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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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    * Paperback: 336 pages
    * Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (August 5, 2004)
    * ISBN-10: 0141018410
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75 of 111 people found the following review helpful:
Why Can't All Liberals Be This Funny?, May 17, 2003
By 	D. Mikels "It's always Happy Hour here" (Skunk Holler) - See all my reviews
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Think of all those liberal talking heads out there. Dan Rather. Peter Jennings. Jesse Jackson. Eleanor Clift. Mario Cuomo. Charlie Rangle. Hillary Rodham.

They're all about as funny as a root canal.

Thank goodness Al Franken is on the left side of the fence. Franken is a genuinely funny writer who is a welcome respite from the otherwise overwhelming sea of liberal vinegar faces who only open their mouths to whine, vent, accuse, and obfuscate. Franken's book, RUSH LIMBAUGH IS A BIG FAT IDIOT: AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS, is witty and funny because he plays Limbaugh's game: establish your position through humor and satire.

This book is a quick, entertaining read, sprinkled with deliciously wicked little barbs and jabs. Some of the author's rebuttals of Limbaugh's statements and beliefs are less than sincere and well-reasoned, but come on, this is satire, not rocket science. Franken pushes the envelope just as effectively as Limbaugh's railing against "femi-nazis" and "environmentalist whackos." He gives conservative satirists a taste of their own medicine, and manages to generate some laughs in the process.

As a conservative, I appreciate good humor and satire, regardless of its political slant. RUSH LIMBAUGH IS A BIG FAT IDIOT: AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS is darn good satire. To my fellow conservatives who are offended by this book, I say: lighten up. If we can't laugh at ourselves, how are we going to laugh at those zany liberals?
--D. Mikels

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106 of 148 people found the following review helpful:
Very funny and honest, but extreme at times, October 23, 2000
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I am English, and picking up a random satirical political book from the shelf seemed like a good idea for learning a bit about American politics. And having a good time.

I didn't like the title, because it is somewhat...confrontational. But between the covers of this aggressive book lay a very, very funny man. He combines an astute political sense with a level of indignant humanitarianism which allows him to put radical conservatives in a very bad light. Franken uses stats and figures to support his claims, but never attempts to pretend his book is any more than satire - slightly less political than P.J. O'Rourke, for example.

Radical conservatives might struggle to enjoy this, but anyone with a sense of humour should be able to appreciate most of Franken's character portraits and, even better, anecdotes - for example, when he played with the President American football and made a play which won his team the game...but the President forbore to congratulate him. The quick prose is funny and witty...

But...it does go a little far at times, and though I learned to share some of Franken's views on Rush Limbaugh, to whom I have never listened, I still thought some of the writing went too far. It reassured me tremendously to read in Franken's "Why Not Me" that Limbaugh himself had bumped into him and instead of pummelling him had yelled - "hell of a book!". This, and grudging praise to men such as Bob Dole gives Franken a bit more depth than an out-and-out liberal satirist with no punches pulled.

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What goes around comes around, May 25, 2000
By 	C. Colt "It Just Doesn't Matter" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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Finally, a book that--ahem--deflates Rush Limbaugh. Franklin's expose is as incisive as it is wildly funny. It exposes much of Rush's hypocracy including the fact that he:

1. Was on welfare.

2. Avoided fighting in Vietnam because of a problem with hair on his posterior.

3. Didn't work.

4. Has received hand-outs all his life.

5. Is only capable of coping with a controlled audience but can't handle spontaneous questions.

It also exposes many of the lies and demagogery that constitute Rush's discources.

Most people ignore Rush Limbaugh because they consider him to be a bombastic idiot. But many ignored Hitler for the same reason which caused the world to suffer enormous conequences. I think we all owe Al Frankin a debt, not only for entertaining us, but also for deflating a bloated presense on the fascist landscape. It's nice when the people who make a career out of attacking people finally find themselves under the gun.

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The funniest book I've ever read - and useful too!
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I remember reading this book a couple years ago and didn't care for it. Without Franken's wide-eyed, mock-innocent delivery, his writing comes across as mean. Read more
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