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They tell you in this country that you have to pull yourself up by your bootstraps. And we all believe that. But first you’ve got to have the boots. And the federal government gave Franni’s family the boots.
Giant of the Senate
Senator Al Franken, a popular SNL veteran and #1 bestselling book, tells the tale of an award-winning comedian who chose to run for government, only to learn why award-winning comedians don't usually do so.
This is a book about an unexpected campaign that ended with an even more unlikely result: the closest election result in history and an extraordinary eight-month recount drama, which, in retrospect, is rather humorous.
It's a story about what happens when the country's most prominent progressive satirist is given the opportunity to serve in the United States Senate and, against the pundit class's low expectations, really succeeds. It's a book written from the inside of the beast about our intensely split, usually dismal, occasionally uplifting political culture.
The honorable gentleman from Minnesota takes his army of faithful fans from Saturday Night Live to the campaign trail, into the corridors of Congress, and behind the scenes of some of the most dramatic and/or humorous events of his new career in politics in this frank personal biography.
Has Al Franken established himself as a real Senate Giant? Franken challenges readers to make a choice.
They tell you in this country that you have to pull yourself up by your bootstraps. And we all believe that. But first you’ve got to have the boots. And the federal government gave Franni’s family the boots.
