Al Franken - Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot: And Other Observations

Pros: Funny, intelligent, inventive satire.
Cons: Dated by the passage of time.

Before I go any further, let me qualify the rest of my review: I liked Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot. I enjoyed reading it, finding it at times outrageously funny and others politically astute. I happen to agree with more than a few of Al Franke ...

Pros: Quite funny in some spots.
Cons: Full of cheap humor and cheap shots, dated.

Whether Al Franken wants to admit it or not, he is the Liberal equivalent of his arch nemesis Rush Limbaugh. The Saturday Night Live writer/star has elevated himself in his mind to being the answer to all the worlds’ problems in much the same way that ...

Pros: very funny, very informative
Cons: none

Al Franken begins his hilarious book, "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot", with a reprint of a New York Times Book Review of "RLIABFI" written by, ready for this? Jeanne Kirkpatrick. Wha ...? She writes: "It remains a mystery...

Pros: Hysterical Political Commentary
Cons: none

This book is a hysterical collection of essays by Al Franken on politics.

Here is a quote that might enlighten you on his point of view: "I want you to know that I admire everyone I'll be making fun of in this book. Except Pat Robertson....

Pros: Worth reading to see how bad a book can be.
Cons: First page to last page.

In the reading I have been doing lately I have found a number of books written from a distinctively Conservative viewpoint. Some of the things spoken of in those books I have agreed with and others not. One thing I didn’t find myself fond of was the extre ...

Pros: Biting satire mixed with real thinking
Cons: Some of it is a bit dated already

I really didn't know much about Al Franken before I read this book. I knew he was the guy on Saturday Night Live when I was a kid who proclaimed the 80's to be the Al Franken decade, but that was about it for my background. I bought the book more as a...

Pros: Factually correct, and hilariously funny
Cons: Conservatives won't like it

Before I begin, I would like to dedicate this review to Amerpie, whose profile here on epinions gave me the title for this review.

Next, I would like to say here that I don't expect everybody to like this review, but it is not a request for...

Pros: funny, liberal-oriented, trashes Rush
Cons: repetitive, boring

Summary: Franken uses close to three hundred pages to try to illustrate why Democrats and their liberal ideologies and philosophies are a better approach to politics and social problems than are Republican ones. In doing so, he spends about 1/5 of the ...

Pros: Humorous presentation of the Limbaugh Myth
Cons: Too detailed to maintain humor

In support of the title, Al Franken methodically proves that Rush Limbaugh is "Big" and "Fat". He even has progressive weight charts to show how fat Limbaugh is!

The "Idiot" part is a little more subjective...

Pros: Hilarious! Savagely biting...real people and real events make for brilliant political satire
Cons: Vulgar at times

Like his most recent work, "Why not me?", Al Franken's collection of essays, mostly centering around how big, fat and doltish Rush Limbaugh can be and is, makes me laugh out loud whenever and wherever I read it.

"Rush Limbaugh...

Pros: Occasionally very funny.
Cons: Lazy. Calling Rush fat constantly misses the point. Comes off as preachy instead of funny at times.

Attacking Rush Limbaugh is like shooting fish in a barrel. Ignoring his political views, Rush is smart at only one thing, manipulating his radio show to make himself sound smart. By hanging up on the right callers, changing the subject to get out of...

Pros: This is an informative book that is told in a humorous way
Cons: not eneryone seems to "get" Franken's sense of humor

I bought this book on impulse, based solely on the title, as I was running to catch a flight from Boston to California. I thought that the book would at least offer enough enjoyment to fill the gap between takeoff and the start of the movie and between...

Pros: on the right side of the fight...
Cons: fights dirty and low just like Rush

Summary: Al Franken takes the low road in bashing Rush Limbaugh and his right-wing cronies. This isn't funny, it's just cheap.

High Expectations...
Rush Limbaugh has always annoyed me. His overbearing voice and control...

Pros: Shows the author has some command of the English language.
Cons: Intellectual dishonesty. Not funny.

This book is replete with distortions, lies, and slams. On the other hand, at least it is as devoid ...

Pros: none
Cons: juvenile

Poor Al Franken. All dressed up and no career to go to. So what does he do? Make an entire book out of slamming someone he has big time political differences with. It is the rare comic who can pull off a successful book. Woody Allen, of course, is one,...