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Poor Al (Franken apologizes for "ill-considered joke" about Hannity)
Tongue Tied ^
| 6.10.04
Posted on 06/10/2004 7:12:11 AM PDT by mhking
Liberal firebrand Al Franken was forced to apologize for an on-air quip ridiculing someone as a hermaphrodite during his radio show.
According to Bodies Like Ours, an intersex support group, Franken was insensitive when he said conservative talk show host Sean Hannity was born a hermaphroditic conjoined twin and the doctor who delivered him and his twin reacted in horror at their birth.
Following a flood on angry email, Franken apologized for furthering the unjustified stigma attached to these conditions. He said an estimated one in 2000 people are born with atypical genitalia, which, like conjoinment, is a naturally-occurring bodily variation.
I am sorry for the ill-considered joke, he said.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: liberaltalkradio; pc
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posted on
06/10/2004 7:12:12 AM PDT
by
mhking
To: mhking
The one day I bothered to listen to Air America (call it morbid curiosity), I heard Franken make that joke...he thought he was being hilarious in his "Fighting Hannity's Lies With Lies About Hannity" segment.
He's a pathetic excuse for a comedian as well as a human being.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
06/10/2004 7:14:27 AM PDT
by
MadIvan
(Ronald Reagan - proof positive that one man can indeed change the world.)
To: mhking
I am sorry for the ill-considered joke, he said. Franken is an ill-considered joke.
3
posted on
06/10/2004 7:14:35 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(Thanks Ron... we'll take it from here.)
To: mhking
Those leftists sure know how to laugh!
Just like those Stalin-era toadies sure knew how to applaud Stalin.
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posted on
06/10/2004 7:14:45 AM PDT
by
Asclepius
(protectionists would outsource our dignity and prosperity in return for illusory job security)
To: mhking
That doesn't sound like an apology to me.
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posted on
06/10/2004 7:15:07 AM PDT
by
sarasota
To: mhking
Al Franken is a big nerd...who really cares what he has to say!
6
posted on
06/10/2004 7:15:49 AM PDT
by
tjm
(separation of powers)
To: mhking
Typical liberal hate speech. I can't believe anybody takes this guy seriously.
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posted on
06/10/2004 7:15:49 AM PDT
by
georgiadevildog
(Get to work. You aren't being paid to believe in the power of your dreams.)
To: mhking
Do conjoined twins get two votes?
8
posted on
06/10/2004 7:15:53 AM PDT
by
LurkedLongEnough
(Bush '04 --- in a F'n landslide.)
To: mhking
Bitten in the butt by Political Correctness.
So9
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posted on
06/10/2004 7:16:08 AM PDT
by
Servant of the 9
(We are the Hegemon. We can do anything we damned well please.)
To: mhking
Well he didn't apologize to Hannity. He apologized to the world's hermaphrodites.
Isn't Franken's network about to fold? Why is he still on?
To: Asclepius
The real joke is to compare Franken's ratings with Hannity's. That is the real joke, Al.
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posted on
06/10/2004 7:16:56 AM PDT
by
Tennessean4Bush
(An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds, a pessimist fears this is true.)
To: sarasota
or it could be halfassed and he's really apologizing to conjoined twins and not to Hannity.
12
posted on
06/10/2004 7:17:12 AM PDT
by
cyborg
To: mhking
Oh, I thought the apology was for Hannity. . .
Alfranken continues to serve well, the moshpitminds of the his constituency.
13
posted on
06/10/2004 7:17:45 AM PDT
by
cricket
To: Gefreiter
I wonder how anyone knew he said anything.
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posted on
06/10/2004 7:17:50 AM PDT
by
Patrick1
To: mhking
Following a flood on angry email, Franken apologized for furthering the unjustified stigma attached to these conditions.It must be a bitch to be a liberal. You can't even craft a decent insult without offending some whiny liberal victim group.
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posted on
06/10/2004 7:18:35 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(John Kerry - Hillary without the fat ankles and the FBI files...)
To: MadIvan
I also note from your comment that like all liberals, Frankenmouth is in capable of original creative thought. All he can do is criticize other peoples good ideas.
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posted on
06/10/2004 7:18:43 AM PDT
by
IamConservative
(A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.)
To: theDentist
Franken is a humorless joke.
To: mhking
Al Franken was forced to apologize for an on-air---here's the joke, he's still on the air???
18
posted on
06/10/2004 7:18:47 AM PDT
by
longfellow
(www.ultimateamerican.com)
To: Gefreiter
Soros is probably propping up Franken's show until after the election, then it will fold.
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posted on
06/10/2004 7:19:54 AM PDT
by
Alissa
To: mhking
Oh, that's too funny! I saw the headline and assumed he'd had to apologize to Hannity. Of course not! He had to apologize to hermaphrodites!
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posted on
06/10/2004 7:20:03 AM PDT
by
prion
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