The Truth (with jokes)

"The Truth (With Jokes)" is long on both the truth AND the jokes. Al Franken, the author of such hard-hitting (and also very funny) books as "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot" and "Lies and The Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at The Right" and now Senator Franken from Minnesota, hit another one out of the park. Less funny the the other political texts I mentioned, it is a much more series book on the state of politics, and political malfeasance in particular, in America. Though particularly damning of the Bush Jr. administration, he has criticisms to spare for all Right-wing blowhards, nut-jobs and criminals who are ruining our country here at home and ruining our reputation abroad. While the conservative movement is show more what is wrong with this country, Senator Franken is a breath of fresh air and hopefully a movement in the "right (meaning correct in this instance)" direction.

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This is my first Al Franken book, so I can’t compare it with his past books. There seem to be an awful lot of angry reviews about it! I got a few good chuckles out of the book, both at Franken and with Franken. Of course he’s so biased that his left leg is probably 2 feet shorter than the right—but that’s to be expected. One thing I had to laugh at was when he said (paraphrase): “the one thing that doesn’t lie is numbers.” And then he quoted a bunch of stats. I’m not sure if that was supposed to be a joke, or if he seriously thinks you can’t “lie” with numbers? Hasn’t he ever met a statistician, scientist, or politician? (As a scientist I can say this—numbers lie! It’s all in the assumptions!) Anyway, it’s show more an interesting book to read if you want to hear some liberal arguments. Nothing breathtaking about it though! show less

"The Truth (With Jokes)" is long on both the truth AND the jokes. Al Franken, the author of such hard-hitting (and also very funny) books as "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot" and "Lies and The Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at The Right" and now Senator Franken from Minnesota, hit another one out of the park. Less funny the the other political texts I mentioned, it is a much more series book on the state of politics, and political malfeasance in particular, in America. Though particularly damning of the Bush Jr. administration, he has criticisms to spare for all Right-wing blowhards, nut-jobs and criminals who are ruining our country here at home and ruining our reputation abroad. While the conservative movement is show more what is wrong with this country, Senator Franken is a breath of fresh air and hopefully a movement in the "right (meaning correct in this instance)" direction.

Read this book to learn the truth (and jokes)!

Power to the Liberals! show less

"The Truth (With Jokes)" is long on both the truth AND the jokes. Al Franken, the author of such hard-hitting (and also very funny) books as "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot" and "Lies and The Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at The Right" and now Senator Franken from Minnesota, hit another one out of the park. Less funny the the other political texts I mentioned, it is a much more series book on the state of politics, and political malfeasance in particular, in America. Though particularly damning of the Bush Jr. administration, he has criticisms to spare for all Right-wing blowhards, nut-jobs and criminals who are ruining our country here at home and ruining our reputation abroad. While the conservative movement is show more what is wrong with this country, Senator Franken is a breath of fresh air and hopefully a movement in the "right (meaning correct in this instance)" direction.

Read this book to learn the truth (and jokes)!

Power to the Liberals! show less

"The Truth (With Jokes)" is long on both the truth AND the jokes. Al Franken, the author of such hard-hitting (and also very funny) books as "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot" and "Lies and The Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at The Right" and now Senator Franken from Minnesota, hit another one out of the park. Less funny the the other political texts I mentioned, it is a much more series book on the state of politics, and political malfeasance in particular, in America. Though particularly damning of the Bush Jr. administration, he has criticisms to spare for all Right-wing blowhards, nut-jobs and criminals who are ruining our country here at home and ruining our reputation abroad. While the conservative movement is show more what is wrong with this country, Senator Franken is a breath of fresh air and hopefully a movement in the "right (meaning correct in this instance)" direction.

Read this book to learn the truth (and jokes)!

Power to the Liberals! show less

I'm disappointed. I didn't even finish this book. Once upon a time, Al
Franken's wit was razor sharp and right on the money. His intelligence was
obvious and, while the stuff he wrote was funny, it was also well thought
out. Something has happened to him. I think it is his Air America
satellite radio program. He's got "the big head" (as my mother used to call
it), so full of himself and his own importance that he's got nothing to say.
Between the back-slapping he does to himself and the truly hateful way he
has of saying things now, he comes off sounding like a Rush Limbaugh clone,
just sitting on the other side of the fence. He should go sit next to Ann
Coulter at the next dinner party because he's getting to be just as nasty
and mean-spirited show more as she is. Bah. show less

Al gets angrier and less funny with every book. This book includes a footnote that says something to the effect of "here is one joke, can you find the other one?". Unfortunately, that is correct. I don't blame Al for getting angrier and angrier (or more and more serious) about the direction the country is taking, but I miss the light-hearted days when he could just make fun of the multiple marriages and hypocrisies of prominent Republicans.