Al Franken’s national net favorable rating pretty much what you’d expect
posted at 8:58 pm on July 2, 2009 by Allahpundit
No, just kidding. At -10, it’s actually quite a bit higher than you’d expect.
Less than a week before Sen.-elect Al Franken (D-Minn.) is set to be sworn into office, a new national poll shows that 44 percent of voters have an unfavorable view of the former comedian and liberal radio host.
A Rasmussen Reports poll released Thursday found that 34 percent have a favorable view of Franken, who defeated former Republican Sen. Norm Coleman to win the seat. Another 22 percent are not sure what they think of him.
The poll revealed that Franken generates strong feelings among his detractors. Twenty-nine percent said they had a “very unfavorable” impression of Franken, compared with just 12 percent who have a “very favorable” view.
Like it or not, this guy’s bound to be our new lightning rod so you might as well familiarize yourself with his oeuvre for easy snarking later, when he inevitably pops off on the Senate floor and the righty blogosphere piles on. Exit question: Why are his national ratings so low? It’s possible, I guess, that more people than we think have been following blog coverage over the years of what a weird, oddly irascible jackass Franken is. It’s also possible that the numbers are driven by conservative reaction to his “Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot” book. Even so, I prefer to interpret it as a referendum on his SNL “Weekend Update” bits. Be honest: Having watched those, would you have a favorable opinion of the guy?
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Ther real question is why is his postives so high ?
William Amos on July 2, 2009 at 9:03 PM
The beauty of it is the way he brings down the very institution of the Senate.
exception on July 2, 2009 at 9:05 PM
No, guys, the real question is why is he a senator. Sad.
Apologetic California on July 2, 2009 at 9:05 PM
Like I said on an earlier thread.
Instapundit has a link.
Suddenly, a majority of voters can’t remember if they voted for Franken or not.
Ya think??
Can we fast forward our previous elections to today?
Lanceman on July 2, 2009 at 9:05 PM
Al Skankin’
blatantblue on July 2, 2009 at 9:05 PM
I’ll bet we won’t see an equal number of Franken bashing posts to those ragging on Palin.
Just waiting……
Cody1991 on July 2, 2009 at 9:06 PM
I just can’t take this clown anymore.
FontanaConservative on July 2, 2009 at 9:08 PM
franken has a doodie in his diaper and I ain’t changin’ it
Ris4victory on July 2, 2009 at 9:09 PM
Franken is living, walking proof of two things:
1) anyone can be a senator.
2) People will vote for any person who promises something for nothing.
sdd on July 2, 2009 at 9:09 PM
Is Franken an aethist? Did he marry his cat? Can we make fun of his accent? He has no real governing or political experience. Wow…. loads to talk about. But will we? Go for it AP. Ugly trolls are better targets than beautiful women, right?
Cody1991 on July 2, 2009 at 9:10 PM
If his rating is -10 now, just imagine what it’s going to be once he’s actually “done something”. At least adding one more clown to the circus should be mildly entertaining.
txag92 on July 2, 2009 at 9:10 PM
Angry Clown.
jgapinoy on July 2, 2009 at 9:10 PM
I got a much better question: Why in the world did the Dems nominate him instead of somebody else? If they would have chosen someone else they probably would have gotten an easy win. Now they have Franken. Franken is going to be utterly useless in the Senate. He’s a hack and the country knows it. The Dems would be stupid to put Franken up and front any important legislation. So they probably could have gotten an easy win and elected someone who might actually have some credibility. So again what were they thinking?
terryannonline on July 2, 2009 at 9:13 PM
In six months, quite a few of my fellow Minnesotans will suddenly recall that they voted for the Independent party candidate Dean Barkley. If you add all those new memories together, the mystery will be why Barkley wasn’t declared the winner back in November 2008.
Bishop on July 2, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Can’t wait for the tough Catie Couric interview. I want some real, hard questions asked about things like…. the kind of mags he reads (that should be interesting and R rated), and oh, yeah… foreign policy $hit. He’s got to some sort of freakin’ genius.
Cody1991 on July 2, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Well the joke’s on us.
He will be there for six years and possibly a whole lot longer. Unless you are surprise loser like Coleman, most folks get re elected at will until they feel like retiring or moving onto something else.
patrick neid on July 2, 2009 at 9:19 PM
If you wonder why Al got elected
William Amos on July 2, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Apparently more people listened to Air America than we realized.
Sic Puppy on July 2, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Asshat.
