A conservative's review of Al Franken's 'Lies and the Lying Liars'

[unfrigginreal]

10/17/03

Becky Miller

I must say that only once before in my life have I ever felt as utterly shocked as I am at this moment. The time before was when I first realized that my boss at the time, Bill Sizemore, was greedy and dishonest. The foundations of my universe shook. What has utterly shocked me today is Al Franken's latest book, "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right."

I read the book in one sitting. It is an amazing book, and -- if you're a decent, honest, hard-working, patriotic, true-blue conservative who listens to Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly and watches Fox News -- an earth-shattering book.

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And if we decent, honest, hard-working, patriotic, true-blue conservatives of this country neglect the duty we have to our children and grandchildren, we will never be able to work with those decent, honest, hard-working, patriotic, true-blue liberal Americans that these lying creeps have taught us to despise. We will never be safe to debate them or, when warranted, to listen to them and maybe even agree with them. We will never be safe to work out our differences or to work together. And we will never be able to build on the all-American sense of unity that burst forth following 9/11, only to disappear shortly thereafter in a cloud of lying, greedy partisan politics.

I'm still a decent, honest, hard-working, patriotic, true-blue conservative. But Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity and the rest of you lying liars -- I'm through with you! (Read the book, and you'll get that one, too.)

http://www.oregonlive.com/commentary/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1066391961270050.xml

[librechik]

1. Wow--I hope this attitude spreads

it's the right thing to do

[MnFats]

2. only logical reaction, really....but yeah, I hope..

...her reaction catches on. The right wing has never been overwhelmed by logic...

[NJCher]

3. OK it's a stretch, but

It could happen!

Loved this paragraph:

The leaders we conservatives have trusted have taken advantage of our trust to line the pockets of the wealthy and powerful, and it's time we rose up and drove out these greedy liars. They've hijacked and distorted our belief system for their own gain, and in doing so are destroying our credibility.


Cher

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. the worm is turning as conservs

the real deal, realize these so called leaders are NOT
conservatives

[unfrigginreal]

5. Agree, but it's not only the conservs...

that are beginning to feel that their leaders have sold them out.

[morningglory]

6. Excellent post. Thank you.

I am so relieved to hear that a Limbaugh-listener is capable of rational thought.

[Terwilliger]

7. wow

:wow:

[He loved Big Brother]

8. I think it's possibly satire...?

[Skittles]

9. I DON'T LIKE

*never mind*; misunderstanding


it is quite a damning review