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The Truth with Jokes - Al Franken
The Truth with Jokes
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Al Franken’s landmark bestseller, Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, was praised as a “bitterly funny assault” (zThe New York Times) that rang “with the moral clarity of an angel’s trumpet” (The Associated Press). Now, this master of political humor... show more
Al Franken’s landmark bestseller, Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, was praised as a “bitterly funny assault” (zThe New York Times) that rang “with the moral clarity of an angel’s trumpet” (The Associated Press). Now, this master of political humor strikes again with a powerful and provocative message for all of us. In these pages, Al reveals the alarming story of how: Bush (barely) beat Kerry with his campaign of “fear, smear, and queers,” and then claimed a nonexistent mandate. “Casino Jack” Abramoff, the Republicans’ nearest and dearest friend, made millions of dollars off of the unspeakable misery of the poor and the powerless. And, also, Native Americans. The administration successfully implemented its strategy to destroy America’s credibility and goodwill around the world. Complete with new material for this paperback edition, The Truth (with jokes) is more than just entertaining, intelligent, and insightful. It is at once prescient in its analysis of right-wing mendacity and incompetence, and inspiring in its vision of a better tomorrow for all Americans (except Jack Abramoff).
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780452287679 (0452287677)
Publisher: Plume
Pages no: 386
Edition language: English
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Well-Lucubrated
Well-Lucubrated rated it
4.0
The jokes were funny, and the truth was infuriating; the former was thanks to Al Franken, while the latter to George W. Bush and his Cabinet of liars and misanthropes. I used to think GWB was just dumb, but his willful ignorance and systematic obfuscation of facts disagreeable to his preformed ideas...
Itinerant Librarian on Books
Itinerant Librarian on Books rated it
3.0 The Truth (with jokes)
See my blog post on it: http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/04/booknote-truth-with-jokes.html
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it
Go, Franken! I've developed something of a political crush on you.
willemite
willemite rated it
Al’s books are becoming less engaging with time. This is a rehash of material that is mostly familiar to folk like me, that is people who are already well aware of the crimes of the Bush mafia. It might provide new information to people who read Al because he is Al, and are not otherwise cognizant o...
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