
Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
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Al Franken
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Al Franken
From the best-selling author - 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.
Al Franken, Giant of the Senate 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.
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What I love about this book is that Senator Franken is bursting with exuberant love for people. For Minnesotans, for Americans. for his wife, his children, his friends and even some of his adversaries.
I really love his sense of outrage at the "Lying Liars", his fear and worry in the face of Trump's election, and his final note of hope.
I have a daughter, son in law, and two grandchildren a sister and a brother in law in Minnesota, and I'm just as happy as can be that their senator cares so much about them.
The other thing I love about this book is that I learned a lot about what a senator DOES. I laughed a lot of course, because Al Franken is a very funny man, but I also learned a great deal.
This book is hot of the press and speaks to current events but I have no doubt that people reading this book in twenty years will find it equally fascinating as a look inside an American head at a time when the country appears to have gone bat sh*t crazy. I'm reassured to think that those readers will judge us less harshly after reading Giant of the Senate.
Giant of the Senate
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Worth a listen regardless of political leanings
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I listened to the audio version, read by Franken himself--probably the best option.
Little Giant
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A perfect listen. A great american and a great storyteller. An ethical politician who cares about the life experience of his constituents. I've laughed out loud a few times.binge listening
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Highest Recommendation
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Truly a Giant of the Senate
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Don't buy book buy audiobook
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Its a very enlightening book into how the debate works from a true outsider, a SNL comedian.
While he has his own strong views, he shares them as just that, HIS view point.
However, most of the book is spent enlightening the reader on how the government works behind the scenes. Its very good.
During this dark time in politics, a book like this is a refresh glimpse of hope that the adults will prevail and start working together again.
This is a refreshing look at politics from the inside
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Profound clarity, inspiration, and irony…
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This book is written with the same comic flair as his earlier works. It covers his entire career in comedy, with plenty of insight into the workings of Saturday Night Live, where he spent 15 years. He also gives a fascinating behind the scenes view of getting elected to and serving in the U.S. Senate, with vivid character portrayals along the way.
If you're feeling depressed about the state of American politics, this book is the antidote!
Franken At His Best
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