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Summary: Why read it?
Review: I never bought Hershey's chocolate with almonds because I hate almonds. So why buy a book if you knew who the author is? You must like his comments but cannot accept the fact that what he wrote might be the truth. So for people who made bad comments on Al Franken's previous book and bought this current book seller, I wonder why? Again, if the book was the chocolate and Franken was the almond, I'd never buy it---lucky it was plain!!!
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Summary: Funny. Accurate. Eye-opening.
Review: I never really listened with much interest to the crap coming from either the far left or the far right. Both extremes seem nutty and scary to me. But having read this book I have to say there were a LOT of things about the extreme right that I really wasn't aware of, particularly how they have taken control of the media, the Republican party - and consequently - the country - and have done so using gutter tactics. These people are a disgrace. We have to get rid of them and get some decent, people back into the top political offices of our country. I've voted for both main parties over the years. But I will NOT vote Republican again until decent, honorable, reasonable, normal thinking human beings (like John McCain) are back in charge of it.I loved "Supply Side Jesus". It amazes me that so-called "Christians" would advocate supply-side economics and cutting back on programs to help the poor. Wasn't Jesus all about helping the poorest amongst us? "That which you do for the least of my brothers, so you do unto me?" Didn't Jesus say something like that? And "Do unto others as you would have then do unto you?" I thought Christianity was supposed to be about being a decent, caring human being and helping others. Isn't there something in the bible about that being the pathway to heaven? Hypocrites. The big thing I wasn't too aware of was how many top administration officials got deferments from the Viet Nam war. Wolfowitz, Perle, Cheney and of course, Bush, to name only a few. I was SHOCKED. How DARE they send other people's kids off to be killed when they wouldn't go themselves? HOW DARE THEY!! How can they look at themselves in the mirror when they get up in the morning? Bush started a needless war that we can't get out of; created havoc with the economy and pissed off our friends and allies around the world. Good job Mr. Bush. I'm sure you're a hero to your fellow right wing nuts. The rest of us however, are disgusted. Bush - and his cronies - are a disgrace - to the office, the country and humanity. Good book Mr. Franken. Very funny. Eye-opening. Everyone should read this.
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Summary: The Right is wrong
Review: I never review books but I have to speak up for this one. Al Franken is a brilliant man. "Lying Liars" is hysterical and intelligent. Not only does the book deserve the five stars, I'm hoping my review negates one of the one star reviews illiterate right wing morons are sure to post. God bless America. God bless Al Franken.
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Summary: Depressingly funny political book
Review: I never thought I'd buy a book by Al Franken. I remember seeing him years ago as part of the Franken and Davis comedy team and I couldn't stand them, but then a while back Davis disappeared and Al started doing political humor. Suddenly, he became a lot funnier, and now I own three of his books. This book is his revenge on the right wing media and politicians. He exposes them as liars and shows us the lies they have told, then gives evidence to show that they are wrong, and that they know they are wrong when they are lying to us. He shows us that the whole liberal media thing is a myth. When you stop and think about it, it's pretty obvious that there is almost no liberal representation in the broadcast media. The blowhards on the radio and TV talkshows are speaking from the right wing. The print media seems a bit more liberal, but as he points out in the book, a recent study shows that most editors and publishers are more conservative than the general public. If you are a liberal, you'll love this book. If you're a conservative, you may find yourself laughing a few times (even though you probably won't be too happy about it). If you're somewhere in the middle, you may not enjoy it as much as your liberal friends, but you'll probably get a kick out of some of the stories. The only drawback in this book, is that it's depressing to see how the right wing spokespeople have gotten away with their lies for so long. It's about time somebody exposed them for what they are.
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Summary: GREAT BOOK!
Review: I noticed that most of the reviewers who gave this book 1 star, chose to remain anonymous. Hmmmmm..makes you wonder. This book is very insightful and really makes you think about the direction this country is heading with George Bush as our president. I would defintely recommend this book for anyone who wants to know the truth about what the right-wing conservatives are doing and not doing to this country. Great book and very very entertaining. You can really tell that Al is an honest and sincere man by the way he writes this book. I just hope this book opens people's eyes! GREAT READ!
