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Summary: Al Franken my hero
Review: Al, your my hero. Your my hero because you tell the truth. Just a fan that caught you on Letterman. Keep your chin up and keep telling the truth!
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Summary: Alf RankN
Review: ALf is a cartoon who thinks because he went to harvard (and was endoctrinated by the "conspiritorial harvard left" ) he has something to say. Unfortunately instead of engaging in a discussion of ideas he simply name calls - like he did in his book about Rush like mosts leftists do. They talk loud and interupt a lot and name call on tv talk shows which used to work well when it was 3 against 1 in the old network/pbs days. It doesn't work anymore in the new "Fox era." And are they mad.ALF is mad. ALF and his ilk are like the elite click in high school who being unable to justify their ideas or positions resort to name calling. bullying and the peer pressure of their cliquees. They ruled the political landscape for decades but now thanks to Rush and Fox news they no longer are the majority in the US - so ALF and his "ideas" are out of vogue as is his humor.
Rush, Hannity and O'Reilly whatever their faults do let the opposition speak in a fair debate while ALF and his crowd don't need to -'cause they went to harvard and they're smarter than everbody else - so they get to make fun of "the vast right wing conspiracy" as though it's a couple of those idiot far right wing Christian types who dont like abortion and homosexuality.
Well, it's 55%-65% vast now and isn't a conspiracy anymore - it's called "the electorate' these days. I hope the 55%-65% boycott penguin books for putting out this kind of trash by has been comic political hacks like ALF.
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Summary: Funny and True
Review: All Americans should be forced to learn the truth about the right. Franken takes a hilarious look at Bill O'Lielly (that's a Franken Joke), Sean Hannity, and other right wing pundits and nutjobs (Ann Coulter). If you thought Rush Bimpbaugh made stuff up, wait until you see the "wacky" stuff Ann Coulter, et.al. come up with!
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Summary: Gratitude
Review: All I can say about Al Franken and his new book is,"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!"
It is about ... time someone had the courage to call some in the radical right what they are- lying liars. Al Franken does this with style, clarity and laugh out loud humor in his new book.
Mr. Franken lambasts the hypocrisy of many in the Republican party, takes them to task for the blatant lies and deceptions they have propagated, and calls it like he sees it, backed up beautifully by well researched facts.
I had almost given up hope that there would be someone on the liberal team who had the nerve to stand up and state things as they are. I was sick of all the yelling matches and bullying taking place on the conservative news programs for the last few years. I lamented that there seemed nobody out there on our side with the clout to get some attention who would be able to call these people what they are- lying, lying liars.
I must admit to smug satisfaction in particular to Mr. Franken's observations of Ann Coulter and Bill O'Reilly.
Mr. Franken, beautiful job. You have made a fan for life.
Readers, if you want an often hilarious look at the [folks] who run the conservative side of the political spectrum, get this book and enjoy the long overdue comeuppance.
And by all means, hand it to any impoverished Republican you know. If one can actually get them to read it, they might just have an epiphany. :-)
Well done!
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Summary: Praise to Team Franken
Review: All I can say is thanks for leading Team Franken and making me laugh at how the right has lied and still lies.
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Summary: About Bloody Time
Review: All I can say is this: it's about bloody time someone from the Left slugged the Right-wing, and HARD. For too long I've heard about the left-wing bias in the mass-media, and then all I see on TV is the right-wing side of a panel outshouting those on the left or center. While at times juvenile, Mr. Franken doesn't get anywhere near as nasty and vile as his contemporaries on the right, who I will not dignify with free advertising by mentioning them by name. Also, Mr. Franken doesn't come off as a rabid leftist, but more as someone who has become fed up with a slanted political discussion landscape, and he comes across as someone who actually cares about his readers because he doesn't insult their intelligence, unlike those of his right-wing contemporaries who simply "scream" the same statements over and over, without proof or conscience.
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Summary: Smear Book, nothing else.
