OMG that's like so intertextual and postmodern and stuff :-p

The Freepers still won't get it.

Is that where he were?

I think it would be great if he came on and spoofed himself.

meta

Sen. Franken may be spoofed on SNL....

tl;dr

Franken himself parodied a U.S. senator at least once on SNL, playing a Democrat at confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas.

I remember that sketch. Chris Farley as Howell Heflin, Dana Carvey as Strom Thurmond, Phil Hartman as Ted Kennedy, and Chris Rock as Long Dong Silver. It was hilarious.

That Al Franken cracks me up with his hilariousness.

Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button.

It's amazing how close the vote was seeing how well Obama did. That means there were lots of people who voted for Obama and against Franken

Cody

is the tag for his quote about not seeing himself as the 60th democrat? Or for the people who didn't understand that the subtext of that comment was "But then, I believe that a straight party line voting record IS what's best for Minnesota"

? How so?

Egon Spengler: meta

Seconded.

Codyl: Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button.

It's amazing how close the vote was seeing how well Obama did. That means there were lots of people who voted for Obama and against Franken

Do blame them?

Jackpot777: Is that where he were?

use, used. Whatever.

What is that?

Don't put yer mouth on it!

But serously, Al Franken is the quasar of the milky way. So mysterious.

Do *you* blame them??
FTFM

Codyl: Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button.

It's amazing how close the vote was seeing how well Obama did. That means there were lots of people who voted for Obama and against Franken

Cody

Still butthurt, i see.

lilbjorn: ? How so?

The tag is probably for SNL

Codyl: Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button.


So what you are saying is that Franken would have lost if fewer people voted for him.

Fascinating!

Codyl: Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button.

It's amazing how close the vote was seeing how well Obama did. That means there were lots of people who voted for Obama and against Franken

Cody

Stegasaurus Bob would have won if dinosaurs could travel in time, and were registered to vote in the Minnesota election. And if Stegasaurus Bob successfully met the eligibility requirements to run for election, and had done so. And if his base didn't travel to the wrong year.

Et cetera.

Codyl: Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button.

A total of 16 states presently offer straight-ticket voting (STV). (new window) Guess which one isn't on the list?

keithgabryelski: Codyl: Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button.

It's amazing how close the vote was seeing how well Obama did. That means there were lots of people who voted for Obama and against Franken

Cody

Still butthurt, i see.

ryebread: Codyl: Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button.

A total of 16 states presently offer straight-ticket voting (STV). (new window) Guess which one isn't on the list?



Cody, this is for you son.

Car_Ramrod: I think it would be great if he came on and spoofed himself.

I would say that is guaranteed.

Quite apart from any considerations of left wing or right wing politics, this guy is an ass clown and it's a sad day that he is a senator. Nice going Minnesota.

There was actually an early SNL skit where he played a young senatorial candidate and Davis played his old, incumbent opponent. I actually watched it when his whole battle for the seat started. Very prophetic.

My bit broke on the final layer of meta.

ZekeMacNeil: OMG that's like so intertextual and postmodern and stuff :-p

Intersexual? Al Franken is a hermaphrodite?

Codyl: (in a heavily dem state)

A heavily Dem State with a Republican Governor?

tedbundee: ZekeMacNeil: OMG that's like so intertextual and postmodern and stuff :-p

Intersexual? Al Franken is a hermaphrodite?

Hey, you never know...

Franken-Stein '18 !!! Franken-Stein '18 !!

Impudent Domain: this guy is an ass clown

Which of his offenses do you find the most egregious?

ryebread: Codyl: Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button.

A total of 16 states presently offer straight-ticket voting (STV). (new window) Guess which one isn't on the list?

Typical libtard response. Always trying to cloud the issues with your "facts".

Impudent Domain: Quite apart from any considerations of left wing or right wing politics, this guy is an ass clown and it's a sad day that he is a senator. Nice going Minnesota.

Agreed. I would be equally disappointed if some district sent Hannity to congress.

Impudent Domain: Quite apart from any considerations of left wing or right wing politics, this guy is awesome and it's a great day that he is a senator. Nice going Minnesota!

This.

keithgabryelski: Codyl: Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button.

