god dammit but did i hate stewart smally

go franken

I thought Franken would run off with that race easily over Coleman.

Obviously, MN is racist. Yah.

He's becoming an embarrassment.

+1 subtastic!

Considering he's a sitting US Senator from MN, couldn't we just call him "Norm Coleman (R-MN)" instead of "Al Franken's Senate opponent"?

/still dispise Coleman, still would vote for Franken if I lived in MN

I like this ad ^{(^)}

It's a cakewalk to Washington for Franken. He's got celebrity, he's got plenty of money, and he's a liberal running for one of the more liberal states in the nation. I don't know if Coleman would have even got the job in the first place if Wellstone didn't die.

The Dreaded Rear Admiral: Considering he's a sitting US Senator from MN, couldn't we just call him "Norm Coleman (R-MN)" instead of "Al Franken's Senate opponent"?

/still dispise Coleman, still would vote for Franken if I lived in MN

i think the franken reference was to make the stewart smally reference work.

/headline writing is hard work
//god dammit but did i hate stewart smally

Maybe he can get the money from the Boys and Girls club??

Franken is a tool. He does not want a senate job because he thinks he will be good at the job, he wants it so he has a platform to mouth off from.

JADP, but in my experience it tends to be Republicans who really, really hate Stuart Smalley.

Which is why I'm really, really looking forward to this meme getting FARKed to death during the (first) six years of Senator Franken's tenure.

BlorfMaster: Franken is a tool. He does not want a senate job because he thinks he will be good at the job, he wants it so he has a platform to mouth off from.

Well, I suppose that's better than a platform to take bribes from.

The Dreaded Rear Admiral: Considering he's a sitting US Senator from MN, couldn't we just call him "Norm Coleman (R-MN)" instead of "Al Franken's Senate opponent"?

Who?

BlorfMaster: Franken is a tool. He does not want a senate job because he thinks he will be good at the job, he wants it so he has a platform to mouth off from.


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Anyone have the picture of Norm Coleman from high school or college where he looks just like Jay from Kevin Smith's films? One can only imagine what Silent Bob ol' Normie threw under the bus to get elected (beyond Wellstone dying).

Yea, like Franken's lil tax snafu.....

Did somebody really roll with Karnak?

3_Butt_Cheeks: Yea, like Franken's lil tax snafu.....

Do go on.

No big deal. It's not like he owed $70,000 in back taxes...

I lump Franken in with all the other political talking heads on TV (IOW, I ignore him), but I will give him this: He is actually walking the walk and running for office. I'd like to see Rush, O'RLY or Olberman but their giant piles of money where their even bigger mouths are and actually run for public office and put into practice all these great ideas they spout off daily.

Skleenar: 3_Butt_Cheeks: Yea, like Franken's lil tax snafu.....

Do go on.

If I remember, Franken overlooked a sum of money he owed in taxes. Something that, to someone like him, would be just a little bit. Like Olbermannwatch blowing a huge scandal about Olbermann owing $3,000 or so.

BlorfMaster: Franken is a tool. He does not want a senate job because he thinks he will be good at the job, he wants it so he has a platform to mouth off from.

Riiiight. That explains why Dick Durbin has so much more power and influence in society than bottom feeders like Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly.

Here's a free hit off the clue bong for you, BlorfMaster: nationally syndicated TV and radio shows, the ability to sell out live appearances and crank out a string of best-selling books provide a slightly better platform to mouth off from than a Senate seat, if that's your agenda.

The tax issue where the $70,000 was actually paid, but just not to the right states?

(anyone ever do jobs all over the country? ever have a problem sorting out what gets paid to whom? then you get the totality of the Franken tax problem.)

It might actually mean something if he hadn't paid the taxes, but since he did, this is really reaching if you are going for "scandal."

robsul82: Anyone have the picture of Norm Coleman from high school or college where he looks just like Jay from Kevin Smith's films?



"fark, fark, fark, / Mother, mother fark, / Mother, mother fark, fark / Mother fark, mother fark...Who smokes the blunts? / We smoke the blunts. / Rollin' blunts and smokin'..."

lawboy87 The tax issue where the $70,000 was actually paid, but just not to the right states?

(anyone ever do jobs all over the country? ever have a problem sorting out what gets paid to whom? then you get the totality of the Franken tax problem.)

It might actually mean something if he hadn't paid the taxes, but since he did, this is really reaching if you are going for "scandal."

