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[sjr5740]

Thats because my wife kept saying "Put it down."

I had similar observations, but some things Franken does leaves me a little unhappy. I feel that he tries to bait people too hard sometimes.

I know he's a comic and it is supposed to be "funny" but I really didn't like the whole Bob Jones bit. I think people's beliefs should be left alone and respected even if you don't agree with them. I felt that the whole premise of going to BJU was based on a prejudicial assumption about the people there. I know they are really off the deep end, but they really don't want people like Al coming around and making fun of them.

I did however like the conclusion to the chapter b/c I felt that Al did grow and saw that what he was doing there was disrespectful to their belief system. He also seemed to admit that the joke wasn't as "funny" as he thought it would be. (I read the book a while ago so I am just remebering impressions)

Otherwise I loved the book and find Al to constantly be on. I especially like his rivalry with O'Really. O'really always shoots the messanger trying to deflect critcism from the message. "Is that all you got" He doesn't understand that these are illustrative examples and Al is not concerned with dissecting every one of his lies. Although I must admit when I know a liberal is going to be on his show I do keep it on in the background on the off chance he will lose it and yell "Shut Up" again. I just find that so hillarious in the face of reasoned debated.

SJR