It's amazing how close the vote was seeing how well Obama did. That means there were lots of people who voted for Obama and against Franken

No, Acorn used the majority of dead voters on the Obama election. It was an accomplishment for them that they were able to dig up that many votes for Franken. Those may have been dead UW Students moveon.org had bused to Minnesota for the 2004 election so they could vote again for Kerry.

The Homer Tax: A heavily Dem State with a Republican Governor?



/She sees what you did there...

ryebread: Codyl: Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button.

A total of 16 states presently offer straight-ticket voting (STV). (new window) Guess which one isn't on the list?

Your "logic" and "reason" has no place in a political thread.

I guess that shoulda been '16. But since the end is coming in '12 it hardly matters.

Impudent Domain: Quite apart from any considerations of left wing or right wing politics, this guy is an ass clown and it's a sad day that he is a senator. Nice going Minnesota.

In what way is Al Franken an "ass clown".

Seems like a reasonable guy to me, who is concerned about the issues, educates himself on them, and certainly leans left/progressive.

I can understand some hate from people on right because he has dressed down some of their messiahs, but why do you have an issue?

tedbundee: ZekeMacNeil: OMG that's like so intertextual and postmodern and stuff :-p

Intersexual? Al Franken is a hermaphrodite?

Have you seen his wife/husband?

Impudent Domain: Quite apart from any considerations of left wing or right wing politics, this guy is an ass clown and it's a sad day that he is a senator. Nice going Minnesota.

Actually, in the times I have seen or heard him in serious conversation, he handles himself rather adroitly. I am not really sure why people are so opposed to him if not for purely partisan reasons.

Beeblebrox: Codyl: Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button.

It's amazing how close the vote was seeing how well Obama did. That means there were lots of people who voted for Obama and against Franken

Do blame them?

It's the bow tie, isn't it?

Successful comedians tend to be very smart. Try to imagine one Republican ideologue that could last five minutes against Jon Stewart. Franken is the the same, and he will make a great Senator for all of us.

keithgabryelski: Impudent Domain: Quite apart from any considerations of left wing or right wing politics, this guy is an ass clown and it's a sad day that he is a senator. Nice going Minnesota.

In what way is Al Franken an "ass clown".

Seems like a reasonable guy to me, who is concerned about the issues, educates himself on them, and certainly leans left/progressive.

I can understand some hate from people on right because he has dressed down some of their messiahs, but why do you have an issue?

He's essentially a pundit, at least I'd say that writing 3 books demonizing the right makes him one. Think of one of the more intellectually honest right-wing pundits sorry, imagine there were an intellectually honest right-wing pundit - you'd probably not be too happy if he were sent to congress.

PJ_the_Barbarian: Impudent Domain: Quite apart from any considerations of left wing or right wing politics, this guy is an ass clown and it's a sad day that he is a senator. Nice going Minnesota.

Agreed. I would be equally disappointed if some district sent Hannity to congress.

So you see some comparison between Hannity and Franken? Please explain.

keithgabryelski: I can understand some hate from people on right because he has dressed down some of their messiahs, but why do you have an issue?

I don't know either. This is why I asked. I won't hold my breath though - the best they usually can come up with is that pic of him in a diaper.

Codyl: Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button.

Minnesota doesn't allow straight ticket voting.

It's amazing how close the vote was seeing how well Obama did. That means there were lots of people who voted for Obama and against Franken

Mainly because of Barkley. Coleman got fewer votes than McCain as well. But it's not surprising that Barkley would particularly appeal to Obama voters -- Barkley is socially liberal and had a platform of change and reform.

Eddie Adams from Torrance: ryebread: Codyl: Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button.

A total of 16 states presently offer straight-ticket voting (STV). (new window) Guess which one isn't on the list?

Typical libtard response. Always trying to cloud the issues with your "facts".


Let the libs have their facts, the GOP has Thruthiness!

PJ_the_Barbarian: imagine there were an intellectually honest right-wing pundit - you'd probably not be too happy if he were sent to congress.

I'd love to see some of the prominent GOP pundits in congress. All they know how to do is biatch, I'd love to see them put their money where their mouths are. I give Senator Franken credit for having a set in that regard.

keithgabryelski: PJ_the_Barbarian: Impudent Domain: Quite apart from any considerations of left wing or right wing politics, this guy is an ass clown and it's a sad day that he is a senator. Nice going Minnesota.

