Why Not Me?: The Inside Story of the Making and the Unmaking of the Franken Presidency

by Al Franken

Book Overview

First came Theodore White's The Making of the President, 1960. Then All the President's Men. Now the searing chronicle that will forever change the way we view the man and the office . . . The... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038531809X
• ISBN13: 9780385318099
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Laugh out loud funny

I didn't think that Franken could top his last one, but he did. The Campaign Diary had me rolling, and the Bob Woodward "book" was also hilarious. One of the best political satires I have ever read.

Amazingly funny!

This was one of the funniest books I have ever read. In it comidian Al Franken wins the democratic nomination and becomes US President running only on one issue, ATM fee's. The book start's off with Franken's autobiography, "Daring to lead". That is followed by Franken's diary of his campaign. I thought that the diaries start off fairly boring but slowly get more interesting and funny as they progress. The many attack ads against Gore are very entertaining. I didn't get some of the US political inside jokes, and it didn't measure up to Franken's other book, "Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot" but I certainly enjoyed it.

Al Franken does it again!

Once again, the brilliance that is Al Franken has created a book even more hilarious and entertaining than his last. This time, Franken gives us a fictional, yet totally politically savy account of the "Franken presidency." I highly reccomend this book.

Hilarious and Extremely Witty!!

This is one of the funniest books that I have ever read. Al Franken is witty and clever beyond description. Highly recommended!

Extremely funny, irreverant and somehow sadly true

In reply to the first review of this book. Question: Did you read this book? It does not denigrate "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome", the book does not claim the President Al Franken's problems were caused by CFS. That was a proposed "excuse" spun by the alleged president's handlers to cover up his clinical depression exacerbated by his manic debauchery. The real book, which I urge people to read, is about how a totally amoral, self-centered and woefully unqualified individual can decide to become president "for the money" and then be used by political insiders and special interests to further their own agendas. The portrayal of real life "political celebrities" such as Dick Morris, Fred Luntz and Bob Woodward is hilarious. The idea that an entire political campaign could be based on just one issue "ATM fees are too high" is brilliant. This is a funny, funny book that will be enjoyed by anyone interested in what passes for political discourse today.