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Comedian-turned-candidate Franken to pay $70K in back taxes
AP via SFGate ^ | 4/29/8 | PATRICK CONDON, Associated Press Writer

Posted on 04/29/2008 2:54:13 PM PDT by SmithL

Senate candidate Al Franken says he will pay about $70,000 in back income taxes in 17 states going back to 2003.

The Minnesota Democrat has been under attack by Republicans for failing to file tax returns in California for several years when the comedian-turned-candidate earned money there.

Franken tells The Associated Press he never intended to avoid paying taxes.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: corrptdems; erramerica; franken; liberals; mn2008; taxevasion

1 posted on 04/29/2008 2:54:13 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL

Wesley Snipes says Al can have the upper bunk.


2 posted on 04/29/2008 2:57:14 PM PDT by count-your-change (you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: SmithL
Ouch! In 17 states? Man, I live in just one and I paid my taxes this year.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

3 posted on 04/29/2008 2:58:23 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: SmithL

This is the only funny al franken joke I’ve ever heard!


4 posted on 04/29/2008 2:59:51 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: SmithL
and his Jaguar just got impounded for $900 worth of tickets...not a good day for Al - good, however, for everyone else
5 posted on 04/29/2008 3:03:08 PM PDT by maine-iac7 (Typical Gun-Toting, Jesus-Loving Gramma)
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To: SmithL
in 17 states going back to 2003.

Serial tax evader? How enlightened and progressive this so called comedian.

6 posted on 04/29/2008 3:03:38 PM PDT by A message
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To: count-your-change

Wesley must be royally PO’ed. Watch for the race card to be slapped down on the table. Again.


7 posted on 04/29/2008 3:06:35 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Who Would Montgomery Brewster Choose?)
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To: SmithL

Only little people pay taxes.


8 posted on 04/29/2008 3:10:14 PM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: A message

As my Dad told me 40 yrs ago....
A Democrat is somebody who wants to give your taxes to the poor and take credit for being generous.


9 posted on 04/29/2008 3:11:53 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: NonValueAdded

Remember the jail scene in Something About Mary? Al and Wes sitting in a tree...


10 posted on 04/29/2008 3:14:17 PM PDT by Thebaddog (Dog breath? I don't think so.)
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To: NonValueAdded
Wesley must be royally PO’ed.

Did Wesley agree to pay any of the taxes for these years he didn't file returns?

11 posted on 04/29/2008 3:15:22 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: SmithL
Franken could not competently manage an ice cream stand for 15 minutes.

He is the least qualified (on any human measure) individual for the US Senate in American history.

He is also an assaultive, menacing, violent, paranoid psychopath.


12 posted on 04/29/2008 3:21:23 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember (When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
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To: maine-iac7

Is that true about his Jaguar??


13 posted on 04/29/2008 3:26:19 PM PDT by roses of sharon ( (Who will be McCain's maverick?))
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To: SmithL

Leona Hemsley is laughing her @$$ off at this....


14 posted on 04/29/2008 3:28:00 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: SmithL
The Minnesota Democrat has been under attack by Republicans for failing to file tax returns in California for several years when the comedian-turned-candidate earned money there.

But if elected (God help us), Franken will vote to raise your taxes and paint anyone who doesn't want their hard earned money diverted to a liberal cause as selfish. And he won't see the hypocrisy.

Liberalism is a sickness.
15 posted on 04/29/2008 3:28:58 PM PDT by LostInBayport ("Anyone whose tax bill goes up feels like it's an increase." - Mass. Governor Deval Patrick, 2/28/07)
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To: SmithL
"A man for himself"
16 posted on 04/29/2008 3:38:50 PM PDT by bmwcyle (I always rely on God and Guns in that order)
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To: FormerACLUmember

I forget who that was, but if he were in my face at that level, I’d have had a hard time not taking him out.


17 posted on 04/29/2008 3:42:10 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (<===Non-bitter, Gun-totin', Typical White American)
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To: SmithL

what ever happened to that kids charity Error America bilked out of $800k ?


18 posted on 04/29/2008 3:45:17 PM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (Conservatives are to McCain what Charlie Brown is to Lucy.)
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To: FreedomPoster

“if he were in my face at that level”

When he’s that close, first snatch those Coke-bottle specs off his ugly face, then have at it while he flails blindly.

Me, I’d have both a Tazer AND a digital cam ready to deploy.


19 posted on 04/29/2008 4:20:12 PM PDT by elcid1970 (My cartridges are dipped in pig grease.)
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To: FormerACLUmember

I’d love for him to put his finger in my face like that.


20 posted on 04/29/2008 4:57:04 PM PDT by Uncle Ivan (I'm still with Fred)
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