Agreed. I would be equally disappointed if some district sent Hannity to congress.

So you see some comparison between Hannity and Franken? Please explain.

See above. I have expressed the opinion that Franken is a left-wing pundit, and will essentially be little more than an extension of the Democratic Party's platform in the senate. If he winds up being more than that, I'll gladly admit that I'm wrong. I'd even apologize to him if he wanted me to.

Car_Ramrod: I think it would be great if he came on and spoofed himself.

I'm pretty sure the FCC only allows that kind of thing on cable.

/nttawwt

The Homer Tax: Codyl: (in a heavily dem state)

A heavily Dem State with a Republican Governor?

Happens more often than you think. Take a look at my home state of Assachusetts. I mean, not currently, but the last three elected governors were R. And Mass I'd say fits the bill for being "heavily Dem."

dittybopper:
It's the bow tie, isn't it?

It took 40+ posts to get to this? Come on people!

/Couldn't find any pics though, didn't try that hard either

Where. Minnesota? Who gives a shiat? That's practically Canada.

The Homer Tax: Codyl: (in a heavily dem state)

A heavily Dem State with a Republican Governor?

The opposite is true in Tennessee. The electorate is pretty Red, but we have a Democratic governor

dittybopper: Beeblebrox: Codyl: Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button.

It's amazing how close the vote was seeing how well Obama did. That means there were lots of people who voted for Obama and against Franken

Do blame them?

It's the bow tie, isn't it?

NEVER trust a man in a bow tie. That rule has never failed me.

SNL generally treats Democrats with kidd gloves and only breifly glazes over their involvement in screwups (see the Bush bank bailout skit where Franks involvement in allowing the meltdown is briefly hinted at).

He will be hailed as one of the smartest guys there if a bit wierd. I predict a knock off Stewart Smalley showing up and fixing all the country's problems with simple yet brilliant fixes.

SNL formula
Democrat politician = brilliant and has sex
Republican politician = dumb

Tina Fey made a career out of coming up with a new way of saying Bush is dumb once a week for eight years. Don't get me wrong, I agree Bush is dumb, it is just that the same joke every week got old quick.

PJ_the_Barbarian: He's essentially a pundit, at least I'd say that writing 3 books demonizing the right makes him one. Think of one of the more intellectually honest right-wing pundits sorry, imagine there were an intellectually honest right-wing pundit - you'd probably not be too happy if he were sent to congress.

Well, I consider George Will and intellectually honest right-wing pundit.

I wouldn't have an issue with him being sent to congress.

The books you refer to are an interesting point -- they were humorous (certainly not great lulz) and actually took some fair work to research. I'd give him a pass on that stuff and listen to what his position on issues are -- He's pretty straightforward and consistent.

Let's see what actual day-to-day senatorial give-and-take does to him and his positions.

Compare and contrast these to Hannity or Randi Rhodes -- these seem like AWs looking for an outlet.

Tricky Chicken: SNL generally treats Democrats with kidd gloves and only breifly glazes over their involvement in screwups (see the Bush bank bailout skit where Franks involvement in allowing the meltdown is briefly hinted at).

He will be hailed as one of the smartest guys there if a bit wierd. I predict a knock off Stewart Smalley showing up and fixing all the country's problems with simple yet brilliant fixes.

SNL formula
Democrat politician = brilliant and has sex
Republican politician = dumb

Tina Fey made a career out of coming up with a new way of saying Bush is dumb once a week for eight years. Don't get me wrong, I agree Bush is dumb, it is just that the same joke every week got old quick.

You missed the 90's apparently.

ryebread: The Homer Tax: A heavily Dem State with a Republican Governor?



/She sees what you did there...

Both time Pawlenty ran, he benefitted from a third party spoiler candidate that split the liberal vote (MN being a bit further left than even the DFL, which is a bit more liberal than the national Democratic party).

Michelle Bachmann is from a heavily gerrymandered chunk of the state that is much harder right-wing than the rest of the state. That said, I can't be the only one in this thread who would love to use her as a toilet though.

