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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.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: alfranken; beeyotchslap; franken; pwn3d; retort; scalia
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To: dead

21 posted on 11/23/2005 9:38:05 AM PST by demlosers
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To: Americanwolf
"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."

Opposed?? I'd pay good money to see that! In fact, I'd bet DirectTV could make a fortune carrying the event on Pay-Per-View.
23 posted on 11/23/2005 9:38:55 AM PST by LIConFem (A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
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To: dead

Well I have to give him his due. At least Al proved one thing. He may not be ready for prime time but he certainly exceeds the standards esatblished to be a DemocRAT US Senator. I assume he did not stagger, drool, forget his own name, lose important billing records or plagerize the question in his back bench "demeanor".


24 posted on 11/23/2005 9:39:30 AM PST by rod1
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To: Semper Paratus

Al Franken believing that he is capable of debating Justice Scalia?

Think about it.

The foundation for the intensity of liberalism is conceit. These people THINK they're smarter than others. Their rhetorical reactive armor protects them from reason and learning. They should try studying "ethics" for a change instead of party rhetoric.


25 posted on 11/23/2005 9:39:31 AM PST by Loud Mime (Bad Lawmakers = Bad Law = Infinite Lawyers)
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To: Borax Queen
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."

Laura Ingraham talked about this this a.m. on her program; it was a riot to listen to hearing about how stoooopid Franken is...as if he has the smarts or ability to take on Scalia.

26 posted on 11/23/2005 9:39:40 AM PST by nicmarlo
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To: dead

One can imagine Franken afterwards, smoking a bone with his Air America buddies, telling them, "Boy, I really told him off!!!"


27 posted on 11/23/2005 9:41:12 AM PST by Fintan (One of these days I'll tell you what I really think.)
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To: rod1
I assume he did not stagger, drool, forget his own name, lose important billing records or plagerize the question in his back bench "demeanor".

Now all he's got to do is promise not to flee DC with his tail between his legs when DHS raises the terror alert level, and the poeple of Minnesota will make him their senator.

28 posted on 11/23/2005 9:41:29 AM PST by CFC__VRWC ("Anytime a liberal squeals in outrage, an angel gets its wings!" - gidget7)
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To: Loud Mime
Al Franken believing that he is capable of debating Justice Scalia?

He came to the battlefield unarmed.

29 posted on 11/23/2005 9:41:55 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: Vaquero
" "I think I got under his skin a little," Franken humbly told us."

OH PLEEASSSEEEEEEEE!!!!!! That must be Frankenese spin for I got Byetch Slapped hard and want to cry to mommy... Franken is even more deranged then I thought.

30 posted on 11/23/2005 9:42:01 AM PST by Americanwolf (Support the Minutemen Civil Defense Corp...Doing the Job our government won't !)
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To: Semper Paratus

Franken came to a battle of the wits unarmed.


31 posted on 11/23/2005 9:42:11 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: Vaquero; dead

thanks!


32 posted on 11/23/2005 9:42:25 AM PST by d-informed-1 (i'm not very smart, so don't hold my thoughts against me)
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To: LIConFem

I knew there was a market out there for it.... :)


33 posted on 11/23/2005 9:42:57 AM PST by Americanwolf (Support the Minutemen Civil Defense Corp...Doing the Job our government won't !)
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To: dead

I wonder if the Scalia-Franken exchange was captured on film...I'd love to see it.


34 posted on 11/23/2005 9:43:21 AM PST by T. Buzzard Trueblood (left unchecked, Saddam Hussein...will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons." Sen. Hillary Clinton)
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To: evets
A new word for the FR dictionary:

pwned!

35 posted on 11/23/2005 9:43:23 AM PST by freedomson (Tagline comment removed by moderator)
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To: dead

LOL...........


36 posted on 11/23/2005 9:44:51 AM PST by shield (The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
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To: Semper Paratus

Not even close! I just love this. I heard it being talked about on the radio this morning and it's one of those times ya just wish ya coulda been there!


37 posted on 11/23/2005 9:45:53 AM PST by Paved Paradise
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To: Americanwolf

Speaking of that, there was some tv sitcom with Fanken on it with G. Gordon Liddy in a guest appearance. Franken was given a revolver as an award for something (all this was on the show and not real) and was goofing around with it and accidentally discharged it and shot Liddy in the arm (grazing wound). Liddy stomped over and snatched it out of Franken's hands calling him a stupid liberal moron who should NEVER have a gun.

That was the only episode I ever watched and that was because the G-man was on it.


38 posted on 11/23/2005 9:47:17 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: Paved Paradise

Love to see Franken follow this up with a question to Rumsfeld then Cheney.


39 posted on 11/23/2005 9:47:52 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: martin_fierro

Unlike John Belushi, Dan Ackroyd, and Bill Murray, Al never BECAME ready for prime time. (Back when he had that comedy partner? I used to wonder if they were homosexual lovers.)


40 posted on 11/23/2005 9:48:27 AM PST by Great Caesars Ghost (Who says we're going to win the War On Terror? We can still lose this war.)
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