Al Franken and LIES

[NJGeek]

This is an awesome book, please go out an buy it and read it: if you have been sickened by the right-wing over the past few years, this will make you feel better.

I see that Sludge Report and Choking Gun are already trying to tweak Franken -- this should only make the sales higher, but proves the main thesis of this well written and hilarious book.

[Coffee Coyote]

1. welcome to DU doc

I plan on getting that book ASAP.

[mark0rama]

2. I wish it made me laugh a little more, and p***ed me off a little less

Not Al's fault, of course; glutton for punishment that I am, I immediately skipped ahead to his chapter on the Wellstone memorial and it had me seething.

The next day I joined Wellstone Action. I encourage anyone else who has the same reaction to consider doing the same: http://www.wellstone.org/

On edit: I don't really think the Smoking Gun is really partisan, their editorial choices are (by the site's very nature) just sensationalistic. Remember, they showed the world that home video of G.W. drunk after he was supposed to have kicked the habit.

[Rainbowreflect]

3. I laughed through most of the book even when it pissed me off.

But I cried through the Wellstone memorial chapter. It brought back to many memories.
Thanks for the link.

[Fixated]

6. .....

Everything else was funny as wellas informed, but the Wellstone chapter made me furious. I wanted to punch everyone in the throat after reading about the lies told there.

[CBHagman]

8. After reading Eric Alterman's account of what Peggy Noonan said...

...regarding the Wellstone memorial (in "What Liberal Media?"), I sincerely despised Peggy Noonan as a complete waste of space.

Thanks for the warning on the Franken book. I knew he was going to do some campaigning for Wellstone, so I can only imagine how devastated he was last October.

But I will buy the Franken book; the Fox News Channel hissy fit convinced me that there are some purchases more important than others.

[EOTE]

4. Yeah, the Wellstone chapter....

That was the only chapter that didn't make me laugh out loud on several occasions. The Supply Side Jesus comic strip had so much coffee coming out of my nose, everything has the slight smell of arabica now. Brutally funny.

I could have done without the Operation Chickenhawk prequel however.

[Sweetpea]

5. Just bought it today and was so happy to see it in a front display

at my Barnes and Noble on 86th in Manhattan.

[joycep]

7. Went to Bookstar today to buy the book

They had it in the back--had to go dig it out. Then they were going to charge me full price for it. I tried to tell them it was a bestseller and was supposed to be 30% off. They would not give me the discount so I went to an independent to get it. They are expecting to get some in tommorrow and they will call me when they get here. They did have Conason's book and Jim Hightower's. I bought them. They are supposed to have Molly Ivins book in soon, also. I will be there as soon as they call me.

[Coffee Coyote]

9. Bookstar is owned by B&N

Which explains much. Glad you can get one at the indy!

[newyawker99]

10. Hi doctors4bob!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast: