excerpt from "Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them"

[pruner]

http://msnbc.com/news/955986.asp?0cl=c2

[wtmusic]

1. Can't find it anywhere

Dammit, and BN says it's not out yet

[ComerPerro]

2. LMFAO

I have to buy this.

That is too damn hilarious.

No wonder the right wing psychotics hate him so much.

Plus, I loved "Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot"

[peekaloo]

3. LOL........maybe we're seeing the second coming

of the "Al Franken Decade".

[tedoll78]

4. Wow!

LOL!

I ordered this online last week, so it should be here SOON. Geez.. this is gonna be a fun read!

[flyingfish]

6. The excerpt is hilarious

Totally makes fun of the way that Bush claims that God talks to him, among other things.

[Pastiche423]

5. lol! I want my copy now!

"God began our conversation by clearing something up. Some of George W. Bush’s friends say that Bush believes God called him to be president during these times of trial. But God told me that He/She/It had actually chosen Al Gore by making sure that Gore won the popular vote and, God thought, the electoral college. “THAT WORKED FOR EVERYONE ELSE,” God said."

[AP]

7. buy the book now!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0525947647/qid=1061775025/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-8104938-9088618?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

[LittleApple81]

11. cheaper at Overstock.com

13.99 + 1.40 shipping.

[AP]

14. Amazon gets very high ratings for customer service

so you're paying for that, i guess.

[kimchi]

8. Yep. Have to get it.

He's really quite funny.

[Booberdawg]

9. snip from article ..... very funny!

The reason I know God chose me is because God spoke to me personally.

God began our conversation by clearing something up. Some of George W. Bush’s friends say that Bush believes God called him to be president during these times of trial. But God told me that He/She/It had actually chosen Al Gore by making sure that Gore won the popular vote and, God thought, the electoral college. “THAT WORKED FOR EVERYONE ELSE,” God said.

“What about Tilden?” I asked, referring to the 1876 debacle.

“QUIET!” God snapped. God was angry.

God said that after 9/11, George W. Bush squandered a unique moment of national unity. That instead of rallying the country around a program of mutual purpose and sacrifice, Bush cynically used the tragedy to solidify his political power and pursue an agenda that panders to his base and serves the interests of his corporate backers.

God told me that Bush squandered a $4.6 trillion surplus and is plunging us into deficits as far as God can see. And that Bush squandered another surplus. The surplus of goodwill from the rest of the world that he had inherited from Bill Clinton.

And this was pissing God off.

He/She/It was right. But it sounded like a lot of work.

“Look, God, I’m flattered, but I think you got the wrong guy. The kind of book you’re talking about would require months of research.”

And God said, “LET THERE BE GOOGLE. AND LET THERE BE LEXISNEXIS.”

“Very funny, God. I use Google all the time.”

“YES, I KNOW,” God said. “FOR HOT ASIAN TEENS.”

“You must be thinking of my son, Joe.”

“AL? I’M OMNISCIENT.”

“Okay, okay.” I changed the subject. “It’s just that I can’t do this book myself.”

LEAVE THAT TO ME,” God boomed.

And that’s when Harvard called.

[Kolesar]

10. It reads like Franken gets lost in his asides

That is why I did not like "Big Fat Idiot". I love Franken on TV, though; he is brilliant.

[tlcandie]

12. Yes, ordered from Amazon.com last night .. said was in stock ..

:shrug:

[snyttri]

13. Thanks for the laugh.

[bloom]

15. thanks for the link n/t

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