HornetSting on July 2, 2009 at 9:22 PM
I will be surprised if Franken gets more than one term. Then again I didn’t think people would be dumb enough 2 vote for him.
terryannonline on July 2, 2009 at 9:23 PM
In 6 months your fellow Minnesotans will still be idiots about most things including politics and you’ll still have a crummy NFL team and stadium.
Jeff from WI on July 2, 2009 at 9:24 PM
“Minnesota is in the midst of a housing emergency,” said Franken as he briefly unveiled a housing plan that includes a 120-day moratorium on foreclosures, providing more funding to distressed cities and localities for redeveloping abandoned and foreclosed homes, and cracking down on predatory lenders. “What we are seeing is a downward spiral that I want to stop,” he said.
William Amos on July 2, 2009 at 9:20 PM
What we need is less stupid home buyers. I paid for mine and paid it off 10 years early.
Rick007 on July 2, 2009 at 9:27 PM
His time in office inflicting Change will be the best comedy he’s every done in his dismal career.
But that’s not saying much really since Staurt Smalley was his bread and butter. A simultaneous Bunionectomy and root canal without novacaine are funnier than Al Franken.
But here’s to Hope!
SilverStar830 on July 2, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Bush caved to leftist pressure on spending and the war and mismanaged both so badly he pissed off everyone so much they wouldve voted for Dawg
Reality Check on July 2, 2009 at 9:31 PM
What ties does Franken have with MN? It’s like SrHillary running in NY. I can’t get my head around anyone embracing this jerk in their state. Good job Minnesotans. You’re stuck with this idiot, and so are the rest of us. Your state is just freaky. Damn, I always thought of you as solid Midwestern, stoic stock. And you elect this creep.
Cody1991 on July 2, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Tee hee hee, I really do enjoy our little talks…I’m a Steelers fan (six rings, you can count ‘em if you like) and I totally agree about the Diaper Dome and the hapless Queens.
Still, in the winter months when both you and I are wearing heavy clothing to survive the frigid temps, only one of us will have to wear a gun-belt on the outside of our parka.
Speaking of sports, how are those Brewers doing, any World Series victories yet? Ah well, there’s always next century.
Bishop on July 2, 2009 at 9:34 PM
There’s always 10 or so percent of the people out there who show themselves to be complete nut jobs in these polls. Every one, from polls concerning Illuminate conspiracies to faked moon landings to flat Earth geography, show about ten percent of the people surveyed inexplicably believe in total garbage. The 12 percent who have a “very favorable” view of Franken are no different than any of these other groups of idiots.
I’m starting to think that there should be some sort of natural law addressing this phenomenon.
Interweb Troll on July 2, 2009 at 9:34 PM
That photo of Franken always reminds me of Barney’s lip-rippling burps on the Simpsons.
However, Barney, though he is but a cartoon character, is a much higher quality human being than Al, by a long shot.
Missy on July 2, 2009 at 9:35 PM
No, they aren’t the same. They were cursed by God with an ugly state, nothing to brag about, (come on “Land of 10000 Lakes) when next door is Wisconsin with 15000, and cursed with a horrible football franchise and the worst stadium in any pro sports.
Jeff from WI on July 2, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Okay, you’ve made your point already in about twelve different threads.
Missy on July 2, 2009 at 9:37 PM
I had a soft spot for the Steelers as a kid. A horrible team with the ugliest uniforms. Now they did improve and get 6 NFL titles which is great, but it’s NOT 12 NFL titles.
Jeff from WI on July 2, 2009 at 9:38 PM
OH SNAPS!!!
FontanaConservative on July 2, 2009 at 9:38 PM
You need to understand, liberals here in MN are the yellowest of yellow dog voters. We still have people in the inner-city who display green yard signs which say “Wellstone!” every election cycle and who cover their cars with Wellstone bumper stickers.
I used to counter them by having a green sticker on my truck which said “He’s Dead, Get Over It” but decided to remove it when my business took me into the city on a regular basis.
Bishop on July 2, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Missy, it’s a LURE to get going with other people. They’ll ALWAYS respond.
Jeff from WI on July 2, 2009 at 9:39 PM
LOL..You gotta be kidding!
Jeff from WI on July 2, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Incoherent and a good example of why I dread open registrations.
Cody1991 on July 2, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Well, that makes my November ballot a total scratch. I must be out of touch.
mikewor on July 2, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Didn’t the Vikings make the championship game Four times? And didn’t they have a lot of great guys of all races and creeds and some with neither of either?
I spent the best evening of my life with a strawberry blonde from up there (both my wifes excepted) who had the common sense to call me an “awesome” package but too crazy for her.
