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#1 New York Times Bestseller "Flips the classic born-in-a-shack rise to political office tale on its head. I skipped meals to read this book - also unusual - because every page was funny. It made me deliriously happy." - Louise Erdrich, The New York Times From Senator Al Franken - #1 bestselling author and beloved SNL alum - comes the story of an award-winning comedian who decided to run for office and then discovered why award-winning comedians tend not to do that. This is a book about an unlikely campaign that had an even more improbable ending: the closest outcome in history and an unprecedented eight-month recount saga, which is pretty funny in retrospect. It's a book about what happens when the nation's foremost progressive satirist gets a chance to serve in the United States Senate and, defying the low expectations of the pundit class, actually turns out to be good at it. It's a book about our deeply polarized, frequently depressing, occasionally inspiring political culture, written from inside the belly of the beast. In this candid personal memoir, the honorable gentleman from Minnesota takes his army of loyal fans along with him from Saturday Night Live to the campaign trail, inside the halls of Congress, and behind the scenes of some of the most dramatic and/or hilarious moments of his new career in politics. Has Al Franken become a true Giant of the Senate? Franken asks readers to decide for themselves.

A work of political satire draws on a wide range of resources to expose the mendacity of the Bush administration and its conservative Republican supports.

Stanco delle menzogne che il presidente Bush, con l'appoggio dei mass media, sta raccontando al mondo intero, Al Franken ha deciso di passare al setaccio le gesta e le dichiarazioni del presidente per svelare come e dove ha mentito. Con l'aiuto di alcuni studenti e ricercatori dell'Università di Harvard, ha letto centinaia di giornali e guardato ore e ore di televisione per illustrare i motivi e i modi in cui chi controlla i mezzi di comunicazione riesce a porre come verità indiscutibili delle vere menzogne. Franken rende note le falsità della destra americana, a partire dalle "mirabili" imprese in Vietnam degli attuali membri del governo, che in realtà non hanno mai combattuto, fino alle armi di distruzione di massa di Saddam, che però non sono mai state trovate.

In der Politik wird oft gelogen, doch die Offensive gegen faire politische Auseinandersetzungen, initiiert von der Bush-Mannschaft und ihren Unterstützern, zeigt eine neue Dimension dieser Taktik. Bereits im Wahlkampf 2000 entwickelte die amerikanische Rechte eine Rhetorik, die Moral und Wahrheit für sich beanspruchte und sie an die Macht brachte. Der Schock des 11. September und die konservative Rhetorik lähmten die US-Demokraten, aus der sie nur langsam erwachten. Al Franken spielte dabei eine entscheidende Rolle, indem er die rechtspopulistische Propaganda mit journalistischen und kabarettistischen Mitteln entlarvte. In satirischer und tiefgründiger Weise nimmt Franken führende Vertreter des rechten Flügels ins Visier, darunter Dick Cheney, der seine Verbindungen zu Halliburton leugnete, und Paul Wolfowitz mit seinen lukrativen Geschäften. Auch die von George W. Bush propagierte Steuerreform, die angeblich der Unterschicht zugutekommen sollte, wird als Täuschung entlarvt, die nur den Reichen nützt. Zusammen mit 14 Harvard-Studenten belegt Franken die Verlotterung der politischen Diskussion, die unter Bush zur Norm wurde. Der leidenschaftliche Autor und Komiker nutzt die Stimmen von Medienstars, um diese brillant zu demontieren – ein Angriff auf unsere Lachmuskeln, der mit Michael Moores Arbeiten vergleichbar ist.

Al Franken, one of America's savviest satirists has studied the rhetoric of the Right. He has listened to their cries of slander, bias and even treason. He's even watched Fox News. A lot. And in this fair and balanced report, he bravely exposes them all for what they are: liars.

Al Franken gives a satirical account of what his campaign and office term would be like if he were to run for President.

Satirical commentary on talk show host Rush Limbaugh and a variety of prominent republican politicians