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Summary: Hilarious and dead-on.....
Review: I now know why Bill O'Reilly et al hate Franken so much; the stinging truth of his commentary cannot be denied. I was glad to see the release date pushed up so that I could end my summer with an entertaining and insightful read that never loses sight of the fact that at bottom, we need to retain our sense of humor even in the face of madness. Franken uses the words of Coulter, O'Reilly, Goldberg, and Hannity to indict them, pointing out shoddy research and deliberate dishonestly. The notion, for example, that Coulter's books are "serious" because they contain footnotes is nothing but a fraud; Franken breaks it all down and shows how she uses such footnotes to fool the reader. He recounts his devastating attack on liar Goldberg while on the Donahue show, and shows how time and time again, the Fox News talking heads take quotes out of context and use false statistics to "prove" their points. Franken also has a few illustrated sections, including a charming little comic strip "Supply Side Jesus." Franken is the real deal -- an educated, self-deprecating, wise commentator who understands better than most the Right's lies and liars. Thanks, AL!
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Summary: A good compendium of the lies of the right wing media
Review: I often pick up the books of the right wing media personalities
at Costco and thumb through them just to pick out the lies.
Franken exposes all the ones I've found, but goes much more
in depth in his research. The sad thing is that their are so many uneducated people that
are being misled by Coulter, Hannity, and O'Reilly, and that
never will learn the facts about how these individuals play
fast and loose with the truth.
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Summary: Supply side economics
Review: I often wonder why don't all Libs migrate to Cuba and find the communist utopia that they like so much. Face it people, California is in a Bankrupt state because all the welfare programs it runs for illegals. Don't ever count on liberal media to mention that 15 LA area hospitals have literally closed down because of illegal entitlements who never pay medical treatment bills.
For every Enron that libs and communists are so intent on demonizing there are tens of Microsofts, GEs, Ciscos, etcetra in this great land of capitalism called US of A. Ever read the NASDAQ list ? Ask any person from the ex-commie eastern European countries... he will tell how stupid liberal economics are. Ask any 6 billion people in the world ... why they want to RISK THEIR LIVES to come to America illegally. Commie freaks and other assorted morons like Al Franken never mention this fact. Why would they ? they like making tons of money by selling useless and pointless books on how some person mis-named something OR how somebody looks fat OR how End notes Vs. foot notes are important. If libs and Dems consider these stupid things as "painstaking research" then I don't know whether to laugh at or cry at their stupidity. PS: Looking at our Harvard graduates who conducted such stupid "painstaking research" it is no wonder that students from poor countries such as India and China are trumping our students at all the international math and science competitions.
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Summary: Fair & balanced look @ the more than Fairly Unbalanced
Review: I ordered this from Amazon last week, got it last night, and will finish it tonight (& unlike Fox watchers & Rush listeners, I have a challenging day job).
Brilliant, biting, funny, and accurate. Franken was aided greatly by a bright corps of researchers who actually know how to Google & use LexisNexis, and are honest enough to include facts in policy debates.
While Franken may want to thank Fox for all the material, and for the stupidist lawsuit in the history of US law, this book made the best seller list on its own merits. Enjoy!
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Summary: Makes a Great Christmas Present
Review: I originally bought this book more as a joke that anything else in response to the lawsuit brought by the Fox network, not having read any of Mr Franken's prior books. I found it to be surprisingly well written, well researched and just plain funny. I liked it so much I've since bought 3 more copies to give as presents to friends. There are a couple of chapters that are undeservedly mean or even just dumb, but the entire rest of the book is a biting but humourous response to the barrage of talking points repeated time and time again as unbiased commentary, and a spirited antidote to the nasty and abusive tone of discourse coming from certain elements of the conservative press. Unlike Michael Moore, Franken gets his facts straight and most of his humor is right-on. And as someone who thinks that using Christianity to support right wing economics is taking Jesus' name in vain, I think the chapter "Supply Side Jesus" should be mandatory reading for all true Christians. Two thumbs up!
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