Gore does not quite stand up to objective analysis. However, he makes a good point about Al Gore's exaggerations being blown out of proportion by the supposedly liberal media, when more serious exaggerations by right-wing politicians are often left unexamined. I also do not believe that ad hominem attacks is a way to counteract ad hominem attacks, because if one accepts this strategy, one becomes no better than the person who initiates name-calling. This is why I think that, while Mr. Al Franken had come up with a humorous title for a book on Rush Limbaugh (he defends the title in this book; that's why I am bringing this up in this review), his own ad hominem, however humorously intended, is not more elevated than Limbaugh's ad hominem, even if Mr. Limbaugh did use an ad hominem "first" against some callers and politicians he did not like. Then there is also an issue of politics not being about power, but about improving people's lives. C'mon. Is this seriously intended? To be honest, I do not know, since Al has a tendency to kid around so much. But I think he really did mean this. Of course, politics is all about power. However, I admire Mr. Franken's outgoing personality and his ability to connect with celebrities and mere mortals alike. The stories about O'Reilly's saga of Peabody vs. Polk, Hannity and Colmes, and a visit to Bob Jones University are hilarious. They alone are worth the price of the book. In the end, why do I recommend that you buy this book? Because it is good enough, it is smart enough, and doggone it, I like it!
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Summary: Ah the mind of a trained liberal
Review: This book is very insightful in that it shows the inner workings of the liberal mind. In that respect I consider it a "must read". Did anyone besides me notice the complete lack of charts or statistics when Franken discusses the 2000 election? Instead we get a fictional romance story. Al tries to be funny when he doesn't have the facts to support his beliefs. His attack on Bob Jones U and Christian morals in general is sad - Funny that his own son had too much integrity to participate. Also Al deceptively implies without actually stating that the entire trashing of the White House scandal was a complete fabrication by Carl Rove. Nice try Al, but anyone who has actually read the complete GAO report knows otherwise. But I'd suspect many of Franken's followers aren't bothering to check up on his lies. Yes Al, you are a bad liar.
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Summary: Save your money
Review: This book is very onesided, if you are a hard core leftist you will love it. If you are open minded or conservative you will hate it.
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Summary: A very intelligent Book
Review: This book is very well reaserched and offers brilliant observations.
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Summary: Entertaining and right on the money
Review: This book is well written, funny and dead on with the facts. Anyone sick of the hate mongering folks on the political right. will enjoy reading Mr. Franken's book. Pokes many holes in the "logic" used by such hateful people as Ann Coulter, Bill O' Reilly, and Sean Hannity. No wonder Fox is having fits. Mr. Franken actually did his research, unlike Coulter and her ilk.
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Summary: Good book...but most likely preaching to the choir.
Review: This book is wonderful at pointing out the lies that are perpetrated by ultra-conservatives like Ann Coulter. A conservative friend once asked me what the difference was between liberals like Franken (and myself) and conservatives when it comes to their views on politics. The difference is that liberals tend to back their assertions with cold, hard, easy-to-verify sources. Conservatives can only back up their assertions by quoting other conservatives or by distorting the facts by quoting things out of context. Everything that Franken says in this book is easy to verify in numerous sources if you take the time to do a little research. Franken is quite witty, but I tend to like Michael Moore's style a little better. Moore is a little more down to Earth and, though the conservatives will never believe it, Moore is a bit more balanced in his criticism (he criticizes Clinton just as sharply as Bush at times, for example). Franken makes lots of good points but, unfortunately, the people who need to KNOW this stuff won't read the book or they will read it with a closed mind. Conservatives--do yourself and your country a favor. Read this book, verify the sources, and balance your views. Only by seeing both sides and acknowledging the truth can this country get back on its collective feet.
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Summary: important points made
Review: This book is worth reading. It deals with the myth of the liberal media and the lies of Republican politicians and pundits. One of my favorite parts of this book is a transcript of a Hannity and Colmes episode, in which Sean Hannity is lying about Al Gore. If more people were like Franken and pointed out when pundits lied maybe they wouldn't do it so often. The reviewer who wrote that the chapter on Bill O'Reilly is just a rant on the Peabody is mistaken. He covers other lies by O'Reilly as well. The point Franken was making is that O'Reilly refuses to retract his statements when he is wrong. He is the opposite of humble. There is another very good example of this in the book of an arguement Franken had with O'Reilly years ago when Franken appeared on O'Reilly's show as a guest.
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