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Summary: incredibly funny, but not always truthful
Review: Frankens jabs at the O'reilys and Limbaughs out there are right on target. He exposes their lies using a wry wit that I really enjoyed. By far this is the best part of the book. I was very disapointed at his defense of Bill Clinton, Franken tells half-truths or distorts the truth to defend Clinton, He lambasts Sean Hannity for doing the same thing defending Bush. He uses as an example that Clinton couldnt have left our military in too bad of shape because we did so well in afghanistan where the Soviets failed. He fails to mention that the soviets were fighting the US backed mujahideen, we were fighting the Taliban, huge difference. He also failed to mention that one reason for the delay in going into Afghanistan was that we had factories running literally 24/7 making missles to replace our depleted stockpile. He also uses as an example a story about soldier in afhanistan using a laptop to communicate with a Predator UAV drone. Franken is trying to imply that Clinton really concentrated on providing the military with high tech equipment, in fact the drone was borrowed from the CIA which obviously will have various spy planes and is separate from the military budget. He also defends Bill Clintons failure to negotiate Bin Ladin from Sudan. His argument here is so one sided and leaves out so many important details that it would leave the reader with the impression that Clintons hands were tied and could do nothing, that is simply not the case. I would suggest the reader do some thorough research on Mansoor Ijaz and you will find that Franken is telling only half the story. There are too many of these examples to mention them all. Almost every instance of his defense of Clinton falls short. Franken should stick to poking fun at Fox, Hannity, Bush and their cronies, thats where he shines. Also although some reviewers stated that they found his tone angry, I didn't. I thought that was refreshing after being overwhelmed by books by Limbaugh and Michael Moore. I would suggest the reader research facts in this book that seem suspicous.
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Summary: It's All True
Review: Frankin's view of the right is SPOT ON! Yes he's funny but extremely honest too. Yes at times he takes the offense, but mostly it's a defensive book, enumerating time after time where the right has out and out lied to promote their agenda. It's unfortunate that there are so few people who can articulate the lefts value in a lucid and clear manner. Besides that, he's a hoot to read. Let's hope Al can keep this up and generate a liberal swell that will knock back the self-righteous right.
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Summary: Right on target.
Review: Frankin, although at times vituperative, nails the self-righteous Right on the head, offering plenty of supporting documentation to drive home his points.We've all suffered through Rush Limbaugh, the prescription drug addict and now three-time rehab program enrollee, who tried to crucify the Clintons on moral grounds while wallowing in his own trangressions, so maybe now Frankin's expose of Bill O'Reilly's self-serving platitudes and Ann Coulter's insane rantings will be exposed for what they are--an attack on the Democratic principles of our society.
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Summary: This Democrat says: Al Franken is no Paul Wellstone
Review: Frankly, I find Al Franken to be an embarrassment. He is a petulant little man who resorts to name calling and libel. He pretends to be your friend (e.g., his vulgar use of Paul Wellstone's death for his own political purposes) to advance his own career. Well yes Mr. Franken, you did it. You made your millions by trashing reputations and sullying the political discourse. But no matter how you slice it, you'll never score with a beautiful chick. Sucks, doesn't it?
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Summary: It's about time someone researched and told the truth!!!
Review: From beginning to end, this book takes on the conservative right and shows their lies for what they are, using research and checking the background of the lies we are being told. It exposes the right-wing media for the liars they are and uses their own words to do it. Lies is also very funny and a good read.
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Summary: About Time!
Review: From Bush to Coulter to O'Reilly, Al Franken rips conservatives a new one exposing the blantant lies and misinformation spread by these right-wing zealots. Someone please give this man a TV show!
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Summary: Hypocrisy Was Never Funnier
Review: From frankenlies(dot)com: On page 110 of Lies, Franken writes that Barton Gellman of the Washington Post wrote that Clinton's was the "first administration to undertake a systematic anti-terrorist effort." Well, an informative website called spinsanity.org looked into this, and they found that this line in Gellman's article is actually from a quote by Clinton buddy and former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger.1 Franken's lie may not seem like much of a big deal, except this is the kind of thing which Franken pummels Ann Coulter for supposedly doing in her books. Hypocrisy, anyone? And what about those 14 Harvard researchers? They must have been on spring break during this one. __________________ Notes: 1 "Franken's Satirical Lies," Bryan Keefer, spinsanity.org, September 12, 2003, http://www.spinsanity.org/post.html?2003_09_07_archive.html.
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Summary: Why not read it?
Review: From reading many of the 1 star reviews, it's obviously that many of them did not even bother to read it. They just figured that if Al was knocking their right-wing gods, it must be bad. However, when you read about the lies these "gods" tell you can't help but wonder if they didn't graduate from the Joseph Goebbels School of Politics. The sections on Ann Coulter are priceless.
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Summary: Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them
Review: From reading some of the other reviews on amazon.com ,some people think that his new book is all full of lies which I find hard to be true. For the main reason being that in the first few pages of his book he talks about his 14 colledge graduates that he picked to do the fact finding for the book so that he would be sure to only tell the truth in his book and point out the lies in other authors books like Ann Coulter,Bill O'Rielly and Hannity and Colmes. I have also read reviews from other readers saying that his foul language and foul remarks make Al Franken look like an a$$hole himself rather than the people he writes about in his books. As a high school student a really dont have alot of intrest in reading about politics but the way Al Franken writes his books it makes it easier to read a book like that just by throwing in some funny jokes and comments he has about the lying media he hates. Overall i think that this was a really good book for a high school student like me to read to get a basic understanding on the liberal media and to start to become interested in politics. I would recommend this book to any high school student who wanted to learn about politics and how the media system works. All in all i just liked how the author has a good sense of humor while still getting his point across that there are too many people out there who dont tell the truth and take the time to check there sources.
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Summary: Truly Unpatriotic
Review: From reading the various negative reviews from like-minded, conservative, patriots, I have determined that Mr. Franken is no good. As the conservatives have pointed out, he is the one lying. I understand that it is not worth their time to actually point out his lies, but I believe them since they love America and Mr. Franken does not. So if I had a copy of this book, I would burn it. Thank you fellow conservatives for your thoughtful reviews.
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