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Before running for the senate, al spent 37 years as an emmy awardwinning comedy writer. A fair and balanced look at the right, published by e. Without rush, without oreilly, without hannity, without newsmax, breitbart, and infowars there would be no. Lies and the lying liars who tell them is a satirical book on american politics by al franken, a comedian, political commentator, and politician. Book excerpts are provided by the publisher and may contain language some find offensive. Lies and the lying liars who tell them an excerpt from al franken s new book. He does have certain points that have obvious omissions about the whole story, but it is just one book. Al franken books list of books by author al franken.