That says a lot about MINN, maybe they will wake up about the angry clown, too.
IlikedAUH2O on July 2, 2009 at 9:43 PM
NFL titles? I thought we were talking about the modern day, as in Super Bowls?
You know what I’m going to love most about watching the twice World Series champ Twins in their new outdoor, high-tech, state of the art stadium next year? Going out to dinner afterward knowing my state trusts its menfolk enough to allow us to conceal/carry.
Bishop on July 2, 2009 at 9:45 PM
As a ’70′s adolescent, me and my crew watched SNL religiously. I remember Franken, we rarely laughed, I just don’t get his brand of humor. Maybe I’m too stupid to see his genius, then again, maybe he just plain sucks. Personally, I think he just plain sucks.
As I’ve grown older, as has Mr. Franken, I hear his rhetoric, and I’m left with the same opinion, he just plain sucks.
How he is going to represent anyone other than self, is beyond me. He is yet another elitist asshole that will claim to help the little guy, while doing everything he can to screw them.
Buy Ammo guys and girls, buy food, store water, it’s gonna get interesting.
M-14 2go on July 2, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Heh, yeah, I bet that was dangerous. I actually took a poli sci class from Wellstone many years ago. Well, I took it for a couple of weeks and then I dropped it. He didn’t want us to think, he wanted us to feel. My roommate called it “Bubbling Emotions 101.”
He was a real nice guy, though, and I was sad when he died.
Missy on July 2, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Al Franken makes me smile in the morning. Smile at how powerless conservatives really are in this country. We got Al Franken elected! Just let that sink in for a little while. Do you realize how much easier it would be to get Jon Stewart elected in most states?
Terry Silver on July 2, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Worked on me, so I guess you’re right!
Can’t we upper Midwesterners all just get along? ;)
Missy on July 2, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Nope, and the yard signs are the giant ones, 4′ by 6′; obnoxious green with huge white “WELLSTONE!” written on them.
I pity them almost as much as I pity the deluded folks who call Wisconsin home.
Bishop on July 2, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Al Franken, Senator.
How did this happen?
jazz_piano on July 2, 2009 at 9:50 PM
It’s no wonder you’re rejoicing, you already admitted you don’t mind your political reps being scumbags.
Bishop on July 2, 2009 at 9:50 PM
I’ll be interested to see where all the pride in Franken goes the first time he puts a vulgur foot in his mouth. Getting Jon Stewart elected? Well, we already have two vapid celebrities in Washington, why not go for the trifecta?
Wellsy on July 2, 2009 at 9:50 PM
So you admit he’s a clown and a tool, and it makes you smile to think about how you snuck him in?
Please keep trumpeting your snide satisfaction to the world, it’ll do wonders for your party.
Missy on July 2, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Sometime I agree with you.After all we’ve got Commie Kohl & Feingold as Senators and our Gov. is a true DEM scumbag. If it weren’t for your states ugliness and the Vikings, I’d move by you in a second.
Jeff from WI on July 2, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Has no-one yet made the obvious reference?
Tzetzes on July 2, 2009 at 9:53 PM
The same time Franken was playing the effeminate Smalley on SNL, there was also a feature called “Deep Thoughts with Jack Handey” that usually made me giggle. I remembered one of my favorites as I ponder Franken’s “election”, probably because of its references reminding me what I personally find Franken to be, and of Chicago, whose dirty politics were certainly employed to make him a senator:
“If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp-maybe people will think you are a dummy, and they will try to catch you, because hey, free dummy.”
Cornhusker on July 2, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Jeff you are a disgrace to all Wisconsinites. I especially love how you call Herb Kohl a a commie. Yeah like the Kohl family doesn’t believe in capitalism. Are you retarded?
Terry Silver on July 2, 2009 at 9:55 PM
This will be the best comedy he’s ever done.
JellyToast on July 2, 2009 at 9:56 PM
http://frankenlies.com/truth/index.htm
#17: Al Franken Manipulates a Family’s Tragedy
In one of the more unfortunate passages of his book, Franken claims that Republican Rep. Tom Delay acted hypocritically when he spoke out on behalf of the family of Terri Schiavo in the spring of 2005. Why? According to Franken, from page 157 of Truth,
“In 1988, DeLay, along with his mother, his aunt, and the rest of the family, decided not to take extraordinary measures to prolong the life of Tom’s father, Charles Ray DeLay. Charles had been critically injured in a freak accident … The family decided not to connect Charles to a dialysis machine … In marked contrast to the Schiavo case, Tom DeLay never accused the DeLay family of an ‘act of barbarism,’ ‘medical terrorism,’ ‘murder,’ or ‘homicide’.”
