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Summary: Great reading, funny and infuriating
Review: Al Franken somehow manages to take a very serious topic, get his points across clearly, and still make his book great fun to read (when you're not gnashing your teeth over some of the things he reports). He's very good at laying out the chronology of a lie: you can follow how it began, grew & twisted and where it is now. If I were one of the people he was writing about, I'd be trying to find a place to hide out, especially if I had lied about some document since he has photos of the documents in question demonstrating that what was said was completely untrue (see the voter registration form for Bill O'Reilly). I appreciate his lack of euphemisms; his willingness to call people on what they say and do; and his wonderful sense of satire. I am thoroughly enjoying this book and recommend it to anyone who has an interest in politics.
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Summary: Bitingly Truthful
Review: Al Franken states repeatedly that he prefers honesty to lies, and this book is a testament to that statment. When he's not joking so much that you laugh out loud, he's presenting true, researched facts with their context explained and letting them tell all. If the entire country read this book, it would be a much better place.
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Summary: Stuart Smalley Goes to Washington
Review: Al Franken succumbs to using the choice weapon for liberals these days -- name calling. Pretending to be "in the know", he makes no real point in this tome except that anyone who disagrees with him is a lying hypocrite. Wow. That might be good enough for a third grade playground, but here in the grown up world it falls flat on its face. And this is truly a shame because he has such a good sense of humor and quick wit! Oh the shame of a once good mind gone to waste! If Franken wants to pretend that he can still be significant after Saturday Night Live, he'll have to try harder next time!
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Summary: Refreshingly Smart and Witty
Review: Al Franken takes a comedic, yet "no-nonsense," approach in proving that these people are "lying liars." This is a serious topic, and I love the way Al adds humor to lighten up the book. I thoroughly enjoyed it ~ one of the best political books I've read in a long time. Sorry, Sean Hannity, when it comes from your mouth, Freedom does not ring....
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Summary: Take That Dittoheads!
Review: Al Franken takes aim at the conservative politicians and pundits that ride outrageous boasts and accusations to greater power and profit. It's a simple enough task, you just do a little fact checking or number crunching and voila, the truth is revealed. Okay, maybe he could list some of the claims that turned out to be true, but that isn't nearly as entertaining as exposing Bill O'Reilly's facetious claim to two Peabody Awards; or Ann Coulter's illusion of friendship with him.That's not to say that this is a book dedicated to amplifying the occasional misspeak or slip of the tongue. As a personal friend of the late Paul Wellstone, Franken is incensed with the characterizations of a memorial service (for the senator, his family and friends that perished with him in a plane crash) that likened it to a crudely partisan political rally. He adroitly compares the smattering of boos that some Republican senators received to the treatment of Hillary Clinton at a post-9/11 tribute at Madison Square Garden. And his high dudgeon is as well founded as it is well defended. What separates Franken from many other partisan pundits is that he is genuinely funny and not reluctant to poke fun at himself. When a smart-alecky idea, to have fun with the campus recruiters for Bob Jones University falls a little flat, he relates the entire adventure with self-deprecating humor. He also owns up to second thoughts regarding his participation in an early pro-war with Iraq rally. It's Franken's wit that ultimately holds sway. With terms like "traitor" and "slander" often being hurled from the Right, the Great Political Debate is decidedly less high brow than most of us would like; but at least Al has fun with it. Even the iconic Barbara Bush comes under fire after a chance encounter on an airline flight. If your taste in opinion shapers runs more along the lines of Coulter, O'Reilly and Limbaugh, you might be better advised to just sit by your radio. But if you have an open mind, buy it, read it and enjoy it!
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Summary: The self-importance of being Franken
Review: Al Franken takes being a jerk to new levels each time he decides to take his blather and turn it into a book. His paint-by-numbers approach, (malign the conservative right, spice it up with mis-applied statistics and self-serving anecdotes, be annoying and antagonistic rather than insightful) points only to the intellectual vacuum that his brand of liberalism has become.
What makes it worse is the rate at which his swill is devoured by purchasers of his titles. Maybe if sales of his titles would drop, he would take the time to write material worth the death of so many trees.
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Summary: A much needed refute
Review: Al Franken takes on the extreme Right, fact for fact and lie for lie. Mr. Franken has produced a thoroughly enjoyable and completely informative book. He engages the reader with a style of wit and charm that make this a very memorable work. He takes on the most damaging statements of the extreme Right and with thorough research and documentation, proves them wrong. While some of the more minor citations have been proven incorrect, his subjects have not attempted to discredit the important exposès. Look for his takes on Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, and Hannity and Colmes.
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Summary: Keep on giving
Review: Al Franken takes what the right wing gives him, and they've been in a generous mood...for what seems like a long time. So all of us should thank those responsible for such an entertaining book. Mr. O'Reilly, Mr. Limbaugh, etc., etc.,...Thank you, and please, keep on giving.
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Summary: John Ashcroft
Review: Al Franken the king of liars forced to apologize to John Ashcroft. His book is simply a reflection of the Socialist left.
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Summary: Everyone Has an Opinion
Review: Al Franken uses his first amendment right in his book "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right." If you're use to the usual political drivel which spews from Franken, funny, insightful drivel that is, you will surely appreciate his thoughts on current world topics and those who have created them.
Ultimately, this book is typical of the genre and not ground-breaking in any way. Fans will sheepishly agree on Franken's revelations of the "truth." Meanwhile, rightys will argue against the pretentious foundation of his statements. As a bonus, he manages to keep Stuart Smalley references to a tolerable 28 pages - just kidding, Al.
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