[Matthew James]

This clown should be prosecuted for assault; he's just a thug!

He was concerned for someone's free speach?!? He obviously doesn't understand the concept!

Al Franken would make a great Nazi.

[Matthew James]

Ping...

[frithguild]

Just the guy you want to build a radio network around.

This is fabulous news.

[Lizavetta]

"I got down low and took his legs out," said Franken afterwards. Franken said he's not backing Dean but merely wanted to protect the right of people to speak freely.

But...but...but isn't that what the heckler was doing...speaking freely, Mr. Franken?

Typical brain-dead liberal.....free speech for me but not for thee.

[Consort]

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[OpusatFR]

"Franken emerged from the crowd and charged one male protester, grabbing him with a bear hug from behind and slamming him onto the floor."

Excuse me? That is absolutely unacceptable, thuggish, immature behavior. No matter what, no one should tolerate that sort of behavior.

[ChadGore]

[AdamSelene235]

"I got down low and took his legs out," said Franken afterwards.

"I was a wrestler so I used a wrestling move," Franken said.

Gee, it sounds like you just confessed to assault, Einstein.

[VRW Conspirator]

The tussle left Franken's trademark thick-rim glasses broken, but he said he was not injured.

And dog-gone-it, people like him!

[Riley]

I read the title and wondered who 'Dean Heckler' was. I figured that if Franken didn't like him, that was points in his favor.

[ChadGore]

"Vote for me, or I'll send Al Franken to raise a very
nasty welt that could well take days to heal"

[Argus]

Franken emerged from the crowd and charged one male protester, grabbing him with a bear hug from behind

The progressives' preferred attack position.

[NCPAC]

Sounds like it could be a publicity stunt set-up to me, at least in this case. What better whipping boy than the LaRouchies,..I mean they are nuts so its totally believable they'd begin heckling Howie or any of the other Dems.

I've been involved in countless campaigns on the local, state, and federal level - and these types of set-up occurences are not uncommon at speeches, rallys, and debates. The fracas becomes the story. Franken may be a fool, but he's no dummy.

[ChadGore]

Re: "I'm for freedom of speech"

Franken emerged from the crowd and charged one male protester, grabbing him with a bear hug from behind and slamming him onto the floor.

No wonder liberals like him support unions. They're thugs at heart. Hear someone saying something you don't like ? Beat them to a bloody pulp untill they submit.

Stalin would be proud.

[Mark]

Do NOT taunt 'Happy Fun Ball'.

[polemikos]

Al Franken would make a great Nazi.

I'm given to the impression that all Leftist true-believers would as well.

[HighWheeler]

Assault:
Law.
An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another.
The act or an instance of unlawfully threatening or attempting to injure another.

Battery:
Law.
The unlawful and unwanted touching or striking of one person by another, with the intention of bringing about a harmful or offensive contact.

Looks like he has both.

[axxmann]

Wish he would have tried that with me.

[neverdem]

I haven't read all the comments yet, but IIRC this constitutes assault and battery once you make contact. Making a credible threat like "I'm gonna beat your @ss" is simple assault. I hope AL doesn't have any liabilty insurance for this sort of thing.

[Howie66]

What do you want to bet that the "heckler" was a plant?

Dang, I wish that ol' lard ass would be in an area that I was in. I'd love to have that moron try to make a "wrestling" move on me.

[Ex-Dem]

You're only entitled to free speech if you're a liberal, of course. Or if you're an anti-government protestor (unless you happen to be protesting against a Democrat, that's a no-no).