Rating:  Summary: Waste of paper. Review: Waste of paper. I don't know how people can read books like this. After reading the first page at the book store, I moved on.
Rating:  Summary: In your Face Sean Hannity Review: Way to give it back to the spin doctors. Thank you Al. A masterpiece of civics and comedy. Dare to read truth you republinazis!
Rating:  Summary: Busting on the fascists has never been so funny Review: Way to go Al! exposing the lies and deception of the right wing has never been so funny. The right uses lies to advance their agenda because thats the only way they can manipulate the public into supporting them. 7% of the public wants weaker environmental regulations, and the 7% are in charge. Franken gives me hope that we can take back our country from the extremists currently in control .
Rating:  Summary: I'd give it a 10 if I could Review: Way to go Al! I'm loving this book even though I just burned my pizza reading the chapter on Hannity. Bless you!!
Rating:  Summary: Finally, the truth! Review: Way to go TeamFranken! This book is outstanding. I believe it should be required reading for our public education students, just so we can make sure that no child gets left behind. Mr. Franken has taken, what I consider to be, a very serious topic and made it both entertaining and informative. I found myself laughing out loud and then turning to my wife and saying "Can you believe they did this?" Thanks Mr. Franken for the fun and information but most of all thanks for all of the great stuff I can use in arguments with my Right friends.
Rating:  Summary: Satire at its best... Review: Way to go, Al. It is so nice to read eloquent (not to mention damn funny) commentary on issues that many of us in this country find disturbingly absent from mainstream media. I'm so glad that Bill O'Reilly brought this book to my attention when he did so that I could get my hands on a copy right away.
Rating:  Summary: A fair and balanced review of the BOOK OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!! Review: Way to go, Al. You have outdone yourself. Not only do you expose the lying liars for what they are, you do it in such a clever way that some conservatives don't even get the irony of the subtitle, even as they are being unfair and biased (see the following cretinous review). Don't get me wrong, this book is for conservatives. You've got to buy this book if you like Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter or President Bush; all your favorite Republican stars and politicos are quoted heavily, and you find out all kinds of interesting background and anecdotes about them. Honest, I haven't read anything with such relish in I can't remember when. I don't know what a "WRITTING STYLE" is (see Taymyr's review), but if that's a cross between witty and writing, Al has it in spades. As for intellectual content, the truth has always been an intellectual pursuit and, Mr. Franken, I'm happy that someone is standing up against throwing the truth in the trash.
Rating:  Summary: Funny, also serious and packed with stats. Review: We all know Al Franken is funny but this is really a serious book. Most of the facts come from independent if not non-assailable sources (e.g., the GAO). It feels like the first move of the pendulum when you read it. Humor can be that. Like maybe not everyone believes the Fake News Channel, like maybe some people can look at the basic facts and come to conclusions instead of being fed and that we can come to some common ground based on facts and stats. Oh, heck, it's a great read and very amusing/disturbing. Satire and/or irony, not dead. Read it even if you loathe people who use a device like and/or.
Rating:  Summary: Lies Lies and More Lies Review: We all know Bush is a Liar, so what? He is an effective leader, that is all that really matters. Franken does an adequate job of pointing out how bad the circus-right lies, but he glosses over the obdurate fact that Ann Coulter was born a man and has had a staggering number of plastic surgeries (14 to be exact). He also lets O'Reily of the hook by failing to mention his first profession as a Chip-n-dale's dancer, where he was notorious for "crossing the lines of common decency" - LA Times.
Rating:  Summary: Too serious for a funny man Review: We all need Al Franken to keep the Right honest or, as Al would say, to MAKE them honest. The big problem I have with this book is that Al, a genuinely funny man, starts to take himself too seriously and gets kind of angry at times. Too bad. His earlier book, "Rush Limbough is a Big Fat Idiot", was much funnier and less angry. As an aside, if you've seen Al Franken on TV lately you'll notice that, while Rush has slimmed down, Al has become a really fat guy.
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