Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right

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Summary: Finally fighting back
Review: Al Franken is crude and irreverant and I hope a lot of people read this book. It answers the question as to why so many people who are hurt so badly by this Administration's policies are still supportive of a party that is dismissive of their welfare. This would be a great gift to those people who have let the cynical Fox News and other Republican hacks define for them what patriotism is. I'm glad someone is finally attacking the right in their own blood-pressure raising style.

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Summary: Is Al Franken Groucho's love child?
Review: Al Franken is fearless in his search for the truth. In this book, he approaches those people and institutions that most of us would find unapproachable - such as Bill O'Reilly, Barbara Bush, and the powerful media (especially Fox News). I know that Franken and his team wrote this book, but I kept glancing at the bookcover expecting to see Groucho Marx's picture. They share the same sort of wit.
I laughed out loud while reading this book, but it has some very serious points to make. Don't miss it. This is an important book.

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Summary: Funny, biting satire with a lot of truth
Review: Al Franken is funnier than he has ever been on Saturday Night Live. The sad part is that the truth hurts. It is an important work of political satire which may be a major piece of ammunition for the next presidential election. Buy a copy for yourself and for your friends. The laugh-out-loud parts are worth the money. The Democratic National Committee should mail it to their candidates. Ironically Fox News managed to catapult this book to national prominence with their lawsuit; maybe it was fate. Serves them right! Mr. Franken lends a funny voice to the silent 51%!

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Summary: Oh the lies they tell...
Review: Al Franken is funny as hell in this book. I found some of the things true and also funny. Al goes after Anne Colture; nutcase. There is a reason she is a nutcase. In her book Slander and Treason, Al explains that in her book that liberials hate America, that liberials are the new terrorist to America. Liberials are against the working man and woman and want to bring big tax cuts to the rich. Then there was his encounter with Bill O'Reilly. Bill got mad because of how he looked like on the cover of his book. Al then goes on to tell the world that Bill lies on his show all the time. One of his lies that when Bill was on Inside Edition, he said that he won two Peadbody Awards; the most greatest award in journalism. Which of course HE DID NOT! So Al called Bill and addressed this to him. He then said that he meant to say that he won a POKE award, not a Peadbody. Al then takes on (and I hate this man) Sean Hannity. Hannity says the same thing that most consertives say; Liberials are communist, liberials are evil, and they hate freedom. I found this to be untrue. For one Liberials don't hate America, we just love America in a different way. Al then goes after Fox News Channel, and how most of the people working for them; Brit Hume, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, and the ONLY Liberial who works on Fox is poor Alan Homes. Of course when a Muslim man calls Bill on his show, when Bill said something about the Koran, which he felt hurt for Bill saying that. He called Bill a 'racist'. Bill then GOT MAD like he always does, and told him 'LOOK YOU HAD YOUR TIME TO TALK!' Whoa! Talk about the 'No Spin Zone.'.
Al then happly goes after Bush and his administration, and Dick 'Haliburton' Cheny. Al hits everything on the mark about the right, and I did do my research about the things that is discussed in this book. Al then talks about how the Republicans went after President Clinton, and blamed him on the 9/11 tradegy. Instead of taking blame for themselves, they wanted to blame 'the President before them'. I swear, these liars are STUPID! Oh thank you Al, we need you and people like Jim Hightower, Michael Moore, Molly Ivns, and the hard-working liberials.

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Summary: Franken Wins
Review: Al Franken is god! FOX News took him on and LOST!

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Summary: You'll laugh and fume at the same time!
Review: Al Franken is hilarious! In this top notch political satire, his wit is on par with Dave Barry. But this book will also enlighten and shock, and has some heartfelt moments as well. Franken is out to demonstrate that the "liberal media" is a myth, and reveals many media outlets (Fox News) to be shamelessly biased toward the right. Franken uncovers countless lies, exposes the "lying liars" who concoct them, and explains how they get away with it. He recounts numerous occasions where he confronts these people. The fact checking is impressive, Franken and his team of 14 researchers seem obsessed with presenting irrefutable facts. If you're not heavily into politics, you'll still enjoy this, the comedy is great even if you've never watched CSPAN or Crossfire. And after finishing (it's a quick read), you'll probably find it much harder for politicians and biased reporters to fool you. Sadly, there are many people whose preconceptions will cause them to hate this book before even opening it.

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Summary: Come for the laughs, stay for the substance
Review: Al Franken is HILARIOUS. This book will appeal to anyone with a sense of humor, as well as a desire for the truth about liars & hypocrites like Sean Hannity, Bill O' Liely & Ann "transvestite" Coulter. It covers all aspects political, but is always a quick, humourous read.

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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: Al Franken is in top form as he once again lampoons right-wing media. Better than Rush Limbagh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations, this book maintains its momentum throughout! Great for a good laugh!

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Summary: Finally some truth
Review: Al Franken is kicking butt and taking names in this book. The right wing media machine is torn to shreds by simple facts. Facts that have been unreported by an intimidated media. Franken is unrelenting in his dissection of others who have graced the #1 booksellers spot and those who run our country. Now say it with Franken and me - "George Bush is a liar and has been lying the whole time". Also, Franken is always funny. Al, get a tv show of your own why don't you.

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Summary: Franken's spotlight has the right running
Review: Al Franken is mad as hell and he's not going to take it any more. Of course, he hasn't been taking it for sometime now. In "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them..." he skewers, yet again, some of the conservative right's brightest, yet dullest stars i.e., Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, Paul Wolfowitz, Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, and, of course, George W. Bush. In addition, he briskly tweaks the nose of Alan Colmes, Hannity's ineffectual token liberal.
Nowhere is the truth of Franken's effort more effectively shown than by the "reviewers" on this site who gave him one star. To a person, their "criticism" is expressed in ad hominum attacks; none counter with any arguments of substance.
That Franken is angry is obvious, but, for the most part, he tempers it with humor. An exception is his piece on how the right deliberately misrepresented the memorial service for Senator Paul Wellstone, accusing Democrats of using the occasion to make political hay while, in the doing, did exactly that themselves. Franken doesn't just offer a biased take on what happened that day in Minnesota, but quotes the conservative opportunists, complete with locations and dates.
Midway through the book Al offers up a brief diversion with a prequel to "Operation Chicken Hawk" which appeared in "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot..." Operation Chicken Hawk: Episode One, was almost worth the price of the book.
TeamFranken, as Al refers to the fourteen Harvard students, who did most of his research, were right on the money in their quest for the facts. I say this because, even though I'm a stunch liberal, I didn't accept their stuff out of hand. I made at least twenty random checks for myself, including the GAO report of its investigation into charges that Clinton staffers "trashed" the White House during the 2000 presidential transition. I was able to verify every one.
Franken isn't writing fiction, as some here have charged. What he's done is called the "Liars" out and exposed them. I watched, for instance, his bout with Bill O'Reilly, and read for myself O'Reilly's handling of the son of one of the men who died at the World Trade Center, who made the mistake of going on his show. Bill didn't like what he was saying so cut him off, in mid sentence, then, when they went off the air, threatened to beat him up. The account I read was written by the man involved.
"Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them..." can be read with confidence in its accuracy. As for enjoyment, it depends on the premium you put on the truth. The blinded right will run from the glare of Franken's spotlight.