Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations: Amazon.ca: Al Franken: Books

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Rush Limbaugh claims his talent is on loan. With this book, Franken demonstrates that he owns. The frankly Democratic author's shtick reminds us how much of a free ride conservatives have gotten in the mainstream media. For instance, he really drives home the weirdness of the conservatives' preachiness about "family values" in light of Newt Gingrich's and Bob Dole's first marriages, and Rush Limbaugh's first, second and third marriages. And he has great fun with Rush's and Newt's miraculous draft deferments in a chapter where he imagines all of the great conservative "chicken-hawks" out on a Vietnam war patrol under the leadership of Ollie North. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Comedy writer Franken skewers conservatives in a book that spent 23 weeks on PW's bestseller list.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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IT REMAINS a mystery why the New York Times would ask me to review this dreadfully foul little book. Read the first page

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4.0 out of 5 stars One of the Funniest Books I've Ever Read, and Re-Read, July 17 2004

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Danusha V. Goska "Save Send Delete" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot (Paperback)

I've read this book straight through twice.

I really thought I'd never laugh out loud, as frequently and as uproariously, the second time as the first time, but I did.

Franken's "review," ostensibly by Jeanne Kirkpatrick, of RLIABFI is, alone, worth the price of the book. I laugh so hard when reading this I double over.

This humor is not for everyone -- it is for people who, like Franken, are both intellectuals and political junkies.

On the down side, I do have trouble with the title. It's funny, but ... it's rude and mean. I don't have a solution here. I don't know how to create humor that never hurts anyone's feelings, and I don't know the best way to respond to hatemongers like Rush Limbaugh.

If nothing else, the title of this book, which has become a classic, got us thinking and talking about the Right's muddying of public debate and its abandonment of civil discourse.

Too, at times I do find Franken's ability to be impressed by his own intelligence and high-power connections a bit hard to take, but ... I forgive him for that, he is such a valuable resource.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Verifiable hypocrisy somewhat tainted by childish satire, Jun 27 2004

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Jamie Flournoy (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

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Having actually read the book and checked some of the quotes, articles, and figures that it contains for accuracy, I'm pretty amazed that I haven't seen more press coverage of the blatant hypocrisy (or lunacy) that Republican leaders are guilty of. Do these people realize that what they said a couple of years ago is still available?
Mr. Franken simply compares what these people say with how they actually live, and what they've said in the past. In juxtaposing the loudly self righteous with the embarassing reality that they themselves are no different from the people they look down on, Mr. Franken creates some humorous and outrageous moments.
Sadly his work is tainted by some juvenile humor as well. Usually his sense of humor works well, happily pointing out how shallow the title is, but at times the fat jokes are just dumb.
Still, the value of the actual content aside from the jeering makes up for the misses in his hit and miss sense of humor.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great!, May 19 2010

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Reign Chelsin - See all my reviews

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Very Good! Fun! Also look to ArtisanPacificPublishing Website for more Political Humour. Beaver Tales and a Canada Goosing George and Condi: The Last Decayed

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