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Summary: Read at your own risk!
Review: Two types of people should read this book. The first type of person is the liberal. For too long liberals have been hiding, for fear that others would find out their dirty little secret. It's time to come out of the closet. Al Franken has made it so.The second type of person who should read this book is the intellectually curious. I am astounded by the number of inaccuracies that Al Franken has pointed out. It is amazingly detailed in its research. The conservative media are often lazy in its fact checking. Sometimes they flat out lie! Caution! Do not read this if you are conservative. It actually proves that many of the "facts" you have come to know and love are actually falsehoods! You guys, just keep writing your negative reviews of this book and we'll all be happy.
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Summary: what a Joke!
Review: Typical "lefty" book....all bashing and no solutions. I actually loved the book, it was so funny to read I couldn't stand it. It must be easy to point out the problems and have ZERO solutions, just like your party.
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Summary: Liberal Hate Speech
Review: Typical left-wing ranting. Full of bull and short on substance. It just goes to show how intolerant the left is. Sadly the mind-numbed robots of Al Frankless are lapping this drivel up.
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Summary: A trip to Neverland
Review: Unbelievably wrong on nearly every point. A childish venting with no facts, proof, or reason. An attempt to spur urban legends.
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Summary: Ditto
Review: Uneven, hilarious, spot on. I finished reading LIES AND THE LYING LIARS in one day. No. I lied. I took three days. My 12 year old son is the litmus test of this book's accessibility, and I kept having to tear it away from him. "Dad, do people know how much these guys are lying?" I did have to admonish my son that unlike Franken, he could NOT challenge people who call him a sissy to a fist fight. Minor complaint: the chapter on chickenhawks in Viet Nam could have been left out (also could have been left out of Franken's deft dissection of Rush Limbaugh). Special kudos: The "Supply Side Jesus" cartoon was astonishingly tasteless and absolutely hilarious. God whispered to me that he really likes Al Franken. No he didn't.
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Summary: Let's see how this gets spun on Fox...
Review: Unfortunately, most of the people who need to read this book probably won't (or can't). Franken combines some laugh out loud humor with a ton of research that exposes just how much BULLS**T is spewed out of the Bush administration and the news media today, especially Fox News and it's pundits. I'd laugh, then I'd get angry, and then sad, all within the same chapter. Honest political discussion has all but disappeared. Franken tries to provide some honesty by taking the spin out of a number of issues with some well-researched facts wrapped in his own style of humor. Regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum, this is a must read.
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Summary: Why are they liars?
Review: Unforunately, Mr. Franken has fallen into the trap the he so artfully sets for those who disagree with his political philosophy. The lies he purports being sold are what those who disagree with him would call truths liberals and Democrats hate to admit. It is another example of how people have no concern for the common good, only that which is good for them. I consider myself objective, educated (an MD), and open to many different opinions, but have trouble with those who refuse to even consider a different opinion has merit. The so called lies and liars are people who are finally fed up with the likes of Mr. Franken, Michael Moore, etc, who still can't get over the fact that in increasing numbers, people find the views of those still hung in the late sixties mode and who have found themselves in the position of political leaders (whom they used to despise) as destructive, obstructive and over-the-hill. This is not to say that all conservatives are correct, but the worn out rhetoric that anyone other than the elite in entertainment have no intelligence or ability to form educated opinions that disagree with the liberal philosophy is now past its prime and generally disrespectful. These so called elite carry little in the way of experience to back up their flawed philosphy, it just sounds warm and fuzzy, but fails to address the issues the so-called liars at least have the courage to bring to the general debate, and not cloak in so-called objective reporting. In short, Mr. Franken shouldn't quit his day job.
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Summary: Another fictional account by Mr. Franken
Review: Unlike Amazon's reviewer's assessment that Mr. Franken "dissects factual inaccuracies", Mr. Franken seems to be on a planet of his own, making up his own fantasyland as he goes.
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Summary: AL GIVES RIGHT WING HAWKS A TASTE OF THEIR OWN MEDICINE
Review: Unlike his conservative counterparts, Al is funny. Not everything in this book is a cold hard fact. That's the way it's meant to be. What Franken does is prove that the right wing pundits are not nearly as"fear and balanced" as they claim to be. In fact, the Ann Coulter's of the world rarely every let facts get in the way of their arguments. Take this book for what it is, a liberal's rebuttal to the mud slinging campaign of the right.
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Summary: I actually read this book...
Review: unlike many of the people that have given it bad reviews consisting of nothing but name-calling. If they had bothered to give specific examples, I might believe that they were sincere, and not just submitting a one-star review to try to bring the average down. Well, it hasn't worked, the reviews are still overwhelmingly positive, and those of use who read it know why. Franken is hysterical! I didn't think he could outdo "Rush Limbaugh...", but this one is even funnier and more educational. This book should be required reading for folks before they are every allowed to read a conservative columnist or watch FOX News, because then people would take their "facts" with a healthy dose of skepticism. Alas, many of these folks are sheep who will follow wherever they are led and believe anything they are told (as long as it comes from a right-winger). I knew better before reading this book, but now I can give evidence to my conservative friends that they are being sold a bill of erroneous goods.
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