The Truth with Jokes
Author: Al Franken
Nearly a year after the presidential election of 2004, Al Franken is still checking facts, exposing lies, and trying to clear the record as he sees it. Sneering at President Bush’s declaration of a mandate after a two-and-a-half percent victory, he deconstructs Bush’s 2004 platform of “fear, smear, and queers,” and explains how the president has done some flip-flopping of….Read More
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