Comments on: Where blogs are blogs and politicians are nervous

By: at-the-water-cooler.com

at-the-water-cooler.com — Mon, 26 May 2008 23:38:52 +0000

Minesota Democrats Exposed…

Picked up from publicity from Hotair.com And New york times.
On a laptop at a kitchen table in this cheery Twin Cities suburb, headlines ripping into Al Franken, the satirist whose campaign for the United States Senate is seen as one of the most compet…

By: GogglesPisano

GogglesPisano — Sun, 25 May 2008 16:55:32 +0000

Old WWF TV moment: The Iron Sheik and Nickolai Volkoff are about to have a tag match when the Sheik grabs the mic and screams: “Iran number one! Russia number one!”

Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura are on commentary.

McMahon: How can both Iran and Russia be number one?

Ventura: (long pause) One A and One B, McMahon.

By: Squiggy

Squiggy — Sun, 25 May 2008 11:44:40 +0000

His critics say the Web site’s claims, screamed in red uppercase letters, are often breathless, far-fetched, painfully partisan.

But do they claim they’re untrue?

Guess not.

By: JiangxiDad

JiangxiDad — Sun, 25 May 2008 10:40:28 +0000

As soon as we find some Republicans in NY, and teach them about the internet, we might try it too.

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 25 May 2008 01:50:39 +0000

The Franken fantasies which might de-rail his Senate run are found in his books, specifically the “Chickenhawk” stories where he dreams of Bush, Cheney, Limbaugh, Ollie North, etc all being wiped out in a Vietnam war movie. Let’s just say that they don’t come out of it looking very good.
That is Franken at his most raw and hating. It would be cathartic if it weren’t pathetic. Catharsis is to move through and beyond an issue-Franken will never get beyond his hatred of Conservatives.It’s kind of funny that he’s a victim in this:Democrats live or die by being able to engender an emotional response rather than a logical one. Capture their hearts, and they won’t use their minds. His heart is captured by hate, and so is immune to logic. He doesn’t even know how pathetic he is-and I hope no one tells him.
A good Coleman ad would have someone reading to the viewers out of any of Franken’s books. Bleeps and all.

By: viking01

viking01 — Sat, 24 May 2008 23:49:06 +0000

RBMN 12:02 PM

I figure Al Franken’s sexual fantasies probably involve heavy participation by the Village People.

The NY Times had no choice but to use the term satirist. The title “washed-up Liberal Clinton brown-nosing comedian” is still reserved for David Letterman.

By: GarandFan

GarandFan — Sat, 24 May 2008 23:29:24 +0000

Al Franken is a satirist? I thought you had to be funny to do that.

By: karenhasfreedom

karenhasfreedom — Sat, 24 May 2008 22:50:57 +0000

I heard Jesse on tv this week and he sounded as deranged as Rosie O regarding 9/11. This man has become unhinged.

By: Lady Logician

Lady Logician — Sat, 24 May 2008 21:16:00 +0000

I second that motion.

Some high-profile blogger(s) could organize people from every state in short order, I’d think.

misterpeasea on May 24, 2008 at 12:04 PM

To heck with “some high profile blogger(s)” doing the work….if you are a blogger find others in your state and get organized. Several states already do have something similar. Get involved.

By: oakpack

oakpack — Sat, 24 May 2008 21:06:45 +0000

PLEEEEZE, don’t judge us by John Jannos (Ventura). We do have a very good blog system in Minnesnota and it’s going to help a great deal in crushing Franken.
Wisconsin could definately use the help from ‘righty’ bloggers, with Madison trying to out-SanFran San Francisco.

By: rmgraha

rmgraha — Sat, 24 May 2008 19:32:39 +0000

The NARN is the longest-running terrestrial radio show by bloggers, having been on the air continuously since March 2004.

Does this mean that there are longer-running blogger shows on the sea, in the air, or in space? Enquiring minds want to know!

By: letget

letget — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:46:30 +0000

Thanks to all of you giving me info. on Jesse. I always check out who I am voting for.
L

By: DfDeportation

DfDeportation — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:43:10 +0000

Jesse Ventura is an OPEN BORDERS ZEALOT for AMNESTY to Illegal Aliens. Don’t be fooled!

NOWHERE TO HIDE INDEED!

STAY HOME ’08

By: b4lucy

b4lucy — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:37:11 +0000

Well, Ed, I have always admired the concentration of quality blogs and quality radio(I listen to Patriot thru the internet) in Minn. I read Powerline every day and of course, you at HA…However, as to influence in politics, the “proof is in the pudding” I am waiting to see if there is any effect on Franken’s Senate run…I would love to see the defeat of that idiot, especially at the hands of the bloggers…And to have him, Franken, complain and bitch that the bloggers did him in, would just be icing on the cake…I suspect that he is already feeling the pressure and he will probably self destruct as he has done before…Good luck in that effort from Beaver Utah…

By: Hening

Hening — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:36:55 +0000

Jesse claims that 9/11 doesn’t add up.

I don’t think his advisers have suggested him removing his shoes and socks for the added benefit of having more digits to count.

By: Clark1

Clark1 — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:35:01 +0000

Gee, the NYT is only 3 weeks behind a Fox News feature on Special Report.

By: techno_barbarian

techno_barbarian — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:26:59 +0000

I saw Jesse on Fox the other day, and he said he would wait till June to make a decision on his running. He sounds like a person I could vote for buy what he was saying.
Keep up the good work Ed.
L

letget on May 24, 2008 at 12:14 PM

Isn’t Jesse a troofer these days? Might want to take another look at that.

By: Merovign

Merovign — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:24:20 +0000

So, are they saying it isn’t “Minnesota Nice” to point out when someone’s a crook, or does that just apply to Democrats?

We are talking about the NYT here.

By: letget

letget — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:14:11 +0000

I saw Jesse on Fox the other day, and he said he would wait till June to make a decision on his running. He sounds like a person I could vote for buy what he was saying.
Keep up the good work Ed.
L

By: steveegg

steveegg — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:04:16 +0000

We need something like that in every state. Even here in Wisconsin.

Nethicus on May 24, 2008 at 11:50 AM

We’re a loose confederation on the right end of the Cheddarsphere. There’s a couple of group things being done (the blogosphere-centric Badger Blog Alliance and now Wisconsin Institute for Leadership, which is a bit higher-powered and more-organized than the BBA). The thing is, we on the right tend to blog to vent, not to necessarily change the world.

Besides, those of us in SE Wisconsin have Charlie Sykes.

By: misterpeasea

misterpeasea — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:04:00 +0000

Nethicus on May 24, 2008 at 11:50 AM

I second that motion.

Some high-profile blogger(s) could organize people from every state in short order, I’d think.

By: RBMN

RBMN — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:02:04 +0000

I guess if Franken was going to write an explicit column about his sexual fantasies, then, between photos in the January 2000 Playboy was a good place to hide it, where people might skip over it…but not quite.

By: Nethicus

Nethicus — Sat, 24 May 2008 15:50:06 +0000

We need something like that in every state. Even here in Wisconsin.

By: RobCon

RobCon — Sat, 24 May 2008 15:42:09 +0000

Speaking of Minnesota Nice, Jesse Venture was making boldily nosies of a possible Presidential run on the Michael Medved Show this week.