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Franken's satire doesn't pass the test
Minneapolis Star Tribune ^
| July 8, 2008
| Michael Gerson
Posted on 07/09/2008 6:08:11 AM PDT by rhema
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posted on
07/09/2008 6:08:11 AM PDT
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rhema
To: rhema
Candidates should leave this stuff alone. You need some good 3rd-party operatives to raise it. If you get lucky, you’ll get the opponent on the record about it, and THEN the candidate can discuss what his oppponent has SAID about it.
To: Caleb1411; MplsSteve; wagglebee; LiteKeeper
At its best, politics can offer examples of civility and generosity that challenge selfishness and prejudice -- the tradition so far embraced by both John McCain and Barack Obama. At the very least, politics should not actively push our culture toward vulgarity and viciousness. This is not prudery; it is a practical concern for the cooperation and mutual respect necessary in a functioning democracy. And it is hard to believe those causes would be served by a Sen. Franken.
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posted on
07/09/2008 6:10:48 AM PDT
by
rhema
("Break the conventions; keep the commandments." -- G. K. Chesterton)
To: rhema
Norm Coleman should simply point out that Al Franken has been a miserable failure as a comedian, an actor, a comedy writer and radio talk show host.
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posted on
07/09/2008 6:11:39 AM PDT
by
pnh102
(Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
To: CharlesWayneCT
Candidates should leave this stuff alone. You need some good 3rd-party operatives to raise it. If you get lucky, youll get the opponent on the record about it, and THEN the candidate can discuss what his oppponent has SAID about it. I see the formation of a new 527: No Pornographers in Public Office.
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posted on
07/09/2008 6:12:50 AM PDT
by
rhema
("Break the conventions; keep the commandments." -- G. K. Chesterton)
To: rhema
Al “Buttface” Franken has never been a comedian of any stature. To portray him as a “satirist” is going too far. IMHO Norm Coleman should just ignore the putz. Al will no doubt stick his foot in his mouth once again with no assistance from anybody.
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posted on
07/09/2008 6:13:48 AM PDT
by
junkman_106
(Once is chance, twice is coincidence, thrice is enemy action ---007/Ian Fleming)
To: rhema
"My work, dare I say, is provocative, touching and funny,"Right.
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posted on
07/09/2008 6:14:42 AM PDT
by
Maceman
To: rhema
Personally, I think Franken is narcissistic to the point of being mentally ill. His humor is very mean spirited (to use a Dem catchprase) and vulgar. The only question: will the Minnesota voters, who elected Jesse Ventura, even care?
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posted on
07/09/2008 6:19:52 AM PDT
by
rbg81
(DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
To: Maceman
A picture worth a thousand words, but yet says all that needs to be said.
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posted on
07/09/2008 6:22:14 AM PDT
by
wita
(truthspeaks@freerepublic.com)
To: rhema
The first time that I saw Al Franken, I thought that he was creepy, unfunny, and boring. How does he make a living?
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posted on
07/09/2008 6:26:50 AM PDT
by
Ratblaster
( Obama's house, Rezko's yard)
To: rhema
The only time this smuck was funny was when he looked in the mirror. What a complete waste of human genes.
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07/09/2008 6:26:52 AM PDT
by
Bitsy
To: rhema
Satire has been called "punishment for those who deserve it."....To an event hosted by the Feminist Majority Foundation in 1999, Franken told this thigh-slapper: "Why don't we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our grandmothers." Funny, funny guy. Grandma had it coming.
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posted on
07/09/2008 6:27:48 AM PDT
by
laotzu
To: rhema
For example, a couple of years ago, when he was 12, my son used the Internet for a sixth-grade report on bestiality.His son will eventually be the 'Rat nominee for President.
To: rhema
Franken is every loathsome Liberal made flesh.
To: rbg81
Personally, I think Franken is narcissistic to the point of being mentally ill. His humor is very mean spirited (to use a Dem catchprase) and vulgar. The Carleton college student whom Franken mocked could attest to that.
The only question: will the Minnesota voters, who elected Jesse Ventura, even care?
The truth hurts. The liberals who like that sort of "humor" (the late Steve Allen described Franken's kind of entertainment as "vulgarians entertaining barbarians") will no doubt laud Franken's "edginess."
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posted on
07/09/2008 6:40:47 AM PDT
by
rhema
("Break the conventions; keep the commandments." -- G. K. Chesterton)
To: rhema
Franken lived in my neighborhood off 85th and West End 25 years ago and I’d see him occasionally at Zabars or the fish market.
He was good natured with folks and took ribbing over SNL skits in stride.
Now, he seems like a bitter old liberal.
(from a bitter old righty..lol)
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posted on
07/09/2008 6:41:41 AM PDT
by
wardaddy
(most white people are stupid piles of brainwashed guilt addled mush)
To: rhema
AF:
For example, a couple of years ago, when he was 12, my son used the Internet for a sixth-grade report on bestiality. Joe was able to download some effective visual aids, which the other students in his class just loved.”
In the world of respected leadership there are a few things you can do which should instantly DIS-qualify you from ever being respected or leading. Surely enabling your 12 y/o son to download visual aids for his bestiality report is one of those things. Don’t people go to jail for stuff like that? If Mr. Coleman is unable or unwilling to question this behavior then frankly, he isn’t qualified either.
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posted on
07/09/2008 6:42:02 AM PDT
by
mad puppy
(Never have I felt so politically radical and I swear I didn't move an inch.)
To: Ratblaster
I thought that he was creepy, unfunny, and boring. How does he make a living? From liberals.
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posted on
07/09/2008 6:45:05 AM PDT
by
polymuser
(Those who believe in something eventually prevail over those who believe in nothing.)
To: Ratblaster
I thought that he was creepy, unfunny, and boring. How does he make a living?I dunno, let me go ask Garrison Keeler.
To: rhema
Franken hasn’t been funny since the first time he put a satellite transmitter on his head on SNL. And he drove than into the ground. Nowadays he’s trying to be funny to hide his lack of ethics. He’s worth about 1/3 of the vote from old hippies who wink that only they know the truth.
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