In addition, Franken opened the March 28, 2005, episode of his radio show by claiming,
“Tom DeLay supported pulling the plug on his own father when his dad was in a Schiavo-like situation.”1
Sadly, Franken’s misleading statements are simply a nasty strike against the DeLay family.
The facts:
Charles DeLay had been in a coma … Terri had never been in a coma.
Charles DeLay could not be kept alive without a respirator … Terri breathed on her own.
Charles would have required dialysis equipment to remain alive … Terri did not require such treatment.
Terri Schiavo simply needed feeding equipment and care to sustain life. That’s all.2,3
The bottom line is that Charles DeLay’s sad experience was nothing like a “Schiavo-like” situation.
Franken has misrepresented a family tragedy to forge a mean-spirited political and personal attack.
Notes:
1 Alan Skorski, Pants on Fire: How Al Franken Lies, Smears, and Deceives (Nashville: WND Books, 2005), p. 283. The audio is at http://www.airamericaplace.com/upload/aaof032805.mp3.
2 “DeLay Said Agreed Not to Extend Dad’s Life,” ABCNews/AP, March 27, 2005. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=617584.
3 “L.A. Times Smears Tom DeLay on Father’s Death,” NewsMax magazine, May 2005, p. 25.
izoneguy on July 2, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Is there a way we can get Minnesota to secede? There has got to be some vacant land somewhere between China and N Korea.
Bulldogger on July 2, 2009 at 9:58 PM
I was never a fan of Al Franken. I found him to be obnoxious but when I read an article regarding Franken writing a column about sex, which included a joke about his 12-year-old son researching a report, on bestiality, and using the Internet “to download some effective visual aids”, I was horrified and felt physically ill. The man is an abomination.
To read “The Hill” article Google: Sex writing by Franken cited in race by Aaron Blake
sinsing on July 2, 2009 at 9:59 PM
I cannot wait for Senator Franken getting probbed on Meet The Press. I’m sure he’ll put on his serious face.
myrenovations on July 2, 2009 at 10:00 PM
He will fit right in…how many clowns will they get in that car?
d1carter on July 2, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Senator Stuart Smalley.
marybel on July 2, 2009 at 10:02 PM
He should be subjected to the Jesse Ventura test:
1. Does he believe that 9/11 was an inside job?
2. Does he believe that Bush and Cheney should be tried for war crimes?
If the answer is no to either or both questions, would he be willing to go on record criticizing the former governor of Minnesota for his extreme views? Otherwise, one may be tempted to conclude that Al Franken is a 9/11 Truther and wants to prosecute the former administration.
EMD on July 2, 2009 at 10:03 PM
William Amos on July 2, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Good post. Not surprising to see a Franken/ACORN connection. I feel for Ms. Ezeka because she’s having trouble due to a parent’s expensive illness – sad. However, the story is instructive because it is an example of the left lumping people like her alongside the hapless rubes who bit off more house than they could chew. Thus, the “housing crisis” seems even larger. Typical twisting of the data.
KS Rex on July 2, 2009 at 10:05 PM
You bet. I’ll move to southern China while you get to rest easy in the arms of Ogabe and Franken (he’s a senator so he has to stay behind).
The way things are going, you might envy me in my new home.
Bishop on July 2, 2009 at 10:06 PM
Dead people and non-existent people can be very dumb.
Lanceman on July 2, 2009 at 10:08 PM
What makes you believe we would allow you in?
Bishop on July 2, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Prediction: In 2014 he wins 65% of the vote. That is how stupid America has become.
angryed on July 2, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Six months in to the Age of Obama and we can already joke (or be serious) about moving to China as a better alternative. That’s sad.
myrenovations on July 2, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Here is what he thinks about 9-11:
http://frankenlies.com/truth/minneapolis.htm
On page 40 of The Truth, Franken writes,
“Could 9/11 have been prevented? We’ll never really know … Washington might have found out about … the FBI agent who tried to warn HQ that Zacarias Moussaoui might ‘take control of a plane and fly it into the World Trade Center’.”
Franken implements some crafty semantics and quotation marks to leave his readers with the false impression that a Minneapolis FBI agent warned about a possible attack on the World Trade Center.
