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Scalia Gives Franken Some Air (chides Franken like a schoolboy over rude & clumsy questions)
NY Post ^ | November 23, 2005 | Richard Johnson

Posted on 11/23/2005 9:29:08 AM PST by dead

AL Franken found out the hard way not to mess with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who chided Franken as if he were a delinquent schoolboy at Time Warner Center on Monday night…

When Pearlstine opened the floor for Q&A, Franken stood up in the back row and started talking about "judicial demeanor" and asking "hypothetically" about whether a judge should recuse himself if he had gone duck-hunting or flown in a private jet with a party in a case before his court.

Franken was clumsily referring to the fact that Scalia had gone hunting and flying with Dick Cheney before the 2000 election.

First, Scalia lectured Franken, "Demeanor is the wrong word. You mean ethics." Then he explained, "Ethics is governed by tradition. It has never been the case where you recuse because of friendship."

Time Warner chairman Dick Parsons later told PAGE SIX: "Al was not quite ready for prime time." Franken was a "Not Ready for Prime Time Player" on "Saturday Night Live" long before he began hosting a radio show on Air America.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: alfranken; beeyotchslap; franken; pwn3d; retort; scalia
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1 posted on 11/23/2005 9:29:10 AM PST by dead
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To: dead

Not a very even Battle-of-Wits.


2 posted on 11/23/2005 9:31:16 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: dead
Franken was a "Not Ready for Prime Time Player" on "Saturday Night Live" long before he began hosting a radio show on Air America.

He sucked then, he sucks now.

3 posted on 11/23/2005 9:31:17 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: dead

LOL......great posting.


4 posted on 11/23/2005 9:32:13 AM PST by indcons (A Happy Thanksgiving to my FRiends and their families.)
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To: dead

Note to Franken: Never bring spitballs to a gunfight.


5 posted on 11/23/2005 9:32:55 AM PST by LIConFem (A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
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To: dead
An Al Franken spanking "Waaaaaaaaaaaah...sniff... sniff"

LOL!
6 posted on 11/23/2005 9:33:15 AM PST by demlosers
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To: dead

Al Franken would have a better chance of Kicking Warren Sapp's behind then of winning a debate with Scalia.


8 posted on 11/23/2005 9:33:24 AM PST by Rippin
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To: dead; Mo1; Howlin; Peach; BeforeISleep; kimmie7; 4integrity; BigSkyFreeper; RandallFlagg; ...

Oooooooooooooooooh I hope this is coming to C-span!!


9 posted on 11/23/2005 9:33:47 AM PST by OXENinFLA
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To: LIConFem

Yeah...but if Franken took a gun to a gun fight he would end up shooting himself.... not that many would be opposed to that... but I digress...Guns in the wrong hands are a dangerous thing... :)


10 posted on 11/23/2005 9:34:32 AM PST by Americanwolf (Support the Minutemen Civil Defense Corp...Doing the Job our government won't !)
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To: All
Another tidbit from today’s Page Six in the NY Post:

Teresa: Bag Hag
November 23, 2005

THE salesgirls at Hermes found out what a pain Teresa Heinz Kerry can be. According to our spy, "Teresa had the bag department cornered. She was mak ing the poor girls bring her every bag. Every time another customer wanted to see a bag, she had to see it first. They were harried by her demands." When our operative asked to see a bag, one salesgirl told her, "Please. Go to the second floor."

11 posted on 11/23/2005 9:34:49 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: dead

An adult vs a posturing post-adolescent...


12 posted on 11/23/2005 9:35:06 AM PST by ArmyTeach (Pray daily for our troops...)
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To: dead

Al Franken: The poster boy for liberal retardation.


13 posted on 11/23/2005 9:35:28 AM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: dead

is this the entire article? if not, could you please post it so we don't have to register with the NY Post to read it.


14 posted on 11/23/2005 9:35:28 AM PST by d-informed-1 (i'm not very smart, so don't hold my thoughts against me)
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15 posted on 11/23/2005 9:35:39 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: martin_fierro

Al Franken is a Douche bag.


16 posted on 11/23/2005 9:36:05 AM PST by Vaquero ("I'm no Jack Kennedy")
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To: dead
Franken thought he could take on Scalia??? Truly, the man is dumber than I thought!
17 posted on 11/23/2005 9:36:24 AM PST by KamperKen
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The funny thing is, I'll bet the DUmmies are running victory laps over this today, crowing about how Franken got into Scalia's face and "spoke truth to power." They're so cataclysmically stupid that they won't understand just how hard their village idiot got slapped down.
18 posted on 11/23/2005 9:36:40 AM PST by CFC__VRWC ("Anytime a liberal squeals in outrage, an angel gets its wings!" - gidget7)
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To: dead

Note to AL Franken, don't bring a blow-dryer to a shoot out! Franken ended up like the bad guys with holes in their heads in the old Dick Tracy comics.


19 posted on 11/23/2005 9:37:25 AM PST by RicocheT
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is this the entire article? if not, could you please post it so we don't have to register with the NY Post to read it.

This is not the complete article.

The NY Post is on FR’s “must excerpt” list.

20 posted on 11/23/2005 9:37:53 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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