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Summary: Solid, scholarly and engrossing, difficult to keep my copy..
Review: Every time I purchased a copy here or at B&N, I gave it away
because friends and relatives laughed at excerpts I tickled
them with; I simply had to be generous because Franken
ought flourish, imo. His varied approaches just tickled my
fern. Unpredictable, amusing and informative, Franken is
now tops in my book. Must go find all his previous works.
Who gnu he was such a clever writer? Factual, too. His take
jibes with my observations, but he goes further and debunks
the robots hate scripts with panache. He skewered several in a
brilliant manner; his footnotes, unlike Coulter, for example,
are real and consistent with those prescribed by our professors
from ago. After eight copies, I finally have one to keep!
Rating: 
Summary: It's about the lies
Review: Every true American patriot should read Al Franken's most recent book. Honest, informed debate is the cornerstone of a healthy democracy. "Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them" opens the window to allow the fresh air of truth into public discussion. The book is not about conservative versus liberal. It is primarily about absolutes: lies and truths. A conservative like John McCain would find Franken's book to be a welcome bit of honesty given the current media climate. Many Americans have been misled to think that broadcast journalism is some hodgepodge of entertainment, opinions, selective man-on-the-street interviews, and slivers of facts delivered by videogenic models with the personalities of malicious frat boys. Mr. Franken's book dissects the "lie machine" and it is about time. Fortunately, the sales indicate it's not too late for truth reclamation. I do regret that Mr. Franken did not include the chapter he was working on about how chummy the Bushes are with the bin Ladens. One more thing - it's very, very funny. I am quite grateful that Mr. Franken did not follow in the footsteps of his fellow Lampoon alums, content to change nothing in the world, collecting checks to write unproduced scripts.
Rating:
Summary: maha Franken: mega dittos!
Review: Everyone should read this book, from coast to coast, from sea to shining sea because the fact is that we ARE being lied to. We should always have faith in our leaders and the strength of our nation, however, blind faith is what gets us in trouble. Don't put up a flag on your doorstep and then surrender your will to the powers that be. Do your research, ask questions, that is the true responsiblity you have as a citizen, that is real patroitism. If you don't like it, well, then YOU can move to China or Cuba. We live in the USA, it should be a crime to take your freedoms for granted. USE them!!!
Rating:
Summary: You'll like it if you read it.
Review: Everyone who has given this a positive review has already said what there is to be said about his book (even from those who consider themselves conservative)... But read the negative reviews. Clearly none of them have even read the book. Clearly this book is a jab at those who prefer making up their mind without looking at the arguments open-mindedly.
Rating:
Summary: Highly recommend!
Review: Excellent expose of the extraordinary radical right wing media and the politicians that they shill. Al Franken has pushed the pendulum back in the better direction.
Rating:
Summary: Al Franken is my love child. No not really.
Review: Excellent read. Al Franken lays out a truthfull, fair and balanced expose of the lies told by the big names at FNC and others. You may not agree with Al's politics but you have to agree with his ethics. The section on Operation Ignor should have anyone who cares about America voting for anyone but Bush & Co. in the next presidential race. I hope he at least took his group of Harvard inturns out for lunch a couple of times. They earned it!
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Summary: Factual, documented, and laugh out loud funny!
Review: Exposes most of the better-known conservative blowhards, and a few of the less-known as well. A must for any political observer with a sense of humor. If you can't decide whether to buy it, read the chapters entitled "Ann Clouter: Nutcase" and "I Challenge Rich Lowry to a Fight". If you like the comics, "Supply-Side Jesus" is also worth a look.
Rating:
Summary: Funny and Thought Provoking
Review: Facts are wittily presented - it's an excellent read.
Rating:
Summary: Factual
Review: Factual. As anyone who reads this book will know almost every line in this book has been researched to death. As well the fact that it's obviously written with an unveiled bias and overtly apparent agenda, the facts have all been researched without tricky manipulations, distorts, mis-quotes or any of the multiple distortians many political writers use to make their points, valid or not.
Highly entertaining. Fun read whether you hate him or love him.
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Summary: Finally, someone is telling it like it is!
Review: Fair & Balanced! Fox News sued over that line. The claimed this book blurred the line. Well, to be fair, if anyone knows about blurring the line, it would be Fox News!
This book exposes Coutler, Hannity & O'Reilly for the liars that they are (not to mention Cheney & Bush). O'Reilly (or anyone else in this book) has yet to respond to Franken's actually statements about their lies. Sure, they moan about the "name calling," but not one has said Franken is inaccurate. I've never seen O'Reilly so scared. It's a AMAZING!
The Hannity story is a riot too! So much of this book is filled with great facts. When will people finally figure out what Fox News is really up to??
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