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Summary: Finally some FACTS...and funny!
Review: An entertaining response to the right which has played fast and loose with the truth to advance their agenda. Franken uses good humor and facts to advance his. Read, learn, laugh...
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Summary: An interesting blend of humor and disturbing facts
Review: An entertaining yet serious look at the truthfulness of some high profile talking heads and politicians. Franken does well in giving persuasive examples - with supporting facts - of how truth has been manipulated. The title of the book matches the content very well. The chapters about Bill O'Reilly and Ann Coulter are especially entertaining and shocking at the same time. I think it is a good read for anyone who has an interest in US politics.
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Summary: Lies & the Lying Liar Who Lies About the "Lying Liars"...
Review: An even more cumbersome title, but perhaps a better description of the book. Just kidding! "Kidding on the square," that is. Seriously, I don't think Al Franken is a liar. He means well. But this is no "fair and balanced look at the right." Nevertheless, it is a worthwhile, entertaining, sometimes even informative read. Franken reasons that the profit motive drives the mainstream media rather than any real or perceived liberal or conservative bias, and this affects how we get our news. Bear this in mind the next time you feel your favorite politician is either getting shafted by the media or receiving a free pass. They all take their lumps (yes Al, even George W. Bush.)
Franken does a number on the usual cast of conservative windbags (Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, etc). Fair enough. But if you take their words (or Al Franken's, for that matter) at face value, then you're a dupe anyway. Franken's humor saves this book from simply being a mean-sprited attack on the right. Barely. Can he really be so bemused when he gets an (...) from Paul Wolfowitz for asking if he agrees that the Clinton military did a great job in Iraq - at the White House Correspondents Dinner, no less?! Or when he tries to goad Barbara Bush into a friendly Bush-bashing session on a plane? No wonder she's the (...) When will she learn that her sons are nothing but two-bit liars?! To be fair, Franken does a decent job defending his positions on the issues and exposing what he believes are outright lies by his idealogical foes. Which is why I am disappointed in the ending. His rallying cry to fellow liberals is to show a little backbone, and respond (...) to the likes of Paul Wolfowitz. His final thought is that Bill O'Reilly is a (...) Nice parting shot, Al. Way to take the high road.
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Summary: Franken rocks!
Review: An exellent review of the complete lack of integrity of the Republican right which enabled them to steal the 2002 election and control of the Senate.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: An humorously smart and amazingly honest look at the new main-stream media in the U.S. today. Franken sticks up for the large number of us who can't stand the Coulter's and O'Reilly's of today, but are not sure why. After catching them (and many others) in pretty glaring whoppers, he goes on to add his quick wit and commentary that will make you laugh out loud. I could not put this book down from the moment I read the introduction. Of course, coming from the left, it's own inherent bias arises from time to time. However, I find it very difficult to refute most of the points he makes. This one's a page turner.
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Summary: Funny...even if you're a republican!
Review: An intelligent book! Very well researched. Some of the 'lies' exposed are slightly stretched. Overall, a great read.
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Summary: Not too often political books can be this much fun
Review: And if you notice the critics harp on nonsense like the Abstinance letter to Ashcroft, which was hilarious and an obvious prank. Anyone holding on that as a lie is either desperate or lacks a sense of humor. How great was the dissection of Coulter and Hannity? How can anyone deny that they were caught lying pretty bad? I think anyone except on the extreme right can enjoy this book.
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Summary: The TRUTH will set us free...
Review: And the dishonesty of the repugs will chain us to a life that sounds more like Russia than here...more spending on military than anything, lies to justify wars, the KGB doctrine (I mean the patriot act), and unquestioned nationalism by the media.
Bush and his party are ruining America, and Al Franken calls them on it.
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Summary: This one is a waste.
Review: And the number one liar is...Al Franken!
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Summary: The Truth Hurts
Review: And the sheep that follow the right wing-led "president" don't like it very much. Read this to learn how, with evidence, idealogues like Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly distort and manipulate facts to make their otherwise unbackables points. Then try and find the same evidence of twisting in Al's book. It ain't in there. And that's the point.
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