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Summary: KIDDING ON THE SQUARE: A THOUGHT PROVOKING, HILARIOUS GEM
Review: Al Franken has written a thought-provoking and hilarious gem. He kids about things but he means what he says. AF points out many things in the media that might otherwise go unnoticed. I came to this book thinking it would be a hatchet job on the right by confirmed lefty. If you read this for the humor alone you'll be fine. This is one of the few books to make me laugh out loud while reading. The funniest thing was AF's proposed commercial of Presidential candidate John Kerry running a commercial dressed up as a pirate and poking fun at W for dressing up as a fighter pilot for his photo op.I like Bush and I like the right, but AF managed to score some points on Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, and Bill O'Reilly in an amusing way and using unbelievable quotes from their own books. Though AF accuses the right of blaming Clinton for everything, AF doesn't bother to lay anything at Clinton's doorstep. It is because of that, that LIES lacks some credibility. If AF had pointed his sharp tongue at Gore and Clinton as often as he did at W, Hannity, Limbaugh, O'Reilly, etc., this book would have bordered on "Fair and Balanced." AF says Gore should have won the presidency. Fine. If Gore's so great and came so close to being president, why isn't he running for the 2004 bid? How come he couldn't win in his own state of Tennessee and make the vote in Florida moot? If the folks in Tennessee don't have confidence in Al Gore, why should the rest of us? If they had Gore would be president today. Great read whether your an elephant or an ass.
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Summary: Important Book With A Touch of Humor
Review: Al Franken has written an entertaining yet significant book. For anyone who wants to understand the "spin" that the right has managed to sell to the American people this book is a must read. Franken exposes not only the myth of the "liberal controlled media" but also demonstrates how conservatives have hijacked political discourse. He gives a voice to those of us who have always understood the distortions of the right but never knew how to express our rage without sinking to the same hateful level as those we oppose.
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Summary: Brilliant exposé of the Right Wing Blowhards
Review: Al Franken has written an entertaining, extremely readable, and hard-hitting exposé of the deceptions, lies, and untruths propagated by the both the right wing media and the government in Washington, DC they are supporting. Franken documents a number of individual cases quoting directly such "luminaries" as Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, and George Bush, and demonstrating specifically how they have downright lied. If there is any evidence that the media is not liberal slanted, just compare the overwhelming attention given to misstatements from Bill Clinton or Al Gore, to the absolute lack of attention given to lies of Bush and Friends. If the media were so liberal, just the opposite would be the case.
Besides the attention to facts, truth and details, the biggest difference that separates Franken from the blowhards on the right is that Franken has a sense of humor.
One can only hope that the media picks up just a few of Franken's points during the upcoming election season and show the lying liars for what they are - major prevaricators.
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Summary: A Plea to Save the Nation
Review: Al Franken has written his best book yet. His is a passionate and moral plea for the preservation of reasoned political discourse in our nation. The Right has aggressively set about to destroy our multi-party system by poisining the well of free speech. Franken makes a brilliant case that the Right is, at its root, undemocratic. The book is well researched, and hilarious. It is a mistake to read Franken's effort as 'just the same name calling, etc.' In fact and intent, he tries to demonstrate how ugly and debased the greatest nation on earth will become, and how trivialized our Constitution, should our precious right of free speech decline into lie, deceit, and false witness. Bless Al Franken.
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Summary: A Massive Indictment
Review: Al Franken has written the greatest indictment of right-wing politicos I've ever read. He has proclaimed the return of the liberal left with this book and shows that REAL Americans SHOULD disagree with their leaders without threat of treason from a malicious Attorney General and his less-than-stellar boss in the Oval Office. He also derails the right-wing lackeys like O'Reilly, Goldberg, Hannity and Coulter by exposing their ability to make up "news" without witnesses or verification (see the stories about O'Reilly and the Peabody awards he never really won and the truth behind Paul Wellstone's memorial service). BRAVO AL!!! "I'm Mad as Hell and I'm NOT Going to Take It Any More!"
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Summary: Franken Does It Again
Review: Al Franken has written yet another brilliant satirical work. Only readers with a well-developed sense of humor will appreciate the sometimes raucous humor. Not only is the book funny but is very well documented and researched. It expounds not only on the dirty tactics of the Right but also on the foibles of their leading luminaries - Bush, Cheney, Rove and Ashcroft. Not spared are media pundits such as O'Reilly, Rush, Coulter and Hannity. Franken tells tales on himself about some of his own far-out responses to the Right's way-out actions. Looks as if the Left is learning rapidly to emulate the tactics of the Right. Hold on Folks! Looks as if this is going to be a year to remember as Franken promises another such book just before the election next year. I can't wait!
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Summary: Don't Waste Your Money
Review: Al Franken is a bitter attention-seeking man whose mean spirit and willingness to hit below the belt for partisan reasons totally eviscerate any vestige of humor from this book. He consistently repeats the same inaccuracies. (How many times does Bill O'Reilly have to refute Franken's version of things?) If you want to hear a shill for the worst and dirtiest strategies of the Democrat party, this is your book. If you were expecting anything truthful, humorous, or fair, don't waste your money.
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Summary: Funny but Foolish
Review: Al Franken is a bright comedic writer and there are some extremely funny quips in this book. However, if you are looking for a serious political commentary, this is definitly not the book for you. Al Franken is an extreme partisan whose tainted view of the world prevents him from writing a truly insightful book. Mr. Franken should stick to what he does best, writing comedic skits for SNL.
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Summary: Discrace....Not Satire
Review: Al Franken is a discrace to America and this book documents that fact. Hiding behind the words like "satire", Mr. Frankin attacks just about everything good in this country. Politics used to be civil in this great country where people could debate issues and find common ground. Jerks like Frankin that have no ideas to share, only the words of hate and disrespect. They are given a stage by the liberal media to distroy the very institution that gives them the right to speak. I hated Clinton and every thing he stood for. But, I never showed disrespect for the office of the President. The good news is that right minded Americans will see through this act and regect his vile message. Come to think of it, I hope you sell more copies of his book. The sooner he is exposed, the better!
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Summary: Discrace....Not Satire
Review: Al Franken is a discrace to America and this book documents that fact. Hiding behind the words like "satire", Mr. Frankin still is right in this country. Politics used to be civil in this great country where people could debate issues and find common ground. Jerks like Frankin that have no ideas to share, only the words of hate and disrespect. They are given a stage by the liberal media to distroy the very institution that gives them the right to speak. I hated Clinton and every thing he stood for. But, I never showed disrespect for the office of the President. The good news is that right minded Americans will see through this act and regect his vile message. Come to think of it, I hope you sell more copies of his book. The sooner he is exposed, the better!
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