RUSH LIMBAUGH IS A BIG FAT IDIOT & Other Observations by Al Franken: A Review

 

Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot & Other Observations is the book that put Saturday Night Live alumnus Al Franken on the literary map. In the book, which was released back in the mid-nineties, Franken--who's unabashedly left-wing/Democrat--seriously lampoons not only Mr. Rush but also the top right-wingers/Republicans of the day, including Pat Buchanan (by showing what aa apparent "Nazi lover" he is), former Republican senator/congressman Phil Gramm (by showing what a "bastard" he was), Bob Dole, and the irrepressible Newt Gingrich (yes, THAT Newt Gingrich!). But Al saves his sharpest barbs for the book's title target Mr. Limbaugh to hilarious effect. My own personal political views are neither left-wing nor right-wing, and I view Al Franken as a Kool-Aid drinker for The Left--especially since becoming a Democratic senator in his own right--the same way I view Rush Limbaugh as a diehard Kool-Aid drinker for The Right. Still, Franken makes some pretty spot-on "observations" about Rush Limbaugh and his "bastard" co-horts and/or allies on The Right. This book is for anyone who despises the blatant hypocrisies and/or lies of various media/political figures in this country regardless of what their stated political views may be (like, of course, yours truly!). A sidenote: As one might expect, The Right were none too pleased about having one of their own so horribly "slandered" by the "liberal" likes of some "leftie" as Al Franken (the aforementioned Bill O'Reilly had "slandered" Al on his TV show by calling him a "vicious" commentator), especially Mr. Limbaugh himself. All of which was more than a little ironic considering how Rush has made a virtual career out of "slandering" others, including a then 12-year-old Chelsea Clinton whom Limbaugh actually referred to on his long-defunct TV show--yes, someone actually gave this "big fat idiot" his very own TV show!--as, and I quote, the White House dog, as Al himself pointed out in his book. Of course, Al's fellow "lefties" who tried to unsuccessfully run Rush off the radio years later after he "slandered" that "unknown" college student who testified before Congress about government funding of birth control by calling her a "prostitute" literally applauded when one of their own Bill Maher "slandered" Sarah Palin--yes, THAT Sarah Palin!--by calling her The "C" Word (and we all know what THAT word is, don't we, boys & girls?).