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Summary: Don't be Scared
Review: Al Franken, not only tells the truth, but does it in such a humorous way, unlike loud mouth, inept conservatives. The only reason one would not find this book appealing, or call this man unitelligent is because this person is frightened, they are frightened because deep down they know, this man makes sense and they don't want to beleive it. I noticed Steven Jones of Collierville, Tennessee, stating Al as a mildly successful comedian, it's ok though Steve must have forgot that Al was a head writer of SNL, and also received an Emmy and a Grammy, Steve must have just forgotten this. Oh, and not to forget he is also Harvard graduate. Personal attacks against these right-wing liars are what we love, and waht we need to know, or is ignorance a bliss? It's up to you.
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Summary: What Passes for Discourse
Review: Al Franken, the man who informed us that Rush Limbaugh is a fat idiot, and guilty of poisoning the political dialog to boot, returns with more ad hominem attacks against conservative pundits whom, he believes, are guilty of ad hominem attacks.Ann Coulter is a "maniac." Sean Hannity is an "Irish ape man." Fox's Bill O'Reilly is suffering from "Irish flu". (It appears Mr. Franken has something hard against the Irish. Perhaps he should spend a few days in Belfast commiserating with Rev. Paisley or others of similar ilk for his next thoughtful tome). Make no mistake about it, Franken can be a funny guy. Some of his yarns ring true. Others, such as Helen Thomas' alleged mauling by a Bush staffer, have already proven to be apocryphal. But throughout the book, the self-applied veneer of "satirist" wears thin, revealing again and again the invidious hue of an angry, partisan bully much like (dare I say?) his rotund radio nemesis. One can hardly wait for Franken's next enlightening work. Perhaps "Barbara Bush Has A Fat Ass" would be a fetchcing title. If, in the meantime, should some right wing bore come out with a similarly titled work on Hillary's derrier, Franken could regale us with another lecture on the sad state of our political discourse. In Franken's solipsistic world view, the ranting of Limbaugh et al is insidious, the ranting of Franken is satire.
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Summary: Great book
Review: Al Franken, through intensive fact checking and research reveals the lies the right has been feeding the press for years. I especially liked the Ann Coulter section as well as Bill O'Reilly. I loved the quote of the teenage crack-prostitute from O'Reilly's fiction.
I think that anyone watching Fox should be forced to read this book. Franken is at his best when he makes a conservative pundit own up to what they have said. Or even the behavior White House itself.
Despite the wacky reputation of Franken, this is a serious work and deserving of everyone's attention.
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Summary: Good thing you don't have to pay per laugh!
Review: Al Franken, unlike so many on the Right, is able to make his points using real information, without sounding like Hitler. He demolishes Ann Coulter with her own lies. (Her proof that the media have a leftward bias? Evan Thomas's father was (drum roll) Norman Thomas, the perennial Socialist presidential candidate. There's only only one tiny problem: Evan Thomas's father is . . . EVAN THOMAS SR.) Al sets up his jabs at the Lying Liars like the skilled comic he is. One caution: Do NOT read this book if there's someone trying to sleep next to you. After about the third time I woke up THE HUSBAND, he took the book away. We may have to get separate bedrooms. If you're one of those gun-totin' angry guys, this isn't the book for you. But if you've got a normal human head, it's as instructive as it is hysterical. (I've always thought Al was cute, too. But I'm partial to smart, funny men.)
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Summary: Lacking substance
Review: Al Franken, whether he is honest enough to realize it or not, is a Bolshevik. He is blinded by his extreme bias and ignorance of facts. He is a left wing extremist and wants to stifle freedom of thought and difference of opinion. Read the book with a critical mind. Consider the facts honestly and you'll see that leftist thought is bankrupt and always leads to governmental domination of the populace. All that remains for the left is to assasinate the character of those they oppose and to misrepresent the facts and logical thought.
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Summary: Franken's Lies on Lying
Review: Al Franken, who is one of the most venomous and hateful men in America today doesn't disappoint here. Where he left off in schoolyard name calling in his first book, he picks up here. He picks and chooses parts of facts, combines them with other partial facts and comes up with a whole new truth. He doesn't just try to set his side of an argument, he has to insult and degrade those who believe differently (Coulter, O'Reilly, Hannity, etc.). Franken has to be the most dishonest psuedo-intellectual around. I can't believe I wasted the time reading him!
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Summary: Al Franken - American hero
Review: Al Franken, with this book and its place at the top of best seller lists, has done something that I was despairing of ever happening again - he has restored my faith in the good sense of the American people. Franken, while one of the funniest men in the lower forty-eight states, perhaps in all fifty, uses humor in the same way Will Rogers once did: To make very serious points about our politics, our popular culture, and the lying liars who have dominated both for the past decade and almost destroyed our country. Al, ever irreverent, insoucient and at times side-aplittingly funny, has done his counrty a great service. This is a funny, funny book. But what he is writing about is anything but funny. It is funny in the same way Chaplin's Great Dictator was funny by poking fun at a terribly unfunny group of people. Perhaps the most unfunny chapter starts on page 104 and details with stark clarity the treasonous malfeasance of George W. Bush and his administration that led unerringly to 9/11 and much that has come since. A recent Nobel prize-winner in economics made the statement printed first in the German press and given wide circulation in Europe that Geogre W. Bush has been the worst president of the United States of all who have ever held that office. Franken instructs us in why this is true and how it all came to be. This is probably the most important book published in 2003, and certainly should be a compulsive read for every Independant and Democratic voter before the 2004 national elections. Al Franken, I love you. wfh
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Summary: I give this rotting piece of cow tripe zero stars
Review: Al Franken--wholly unqualified to even speak about world affairs, foreign policy and politics. I read this garbage out of curiosity, pretty sure that I would find Franken all blowhole and no teeth. I was right. I keep coming across these supposed entertainers who have about as much knowledge about politics and foreign policy as a cockroach has about fixing a car transmission. You don't see George Bush telling Hollywood how to make movies, so why can these liberal windbags keep their pie holes shut? All Franken is a trash writer with no remote idea of how the world works and the complexities of foreign policy. Pure drivel.
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Summary: Read this book
Review: Al Franken
Lies, and the lying liars who tell them, a fair and balanced look at the right. Franken paints for us an accurate portrait of the right in it's present form. For quite some time, neo-cons have suggested that they are the Davids in a world of liberal Goliaths and the battle-ground is the media with Goliath having the home court advantage. Franken has empowered me with a feeling that I already had, but was afraid to show. We here time and again how evil the liberals are and yet, I never felt evil. I never felt as if I was un-American but was told again and again by Larry Elder, Bill Orielly, Sean Hannity, Rush... that I hate this country. I will say this now. I love this country. I will scream it... I was afraid most of all that Franken would reduce himself to scream back over the fence with the same tactics used by the right and was pleased to find that this just was not the case. His clear rhetoric gives a voice to the liberals that does not exist, if only because fighting the loudest of the neo-cons requires denials of so many lies flung by the right that the meer constant defense implicates them. Because of this, liberals tend to shy away from comfrontation with the right. In a rather un-Michael Moorish way, Al rallies the troups with truth about these lies that have been slung for so long now. If you are a liberal, read this book. If you are conservative that only listens to talk radio, read this book.
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Summary: Serving arrogant right wingers up on a skewer.
Review: Al Frankens book was extremely funny, but his prey is almost too easy for a guy who uses the facts as weapons. How dare he?
And to the nitwit from Richmond, Va. who refrenced Mr Franken's recent loss of his mother, all I can say Richmond writer is...may the bird of paradise fly up your nose (or something) for being such an inhumane creep.
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