https://freerepublic.com/tag/wildmanalfranken/ en-us Tue, 27 Jan 2004 15:12:41 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1066131/posts The Democratic Party's official talk radio host got violent yesterday, in an altercation he described as an effort to protect free speech. Attending a Howard Dean rally in New Hampshire, unfunny funnyman Al Franken physically assaulted a heckler in the crowd, wrestling him to the ground in a bid to silence him. "I got down low and took his legs out," Franken boasted to the New York Post afterwards. The altercation was witnessed by NBC Washington Bureau chief Tim Russert, who called Franken's antics "unbelievable." "One of the Lyndon LaRouche guys got up and started screaming and yelling," Russert... NewsMax.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1066131/posts#comment Tue, 27 Jan 2004 15:12:41 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1066411/posts <p>January 27, 2004 -- EXETER, N.H. - Wise-cracking funnyman Al Franken yesterday body-slammed a demonstrator to the ground after the man tried to shout down Gov. Howard Dean. The tussle left Franken's trademark thick-rim glasses broken, but he said he was not injured.</p> New York Post Online https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1066411/posts#comment Wed, 28 Jan 2004 00:02:22 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1066207/posts The New York Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1066207/posts#comment Tue, 27 Jan 2004 17:03:29 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1065992/posts <p>Wise-cracking funnyman Al Franken yesterday body-slammed a demonstrator to the ground after the man tried to shout down Gov. Howard Dean. The tussle left Franken's trademark thick-rim glasses broken, but he said he was not injured.</p> <p>Franken - who seemed in a state of shock and out of breath after the incident - was helped back to his feet by several people who watched the tussle. Police arrived soon after.</p> NY Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1065992/posts#comment Tue, 27 Jan 2004 10:06:35 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1066521/posts The Democratic Party's official talk radio host got violent yesterday in an altercation he described as an effort to protect free speech. Attending a Howard Dean rally in New Hampshire, unfunny funnyman Al Franken physically assaulted a heckler in the crowd, wrestling him to the ground in a bid to silence him. "I got down low and took his legs out," Franken boasted to the New York Post afterward. The altercation was witnessed by NBC Washington bureau chief Tim Russert, who called Franken's antics "unbelievable." "One of the Lyndon LaRouche guys got up and started screaming and yelling," Russert told... NewsMax.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1066521/posts#comment Wed, 28 Jan 2004 04:44:52 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1101558/posts I'm in a rental car with Al Franken, and we're driving across New Hampshire on the Sunday before the nation's first primary, heading to a John Edwards rally. The Democrats are in a kooky mood following the sudden collapse of Howard Dean in Iowa, and Franken -- comedian, celebrity, scourge -- is spending two days in the state not in any official capacity but as a sort of good-will representative from the party's satiric wing. He is not, as you might think from the outrageous trappings of his comedy, an extreme lefty but rather a devout party man, one who... The New York Times Magazine https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1101558/posts#comment Fri, 19 Mar 2004 23:13:11 GMT