The truth is that the agent’s remark reflected his grave concern that Moussaoui was a potential danger. Instead of “the World Trade Center,” the agent could easily have said “The Washington Monument” or “Los Angeles airport.” Quite simply, the agent had no foreknowledge of any impending attack. #1 In addition, there is substantial evidence that even many of the hijackers were unaware of their actual mission on September 11. #2
Franken has misled his readers.
Notes:
1 The Report of the Joint Inquiry Into the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 – By the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released in full to the public in July 2003, addressed this episode (emphasis added):
“On August 27 [2001], the RFU [Radical Fundamentalist Unit] agent told the Minneapolis supervisor that the supervisor was getting people ‘spun up’ over Moussaoui. According to his notes and his statement to the Joint Inquiry, the supervisor replied that he was trying to get people at FBI Headquarters ‘spun up’ because he was trying to make sure that Moussaoui ‘did not take control of a plane and fly it into the World Trade Center.’ The Minneapolis agent said that the Headquarters agent told him:
[T]hat’s not going to happen. We don’t know he’s a terrorist. You don’t have enough to show he is a terrorist. You have a guy interested in this type of aircraft – that is it.
“[On August 28, the RFU agent edited, and returned to Minneapolis for comment, the request for a FISA Court order that Minneapolis had prepared. The RFU agent told the Joint Inquiry that it was not unusual for FBI Headquarters agents to make changes to field submissions. The major substantive change was removal of information that tried to make connections between the Chechen rebels and al-Qa’ida. After the edit was complete, the RFU agent briefed the FBI Deputy General Counsel, who told the Joint Inquiry that he agreed with the agent that there was insufficient information to show that Moussaoui was an agent of a foreign power].”
There is quite a difference is someone expressing a concern (“trying to make sure”) and issuing a warning (“[trying] to warn”).
See pages 322-323 at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/creports/pdf/part3.pdf.
2 For more on this, see the recommended book: Richard Miniter, Disinformation: 22 Media Myths That Undermine the War on Terror (Washington D.C.: Regnery, 2005), pp. 50-51.
izoneguy on July 2, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Franken won’t last one term. He will get bored & quit.
izoneguy on July 2, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Maybe th-there’s some pretzels i-in the bar car.
Lanceman on July 2, 2009 at 10:15 PM
This is a sincere question for Minnesotans or anyone who knows. Franken is married. Who is his wife? Does he have any kids? Wiki doesn’t have much. Where does Franken live in MN? Just askin’ Seriously, I’d like to know.
Cody1991 on July 2, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Meh
Just another Dem who doesn’t pay his taxes. It’s a Lib thing.
BacaDog on July 2, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Actually, no. I’d expect the Angry Clown’s negatives to be much higher. When that other 22% gets to know this dickeater, they will be.
Jaibones on July 2, 2009 at 10:19 PM
On the bright side, of all the Libs to be identified as the 60th Senate vote… this guy is a gift for the Conservatives.
mjbrooks3 on July 2, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Congratulations Rick.
You are what I would call a prudent homeowner.
Unfortunately… with all the bailouts… all the people still paying mortgages honestly are suckers.
Chaz706 on July 2, 2009 at 10:22 PM
He may not quit, but he will certainly get bored and/or frustrated with the whole “job” thing. Has he ever really worked for a living?
Senators can get away with doing very little, but even the Minnesotans who voted for him may not be thrilled if he’s obviously lazy. I don’t like Amy Klobuchar much, but she seems to work hard enough.
Wait a minute, what am I talking about, it’s not like Obama did a damn thing as a Senator and look where he is.
Missy on July 2, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Is that even possible?
James on July 2, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Interestingly, 17% of the 34 percent who have a favorable view of Franken are the Lizard People.
KS Rex on July 2, 2009 at 10:23 PM
President Al Franken.
*suddenly experiences a severe bout of claustrophobia*
Bishop on July 2, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Yeah. I’d leave the country immediately if that happened, and I’m not the “I’m leaving the country if…” type.
Missy on July 2, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Yes he does. He’s one of the best liars there is and he didn’t bother to pay tens of thousands of dollars in taxes. For a Dem that there is major “governing experience”
Dave_d on July 2, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Sadly, Franken is a fitting representative of a congress that has reached a pathetic low in serious dedication, patriotism, intelligence, competence and integrity.
Star20 on July 2, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Hey look…. Corky from ‘Life Goes On’ became a US Senator !
“Ahhhhhhh, I can do it !”
Cheers !
Kenny Solomon
Locked and loaded in South Flori-duh.
E T Cartman on July 2, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Franken. Dodd. Spector. Reid. Buress.
