(Triple Barf Alert!!): How Cool Is Franken?

The Daily Beast ^ | July 1, 2009 | Eric Alterman

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How Cool Is Franken?

by Eric Alterman

Not only does Al Franken’s hard-fought victory give Democrats a magical 60 seats, it gives the Senate its first genuinely funny ex-comedian. Eric Alterman shares memories of his friend and former neighbor.

Senator Franken? As long as it has taken, it’s still pretty hard to believe my friend and former neighbor is due to be sworn in early next week. He’ll be “Senator Franken” to the press and the lobbyists, and “my distinguished colleague” to the rest of that esteemed body. But as for the rest of us, I think we can safely call him “Al.”

The Al Franken/Norm Coleman saga is finally over. Three million or so votes decided by a difference of approximately 300. And with a filibuster-proof 60 votes in the Senate—including the switched-parties-for-personal-political-survival Arlen Specter, now Obama doesn’t have to play “Mr. Nice Guy” with the GOP. For if Al Franken is anything, he is a reliable vote for Barack Obama, and that, given the Republicans’ willingness to filibuster anything and everything they don’t like, is a game changer.

[warsaw44]

Who is the man Franken is yelling at in the photo and why isn’t he stomping stomping his head into chowder.

[popdonnelly]

Not very.

[glock rocks]

Franken is a very small man.

He’s also 5’ 6” tall.

[grey_whiskers]

"Selected not elected."

[The Great RJ]

Franken as Senator will still be abrasive, obnoxious and not very bright and will gain no respect from his colleagues or the people of Minnesota. He will be Obama’s lapdog and will go down the drain with the rest of his party when Obama’s policies cripple the US economy.

[grey_whiskers]

Instapundit put it best:

AL FRANKEN THOUGHT: Caligula sent a horse to the Senate. Minnesota is just sending part of the horse.

Cheers!

[bert]

We can look at Caligula and only hope.

[mylife]

This morning Drudge report had a pic of Franken, A pic of Sharpton grind dancing, a pic of Obama making with the stinkeye and a pic of troops withdrawing in Iraq, and for the first time since Carter I was ashamed to be an American.

[maclogo]

He’s [Franken} also 5’ 6” tall."

He's THAT tall? Wow.

Minnesota: Home of Paul Bunyan (25' Tall) and Al Franken (5'6" Tall).

They must be trying to atone for past extremities.

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[Finalapproach29er]

He’s [Franken} also 5’ 6” tall.”
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Paul Wellstone- Part II

[Texas Eagle]

Well, we know he’s too cool to pay the Socialist Security taxes he deducted from his employees’ paychecks at Dead Air America.

[Lady Jag]

Notice how the really sane ones show off in these.

[dragnet2]

America! What a country! Even a crappy comedian and failed radio broadcaster can become a Senator...

He'll fit right in with all the other corrupt politicians..

[Islander7]

[Victoria Delsoul]

I wish I could laugh, but seeing this picture of that disgusting degenerate turns my stomach and makes me cringe.

Besides being a degenerate, he stole the election in Minnesota in the most flagrant and defiant way imaginable. Third world countries aren't as obscene when their despots steal elections as Franken was in stealing the election in Minnesota. And since the media keeps this under wraps, you won't hear much protest from the public, either.

Perhaps we have witnessed a taste of what is going to happen in 2012. Obama won't let power slip out of his creepy hands easily - he is the type who would break every rule in the book to keep power.

[pistolpetestoys]

This little turd only did one successful thing in his life:he wrote a book where the first two words were Rush Limbaugh.

[Victoria Delsoul]

I didn’t know his book was successful. Hard to believe, lol.

[Jagdgewehr]

I believe that was Laura Ingraham’s producer. I do not remember the details about the altercation, but Franken blew a gasket and got in his face. This was in 2004, I believe.

[The Wizard]

where is his picture in a diaper....that’s what coleman should have used every day.

[mikrofon]

Some people are easily amused by just about anything: