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Live, From the Left, It's... [Lying Liar Al Franken]
MSNBC/Newsweek ^
| 3/29/04
| Weston Kosova
Posted on 03/21/2004 6:29:20 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
March 29 issue - Al Franken is eating a sandwichdemolishing it, reallyblissfully unaware of the barrage of wet, sticky mouth sounds he's sending into the microphone that hangs in front of his face. It's the third day of recorded rehearsals for Franken's daily radio show on Air America, a left-leaning, all-talk network that launches next week, and he's trying to choke down a quick lunch during the few minutes of commercials between segments. On the other side of the studio desk, the show's cohost, Franken's friend and radio pro Katherine Lanpher, is experiencing every note of the gastric symphony. She shoots him an amused, exasperated look. "Bet you're glad you didn't have the chips," she deadpans. It isn't the first time Franken has broken a cardinal rule of radio. "I tried to tell him yesterday he can't eat on the air." She laughs. "Listeners don't want to hear... that."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alfranken; bucktoothedmoron; liberalmediabias; liberaltalkradio; lyingliar
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Lying Liar (and fat, bucktoothed moron) Al Franken, displaying a severe case of jumpsuit envy. :)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
"I tried to tell him yesterday he can't eat on the air."One of the grossest things imaginable is listening on the phone to someone chewing food on the other end of the line.
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posted on
03/21/2004 6:32:37 AM PST
by
syriacus
(Kerry abandoned the children of Southeast Asia. HE made it seem our GIs died in vain.)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Now
this is funny Al
Al, I knew Mike Duakakis,
I served with Mike Duakakis,
Al,you're no Mike Dukakis
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posted on
03/21/2004 6:34:50 AM PST
by
Rome2000
(Foreign leaders for Kerry!!!!!)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
This liberal radio network will have a brief burst of near-success, due to hype and curiousity, and then fade.
The reason? Their core audience already has NPR, CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, etc., etc. They don't have any reason to switch to Franken and his group of fellow amateurs.
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
The next, he might launch into one of his characters, like Liam the Loose- Boweled Leprechaun (don't ask), who is, depending on your stomach, either achingly funny or stunningly juvenile. Hmmm. I'm guessing...the latter?
At a black-tie dinner in Washington last spring, Franken says, Karl Rove ribbed him for standing when the president entered the room. But Rove remembers it differently. Franken, he says, came over to him and said, "I'm Al Franken. I hate you and you hate me." Rove says he was taken aback. "I said, 'I haven't met you. You seem like a nice enough fellow, sorry to disappoint you but I don't hate you'."
Brrr. Self-important and creepy.
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posted on
03/21/2004 6:39:07 AM PST
by
prion
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
But Franken is lost in his thoughts. Understandably. It'd be virgin territory for him, after all.
He says, with total sincerity, that he is thinking about running for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota in 2008 [...] Hillary Clinton has agreed to give him pointers.
Yeah. "Don't end up making the same mistake that Vince Foster did, fat boy." :)
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posted on
03/21/2004 6:41:00 AM PST
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
(I feel more and more like a revolted Charlton Heston, witnessing ape society for the very first time)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
"I'm Al Franken," he says, "and you're listening to 'The O'Franken Factor'Franken can't even introduce his own show without alluding to one of the most popular TV shows.
Franken is much like Kerry.
All that they know how to do, is rebel against the adults in charge. They contribute little to important discussions other than criticism.
On 9/7/03 Prankin' Al Franken said to H. Kurtz---"My letter to Ashcroft was not a lie...it was a prank."
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posted on
03/21/2004 6:42:19 AM PST
by
syriacus
(Kerry abandoned the children of Southeast Asia. HE made it seem our GIs died in vain.)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
LOL!
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posted on
03/21/2004 6:44:32 AM PST
by
Saundra Duffy
(For victory & freedom!!!)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Just what the DFL needs. Another Wellstone Funeral.
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
I look at Al Franken, at his face particularly, and am struck by the impression that he might be suffering from profound and untreated bipolar disorder.
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posted on
03/21/2004 6:49:30 AM PST
by
King Prout
(You may disagree with what I have to say... but I will defend to YOUR death MY right to say it.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
For some inexplicable reason: the words "Franken" and "funeral" mentioned in the same breath fill me with an ineffable sense of inner peace and contentment. :)
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posted on
03/21/2004 6:52:12 AM PST
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
(I feel more and more like a revolted Charlton Heston, witnessing ape society for the very first time)
To: Baynative
Progressive Insurance is one of them, any of you with a policy from the "Socialist" insurer should cancel at once!!!! You are supporting those who would defeat GW and freedom itself!!!
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posted on
03/21/2004 6:58:09 AM PST
by
Camel Joe
(Proud Uncle of a Fine Young Marine)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
The 3 of the 8 people listening to Al's show thought it was very good.
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posted on
03/21/2004 7:09:20 AM PST
by
Drango
(2 FReep is 2B)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
As the Gipper once said when Sandinistas fired a rocket at a planeload of news reporters, "...there's a little good in everyone."
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
...Limbaugh, is one of a handful of liberal celebs with shows on Air America. Comedian Lizz Winstead will host a program with rapper Chuck D. Comedian and actress Janeane Garofalo has her own three-hour slot in the evening. And these nobodies pass for "liberal celebs"? I've never heard of any of them except for Garofalo, and that's only because of her pacifist, anti-war outbursts a year ago.
This has the potential to lose many millions. Sponsers are likely to be hard to come by, aside from socialist outliers like Birkenstock and..., well, I can only think of Ben and Jerry's, but they're part of some multi-national conglomerate now. And you know this will be kept going through the election, no matter how much money it's losing.
To: Joe Bonforte
This has the potential to lose many millions. [...] And you know this will be kept going through the election, no matter how much money it's losing. Doesn't matter. I'm certain Soros has already agreed to quietly pick up the tab, if need be.
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posted on
03/21/2004 7:21:57 AM PST
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
(I feel more and more like a revolted Charlton Heston, witnessing ape society for the very first time)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
" The reason? " I think the reason is that leftist politics cant survive the critical analysis and the spirited open dialogue promoted by talk radio.
NPRs closed intellectual version has an audience, but it has to be both highbrow and closed to unedited listener comments. If its too emotionally charged, its unappealing. If its opened up for comments from people like you and me, its showed to be logically flawed. Al Franken cant do anything more than energize the Democrat base for the election.
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posted on
03/21/2004 7:22:04 AM PST
by
elfman2
To: syriacus
One of the grossest things imaginable is listening on the phone to someone chewing food on the other end of the line. Not even close. Today's Parade magazine had this little treat highlighted with a food article:
Sheila's Tip
To Clean Soft-Shell Crabs:
Leave the legs and claws on. Lay the crab flat on its stomach. Make a cut just below the eyes and, using scissors, remove the face. Lift the shell to remove the spongy gills and innards. Turn the crab over and cut off the tail flap or "apron." What is left is edible. Rinse and pat dry. Proceed with recipe.
Yum, yum.
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Al Franken is eating a sandwichdemolishing it, reallyblissfully unaware of the barrage of wet, sticky mouth sounds he's sending into the microphone that hangs in front of his face.
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posted on
03/21/2004 7:32:34 AM PST
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
(I feel more and more like a revolted Charlton Heston, witnessing ape society for the very first time)
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