Lying Liar

On page 15, Franken quotes from Rush to show just how lacking in compassion he supposedly is. The date of Limbaugh’s quote, which Franken does not mention, is April 1, 1992. We all know the significance of April 1. Here is the quote: The poor in the Country are the biggest piglets at the mother pig (read more...)

Franken minimizes Goldberg’s complaint about CBS Weekend News producer Roxanne Russell referring to Gary Bauer as a “little nut from the Christian group” during a conference call. That was unfair. Thank God CBS didn’t broadcast the conference call, because that would have been very biased. The point Goldberg was making in his book, however, was a little (read more...)

Franken mentions O’Reilly’s novel about a serial killer, Those Who Trespass. The novel contains some graphic descriptions of “not nice” things. According to Franken, that makes O’Reilly a hypocrite for condemning rap artists who expose children to explicit, degrading lyrics. In particular, O’Reilly has chided the rap artist Ludacris, who Franken claims is just having fun.  Obviously oblivious (read more...)