Buy Al Franken's book, "Lies"!

[Deja Q]

Awesome read and covers a lot of vile stuff the pukes have been wretching over the last few years.

Should be mandatory reading for every republican.

[xultar]

1. What did you think about the Chapters on Clark? n/t

[Langis]

2. There were Chapters on Clark?

[xultar]

7. Yes, that is why I support Clark. Clark wanted to send troops to RAWANDA

and help the 100,000+ Africans that were being hacked to death. The Pentagon, Cohen, Shelton, and Clinton didn't want to go in. After the Blackhawk incident and Clinton "dodging" the draft they were afraid of the back lash if more troops died.

So, 100,000 Africans died and lay unburied in the streets and 100,000 more were displaced from their homes of which a large percentage of children and elderly died from sickenss and lack of food.

Also, there was a chapter about Clark's anti-terrorism plan he wrote for Clinton and how he fought to get Condi to read it during the transistion. Condie, Rove, Cheny brushed him a side, then later they tried to blame Clark and say that he didn't try to meet with them on it during the transistion. So Al Called and got Condi's assistant and Clark did meet with Condi. She lied and said that he didn't meet with her.

Al Franken introduced me to Clark...

[buycitgo]

16. I gave my copy to someone, but I'm pretty sure that's RICHARD Clarke

who worked on in the B* admin, warned the scumbags, who denied he did.

don't remember him mentioning Wes Clark at all.

may be wrong about that, but Richard Clarke is the one involved in the unwar on terra

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. Geez, I'll have to read it this weekend.

Actually I've read the first few chapters. I love how Franken slams Anne Coulter. But since it's the holiday season I've been pretty busy and let my reading lag.

You've given me incentive to pick the book back up.

[Deja Q]

8. I haven't gotten that far yet. :-(

I have the feeling I'll be in for some interestin' reading. :D

[quaker bill]

17. I enjoyed it.

I expect you will too.

[Bill McBlueState]

3. good book, but

Eric Altermann's book "What Liberal Media" covers almost exactly the same issues, but in more detail. I read both -- Franken's made me laugh, and took just a few days, while Altermann's was more in depth and took a couple weeks. Depends on what you want, I guess. :shrug:

[Deja Q]

9. Welcome to DU!

I like details, but Franken's book would probably swing better with the swing voters.

It would be cool if Franken openly endorsed "What Liberal Media" though...

Whatever it takes to get the word out, for people to see, hear, and read it, and respond to it is what is most important.

I'll welcome anybody who points this stuff out.

Don't get me wrong, it's great of you to have name-dropped and it'll be the next book I buy. Thanks!

[FloridaJudy]

4. Oh my, yes!

When I stumbled in bleary-eyed this morning, I blamed my supervisor; she had lent me the book yesterday, and I stayed up til the wee hours finishing it. I had my revenge; I lent *her* two Molly Ivins and a Michael Moore...

I'll stand in line to buy Al's next, which should be entitled *Ann Coulter Is A Fucking Vicious Whack Job*.

Thank YOU, Supply Side Jesus!

[theorist]

5. My recommendations:

Mark Crispin Miller's "The Bush Dyslexicon" (It's a bit dated now, but it's a great analysis of *'s malapropisms.)

J. H. Hatfield's "Fortunate Son" (NOT the liberal-biased-diatribe that you've been led to believe it is.)

Any and all of Greg Palast's stuff on *.

[Kathleen04]

6. Yep

Great book. :)

[chelaque liberal]

10. Franken is great

I couldn't put the book down.

[chelaque liberal]

11. Other books I have been influenced by:

I read 1984 in high school-long time ago, but just read Animal Farm a few years ago. If you haven't read either since puberty, I strongly suggest that you get them out and dust them off.

Also Ursa Hegi's Stones from the River (or something like that). I read it a while ago (pre Bush) but couldn't help drawing comparisons to the growing fundamentalism in this country and 1930's Germany.

[Clark Can WIN]

18. Very true, very true

Classics are classics for a reason.

[ldoolin]

12. Bestsellers on Amazon.com

#3 - Al Franken: Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them
#5 - Michael Moore: Dude, Where's My Country?
#30 - Molly Ivans: Bushwhacked: Life In George W. Bush's America
#79 - Madeleine Albright: Madam Secretary: A Memoir
#102 - Paul Krugman: The Great Unraveling
#106 - Hillary Clinton: Living History

Treason, by the nutcase Ann Coulter, is at #193 right now.

[lfairban]

14. And the bad news is . . .

O'Reilly and Zell Miller are at 15 and 16.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

13. I was pleasantly surprised to see

that the Mystery Book Club, which usually offers "extras" such as cookbooks or romance novels had Al Franken's book as an extra. I took the opportunity to order it.

[stevebreeze]

15. the most relavent part i thought

was were he named the real bias of the media as lazieness and greed.
:kick:

[Ksec]

19. wish I could read the first chapter online,

anyone know of a URL that would have this? Ive seen FirstChapter. but Frankens book wasnt there when I last looked/