Al Franken feuds with GOP's No. 4

Politico ^ | 12/14/09 | MANU RAJU

[Nachum]

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) sparred sharply on the Senate floor Monday evening, a departure from the usually dormant speeches in the august chamber.

Franken said he was struck by a speech in which he said Thune had refused to highlight when benefits to the health care bill would kick in and instead emphasized the negative parts of the bill.

“You know, again, we are entitled to our own opinions, we’re not entitled to our own facts,” Franken said, his booming voice rising. And in a reference to a chart Thune held up, Franken said: “If you’re going to hold up a chart that says when taxes kick in and when benefits kick in, you say 1,800 days, you better include the benefits that do kick in right away.

[Dead Corpse]

Booming? I always thought his voice was nasal and droning.

Little f*cker needs a muzzle.

[Dead Corpse]

Even accounting for ACORN's bought and paid for SoC in Mark Ritchie, too many idiots up here.

It's the cold weather. If kids don't listen to their parents, they go outside without a hat on in January and freeze their frontal lobes. Ice crystal lobotomy. Instant liberal.

[onyx]

Did John Thune reply to him?

[Just mythoughts]

Liberals should really ‘feel’ proud to have Al Franken as a leader in their midst.

[tropical]

I’ve always heard it was Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-NY.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Yep, they almost come to fist-a-cuffs.