The Democrats better crank out the ACORN/SEIU fundraising machine.
TN Mom on July 2, 2009 at 10:38 PM
I don’t think there could be anything more satisfying than hearing Rush rip on his election.
Terry Silver on July 2, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Take every opportunity to show the picture of Al Frankendofus in his diaper with the bunny ears.
Truly a valid portrait of this dunce!
TennDon on July 2, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Good point. I forgot about that. It’s Dem “Street Cred” stuff. Ask Rangel, Dodd, Frank, et al. Gives them credibility with with the losers they represent.
Most people vote with their pocketbooks. Dem voters vote with our pocketbooks.
It really says something when one sells one soul to rape honest people for the benefit of slugs. That is the Democrat party.
BTW, Congratulations, MN You’re a blight on the country. Try to get your act together ASAP.
Cody1991 on July 2, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Franken’s PORN-O-RAMA JOKES about R A P E were beyond the pale.
Yeah Al, your oh-so-cool and sophisticated Upper East Side supporters agree with your sick belief that it’s a really funny, albeit campy topic. Your mocking the victims of this most vile crime speaks volumes as to your, and your backers’ intelligence. Cum laude from Harvard …. big deal … so frickin’ what? What did you major in? …. Sexual perversion? I guess that’s part of the “General Studies” (aka GED) curriculum.
You’re a PIG Franken. And the same holds true for all those stupid ditz Minnesota skanks that voted for the likes of you. What a disgrace and slap in the face to our founding fathers and the huge sacrifices they made to secure our freedom. It’s a shame that dummies like you and dimwits like your ignorant followers are squandering it all away.
StimulateTHIS on July 2, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Get used to it!
mycowardice on July 2, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Actually AA only has 1 Minnesota station, in Brainerd on a graveyard AM frequency (1270).
Del Dolemonte on July 2, 2009 at 10:46 PM
StimulateTHIS on July 2, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Yeah. I want to see AP take on Franken as he did Palin. Let’s see the mockery and endless posts about how everyone (who has average intelligence) must realize that Palin is a travesty.
Go for it AP. Turn your Beta Male wrath on a real clown, a joke, a loser, someone who should make anyone ashamed to say he deserves a place in the senate.
I’d like to hear something from Ed as well.
Cody1991 on July 2, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Sounds like the average American knows vote fraud when they see it.
Vashta.Nerada on July 2, 2009 at 11:07 PM
I recall him being interviewed on the radio once. He kept referrring to how stupid conservatives are, along with his other arrogant and egotistical banter, none of which was funny. They guy is utterly repulsive, sort of like a reptile who keeps sticking his tongue out at you.
NNtrancer on July 2, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Why do people vote for Obama? Why is Pelosi still in office? Why are there liberals at all?
These are all questions with a…similar answer.
Aronne on July 2, 2009 at 11:16 PM
I know that the United States’ official policy is not to negotiate with terrorists. But what if we offered the 250 Guantanamo enemy combatants and Al Franken to Iran, Syria and Pakistan in a straight up deal? That would be one hell of a diplomatic coup for us.
bigjacket on July 2, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Can someone please explain to me what the problem is with Minnesotans?
It’s more than just this guy. They’re the same folks who happily imported over 70,000 7th-Century savages from Somalia.
I don’t get it. They’re Midwesterners, aren’t they?
guntotinglibertarian on July 2, 2009 at 11:37 PM
Anyone remember Pete Tagliani?
Before the decade of Al Franken
sixstringer on July 2, 2009 at 11:39 PM
A lot of people either don’t know who he is, or just recognize his name as “some guy who used to be on SNL.”
Daggett on July 2, 2009 at 11:52 PM
Why is anybody saying to give this guy a chance? He barely won the election in Minnesota, and Minnesota is, to me, teetering on being a Democratic state or is already there. Really? I mean seriously. The guy’s a joke. Even the Dem voters saw through that, as did his primary opponent. It’s sad that they even elected this guy in the primaries to begin with. I would have been fine with the other guy considering how much of a pr**k this guy is.
NathanG on July 3, 2009 at 12:00 AM
YEAH! Get used to it! Get used to him making a fool of himself on the Senate floor and McCain kicking his ass old-school style. After reading “Worth the Fighting For,” I’d say McCain would be willing to get physical if A-Hole Franken gets in his face.
NathanG on July 3, 2009 at 12:05 AM
Got to love the wishful thinking. Why is there so much hyperventilating with Al Franken being a senator?
mycowardice on July 3, 2009 at 12:13 AM
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