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I especially liked the chapter on monetary policy, which tells us nothing at all about the subject.

In his "Other Observations," Franken takes us along on his own "Adventures in Politics": doing stand-up at the Dukakis election night festivities in '88 schmoozing with the power elite at a Renaissance Weekend and playing football with President Clinton, whom Franken declares is "the greatest president of the 20th century." (Franken does, however, cut the grease of his sycophancy with a little candor and admit that he's just trying to wangle a dinner invitation to the White House.)Īside from its utterly charming title, the book's salient qualities include its well researched discussions of contemporary issues and personalities. (That, however, is before we get to the index.) Toward the end Franken notes that he's only up to his 83rd "Rush is fat" joke. Then he adds, "at least if you leave out the failed marriages and sad physical condition."īut don't think that Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot is a one-joke book. At one point he wonders if maybe he's being a little rough on Rush because of jealousy Rush is, after all, more successful.

With cunning use of research (supplied by his hard working assistant, Geoff) he repeatedly skewers the Rushster for his factual failings, then with nearly equal frequency weighs in with a fat joke at Limbaugh's expense.īut Franken, who is perhaps best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and his character Stuart Smalley, is nothing if not sensitive. So it goes in Franken's world, some serious stuff leavened with a generous helping of irreverent wise-guy cracks.