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Al Franken is the bestselling author of Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations; Why Not Me?; Oh, the Things I Know!; and I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me! In 2003, he served as a Fellow with Harvard's Kennedy School of Government at the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. He lives with his family in New York City.
Why Not Me?
"An imaginatively funny and fresh satire... part autobiography, part manifesto, part diary and part eulogy."
The Washington Post
"One of the funniest political satires of this or any decade... Al Franken blazes a side-splitting, scathing campaign trail.... 'Genius' might be too strong a word, but when a book has sucked you in to the point where you don't even know whether to take the acknowledgements seriously... you know you're in the presence of great satire."
The Dallas Morning News
"Hilarious throughout...Franken has perfect pitch."
The New York Times Book Review
"[A] witty send-up of presidential politics.... Franken proves again that he's one of our savviest satirists."
People
"A gleefully absurd, rambling jaunt through the ritual of American campaigning... a hilariously farcical account."
Entertainment Weekly
Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations
"This book establishes Al Franken as a master of political humor... a delight to read and certain to appeal to readers of any political persuasion whose spirit hasn't been completely broken by the state of current U.S. politics."
The Washington Times
"Wickedly funny."
Newsweek
"Funny, angry and intelligent."
The New York Times Book Review
"A very funny book... [Franken] picks the scabs off every logical inconsistency, factual error or act of malice he can find in contemporary conservatism... this book destroys [Limbaugh]."
USA Today
"A laugh-out-loud funny book... [Franken's] points are swiftly and deftly made, and his sense of humor about the current carnival of political grotesques is badly needed."
Star-Tribune (Minneapolis)
"He's back, and his wit is sharper than ever."
The Boston Phoenix