If he can't keep up with his own finances, there's no way I could trust him with my tax dollars.

lawboy87

The tax issue where the $70,000 was actually paid, but just not to the right states?

(anyone ever do jobs all over the country? ever have a problem sorting out what gets paid to whom? then you get the totality of the Franken tax problem.)

This is why I plan to turn down most, if not all, public speaking engagements in states other then New Mexico. Not that I have had, or will be getting, any offers.

jonathanjfo: If he can't keep up with his own finances, there's no way I could trust him with my tax dollars.

Wasn't it an account that screwed the pooch on that? I can't really blame him for trusting an accountant.

Anyway, since I don't live/vote in MN, it's not particularly relevant to me. But if I did, I would vote for Franken, if for no other reason than to get that giant flaming douche Coleman out of office.

AdolfOliverPanties: robsul82
Anyone have the picture of Norm Coleman from high school or college where he looks just like Jay from Kevin Smith's films?

Lionel Mandrake: robsul82: Anyone have the picture of Norm Coleman from high school or college where he looks just like Jay from Kevin Smith's films?



"fark, fark, fark, / Mother, mother fark, / Mother, mother fark, fark / Mother fark, mother fark...Who smokes the blunts? / We smoke the blunts. / Rollin' blunts and smokin'..."

"15 bucks, little man/Put that shiat in my head/If that money doesn't show/You owe me owe me owe/Oh wee oh wee ohhhh..."

/personally I dig the first one better because Norm looks definitely blazed in that one, the formal one I can only go 90% on whether he was toking behind the dumpsters prior to sitting down for the picture

What is problem with staying with a friends basement while you are in town.
Frankin writes porn.

jonathnjfo

Willing to let me take a look at your tax returns from 2003-2006? Want to make any bets as to whether or not I could find some errors?

Dude, I'm an attorney and I've had some fairly significant problems with taxes in the past when I have worked multi-state jobs. Determining where the tax liability actually accrues can be rather complicated. His accountant prepared the tax returns, the accountant calculated what was owed to each state and as a result Franken overpaid in some states and underpaid in others.

If that's your standard, then I doubt 95% of the officeholders (including Norm Coleman) meet it. But somehow I doubt you apply that standard to them. (Nor would you likely apply it to yourself as you have undoubtedly - if you've ever made any decent money at all or worked across state lines - made similar errors in your own tax calculations.)

Huge difference between trying not to pay and the situation with Franken.

robsul82: AdolfOliverPanties: robsul82
Anyone have the picture of Norm Coleman from high school or college where he looks just like Jay from Kevin Smith's films?

Lionel Mandrake: robsul82: Anyone have the picture of Norm Coleman from high school or college where he looks just like Jay from Kevin Smith's films?



"fark, fark, fark, / Mother, mother fark, / Mother, mother fark, fark / Mother fark, mother fark...Who smokes the blunts? / We smoke the blunts. / Rollin' blunts and smokin'..."

"15 bucks, little man/Put that shiat in my head/If that money doesn't show/You owe me owe me owe/Oh wee oh wee ohhhh..."

/personally I dig the first one better because Norm looks definitely blazed in that one, the formal one I can only go 90% on whether he was toking behind the dumpsters prior to sitting down for the picture

Not head. Hand. Guess I should erase any pictures of myself right now in case I run for the Senate one day.

jonathanjfo: If he can't keep up with his own finances, there's no way I could trust him with my tax dollars.

Does that also apply to Mr. Coleman's inability to pay a utility bill, or is it only bad when a Democrat screws up?

robsul82: robsul82: AdolfOliverPanties: robsul82
Anyone have the picture of Norm Coleman from high school or college where he looks just like Jay from Kevin Smith's films?

Lionel Mandrake: robsul82: Anyone have the picture of Norm Coleman from high school or college where he looks just like Jay from Kevin Smith's films?



"fark, fark, fark, / Mother, mother fark, / Mother, mother fark, fark / Mother fark, mother fark...Who smokes the blunts? / We smoke the blunts. / Rollin' blunts and smokin'..."

"15 bucks, little man/Put that shiat in my head/If that money doesn't show/You owe me owe me owe/Oh wee oh wee ohhhh..."

/personally I dig the first one better because Norm looks definitely blazed in that one, the formal one I can only go 90% on whether he was toking behind the dumpsters prior to sitting down for the picture

Not head. Hand. Guess I should erase any pictures of myself right now in case I run for the Senate one day.

