An Advance Look At Al Franken's New Book - The Forward....

[althecat]

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0510/S00315.htm



FOREWORD
AL FRANKEN, AMERICAN HERO BY ANONYMOUS

When Al Franken asked me to write a foreword to this astonishing and profoundly moving book, he had only one condition: that I remain anonymous.

“Why?” I asked. “Having a big name like mine on your cover would be an enormous feather in any author’s cap.”

“That’s exactly the point,” he responded.

Al, you see, is too modest to want to call attention to the fact that he and I are such close friends. Typical Al. He always hides his light. I reluctantly agreed to his condition, but in return I extracted one of my own. In exchange for concealing my famous identity, I demanded total control over the text of this foreword. I knew Al too well to give him the chance to edit out all the well-warranted praise I intended to heap on him. But even though this enthusiastic foreword will no doubt embarrass Al, I believe that you, the reader, deserve to know the full truth about this great American and about this book. I believe it to be not only the finest volume he has written, but perhaps the Great American Nonfiction Hardcover itself.

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[MaineDem]

1. The dedication is to his mother and his mother-in-law.

I think that's neat. His mother has died but his mother-in-law lives in Maine.

[lildreamer316]

2. REALLY COOL quote:

"Here, Franken has taken a single stem cell-the English language-and grown from it a fully functional kidney with which to purify the blood of the body politic. "


LOVE that.

[Ronnie]

3. Anonymous is

Bill Clinton. It has to be.

[althecat]

4. Well that would be very cool indeed....

If you are right then writing anonymously seems to suit him...