No, to be really fair, you need a visit from the good Doctor:
Posted on 02/13/2006 9:03:55 AM PST by Mr. Brightside
Franken Says Cheney Shot Whittington “Just to Watch Him Die”
Posted by Noel Sheppard
February 13, 2006 - 10:04.
Remember back in October when Al Franken joked with David Letterman about Karl Rove and I. Lewis Libby being executed for treason? Well, Franken is at it again with a blog entry Sunday evening at the Huffington Post. This time, the target of his tasteless satire is Vice President Dick Cheney who accidentally shot his hunting partner on Saturday:
“Over the weekend, Vice President Dick Cheney shot a man in Texas. Asked why he shot the man, the Vice President said, ‘Just to watch him die.’"
Much like other members of the media, Franken saw a bizarre connection to a previously documented hunting trip that the vice president went on: “You know who's doing a ‘there but for the grace of God go I?; Scalia.”
Then, Franken painted a sophomoric picture of what would happen if Bush and Cheney went hunting:
“Now, I imagine that Cheney and the President have hunted together. What would have happened if Cheney had shot the President? I think if he shot Bush this way, Bush isn't 78 and he's in pretty good shape, and he's kinda macho. I think he would've gotten up and shot Cheney back. And I think they would've started blasting each other like in a Tarrantino [sic] movie.”
That’s some funny stuff, Al. Don’t quit your day job. Speaking of which, things must not be going well over at Hot Air America, as Franken has taken to spamming blogs to attract listeners:
“Anyway, be sure to listen to the Al Franken Show tomorrow - noon to three EST. And Vice President Cheney will be our special guest. And guess what? He's bringing his shotgun!”
Makes you wonder if they’re going to start paying kids to hang ads on doorknobs to get listeners much the way Dominos sells pizza. Of course, unlike Franken's comedic attempts, Dominos delivers.
if I was franken, I would do a parody song called 'cheney's got a gun' to the tune of 'janeys got a gun' by aerosmith
I bet DU is on fire today!
Yes it is.
And Franken wouldn't have EVER thought of it in his entire life if he hadn't seen Walk The Line.
Proven, once again, that liberals are primarily educated through hollywood and entertainment.
That was funny. A rare one for Al.
"I'd pay to see Franken sodomized by a shotgun... make it an 10 guage."
Okay...now that's just plain disturbing.
He is frequently funny, to me. He should stick with comedy.
Actually, I too think it's a funny joke---but like most of what comes out of Franken's mouth, its proper context would and should be something spoken to a small circle of friends. Franken can't distinguish between basically what should be offered in print or uttered in public, and what should be "kept to oneself". He is operating with the same anarchic abandon and energy as he did when a writer/performer on SNL. He's like a new media-acceptable version of Abbie Hoffman, of Yippie fame from the late 60s-early 70s.
No, to be really fair, you need a visit from the good Doctor:
I agree. The part about Bush getting back up and blasting Cheney was very funny.
Even so, Dick needs to be a little more careful.
I grew up around guns and still own quite a few today...brought my collection from Texas to California and don't want to sell any of them. They haven't been shot in quite some time and I have a feeling there's a mess inside that safe but I just don't have the time anymore.
You're exactly right!
The recent revelations of Cheney's ipod...
Maybe he's descended from whoever it was who was "so mean he once shot a man for snoring".
ROFL!!
Al's a comic genuis-I'll bet all ten of his radio listeners are rolling in the aisles with laughter.
"Richard Bruce Cheney, so ornery, he once shot a man just for snoring..."
Call now for your copy... Operators are standing by.
Pretty funny IMHO. Franken says it like it's a bad thing...
Franken's nuts.
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