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Summary: www.frankenlies.com
Review: www.frankenlies.com ... Franken and the Harvard team are challenged ... on their facts!!
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Summary: WWW.FRANKENLIES.COM
Review: WWW.FRANKENLIES.COM ... Judge for yourself who is telling the truth ... Will Franken issue an apology or retraction now that Bill O'Reilly has exhibited the actual deed / mortgage from his boyhood home, and it clearly says, "Levittown, New York"?
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Summary: www.frankenlies.com
Review: www.frankenlies.com ... Maybe you heard about the 14 Harvard researchers and assumed Al had all his facts in check. Well, the results might surprise you. www.frankenlies.com
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Summary: www.frankenlies.com
Review: www.frankenlies.com ... Some people just read what they want to believe, but what about the facts? Franken's facts have been thoroughly researched - REALLY researched - and, despite 14 Harvard buddies, the results may disappoint devoted Franken followers. The truth hurts, y'know? Make up your own mind. Don't let Franken do it for you. www.frankenlies.com
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Summary: www.frankenlies.com
Review: www.frankenlies.com ... The truth hurts, doesn't it? 14 Harvard researchers, so the facts must all be there, right? ... tsk, tsk, tsk ... "You want the truth! You can't handle the truth!" ... www.frankenlies.com ...
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Summary: Often silly, and terrific
Review: Yeah, it's brimming with sarcasm and that uniquely Frankenish quasi-self-regard. It's also impressively well-researched, convincing, and compelling. Most of all it spills over with an impassioned indignation that's a balm to the soul of anyone who agrees that our nation is up to its nostrils in mesquite-flavored mendacity. Great book. Buy six. Helluva stocking stuffer.
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Summary: Bless his heart; he's really just sad and pathetic.
Review: Years ago, Al's sophomoric humor appealed to me at some level. But, then I stopped partying every other night, graduated from college, and got a job. Now, bless his heart, Al's appeal is limited; however, not totally non-existent. I mean, you've got to admit that mug of his is still pretty funny. Oh yeah, the book. Let's see...all the words seemed to be spelled correctly (I didn't check every single one, however) and he did seem to have a handle on the grammar. Uhmm...I loved the cover. Yes, yes, the cover was just dandy; you know how I love that mug of his. And, let me think...oh, yeah...the pages were numbered just the right way and the book seemed to have sturdy binding. I'd expand my comments to include my thoughts on the content of the book, but my nine-year-old son just reminded me that that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. He's right, of course, and I've already said too much.
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Summary: Stuart Smalley saves the Left
Review: Yes the book leans left but it's funny, really funny, and sadly very well supported. Overall I loved it and I highly recommend it. On the down side I personally found a few areas dry but they usually added integrity. Also, lacking decades of experience as a political satirist and not being enrolled in Harvard's Kennedy School of Govt, I suspect I missed some implicit humor. And of course don't buy the book if you don't appreciate (or can't comprehend) irony and sarcasm. If you find that "Mr. Franken's description of the world does not come close to reality" or that Al's stuff "is little more than leftist disinformation and drivel" then as Al warns in the intro, you've just missed a hilarious joke.
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Summary: Somewhat hypocritical
Review: Yes, Franken "proves" that many of today's conservative voices have "lied." But the problem is that he picks out just 2-5 examples for each person (i.e. Coulter, Hannity, Bush, etc.). When someone writes a whole book, or speaks on the radio for 3 hours every day, a handful of mistakes doesn't neccessarily make them "liars." I'm sure someone could carefully go through Franken's books, and find "lies" as well. It was clear that he had a political agenda in writing this book, and the transparency of this agenda inspires only skepticism for the reader.
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Summary: An eye-opener!
Review: Yes, I am a liberal, and I knew that there were distortions and exaggerations going on (by both liberals and conservatives, to be fair), but I didn't realize there were such blatant lies being told. I guess I'm naive that way -- I want to believe people are honest. Franken has actual evidence for the lying he points out! I didn't really expect that -- I was thinking more of the humor when I picked up the book. So I was surprised. Yes, the book made me laugh, but it also made me think seriously. I was also interested that Franken seems to share some of my own naivete' -- he admits to sometimes actually being "charmed" by George W. Bush, for instance. I've definitely been in that position. I'm a Christian, and I do believe in seeking and following God's guidance, which Bush claims he does also. So I've wanted to believe that he's sincere. I've prayed that God *will* guide him. But lately I just feel disillusioned. Franken describes being "charmed" when he met Bush, and tells that he actually supported the war on Saddam Hussein originally. In summary, I enjoyed the book, I related to a lot of what Franken wrote, and it made me think. I highly recommend this book.
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