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Al Franken visits troops in Baghdad - tells them they are losing the war (USO tour entertainer)
self ^ | 20DEC06 | tongue-tied

Posted on 12/19/2006 3:58:45 PM PST by tongue-tied

Al Franken couldn't resist spouting anti-war rhetoric during a scheduled USO tour at Camp Victory, Iraq.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alfranken; baghdad; campvictory; franken; liberalidiot
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To: atomicpossum
"I'm not surprised that Franken would visit troops fighting in Iraq. I'm only surprised he'd visit the ones on OUR side."

Now that is the posting of the day! Well done and worth repeating!

41 posted on 12/19/2006 4:34:05 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
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To: tongue-tied

Just wait till it's Senator Franken...


42 posted on 12/19/2006 4:34:15 PM PST by Minus_The_Bear
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To: tongue-tied; Ragtime Cowgirl

Good news is needed again


43 posted on 12/19/2006 4:34:16 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. Rozerem commercials give me nightmares)
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To: tongue-tied

Rats-Word will get out tongue-tied.Shame on him.


44 posted on 12/19/2006 4:34:42 PM PST by fatima
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To: pabianice; tongue-tied
I'll need confirmation before I believe this. Even for Franken this is a stretch.

Tongue-tied is there at Camp Victory.

The word of one of our armed forces is good enough for me. It's a heck of a lot more reliable than the trash the media puts out about Iraq.

45 posted on 12/19/2006 4:35:31 PM PST by Allegra (Vote Dulcie / Finbar 2008)
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To: Gone_Postal
I don't doubt franken said this what I do doubt is franken going to Iraq

Al Franken goes to entertain the Iraqi troops, while bashing them at home, because he can use the cheer line on his radio program that he cares about the troops in his entertaining activities. His USO visits just serve as a cheer line for him. He cares nothing for the troops.

Read "Pants on Fire" for the explanation of his visits.

46 posted on 12/19/2006 4:35:45 PM PST by Stepan12 (Mark Steyn: "We are all spaniards now.")
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To: Txsleuth
Not sure if anyone was recording or even taking pics. "No bags or cameras allowed, weapons required" is the norm. They may have allowed them as there were celebrities.

But this wasn't part of the show or anything, they were just eating so I don't know.
47 posted on 12/19/2006 4:36:05 PM PST by tongue-tied
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To: tongue-tied

I just emailed this to my son in Basra...is Franken heading down there I wonder?


48 posted on 12/19/2006 4:36:12 PM PST by mystery-ak (My Son, My Soldier, My Hero........God Speed Jonathan......)
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To: tongue-tied
Franken has always been a jerk who doesn't understand why people don't think he's funny when he insults people

A sign of a typical liberal
49 posted on 12/19/2006 4:36:42 PM PST by Mo1 (Thank You Mr & Mrs "I'm gonna teach you a lesson" Voter ... you just screwed us on so many levels)
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To: kellynla
Take it as you deem fitting.

And it wasn't *me* that hired this jerk for a USO tour. Whoever did that needs to have his head examined.
50 posted on 12/19/2006 4:37:55 PM PST by tongue-tied
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To: Delta 21
According to the Puffington Host the dimbulb is there on a USO tour and it wouldn't surprise me at all if he said those things. You can find the USO at uso.org.
51 posted on 12/19/2006 4:38:32 PM PST by KarinG1 (Opinions expressed in this post are my own and do not necessarily represent those of sane people.)
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To: Allegra

Hey, Allegra...good to see you.

Has that idiot Franked come around your neighborhood???

If he does, I would LOVE it if you could give him a message from the Freepers.

I would tell you what I think the message should be...but, Jim might ban me!!! LOL


52 posted on 12/19/2006 4:39:41 PM PST by Txsleuth (Bolton/Cheney (that would be Lynne) 08)
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To: Allegra
Yeah dammit! Where was my civilian buddy who could have gotten away with a confrontation when I needed her? (j/k - you're taking a well deserved break)

I'm telling you--I almost blew a vessel while he was telling me this. Had to go out and smoke. 4 of 'em!
53 posted on 12/19/2006 4:40:45 PM PST by tongue-tied
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68; 4butnomorethan30characters; MagUSNRET; Knitting A Conundrum; pinz-n-needlez; ...

PING


54 posted on 12/19/2006 4:41:41 PM PST by Txsleuth (Bolton/Cheney (that would be Lynne) 08)
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To: tongue-tied
Here is recent story about Al Franken on a USO tour in Kuwait and Iraq.

Al Franken delivers message and entertainment for deployed troops

So he is over there. I don't find it hard to believe that he would act as if he knew it all, even to military personnel who were living it day to day.

55 posted on 12/19/2006 4:41:54 PM PST by Dan Cooper
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To: KarinG1

That article was older than I thought. It said 11-18. When I first read it I thought I saw a 12.


56 posted on 12/19/2006 4:41:59 PM PST by KarinG1 (Opinions expressed in this post are my own and do not necessarily represent those of sane people.)
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To: tongue-tied
Where was my civilian buddy who could have gotten away with a confrontation when I needed her?

Oh, I would have done it, too. I'd have probably been dragged out of that chow hall, but if I had witnessed that, I'd have gone off all over that creep!

57 posted on 12/19/2006 4:43:44 PM PST by Allegra (Vote Dulcie / Finbar 2008)
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To: Delta 21
Where are those USO phone numbers and e-mail links??

Dunno. But <"www.uso.org"> is the website.
58 posted on 12/19/2006 4:43:51 PM PST by tongue-tied
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To: kellynla; tongue-tied
Any commander worth his weight in salt would have had Franken escorted off the base if Franken so much as uttered a syllable negative toward the troops.

Agreed. I hope Major Patience told this correctly, 'cuz this could get real big, real fast.

59 posted on 12/19/2006 4:44:07 PM PST by TankerKC (When I think about me, I touch myself.)
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To: pabianice

I'll vouch for tongue tied..

I've seen pictures with him and Allegra standing the in Green zone under the crossed simitars..

Pictures taken December 2006...


60 posted on 12/19/2006 4:45:08 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (All I want for Christmas is a new tag line.)
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