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Summary: Ah the mind of a trained liberal
Review: This book is very insightful in that it shows the inner workings of the liberal mind. In that respect I consider it a "must read". Did anyone besides me notice the complete lack of charts or statistics when Franken discusses the 2000 election? Instead we get a fictional romance story. Al tries to be funny when he doesn't have the facts to support his beliefs. His attack on Bob Jones U and Christian morals in general is sad - Funny that his own son had too much integrity to participate. Also Al deceptively implies without actually stating that the entire trashing of the White House scandal was a complete fabrication by Carl Rove. Nice try Al, but anyone who has actually read the complete GAO report knows otherwise. But I'd suspect many of Franken's followers aren't bothering to check up on his lies. Yes Al, you are a bad liar.
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Summary: Save your money
Review: This book is very onesided, if you are a hard core leftist you will love it. If you are open minded or conservative you will hate it.
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Summary: A very intelligent Book
Review: This book is very well reaserched and offers brilliant observations.
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Summary: Entertaining and right on the money
Review: This book is well written, funny and dead on with the facts. Anyone sick of the hate mongering folks on the political right. will enjoy reading Mr. Franken's book. Pokes many holes in the "logic" used by such hateful people as Ann Coulter, Bill O' Reilly, and Sean Hannity. No wonder Fox is having fits. Mr. Franken actually did his research, unlike Coulter and her ilk.
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Summary: Good book...but most likely preaching to the choir.
Review: This book is wonderful at pointing out the lies that are perpetrated by ultra-conservatives like Ann Coulter. A conservative friend once asked me what the difference was between liberals like Franken (and myself) and conservatives when it comes to their views on politics. The difference is that liberals tend to back their assertions with cold, hard, easy-to-verify sources. Conservatives can only back up their assertions by quoting other conservatives or by distorting the facts by quoting things out of context. Everything that Franken says in this book is easy to verify in numerous sources if you take the time to do a little research.Franken is quite witty, but I tend to like Michael Moore's style a little better. Moore is a little more down to Earth and, though the conservatives will never believe it, Moore is a bit more balanced in his criticism (he criticizes Clinton just as sharply as Bush at times, for example). Franken makes lots of good points but, unfortunately, the people who need to KNOW this stuff won't read the book or they will read it with a closed mind. Conservatives--do yourself and your country a favor. Read this book, verify the sources, and balance your views. Only by seeing both sides and acknowledging the truth can this country get back on its collective feet.
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Summary: important points made
Review: This book is worth reading. It deals with the myth of the liberal media and the lies of Republican politicians and pundits. One of my favorite parts of this book is a transcript of a Hannity and Colmes episode, in which Sean Hannity is lying about Al Gore. If more people were like Franken and pointed out when pundits lied maybe they wouldn't do it so often. The reviewer who wrote that the chapter on Bill O'Reilly is just a rant on the Peabody is mistaken. He covers other lies by O'Reilly as well. The point Franken was making is that O'Reilly refuses to retract his statements when he is wrong. He is the opposite of humble. There is another very good example of this in the book of an arguement Franken had with O'Reilly years ago when Franken appeared on O'Reilly's show as a guest.
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Summary: Worthless Books and The Worthless Authors Who Write Them
Review: This book just might save your life if you ever get stranded in the Andes and there is no firewood to be found.
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Summary: The greates book ive ever read!
Review: This book looks at the Conservatives and picks them out for their lies. Republicans control the media unfairly, and this book hiariously- hilariously!!!! picks the lies out, and makes things right!! This will have you in tears it's so funny, and shows how conservatives are fought back!!! just try it- youll love it!!
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Summary: He makes all the RIGHT people upset.
Review: This book made me laugh out loud and think at the same time. I loved his rants on Ann Coulter and the Fox news staff. But what really amazes me is how Al makes all the right people incrediblly upset. And for a vast majority of the people that give this a 1 star review I'll wager you never read this book. I find it amazing that the people who claim Al Franken only uses insults and doesn't advance the public discourse then simply insult Mr. Franken.
Oh well. I love to see the right in such a tizzy. 5 stars here.
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Summary: A Barrelful of Belly Laughs
Review: This book made me LAUGH OUT LOUD no less than a dozen times, probably more. (I didn't count. But I did have strangers on the metro, at a small press expo, and in the jury duty lounge at the local courthouse ask me what was so funny.) While Franken irritated me occasionally (his decision to speak at a pro-Iraq war rally and take a potshot at the Dixie Chicks particularly annoyed), overall, I loved this book, which manages to educate about the manipulative, cynical, bullyish, selfish, amoral, and dishonest tactics of the hardcore conservative right in an entertaining way. I particularly enjoyed the riotously funny chapter "Operation Chickenhawk," which made me blow chocolate soy milk out of my nose. If you want to know the truth about Al Gore and the Internet; if you're interested in testing the veracity of statements made by Shrub, O'Reilly, Coulter, and the like; or if you just want a barrelful of good belly laughs, I highly recommend this book.
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