Just finished Franken's chapter "Operation Chickenhawk: Episode One"

[T Roosevelt]

OMG was that hilarious!

The below-deck cabin was tight and smelled like men at war. Journalist Specialist First Class Al Gore studied Lieutenant Kerry's strangely Semitic features. The strong jaw, the deep-set eyes, the prominent nose that spoke of the Mittel-European shtetl and the seemingly unending tragedy of the Jewish people.

...

That's great, that's great," Gore said, writing furiously. "Do you mind if I tell your crew what you said about their heroism?"

Kerry scowled, and picked a chip of paint off a rusting bulkhead. "Not this crew."

Something about Kerry's tone of voice aroused Gore's reporter's instincts. "So this is a new crew?"

"New?" Kerry scoffed. "That's a charitable way to describe them. Frankly, in my two tours, I've never seen a bigger bunch of pants-pissers."

more...


The crew:
Privates George "wakey-wakey" Bush, Dick "heart attack" Cheney, Clarence "porn freak" Thomas, John "Jesus Freak" Ashcroft, Bill "me me me" O'Reilly

The rest:
Privates Newt "perspiring rifleman" Gingrich, Phil "slack-jaw" Gramm, Mortimer "Rush" Limbaugh

Special guest star:
George "Stoner" Will

[PittPoliSci]

1. i loved that chapter.

but the one i liked the most is the when where he challenges rich lowry to a fight.

[underpants]

2. I actually skipped over that chapter

I didn't find it too interesting or entertaining.

[bif]

4. I skipped it too

Waste of time. I thought it was a bit of a letdown compared to most of the rest of the book.

[Richardo]

5. He tried it in "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot" too...

...it didn't work there, either.

[bif]

7. I got the feeling

He finished writing the book and realized it was only about 150 pages long. So he needed something to fill it out and dusted an older piece he had laying around and jemmed it in the book. It didn't seem to fit in with the rest of the material.

[pmbryant]

9. Me as well

I read everything else in the book and thoroughly enjoyed it.

But I found that chapter to be embarrassingly bad. Of course, I only made it 2 or 3 pages into it before I gave up.

:shrug:

--Peter

[peekaloo]

3. Supply Side Jesus packed a better punch.

Although Rush poopin' his pants was good for giggles.

[underpants]

6. Yes and inspired by Bradley Whitford

"Josh Lyman" on The West Wing

[Ratty]

8. Just checking in. I bought Franken's book yesterday

Couldn't put it down. I'm about 3/4 of the way through. I did skip the Operation Chickenhawk chapters, I just wasn't interested in fiction.

Boy, the book really makes you mad, doesn't it? I almost didn't get it because I thought, why bother? He'd be preaching to choir about stuff I already know. Wow, I learned a lot. Some of it is explosive and you have to wonder why the country isn't up in arms.

I like the book especially because I trust it. It's well documented and so much of the book is concerned with accuracy, fact-checking and distorting the truth, you're pretty confident that he can back up everything he says.