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No Joke: Al Franken for President? (BIG joke!)
National Journal ^ | 02/05/17 | Josh Kraushaar

Posted on 02/07/2017 8:36:16 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway

l Franken isn’t a punch line in the Sen­ate any­more. He’s emerged as one of the Demo­crats’ most ag­gress­ive and ef­fect­ive ques­tion­ers of Pres­id­ent Trump’s Cab­in­et nom­in­ees. He’s gen­er­ated nu­mer­ous made-for-TV clips as one of the few Demo­crats will­ing to go full-bore against his party’s top tar­gets—Jeff Ses­sions, Tom Price, and Betsy De­Vos. He’s fi­nally show­ing some per­son­al­ity in the Sen­ate, punc­tu­ated by his laugh-out-loud ex­change with En­ergy Sec­ret­ary-des­ig­nate Rick Perry. And he’ll be one of nine Demo­crats on the Ju­di­ciary Com­mit­tee ques­tion­ing Trump’s Su­preme Court nom­in­ee, Neil Gor­such. This is Al Franken’s mo­ment in the spot­light, and if he chooses, he could par­lay his good for­tune in­to a bid for the pres­id­ency in 2020.


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To: AngelesCrestHighway

This is brilliant. The left still has not learned form when they lost the house, then they lost the Senate on the next election, and now they lose the White House at the next election.

Keep going liberals t the whacko left as this winning is so good.


21 posted on 02/07/2017 8:50:57 AM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

You want a Napoleon complex narcissist, he’s your man. It would be hard to find a less deserving man who thinks as highly of himself as this a-hole.


22 posted on 02/07/2017 8:52:49 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: RummyChick

I think we should all encourage Franken to run in 2020

I tend to agree...This Ass clown would be perfect! Just goes to show how far off the reservation the whack left is headed.


23 posted on 02/07/2017 8:52:57 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Anyone who has appeared in diapers on tv has no chance at the presidency.


24 posted on 02/07/2017 8:53:00 AM PST by buffaloguy
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

They’re gonna need a car with a really big trunk to pull that one off.


25 posted on 02/07/2017 8:54:11 AM PST by Stosh
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

I wouldn’t laugh. I’d take this very seriously. If laugh it off, just like the Democrats did with Trump, Franken could sneak in. Especially if the Democrats are successful at smearing Trump to make him severely unpopular.


26 posted on 02/07/2017 8:55:49 AM PST by Angels27
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To: laweeks

I remember that...did this Franken loon use to be a ‘comedian’ or something like that??? He hasn’t changed has he!!!


27 posted on 02/07/2017 8:56:11 AM PST by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: Army Air Corps

28 posted on 02/07/2017 8:56:38 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Diaper wearing lunatic for pres, great idea!


29 posted on 02/07/2017 8:57:10 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie ( Agenda driven news is fake news.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Franken is the poster boy for why the Democrats need voter fraud and illegal immigration to win elections.


30 posted on 02/07/2017 8:57:17 AM PST by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: RummyChick

Frankenstein 2020!


31 posted on 02/07/2017 8:58:27 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie ( Agenda driven news is fake news.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

PLEEEEEEEAAAAAAAASSSSSSSEEEEEE RUN AL FRANKEN!!!!!


32 posted on 02/07/2017 8:59:45 AM PST by Mr. K ( Trump kicked her ass 2-to-1 if you remove all the voter fraud.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie; All

Al Franken and Jill Stein!

Franken/Stein 2020

(hee hee... I made a funny)


33 posted on 02/07/2017 9:01:01 AM PST by Mr. K ( Trump kicked her ass 2-to-1 if you remove all the voter fraud.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

He would never live down his SNL days. Too many pictures out there.


34 posted on 02/07/2017 9:03:05 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Just ask him. He’ll **tell** you that he’s good enough, smart enough, and, gosh darn it, people LIKE him.

Yeah, right. . . .


35 posted on 02/07/2017 9:03:18 AM PST by Salgak (You're in Strange Hands with Tom Stranger. . . .)
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To: UCANSEE2
I agree with you. Had Al Franken been on the Democratic ticket this year and the Republicans had nominated their usual McCain/Romney/Dole type candidate, he just might have won the presidency.

There are also many of us making the assumption that the 2020 ticket will feature Trump again and that Pence will then be a lock in 2024 and 2028. While I would love 16 years of Trump/Pence, I'm certainly not going to count on it. I can't even remember the last time or if we ever had 8 years of one president and then 8 years of the former president's VP serving as president. The Reagan/Bush ticket almost pulled off 16 years but not quite. I guess some would say Roosevelt/Truman but remember that Truman was added to the ticket in 1944 after Roosevelt had already served three terms with others. Then Truman was only elected to one full term.

Point being is that with Trump's victory in 2016, anything can happen going forward. We are going to see more non-establishment or non-traditional presidential candidates.

36 posted on 02/07/2017 9:03:27 AM PST by SamAdams76
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

They need to start storing fraudulent ballots in car trunks now.

Can’t wait for the diaper clad posters.


37 posted on 02/07/2017 9:03:51 AM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: CJ Wolf

He'd be following in good company.


38 posted on 02/07/2017 9:04:42 AM PST by C210N
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To: Mr. K

That is good. I will look up Jill; no doubt she is famous.


39 posted on 02/07/2017 9:06:25 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie ( Agenda driven news is fake news.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

I hope he picks Jill Stein as his VP


40 posted on 02/07/2017 9:08:13 AM PST by dixie1202
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