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Summary: His Hearts Bleeds
Review: Al used to be funny. There was at time I'd be interested in anything he was involved in. That was before he started spouting the bilge you'll find in this book.
It'r really freightening the number of reviews I read before reading that book that said they couldn't believe how evil the republican machine was.
Franken makes no mention of the fact that none of social legislation in the last 40 years has been voted on by the people. In fact (remember this is supposed to be a democracy), all was inacted through the courts.
SO, you die hard liberals like AL here, will read this and think he leveling with you in this work, ask yourself why he doesn't go on any shows that have a differing view. He will not debate this stuff with someone who is prepared to answer his assertions.
So, don't be a Zombie, just because it's in a book doesn't mean it's true.
And for God's sake take a minute and ask yourself is this country better off since we have poured 4.3 TRILLION dollars ( taken from old (1998) into the Great Society since 1963 and our downtowns look like they do. If one of your kids kept blowing his allowance on drugs, hookers, and guns wouldn't you take his allowance away. I mean give him one, maybe two chances to clean up his act. And then cut him loose.
And if your answer is no we should still keep pouring money into individuals like this. I suggest you adopt yourself one of these down and outers and stop asking me to pay, when I have the sense to recognize when it's futile.
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Summary: I am Al's mom and I am embarrassed....
Review: Al was always a silly little boy wetting his bedsheets and generally making a nuisances of himself. He wasn't even potty trained until 14.And now I hear he has written a book? He should have used that book to wipe his rear. Lord knows he didn't use toliet paper to wipe his rear. Al, come home son, or I'll throw out your barbie doll collection.
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Summary: Franken learns where the money is
Review: Al's learned the best way to earn money off a book....go after a liberal target. His other books (Why Not Me, Stuart Smalley, etc.) have mostly bombed on the charts, but "Rush Limbaugh..." was a huge hit and Franken's gone back to the trough in "Liars".
A fair comic at best (I saw him on the road with Tom Davis in '83), Franken's big claim to fame is appearing on various talk shows and defending the Clintons and bashing Bush. But, he knows his audience and knows what "boogey-men" the Left fears and satirizes/criticizes them to make a load of cash!
As to the new book, Fox News is the chief target of the Left now that they've learned they can't stop talk radio. The disputation of that network is paramount, as any credibility given to it, points out the liberal bias of CNN, ABC, and the others. Just as talk radio was blamed for the Oklahoma City bombing, Fox will have a big, fat (hehe) target painted on it and "opinion shows" like O'Reilly will be lumped into the regular news reporting, to "prove" that Fox is just a Republican mouth-piece (and dis-proving that CNN is a Democratic one).
As to the "lies" in his books, most of that is subjective and can be interpreted, but that's not really the point. The point is to make liberals feel better and I'm sure it will do that.
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Summary: Inspirational and Entertaining
Review: Al's new book is definitely one of the BEST books I've read in the past few years... It's funny, it's timely, it's extremely well researched and it's inspiring from beginning to end. The Operation Chickenhawk chapter was my least favorite, only in that it was just a short story amidst so much incredble information. I had the opportunity to see Al at Caltech a couple days ago. The auditorium was filled to capacity and there were at least a hundred or more outside listening to his talk. It's about time people like Al, Molly Ivins, Jim Hightower, Michael Moore, Joe Conason and so many others have taken off their gloves and taken on the lying and manipulative Right. And judging by the childish "critiques" from the Right posted here, they're getting scared... Finally. Get this book, you won't regret it.
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Summary: A bitingly funny expose
Review: Al's new book rocks! No matter how much you think you know about some of the right-wing windbags like Coulter, O'Reilly, et al., you'll learn tons of new stuff about what sleazes they really are. Note to the skeptics: in this book, Al and TeamFranken expose, as the title says, Lies and the Lying Liars. It is NOT merely a trashing of conservatives, like Coulter trashes Democrats en masse, but a look at the truth about people such as Ms. Coulter, Hannity, and the aforementioned O'Reilly. With actual facts and research, not cliches and well, slander. I hope everyone who read books such as "Let Freedom Ring" and "Slander" will read this book instead. (Though I'm doubtful that will happen.) I loved this book. Al writes so well, and is so funny. It's nice to laugh along with learning, and being appalled!
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Summary: The Joke is on Him
Review: Al's supposedly killer analysis of the current government boils down to a bunch of potshots, and insults aimed below the belt. While you are trying to read something political, you can't take arguments seriously from someone who thinks debate should be about slander and crying and insulting like a big baby. I felt nauseated every time I read the book, and it took a long time to read as I had to put it down so often for feeling slightly sick. His points didn't sink home with me, because I couldn't get past his condescending tone. He does not invite any sort of debate with what he says - he wants his words to be taken as gospel truth, and calls anyone who doesn't see things the way he does stupid idiots. While some of his points I understand or can see the humor in, others I don't agree with at all, and why would I want to read the words of a man who thinks I'm an idiot because I'm not with him 100% Do I want to be insulted every time I think his logic doesn't add up? No, and that made reading the book almost like a constant adventure in insulting myself, or allowing Al to insult me and other people every time I opened the book. For the record, I consider myself a moderate, and that is the attitude I went into while reading the book. I come out of it thinking I'm downright unrepenting conservative. In part because I don't want to be put into any group that would find me rubbing shoulders with Al Franken.
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Summary: From a Recovering Republican
Review: Al's words of wisdom and myth-smashing facts have really helped me open my eyes to the political and media mess we've gotten ourselves into here in the U.S. Though I'm still on the fence politically, Al's book has really helped me understand both sides much better, and help me recover from being so blind all these years!
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Summary: Very Well Done
Review: Al, does a nice job of showing what the Right-Wing for what it is. A bunch of Lying Liars who tell lies. Al has done his research and backs it up instead of relying on hearsay and innuendo as the Right-Wing media does. He does it with class and with humor.
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Summary: "liars," huh?
Review: Al, thank God, the sixties are OVER. Haven't you gotten hip to the fact that the tide is turning, and, hopefully, you liberals will soon follow the fate of the Berlin Wall, James Dean, and/or the Kennedys? And re the "title" of your "book," I reckon it takes one to know one, huh?
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Summary: Now that is funny... and true!
Review: Al, you've done it again. I'm not sure what else to say except, read it, pass it on to a friend, donate it to your local library. and Al - Thanks, Amreica needs people like you.
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