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Summary: Very Funny
Review: Franken is very entertaining and, unbelievably, factual. Spend 10 minutes of your life to operate google to check if his facts are correct and lo' and behold, they are. And then check his claims that Coulter or Reilly are lying and hey, he's stil right.Why did Franken use name-calling, by the way? Obviously so many people lost the message here: those "nutcases" that he name-called are serial name-callers themselves, so let's see if we turn it the other way around. Of course, the name-calling comes after he bitch-slapped them first with hypocrisies, lies, distortions, etc. Unfortunately, this book so-bashes the right wing that it will only find readers among the believers, and the conservatives will be turned off even before opening the book (but still put up a 'review' without opening a page). Maybe this book would be helpful for the undecided.
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Summary: A Call to Arms
Review: Franken laid out a powerful case. While I would not expect this book to change the minds of dyed-in-the-wool conservatives (even those who admit to reading past the first chapter), I hope that this book convinces others, as it has me, to take an active part in the next presidential campaign. Bush and his administration have got to go.
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Summary: Wish I didn't have to give any stars! Terrible!
Review: Franken makes the same mistakes in this book he points out in Ann Coulter's book. He particularly is incensed by Ann's mentioning Friedman's equating all religious extremists with Muslim extremists. He doesn't understand Friedman's original remark, so he doesn't understand how it could be criticized. The Naked Airline he said (paraphrasing) would solve the flight safety problem (presumably from hijacking in this case) because no religious extremist of any stripe would fly naked. Perhaps Friedman was trying to be politically correct by not "profiling" Middle Easterners; when in fact no "religious extremists" of any other stripe is doing hijacking in the name of their religion. Friedman should have said no Mulism religious extremist. It was disgusting that Franken calls this a lie on Ann's part, when he didn't understand the whole issue. Al Franken may be funny..certainly he sometimes is... but he is not one we should go to for logically thinking or for political advice. Enjoy his comedy; but this book is not worth the money.
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Summary: How the mighty are terrified of this book....
Review: Franken performs a valuable service by simply and calmly spelling out the rights consistant distortions of the truth. Amazing how no one on the right has had the courage to counter Franken's arguments. I sense that they are terified of Franken, and that if this does get any significant main-stream coverage, all exposed in this book will lose a great deal of credibility.
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Summary: LIES AND THE LYING LIARS WHO TELL THEM
Review: FRANKEN PROVES HIMSELF NOT ONLY IN HIS LIBELOUS WRITINGS, BUT ALSO IN HOW HE BEHAVES IN PUBLIC. THIS MAN IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF PROFESSIONAL HELP. HIS WHOLE AGENDA IS " DEMOCRATS RULE". WELL, FRANKEN DOESN'T !!!! P.S. "0" STARS-BUT THERE WASN'T THAT OPTION.
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Summary: Brilliant
Review: Franken provides a hilarious and positive answer to a trend of negative rhetoric towards a great deal of Americans who have "liberal" values. This is precisely why we need voices from both sides, for too long the media has been dominated by the conservative voice. People MUST stop the antagonization each other lest this country will tear itself apart. This book gives those of the extreme right who constantly antagonize the left a sample of their own medicine. It makes for amusing reading, and his research speaks for itself. If you're a conservative, it will still be funny, and may give you a broader and alternative perspective of the people you may trust in the media. Take the book for what its worth, a fair and balanced look at the right, with absolutely hilarious moments and an honest voice.
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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: Franken pulls off the difficult job of writing a book both funny and important. It's a very quick read, and never lets up its intensity -- a "rollicking rollercoaster ride," to use movie-critic verbiage. The book is mostly a critique of right-wing media, specifically the Fox News Channel. In this, it is similar to Franken's earlier book, "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot", although its aim is much broader. "Lies" reads better, in large part because Limbaugh, politics aside, is at least a skilled radio entertainer. Current right-wing media figures like Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, and Sean Hannity come across in "Lies" as being alternately clueless and transparently malicious, without being especially talented in their respective media. Franken wisely alternates withering analyses of the afore-mentioned personalities' statements with hilarious anecdotes from his own experience as a B-level celebrity who nonetheless often rubs shoulders with the rich and powerful in the political world. This keeps the book from having a monotonous feel to it and holds the reader's interest. You won't like this book if you're a political conservative who thinks that any attack on the current self-appointed conservative spokespeople is also an attack on you. And if you're liberal-leaning, then much of this will be preaching to the choir (even if it's a nice savory sort of preaching). For this reason I give "Lies" four out of five stars. Anyone else, however, from open-minded conservative to centrist to nominally apolitical, will get a big kick out of the book. Well worth reading!