I dunno, I think we need more senators with totally rocking stoner/metal hair-dos.

I like how Coleman's campaign is run just like McCains... don't say what's good about yourself, just bash the other guy.

Coleman was running these stupid ads talking about how Franken didn't pay taxes (he in fact overpaid, just to the state he lived in, not the state he worked in) when Coleman is under investigation himself.

Of course, the only reason Coleman is our Senator is because of the tragedy of Paul Wellstone and the buffoonery of the DFL putting Walter Mondale on the ticket in his place instead of Wellstone's son.

The Why Not Guy: jonathanjfo: If he can't keep up with his own finances, there's no way I could trust him with my tax dollars.

Does that also apply to Mr. Coleman's inability to pay a utility bill, or is it only bad when a Democrat screws up?

Stop picking on the Fark Independent^TM

From Wiki -

"Coleman's politics have changed dramatically throughout his political career. In college, Coleman was a liberal Democrat and was actively involved in the anti-war movement of the early 1970s. He ran for student senate and opined in the school newspaper that his fellow students should vote for him because he knew that 'these conservative kids don't fark or get high like we do (purity, you know)... Already the cries of motherhood, apple pie, and Jim Buckley reverberate through the halls of the Student Center. Everyone watch out, the 1950s bobby-sox generation is about to take over.'"

I wonder what Norm would do if you gave him a copy of the "conservatives don't fark or get high like we do" essay to autograph.

Coleman in a few years.

The Dreaded Rear Admiral: Considering he's a sitting US Senator from MN, couldn't we just call him "Norm Coleman (R-MN)" instead of "Al Franken's Senate opponent"?

/still dispise Coleman, still would vote for Franken if I lived in MN

Thank you. I would never vote for the giant Douche Franken. At least Coleman (not perfect) pays his taxes on time...I believe

robsul82: From Wiki -

"Coleman's politics have changed dramatically throughout his political career. In college, Coleman was a liberal Democrat and was actively involved in the anti-war movement of the early 1970s. He ran for student senate and opined in the school newspaper that his fellow students should vote for him because he knew that 'these conservative kids don't fark or get high like we do (purity, you know)... Already the cries of motherhood, apple pie, and Jim Buckley reverberate through the halls of the Student Center. Everyone watch out, the 1950s bobby-sox generation is about to take over.'"

I wonder what Norm would do if you gave him a copy of the "conservatives don't fark or get high like we do" essay to autograph.

If McCain and Obama can change their positions in senior citizenhood and adulthood, why can't Coleman change positions from when he was a college student?

Larson is paid by Colman for PR work and Colman lives in his basement for $600.00 a month when he is in Washington. Frankin's people seem to want to make this into something that just isn't there. If this is all the Frankin people can come up with they are only making themselves look petty. It's not like Colman is down there writing prono or anything.

generaltimmy: The Dreaded Rear Admiral: Considering he's a sitting US Senator from MN, couldn't we just call him "Norm Coleman (R-MN)" instead of "Al Franken's Senate opponent"?

/still dispise Coleman, still would vote for Franken if I lived in MN

Thank you. I would never vote for the giant Douche Franken. At least Coleman (not perfect) pays his taxes on time...I believe

robsul82: From Wiki -

"Coleman's politics have changed dramatically throughout his political career. In college, Coleman was a liberal Democrat and was actively involved in the anti-war movement of the early 1970s. He ran for student senate and opined in the school newspaper that his fellow students should vote for him because he knew that 'these conservative kids don't fark or get high like we do (purity, you know)... Already the cries of motherhood, apple pie, and Jim Buckley reverberate through the halls of the Student Center. Everyone watch out, the 1950s bobby-sox generation is about to take over.'"

I wonder what Norm would do if you gave him a copy of the "conservatives don't fark or get high like we do" essay to autograph.

If McCain and Obama can change their positions in senior citizenhood and adulthood, why can't Coleman change positions from when he was a college student?

He can get old and sell out like anyone else, but we can make fun of it all we want. Too bad, so sad. It's just hilarious seeing a guy who celebrated, in all THAT means, his 20th birthday at Woodstock and looked like this at the time -



Go on to say this -

"I oppose the legalization of marijuana because, as noted by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, marijuana can have serious adverse health affects on individuals. The health problems that may occur from this highly addictive drug include short-term memory loss, anxiety, respiratory illness and a risk of lung cancer that far exceeds that of tobacco products. It would also make our transportation, schools and workplaces, just as examples, more dangerous."