Review: All of Al Franken's attacks on Bill O'Reilly are lies, which would lead me to believe tha Franken regularly spins the truth and mixes up his facts. This book is purely an attempt to attack others. And, no, Bill O'Reilly actually does help people. How many times has Al Franken requested that a particular official be investigated or an organization evaluate itself instead of bitching and moaning?
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Summary: What did they read?
Review: All right. I've already written a review of this volume. But I've read it a second time, and have read many of the Amazon.com reviews. Hency my "title" question. The one-star reviewers claim there is NO "right wing conspiracy." Yet they review the volume without having read it even once. How can I tell? They complain that Franken isn't "balanced." Yet that's the whole point of the book, that he's reacting to an imbalance. And he does so in a reasonably researched and terribly amusing way. Anyway, they then come to this web page and lambast the good reviews with negative points. True, it's their right. But that needs to be kept in context. Then there's those--many!--who bring up such irrelevent subjects, e.g., W's grade point relative to Al Gore's (I'm frankly not impressed with either of their grades, but, then I didn't have the family connections/money to get into Harvard or Yale anyway, so what do I know?) Oh, and the fact that we "got" Sadam, and that W is such a saintly guy. Yeah. And Howard Dean is the anti-christ, right? And there are, of course, those who say that it was the Democrats and that lech Bill Clinton who are responsible for everything evil. Grow up, boys and girls. Sure there are people who review books based on their friend's reactions to them, i.e, without having set their eyes on a page. That's the price you pay for the "populist" nature of the internet. But some of these morons who write the nonsense are clear samples of the "right wing consipiracy" so clearly covered in "The Hunting of the President," another fine volume I bought from Amazon.com (Thanks!) Read this book. As I've said to so many, especially those to whom I'm giving the book for Christmas (no, I'm not an anti-Christian satanist) it's certainly entertaining, and really quite informative, despite what the one-star reviewers say. And thanks, Al. You've done us a great service by exposing the biases to which we're mercilessly subject every day. (Oh, and even Todd Gitlin pointed out in one of his books that media talk tends to the "right" as it's more Manichean thereby getting bigger audiences and higher "ratings." So there's even a business logic to the bias. But that doesn't make it right--morally, that is.) Oh, to paraphrase Michael Moore too, this book gives a person fuel to convert one's conservative brother-in-law (several of which I have.) Read it and enjoy it. Then review it in here to counter those incapable of arguing beyond their partisan stands.
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Summary: Right wingers . . . why does fairness and truth scare you?
Review: All that Al Franken is doing with this book is ask that the media accurately and fairly report the news and that facts rather than lies and deliberate distortions be used by commentators and political leaders. Truth, justice, fairness & accurate political debate. That's all he's asking for. Why should that trouble you? If you find that point of view disturbing, then maybe you should seriously question exactly what your values are.
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Summary: These customers reviews speak volumes
Review: All that one needs to do to determine what sort of people dislike this book is the take a brief glance at the reviews posted on this site. Most of the negative reviews consist of pointless drivel such as:
- "Um, liberals lie too."
- "Franken was involved with SNL...and he wasn't funny."
- "er...liberals have stupids?"
- "Clinton had sex with an intern."
- "This book isn't Fair and Balanced."
- "minorities soak up welfare." You won't find ANY serious critcisms of Franken's work...just typical, mindless rhetoric. In contrast, when Franken attacks people or calls them "liars," he at least addresses actual issues and cites his sources. I find it interesting that no one seems to disagree with the CONTENT of this book; instead they simply express dislike for it's author and its conclusions. Here's a tip kids: if you disagree with an argument and consider it to be flase, it makes little sense to simply say "I dislike the conclusion offered." If you wish to make a point, you must undermine the premises upon which the argument s based. Most fairly bright people with a decent sense of humor/ability to detect sarcasm will find this book at least moderately amusing. I would suggest that mouth-breathing, Bible-thumping, over-breeding subhumans avoid this piece.
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