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Summary: Definitely worth reading.
Review: This is definitely worth reading. It's nice to see someone actually pick apart the lies that Fox and the other right-wingers say. (Can't wait for Molly Ivin's new book.)In addition to it's dead-on political analysis and LIE analysis, it's actually quite funny. (Yah yah...I know...it's Al Franken and it's supposed to be funny...WELL! IT IS!) Buy it.
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Summary: Every citizen should read this book
Review: This is fact-based satire of the highest caliber. It should be read by every American citizen before the next election.
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Summary: Rock on Al!
Review: This is fantastic. What can I say? We need more people to follow suit. This is a prime example of people who are unafraid of critisizing what needs to be critisized in order to make people aware and encourage them to have more of an opinion of what is going on in our country today.
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Summary: Wickedly Funny and a Detailed Expose of Right-Wing Lies
Review: This is Franken's best book yet. Bolstered by the research talents of a team of Harvard students, Franken exposes and dismantles the lies of the Bush administration and their propogandists in the right-wing media (along with all manner of amusing diversions). Of course, no single book could comprehensively refute all the lies that gang is pumping out, but Franken and team do an impressively thorough job. Anyone with a open mind is going to be persuaded by Franken's logic and impressive research. Of course, most people who read this book will probably already agree with him. But even fellow travelers will learn a lot. And anyone with a mischievous sense of humor will be hugely entertained. I don't often laugh out loud, but this book had me braying like some kind of madman. (Those with delicate sensibilities should be forewarned that Franken's humor is often delightfully raunchy and profane.)
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Summary: Very well researched, entertaining and thought provoking.
Review: This is funny stuff although in places it is enraging and depressing to learn the depths to which certain people in this country's media and political offices have stooped. It is a book everyone should read - unless you are too closed minded to deal with truth and accuracy. Anyone who is entertained by Franken's humourous and sarcastic writing might also enjoy another book written in similar style, namely, The World's Most Dangerous Places: 5th Edition by Robert Young Pelton. Disguised as a travel guide, it is actually a very humorous and astute political commentary.
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Summary: Nothing Spectacular
Review: This is just another installment in the rhetoric war between political pundits on the left and right. Another review mentioned how obvious it is when people score this a 1 star or a 5 star book based only on their politics. That was right on the money. Frankly (no pun intended), if you are a liberal and like these type of books where all that is really covered is how much liberals/conservatives have lied or allegedly damaged this country, then I would buy it. You can see how Franken's pesonal grudges (specifically with O'Reilly and Hannity) guide the direction of this book. Many of what Franken considers as lies are probably just mistakes. His analysis of Hannity's book does show its errors fairly well, but the personal attacks are lame and unneccesary (Franken and Hannity practicallly got into a fistfight at one point in time, these guys really dislike each other). I can't stand how O'Reilly is (always) considered on the right, considering he criticizes the Bush administration often and holds views that are definitely characteristic of liberal ideology. Then again, it seems that the only way someone can be considered independent nowadays is if they are socialists or libertarians. O'Reily agrees with some (more than not I suppose) conservative principles, so he is automatically deemed conservative. Another thing that ..... me off was how Franken implied that conservatives are much more likely to be racist (I don't have the exact quote, I borrowed a copy), which is about as sterotypical as it gets. The book does have some funny parts to it nonetheless. Overall though, it is just another lame pundit-attack-other-pundits book, maybe worth checking out at the libary. Avoid books like this, Coulter's Slander, and just about every other book by these pundits if you actually want something with an original thesis, idea, or criticism of politics. There is virtually no knowledge to gain from them. Vote Jingoist!
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Summary: More Hate Speech
Review: This is just more hate speech that most often turns people away. If Franken had tried debating the issues instead of personal attacks against people for which he holds grudges, it may have been worth reading. As it is though, it is just useless waste of paper.
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Summary: worst book ever
Review: This is just plain and simple the worst book ever. I would
never waste my hard earned money on this crap!
BEST USE IS KINDLING!
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Summary: Excellent
Review: This is my favorite Franken book to date. It's nice to finally see someone tear down demagogues like O'Reilly, Coulter, Hannity and the like with eloquence and humor. It stays pretty fresh the entire time, unlike Why Not Me?, which wore thin near the end. PS-It's hilariously ironic to see right-wing critics try to tear down Franken with the same type of childish vitriol that was the inspiration for this book.
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Summary: Just what I wanted, the TRUTH!
Review: This is my first Franken book and now I am committed. It was hilarious and infuriating at the same time, for different reasons of course. Those who give this one star have obviously not read the book, because their arguments against the book don't have anything to do with what was written. Its so easy for them to just spout out hate then to sit back and realize that their heros have been caught lying[...] And nowhere does this book say ALL right wingers lie and ALL left wingers tell the truth. Not anything like that was said. This is about the documented but ignored lies of those in control. I am sick and tired of this President and all those who willingly lie for him. Great job, Al.
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