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Franken, Paul form unlikely Senate duo
StarTribune.com ^
| 3/16/11
| Jeremy Herb
Posted on 03/16/2011 8:34:26 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
When Republican Rand Paul was elected to the Senate in November, he received a congratulatory call from an unexpected source: U.S. Sen. Al Franken.
That 30-minute phone call -- the only one Paul received from a Democrat after Election Day -- has sparked an unlikely friendship between the Kentucky Tea Party conservative and an unapologetic Minnesota liberal. Franken attended Paul's party after he was sworn in as a senator, and Paul asked Franken to be his Democratic Senate mentor.
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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: commiehomo; franken; homocommie; oddcouple; randpaul
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I wonder how this is playing in the Bluegrass State...
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
One can judge a person by the friends he keeps. Beware!
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posted on
03/16/2011 8:36:59 AM PDT
by
Bringbackthedraft
(I see a dark cloud coming over the horizon, and its reminiscent of 1939.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
I knew Rand Paul back in the day - believe me he was nothing special. Just a face in the crowd.
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posted on
03/16/2011 8:38:56 AM PDT
by
2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
(Welcome to the USA - where every day is Backwards Day!)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
The Bride of Frankenpaul....
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posted on
03/16/2011 8:39:30 AM PDT
by
PGR88
(I'm so open-minded my brains fell out)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Yep why wouldn’t Fraken and Mr. MSNBC Rino be buds?
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posted on
03/16/2011 8:40:47 AM PDT
by
JLS
(Democrats: People who won't even let you enjoy an unseasonably warm winter day.)
To: Bringbackthedraft
One can judge a person by the friends he keeps. Beware!P>
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
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posted on
03/16/2011 8:41:02 AM PDT
by
SC DOC
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
As in keep your enemies close?
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posted on
03/16/2011 8:41:16 AM PDT
by
F.J. Mitchell
(America is ailin' and the one and ONLY cure is Palin.)
To: Bringbackthedraft
One can judge a person by the friends he keeps. Beware!
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
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posted on
03/16/2011 8:41:27 AM PDT
by
SC DOC
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
two freaks deserve each other!
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posted on
03/16/2011 8:42:13 AM PDT
by
dalereed
To: SC DOC
Ya beat me by mere seconds. Great minds think alike. ;-)
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posted on
03/16/2011 8:44:25 AM PDT
by
F.J. Mitchell
(America is ailin' and the one and ONLY cure is Palin.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Rand Paul - don’t drink the Frankenberry Kool Aid!!!!!
To: matginzac
Better known as dingleberry kool Ade.
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posted on
03/16/2011 8:47:04 AM PDT
by
F.J. Mitchell
(America is ailin' and the one and ONLY cure is Palin.)
To: F.J. Mitchell
Close? I don’t honestly believe that I could tolerate being in the same room with Al...
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
It is similar with his father and Dennis Kucinich being buds.
Vote opposite on some things, but agree against bailouts, Patriot Act, Free Trade, etc.
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posted on
03/16/2011 8:49:10 AM PDT
by
Palter
(If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it. ~ Mark Twain)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
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posted on
03/16/2011 8:51:36 AM PDT
by
digger48
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
I wonder how many times Al has asked, “Tell me about the rabbits, Rand?”
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posted on
03/16/2011 8:54:46 AM PDT
by
PATRIOT1876
(The only crimes that are 100% preventable are crimes committed by illegal aliens)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Neither could I. It's nauseating enough sharing the planet with him.
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posted on
03/16/2011 8:58:43 AM PDT
by
F.J. Mitchell
(America is ailin' and the one and ONLY cure is Palin.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
“Close? I don’t honestly believe that I could tolerate being in the same room with Al...”
Yep. I would get hauled away if I were...
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posted on
03/16/2011 9:03:26 AM PDT
by
jessduntno
("That 3 a.m. phone call from Egypt to Obama went right to the answering machine." - Sarah Palin)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Who knows what goes on behind closed doors.
Collusion?
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posted on
03/16/2011 9:16:29 AM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(They don't need to do another 911. They have BHO and the Fleebaggers.)
To: Palter
Evidence of the fact that Libertarian IS NOT Conservative.
It is as much Liberal as it is Conservative, ergo the LIB part of Libertarian.
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posted on
03/16/2011 9:20:05 AM PDT
by
Optimist
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