Politics? Hmmm it’s never too late to teach an old dog new tricks.

Picked it up at Costco to read on the train. Laugh out loud funny, but also very disturbing.

An appropriate subtitle for this book might be “Chicken Soup for the Liberal’s Soul.” Franken is far from slanted in this terifically funny book; he gives the right it say, and then he shows how what they say is a.) a lie, or b.) an obscenity [see his run-in with Paul Wolfowitz in the chapter where he annoys Karl Rove and the Fox News team at a Republican Party function].

An appropriate subtitle for this book might be “Chicken Soup for the Liberal’s Soul.” Franken is far from slanted in this terifically funny book; he gives the right it say, and then he shows how what they say is a.) a lie, or b.) an obscenity [see his run-in with Paul Wolfowitz in the chapter where he annoys Karl Rove and the Fox News team at a Republican Party function].

Incredibly funny look at the right. Some of the thoughts on GWB were so funny that it scared me. I’m still amazed that this country would re-elect GWB. Could have done without the chapter with the comic. It was useless.

Hilarious, so far.

bloody marvellous. and that’s from a brit that doesn’t even know half the protagonists…

Claire stole this at the beginning of the semester, and then school happened, and now my dad has stolen it. I may actually get it back long enough to read it, one day…

Hilarious look at the people that are supposed to be running the country.

Whether you’re right or left, Al Franken is a seriously funny guy – or funnily serious, depending on his mood.

Some of this book makes me laugh out loud, and some makes my head ache. It’s brilliant, no matter what side-effects it causes.

Fun.

(listening to the audible.com version on mp3)

(completed 2004/01/17)

Wonderful. Fascinating, truth-exposing, and depressing all at once.

A birthday gift – it’s hilarious.

Finally got around to reading this book, which I picked up in the States when I couldn’t seem to find it in the foreign bookstores in Tokyo (it turns out that it WAS available here but in the British export edition with a cover I didn’t recognize and hence overlooked).

Funny, depressing, and mean-spirited (in good way) so far. Kinda makes me glad I live outside of the right-wing mediasphere, so I’m not exposed to their toxic-sludge-disguised-as-news directly.

Completed November 2003. Was a good read until about halfway through when it just became depressing. Supply-side Jesus was good though.

Not Franken’s best. I think his age is getting to him as this is mostly a stream of consciosness rant about whatever is bothering Al today.
The first part rebuts much of the lies presented by right-wing authors and commentators, the rest tackles various random subjects. I laughed a few times but was mostly put off by his own self-righteous tone. And I’m a fan.