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Summary: What a Joke - One of the worst books ever written
Review: This guy should stick with SNL and stand up comedy, because he sure doesn't have a political mind. Al Fraken and Michael Moore should run off together and just hold hands, because they are just a couple of ferries
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Summary: Burnn the Book
Review: This guys and all libals are DUMM! Such a stuppid book! Who would reed it? not me! I'm a CONSERVTIVE!! Burn the book! Ann Coolter ROCKS!!!
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Summary: Worthless Dribble
Review: This has got to be the worst book ever written. If you buy it, do so only to throw it in the trash before anybody could possibly read it.
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Summary: Hansome Al is at it again!
Review: This imbecile Franken positively confirms how the left has resorted to vicious lies and smear tactics against good and decent news-analysts, whom are seriously looking out for the people of the US. This 4-eyed-fool is nothing but a failed comedian, who was never even funny to begin with. I mean...Stewart Smalley?...give me a break! How could anyone take this nitwit seriously when it comes to serious issues? The DNC is obviously in HUGE trouble and pretty desperate to have this loser as a spokesman, or whatever he is. Couldn't the DNC find a more ugly guy? If I had a face like Franken's, I'd shave my @ss and walk backwards! What a joke! And speaking of "LIARS"...this contradicting liar Franken was forced to apologize for lying to the attorney general in attempt to write his book about "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them." Hey Al, why don't you move to France! You'd love it there! Now that would be funny! Keep it up Al, with you continually making a complete ass out of yourself, we're positively certain that there's no foreseeable future for the Democratic Party! No vision, no plan, no answers. Just smear tactics from every last one of them! As the Democratic Party's "poster boy", Handsome Al is doing wonders for their image. Just attack whom you don't agree with lies. I mean...why doesn't the DNC just get Rosie O'Donnell to represent their cause too? Just another book from another "stupid white guy". Way to go Handsome Al!
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Summary: Kidding on the square
Review: This important work was an instant classic when it was first released in 2003. Though better known today for introducing the phrase "kidding on the square" to the English language, it remains a compelling read even months after it first burst upon the literary and political scene. Like Robert Graves' "Goodbye to All That", which is resembles, "Lies" will undoubtedly be released in a boxed edition by the Folio Society within 50 years of the author's death, but is well worth owning in trade hardbound until then.
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Summary: Nice surprise
Review: This is a "must read." While in this day-and-age you have to take all written (and spoken) things with a grain of salt, the material presented is so compelling (and, at times, quite witty) that it truly makes one wonder what is really going on in the world.Now I don't feel so alone in thinking that the words "fair and balanced" have been contorted into something that is so far removed from the truth.
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Summary: De-lie-tful exercise in humor! And that's the truth.
Review: This is a brilliant, and brilliantly funny, book. (And it looks like a few other people have read it, too.) The truth is, Al Franken isn't lying when he accuses his considerably less than honest subjects of lying. He more than compellingly makes the case that, when faced with the choice between lying or not lying, the "lying liars" of the title will, almost inevitably, opt for the first choice ("lying"). Because he makes this case in a superbly witty fashion, the book is hilarious. But, because the truths (and lies) involved are depressing and grim, "Lying Liars" is also-and I do not lie--depressing and grim. Consequently, this title can make you laugh with anger and/or fume with amusement. Franken is a genius. The most amazing thing about the countless lies laid-out by Franken is their utter artlessness. One would think that a culture of fibs could survive (let alone thrive) only if the fibbers in question were cunning and crafty, but, for the most part, the truth-loose liberal-bashers in these pages lie first, and think never. Take Bill "O'Lie-lly," whose real life story (as opposed to the one he shares with his viewers) was uncovered by "TeamFranken" when someone on the team thought to consult with the Fox host's mother. Who could have anticipated such a bold and unprecedented journalistic maneuver? (Not the Fox star in question, apparently.) Similarly, certain members of TeamBush (the president and vice-president, for example) choose their fibs with no consideration given to consequences and every consideration given to self-service. Nothing, evidently, gets more in the way of a good and effective lie than forethought-or thought of any kind. And here's where the press doesn't come in. Franken shows us how, time and again, the "liberal" press gives a green light to right-lies in the interests of fairness--or, rather, an utterly skewered version of same in which the burden of proof is dumped on those who question lies, rather than those who callously concoct them. Most of all, Franken's intention is to give the lying portion of the right a taste of its own patent medicine. He bullies the bullies with a simple and effective comedic missile, one not to be found anywhere in the arsenals of his enemies. I refer, of course, to the truth.
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Summary: Franken Hits Them Where it Should Hurt
Review: This is a deliciously funny, and factually documented, puncturing of all the big right wing gas bags who dominate cable TV and, unfortunately, our politics in these debased times. Sure, Al is often shrill and sometimes profane but he backs up his outraged views with facts unlike the bull spouted by Coulter, O'Reilly, Hannity and their ilk. And, he does it entertainingly, though I'm sure it will go over the heads of a lot of the wing nuts he's aiming at. A real eye-opener for those who don't know what the fuss is about, too. Highly recommended!
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Summary: I don't feel alone anymore
Review: This is a fantastic book! His chapter on "Loving America the Al Franken Way" put to words how I have been feeing since September 11. I love America. But I don't believe that loving America means hating everyone who isn't "America", or who makes suggestions for improvement. I had a hard time putting the book down. I'm sending a copy to my sister in the Peace Corps, and a friend in Denver.
Although, I might have done without the "Operation Chickhawk" chapter. (I think that's what it was called...) I look forward to his next book. I'm a new fan!
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Summary: I am a frankenphile!
Review: This is a fresh, erudite look at the right wing media domination conspiracy. I find myself laughing out loud at times and, at others, cursing the media and the public for being so gullible and lazy. It is we who create the idiot, self-serving politicos who are ruining this country. I love my country, but fear my government. The experience of Al and his brother at Paul Wellstone's memorial was especially appreciated. Thank you Al Franken for making me a frankenphile!
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