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Summary: The Worst Generation
Review: Take cover Republicans! It's Revenge of the Nerds, Part III. The 60's kids are all grown up now, and they're as irrelevant as ever. It's the Bush cabinet (Stanford and Yale graduates) against the Hollywood high school dropouts. Now who would you rather have running the country?As on Saturday Night Live, Al Franken is the guy who laughs at his own jokes while everyone else smirks. I guess he's a good substitute for Michael Moore, who isn't really credible since he eats more than a small African nation (Don't drive an SUV, but take your motorcycle to Taco Bell eight times a day). As noted by other reviewers here, Al Franken immediately loses credibility with his Paul Wellstone memorial comments. The event evolved into a Democratic rally with some very tasteless comments by his campaign staff. Overall, the book is a mindless diatribe, just another liberal jealous of someone else's success. Note to Top 1000 reviewers: some hints for the next review. The word misanthropic is not spelled with a dash; the word innundate is spelled "inundate"; I think you meant "apropos" instead of apprapo (that was funny); "its shoes" instead of it's shoes (possessive); and perrenial is spelled "perennial."
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Summary: Not the least bit objective, why bother???
Review: Takes one to know one, huh Al...
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Summary: NOTHING BUT LIES AND DISTORTIONS
Review: Taking his usual rabid dog aproach, Al Frankin shows he has not a shred of wit or intelligence in him. He usues his usual distortions of the the truth in lambasting the right. Nothing but an emotional temper tantrum witout a shred of logic.
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Summary: Silent Majority
Review: Talk about a media bias--Franken's book shot to number one like a rocket and responds to the mass swelling of anger towards the repressive, greedy politics of Bush and the right, yet why weren't any of these points being discussed in the mainstream media before? Well I suppose they are beholden to their corporate sponsors, so what are you gonna do? I suggest reading this book.
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Summary: Where Truth Meets Humor
Review: Talk about mood swings reading this book - outrage mixed with laughter is an odd combination. But Franken does a great job documenting the fact that propagation of "The Big Lie" still works effectively. The only thing I think he misses is that The Big Lie works not because we believe it, but because we're tired of trying to sort out fact from fiction. We surrender! Which is what makes it nice when someone helps us do the sorting (certainly the so-called liberal media never bother). I was going to give this only four stars until I noticed that the same reviewer (from CHICAGO, IL) kept posting the same one-star review over and over to get the average rating down. Do you think when someone has to resort to that he knows he's really making Franken's case? And I have yet to see a negative reviewer rebut any actual facts.
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Summary: Political Talk, Democrat and Republican, is just that: Talk
Review: Talk, its all talk. For further enlightenment, listen to Adrian
Belew's "Elephant Talk". Enough said.
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Summary: Both Funny and Frightening...A Must Read!
Review: Thank God for Al Franken. This is a thoroughly researched compilation of personal experiences and public events that illustrate how Fox News and other wacky idealogues use fear, scape-goating and misinformation to put down meaningful debate in this country, and to advance their own pro-corporate, big-money agenda. I read this book on a cross-country flight and then stayed up in my hotel room to finish it. It's in turn hilarious, riviting, and ultimately terrifying. Highly recommended, especially for voters in the 2004 Presidential election!
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Summary: Lies and the Lying Liers who Tell Them
Review: Thank God someone is uncovering the madness of the far right and the lies and propaganda that gained them popularity. Oh, and it's hilarious at the same time that it is extremely informative and well documented.
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Summary: I laughed so I wouldn't cry...
Review: Thank goodness Al Franken made this book humorous enough to keep me from crying over the way our country is being run. The book was delivered to me two days ago and I haven't been able to put it down. I know that partisanship is here to stay, and that you shouldn't believe everything you hear or read, but he backs up every allegation with proof. It's an easy read. More importantly, though, it's a necessary read for anyone who loves this country and wants to see it prosper.
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Summary: Truth about the Lying Liars
Review: Thank you Al for having to courage and intelligence to have written this book. Deep down most Americans know that this Administration has, and continues to "shape the facts" to advance it's numerous right wing agendas. Is calling the President a liar unpatriotic if he has proven to be one over and over again? I don't think so. Except for the occasional editiorial here and there I don't see many others in the media willing to point out the many discrepancies between the truth and the propaganda that the public is spoon feed by the corporate owned media. This book made me laugh and also gave me hope that there might be more like minded liberals out there than I knew about. Toward the end you say "Truth to power, baby", and that's what this book really turns out to be.
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