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Summary: Wonderful Book
Review: This is one of the best political humor books I have read. Franken is dead on about everything he says while adding a little humor to each bit of information. I wish all politics could be this funny, I definately recommend this read.
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: This is one of the best, educated, well written books I've ever read. It also happens to be nearly hysterically funny. I have enjoyed it completely.
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Summary: No lie.
Review: This is one of the better political humor books I've read in quite some time. Franken, who seems to get genuinely angry by what he sees in the media and from the White House, deftly avoids shrill and strident attacks of the right (of which, unfortunately, Michael Moore's Stupid White Men was often guilty). Instead he cuts them down by combining some sophomoric insults (and I mean that in good way) with decently researched facts, courtesy of a team of Harvard students. I say 'decently' researched because several large sections almost seemed to be taken directly from Eric Alterman's What Liberal Media? In fact, in the acknowledgements, he thanks Alterman for writing a book that he basically just added jokes to. The beginning of the book is dedicated to debunking the likes of Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, and Sean Hannity. Shooting fish in the barrel of course, and hardly worthy of any serious debate, but definitely good grist for the humor mill. He moves on to anything and everything having to do with the right, inlcuding of course, George Bush, the war in Iraq (which he initially supported), environmental policy, tax cuts, and one of the better chapters: "I Meet Barbara Bush and it Doesn't Go Well." Good fun for liberals and democrats, with just enough journalistic rigor.
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Summary: Truth and Humor
Review: This is one of the greatest books I have ever read. It is great that someone is keeping on top of the lying right-wing and exposing it for all that it is worth.
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Summary: Pulitzer prize material if only for the coverage of 9/11
Review: This is one of the most important books in contemporary American life. A must for intelligent people, wonderfully written well researched.
Heart breaking for all of us worrying about the current (and former) republican administration destruction of America's future.
A must!!!
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Summary: One of the best lie smashing books ever
Review: This is one of the most informative and entertaining books I have ever read. Unlike the many people or organization he skewered, he has facts to back up his claims. It is so funny to read how they tried to weasel out of their lies. Anyone with any sense can tell the difference between his sarcasm and parodies and his statement of facts but I can see how the right wing will take his obvious jokes and turn them around and pretend that he is claiming them as truths. A must read.
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Summary: Response to 'Reader'
Review: This is only in response to 'Reader' below. He obviously didn't read the book. The very point of the book is to dispel the myths that this obvious non-reader is claiming in his review. This is a book that any left-leaning person who is sick of Republicans saying "support the troops" while at the same time trying to cut pay for "the troops" in Iraq (don't believe that, look it up). If you are a right-wing fanatic, you should read the book as well. At the very least you can learn a little about how to use footnotes (or endnotes to anyone who has taken high school writing classes). Hopefully people will also take the time to learn how to use a LexisNexis or Google search. One major point of this book, as Franken makes clear from the onset, is to force readers to independently verify claims - whether it's right-wing Ann Coulter or Franken himself. Don't take my word for it, read for yourself.
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Summary: Laugh Out Loud funny
Review: This is possibly the funniest book I've ever read. That is a feat considering this is my third book by Franken. I'm sure I'll read it many times just like the others. One thing for certain is that this is the most honest book about the Bush administration, Fox News, etc. that I've ever seen. Keep it up, Al!
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Summary: Hilarious, yet infuriating
Review: This is probably one of the best books I've read in a while. Franken points out the problems in our current administration with wit and humor. Yet, as I reflected on the topics covered in the book, I could not help but to become angered at what has happened to this country and what we have done to the world in the past 3 1/2 years. I hope that everyone who reads this book becomes as motivated as I have and helps oust this administration in November.
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Summary: A great read for the open minded
Review: This is the best book I have read in a long time. It was somewhat of a surprise as political tomes tend to be a little intense and not always very readable. This book is a welcome exception. Al mixes humor and personal anecdotes with well researched (and verifiable) information to shine light on some pillars of the American right including Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter and, of course, George W. Bush. Not simply a reporting of information found on the internet with Google and Lexus-Nexus searches (although there is plenty of that), Al includes meetings, phone conversations and , yes, even investigative reporting (his undercover sting at Bob Jones University, while not his finest moment, made for a great story). But make no mistake, this book raises and carefully documents a number issues that are more than a little disturbing if you care at all about the truth in government and media. My thanks to Fox News, for without their little temper tantrum and law suit, I would probably have missed this book entirely, to my great loss. Now I'm sending copies to my family and friends of all political persuasions.
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