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Summary: Franken Captures the Cannon...
Review: Franken scores again with a funny and informative take down on the right wing talking heads. Pointing out habitual tendencies to shade, distort, avoid and ignore the truth in the service of a lower calling-turning the rest of America over to the rich. Franken, long time comedy writer and satirist, may have topped himself. Those comments re his "career" indicate sour grapes. He especially blow holes in the airbag O'Reilly who is a crash waiting to happen. Coulter is an even easier target, since even conservatives admit that she distorts information. In spite of Franken's keen wit and biting satire, he is a gentleman compared to the screaming banshees of the Republican Media Militia.
Get it. Read it. Pass it on. It may turn out to be the first shot in a volley that takes down the Lying White House and the media charlatans who support it. And by the way, if you happen to find in WMD's lying around, please call the White House.
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Summary: Bull's Eye!!! But watch your back, Al.
Review: Franken scores another bull's eye! Once again he has targeted the collective soft underbelly of the Right Wing Wackos--their inability to tell the truth. Armed with little more than a razor-sharp wit, a LexisNexis account, and TeamFranken (his secret weapon), Franken exposes one RRW lie after another. He shows that Bill O'Reilly not only has trouble telling the truth, but goes postal when anyone dares to point out one of his lies; he makes a pretty good case for Ann Coulter being a genuine nutcase (but most people figured that out long ago anyway); he destroys many of the lies that RRWs have told for years about President Clinton and Vice President Gore; he exposes the cowardliness of the mainstream press for not calling the RRWs on their lies; and he does all of this using something RRWs have a bit of trouble with---FACTS. My one complaint is that Franken has made be question my view of the President-select. I've always thought that Shrub Jr. was more of a puppet than a leader. I sort of figured that all of the mean-spirited lies and other assorted BS that comes out of the Shrub Jr. Whitehouse was something condoned, but not necessarily instigated by that great Ace of the Texas Air National Guard. In fact I figued that Shrub Jr. was just pretty much just a paper mache-headed marionette, controlled by the RRW power-elite. However, Franken paints a picture of Shrub Jr. as more of a puppeteer---using the likes of Rumsfeld, Norton, and Rove to do all of the dirty-work of lying, distorting, etc., and then blaming them if things get sticky. Now I'm not sure if Shrub Jr. is more of lying liar (and a mean-spirited one at that), or a bumbling bozo. Just remember, Al, a lot of people died in Texas while Shrub Jr. was Governor, some under very mysterious circumstances. In fact, Shrub Jr. signed the of death warrants of more than a few of them. So watch you back. Oh, and if Shrub Jr. askes you to do an extended USO tour of Camp X-ray, tell him that you have other priorities.
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Summary: With Your Help, the Tide Will Turn
Review: Franken shoots a bullseye; then splits the arrow on the next shot. with a perfect combination of facts, statistics, appropriate targets and even more appropriate humor, this country's Satirist Laureate disects what the Right is all about; mean-spirited, selfish, and, of course, thoroughly dishonest. "Lies" will make you laugh, will make you cry, but hopefully will make you WAKE UP and see that our country is deliberately being stolen from us. After you read this book, you'll never again listen to Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly and the rest of the right wing liars the same way. Above all, this book is a call to arms. Read it, give it to your friends, live it! As Paul Wellstone said (and I paraphrase from the book, badly) it is not enough to have good ideas; you must carry them out as well. Thank you Al Franken and Teamfranken.
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