Rating: 
Summary: Not worth the paper it's written on.
Review: From the moment I first saw this book in my local library and noticed that it had a cover that looked almost exactly like "Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot" (which I own), I had to pick it up and at least scan it, if not check it out and take it home with me.I'm giving Mr. Mauro two stars for trying, but in this book you will not hear the voice of a die-hard Rush Limbaugh fan who was so incensed and outraged over some of the things that Mr. Franken writes about his beloved idol that he just had to go out and write a book of his own in response. No, this is just an everyday conservative Republican lawyer (or is it two everyday conservative Republican lawyers?) doing his best to add fuel to the already burning-out-of-control fires of conservative ire over how there are too many liberals in America today. It's telling, for instance, that Mauro doesn't even bother to devote as much time to defending Limbaugh as Franken does to dissecting Limbaugh. Mauro appears to be more interested in comparing the person Franken was in his years on "Saturday Night Live" to the person he is today as a result of writing the Limbaugh book. To give Mauro credit, he does do a great job of cutting PETA up like a buzz saw and pointing out how tiresome some of Franken's most repetitive jokes can be, case in point: the one about former Senator Alphonse D'Amato. At least those parts are funny.
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Summary: Exposed Loser
Review: Austin Kaiser is the biggest loser in Oregon. He is a 40 year old virgin who still lives at home with mommy. He works at Walmart and pretends to be a political guru. If you ever saw this guy, you would be calling him a bucked toothed moron.
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Summary: Pretty funny response to Franken's anti-humor
Review: You have to get a chuckle out of the boob reviewer below who concludes that "all conservatives are illiterate", or the knuckleheads who conclude that Franken's nonsense is "research." Give me a break. The only fact that Franken gets consistently right is the spelling of his name, and I have to assume he had help with that. After all I've seen him on TV and heard his babble on the radio, and he doesn't sound bright enough to handle spelling as complicated as his name: Al. The scary thing is that is then followed with hundreds of droning pages of distortions, lies, and general all around dopiness. Anyone illiterate and uninformed enough to consider Frankens' tombs to be remotely funny should seek psychiatric help, unless lies, distortions, and specious "referencing" are your idea of clever humor. This book certainly could be better, but those who are not humor challenged (e.g., hard core liberals and associated nitwits) will get a some laughs. It is a welcome antidote to the Franken garbage, though my own forthcoming book will be better researched, footnoted, and a lot funnier. I mean think about it, can you imagine an easier targt for satire than Al Franken? Well maybe Michael Moore, but his twaddle is so transparent that I find it hard to believe that any semi-literate student of politics, history, or basic logic isn't disgusted within the first few pages of his compiliations of left-wing fantasies. It's nice to see a conservative with a sense of humor here. My own leanings are more libertarian, but the left wing has gone off the deep end with its humorless inaccurate hatchet jobs. But now that I think about it, perhaps that is what they consider humor - getting basic facts, research, and analysis SO wrong that it is laughable. Pick this up for a nice though hardly comprehensive anti-dote to the Franken/Moore canards. The best anti-dote to them is actually knowing what you are talking about, but that would take a bit of reading, perhaps a touch of logic, and a minimal ability to reason coherently! None of which is evident in Franken or Moore's stuff. Delightfully there are flashes of documented material with humorous insights here, though I would have preferred to see such maintained throughout the whole book. But how often does that happen anymore?
Rating:
Summary: Not worth the paper it's written on.
Review: From the moment I first saw this book in my local library and noticed that it had a cover that looked almost exactly like "Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot" (which I own), I had to pick it up and at least scan it, if not check it out and take it home with me. I'm giving Mr. Mauro two stars for trying, but in this book you will not hear the voice of a die-hard Rush Limbaugh fan who was so incensed and outraged over some of the things that Mr. Franken writes about his beloved idol that he just had to go out and write a book of his own in response. No, this is just an everyday conservative Republican lawyer (or is it two everyday conservative Republican lawyers?) doing his best to add fuel to the already burning-out-of-control fires of conservative ire over how there are too many liberals in America today. It's telling, for instance, that Mauro doesn't even bother to devote as much time to defending Limbaugh as Franken does to dissecting Limbaugh. Mauro appears to be more interested in comparing the person Franken was in his years on "Saturday Night Live" to the person he is today as a result of writing the Limbaugh book. To give Mauro credit, he does do a great job of cutting PETA up like a buzz saw and pointing out how tiresome some of Franken's most repetitive jokes can be, case in point: the one about former Senator Alphonse D'Amato. At least those parts are funny.
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Summary: Joesph Mauro???
Review: First of all, who is Joesph Mauro? I'm an Al Franken fan and thought it would be interesting to read a parody of Franken's cleverly written Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot. But this is so poorly written. After the first chapter, I threw it in the trash can. There was probably absolutely no research done for the book. Joesph Mauro probably just got done reading Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and decided "maybe I'll write a book because I hate Al Franken so much". This book sucks. If you are conservative, read a book from a credible author.
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Summary: This book is fantastic.....
Review: See Franken get a taste of his own foul tasting medicine. Great job exposing the little gremlin for what he is.
Rating:
Summary: Foul-mouthed ranting
Review: Al Franken took the trouble to do a lot of research and carefully blends humor and politics. Joseph Mauro did a quick slam job, full of hate and bitterness. Not worth the trouble of ordering, much less the money.
Rating:
Summary: Couldn't give 0 stars
Review: Another demonstration of the right wing's lack of acquaintance with a concept known to the rest of us as "reality." Let's put this in terms that arch-conservatives can relate to: in the marketplace of ideas, success in the marketplace equates to quality -- right? So let's look as a market statistic: Amazon sales rank. Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot: 7,360
Al Franken Is a Buck-Toothed Moron: 527,850 'nuf said.
Rating:
Summary: A lame attempt at humor and wit, nasty and subjective
Review: While Franken's books use facts to illustrate their points, this book relies on the author's constant barrage of insults and subjective attacks. If you want to read a baseless war on the left, this book is for you. If you enjoy comedic writing, satire, or political banter, avoid this at all costs. Don't waste your time. It's a rant from start to finish, and with nothing to even remotely back up the arguments, it's more like a bad mood than a good book.
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Summary: Republican Party- "you can't win, cheat."
Review: Hard to tell if the same person wrote all the 5-star critiques... Actually it's not.
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