It's just funny when people turn into people who their younger selves would've hated.

Anyone in Minnesota have a feel for how the race is going right now? I hit Wiki to see the last polls, and got this -

Rasmussen, 7/22 - 49-46 Franken

Quinnipiac, 7/24 - 53-38 Coleman

I mean, if I had to guess, I'd say the Rasmussen result is closer to the truth. Maybe Al announced he was writing When a Man Loves a Woman 2 on July 23rd or something, I don't know.

generaltimmy: The Dreaded Rear Admiral: Considering he's a sitting US Senator from MN, couldn't we just call him "Norm Coleman (R-MN)" instead of "Al Franken's Senate opponent"?

/still dispise Coleman, still would vote for Franken if I lived in MN

Thank you. I would never vote for the giant Douche Franken. At least Coleman (not perfect) pays his taxes on time...I believe

You should watch this:
http://www.alfranken.com/content/video_detail/?id=55

Too Obscure?

robsul82: Anyone in Minnesota have a feel for how the race is going right now? I hit Wiki to see the last polls, and got this -

Rasmussen, 7/22 - 49-46 Franken

Quinnipiac, 7/24 - 53-38 Coleman

I mean, if I had to guess, I'd say the Rasmussen result is closer to the truth. Maybe Al announced he was writing When a Man Loves a Woman 2 on July 23rd or something, I don't know.

Unfortunately, Coleman's smear machine has been working for the most part, and Franken has only recently begun to respond. He finally said "yeah, I was a comedian, I made crass jokes, whatever, get over it, Coleman". I believe he's going up, but still behind.

Tyee: Larson is paid by Colman for PR work and Colman lives in his basement for $600.00 a month when he is in Washington. Frankin's people seem to want to make this into something that just isn't there. If this is all the Frankin people can come up with they are only making themselves look petty. It's not like Colman is down there writing prono or anything.

Well, the Federal government seems to think it's something, as they have an ongoing investigation into the matter. Illegal campaign contributions aren't "something that isn't there".

Umeraken Ideut: robsul82: Anyone in Minnesota have a feel for how the race is going right now? I hit Wiki to see the last polls, and got this -

Rasmussen, 7/22 - 49-46 Franken

Quinnipiac, 7/24 - 53-38 Coleman

I mean, if I had to guess, I'd say the Rasmussen result is closer to the truth. Maybe Al announced he was writing When a Man Loves a Woman 2 on July 23rd or something, I don't know.

Unfortunately, Coleman's smear machine has been working for the most part, and Franken has only recently begun to respond. He finally said "yeah, I was a comedian, I made crass jokes, whatever, get over it, Coleman". I believe he's going up, but still behind.

If Minnesotans are really worried about candidates saying crass things in their past, I mean...Al could always use that first-ever Coleman for President stump speech in that old college newspaper. Coleman would've used it against him, after all.

Now that I think about it, he probably shouldn't. Voters' bowels would get in an uproar if Al put out an ad saying "In the words of Norm Coleman, 'conservatives don't fark or get high like we do.' I agree. I'm Al Franken and I approve this message" or whatever, haha.

robsul82: Now that I think about it, he probably shouldn't. Voters' bowels would get in an uproar if Al put out an ad saying "In the words of Norm Coleman, 'conservatives don't fark or get high like we do.' I agree. I'm Al Franken and I approve this message" or whatever, haha.

Equally good when you add in the Governor saying his wife doesn't give him any.

robsul82: From Wiki -

"Coleman's politics have changed dramatically throughout his political career. In college, Coleman was a liberal Democrat and was actively involved in the anti-war movement of the early 1970s. He ran for student senate and opined in the school newspaper that his fellow students should vote for him because he knew that 'these conservative kids don't fark or get high like we do (purity, you know)... Already the cries of motherhood, apple pie, and Jim Buckley reverberate through the halls of the Student Center. Everyone watch out, the 1950s bobby-sox generation is about to take over.'"

I wonder what Norm would do if you gave him a copy of the "conservatives don't fark or get high like we do" essay to autograph.

Norm strikes me as a Schwartzenegger-like candidate who had the misfortune to run for office when the now-discredited GOP seemed in ascendence.