4.0

I so recommend the audio version! Franken's ability to crack me up while educating me couldn't possibly have been replicated in print--it's all about timing. The fact that this was printed during the Bush era was unbelievably comforting. One couldn't possibly believe that things could get any worse; they did. Same old, same old. Had I listened to this when it was published, I would have felt despair that the state of politics, journalism, and the presidency could be so abysmal. But since I have the privilege of hindsight, I can say that I may be overreacting a bit to the deplorable state of all of these things today--they were awful then, too. I feel less.....shock. People who are much older than me have tried to tell me as much, but I didn't listen. Franken, with this now way outdated treatise on the mythical "liberal media" and the lies of people in power made me realize that politics and leadership in this country are just disgusting, but this is in no way a new thing. I disagree with the reviews that claim that this is just mud-slinging that is equivalent to the mouth diarrhea that one finds on Fox news and talk radio; he refutes lies with well-researched (and properly cited) facts. The relatively minimal name-calling just contributes to the delightful humorous tone of such a serious undertaking. Bravo. I'll read anything he writes.