The Homer Tax: \I don't know either. This is why I asked. I won't hold my breath though - the best they usually can come up with is that pic of him in a diaper.

You know that pict is a 'shop created by a republican campaign aide (of whom I forget).

Tricky Chicken: Tina Fey made a career out of being smart, funny, and hot.

FTFM

Beeblebrox:
NEVER trust a man in a bow tie. That rule has never failed me.

Orville Redenbacher?

Tricky Chicken: SNL generally treats Democrats with kidd gloves and only breifly glazes over their involvement in screwups (see the Bush bank bailout skit where Franks involvement in allowing the meltdown is briefly hinted at).

He will be hailed as one of the smartest guys there if a bit wierd. I predict a knock off Stewart Smalley showing up and fixing all the country's problems with simple yet brilliant fixes.

SNL formula
Democrat politician = brilliant and has sex
Republican politician = dumb

Tina Fey made a career out of coming up with a new way of saying Bush is dumb once a week for eight years. Don't get me wrong, I agree Bush is dumb, it is just that the same joke every week got old quick.

The network comedy crowd doesn't always kid-glove democrats. I'm pretty sure they've been vicious with new york's dems on occaision, and their depiction of Bill Clinton wasn't exactly a love letter.

And on SNL alum Jon Lovitz's "The Critic," they referred to Clinton as a "Fat, lecherous hillbilly."

Asteroth: Beeblebrox:
NEVER trust a man in a bow tie. That rule has never failed me.

Orville Redenbacher?

That asshole owes me money.

By law, no Franken thread can pass without the posting of this picture:

Tricky Chicken:
...Tina Fey made a career out of coming up with a new way of saying Bush is dumb once a week for eight years. Don't get me wrong, I agree Bush is dumb, it is just that the same joke every week got old quick. looking like Sarah Palin.

PJ_the_Barbarian: See above. I have expressed the opinion that Franken is a left-wing pundit, and will essentially be little more than an extension of the Democratic Party's platform in the senate. If he winds up being more than that, I'll gladly admit that I'm wrong. I'd even apologize to him if he wanted me to

Got it. We disagree, and although you seem confused on Franken's intentions and abilities I can't argue with a wait and see attitude.

Asteroth: Beeblebrox:
NEVER trust a man in a bow tie. That rule has never failed me.

Orville Redenbacher?


He puts a chemical in the corn that makes you crave it fortnightly.

i think Al Franken is a pretty cool guy. eh does spoofs and doesnt afraid of anything.

PJ_the_Barbarian: keithgabryelski: Impudent Domain: Quite apart from any considerations of left wing or right wing politics, this guy is an ass clown and it's a sad day that he is a senator. Nice going Minnesota.

In what way is Al Franken an "ass clown".

Seems like a reasonable guy to me, who is concerned about the issues, educates himself on them, and certainly leans left/progressive.

I can understand some hate from people on right because he has dressed down some of their messiahs, but why do you have an issue?

He's essentially a pundit, at least I'd say that writing 3 books demonizing the right makes him one. Think of one of the more intellectually honest right-wing pundits sorry, imagine there were an intellectually honest right-wing pundit - you'd probably not be too happy if he were sent to congress.

A pundit that graduated cum laude from Harvard, with a degree in poli-sci.

I dare say he's more qualified than many

zjbs14: dittybopper:
It's the bow tie, isn't it?

It took 40+ posts to get to this? Come on people!

/Couldn't find any pics though, didn't try that hard either

I though it was kinda lame myself that I had to do it.

Thank you for your time, sir.

tedbundee: Tricky Chicken:
...Tina Fey made a career out of coming up with a new way of saying Bush is dumb once a week for eight years. Don't get me wrong, I agree Bush is dumb, it is just that the same joke every week got old quick. looking like Sarah Palin.

Hey Mr. Short-term memory: Oh, HI! how are you!

Tina Fey had left SNL way before this Palin thing came out.

Oh, HI! how are you!?

She certainly nailed that character for the few weeks and guested back on SNL.

Oh, HI! how are you!?

But her career was running hot way before that.

oh, HI! how are you!?

yogaFLAME: i think Al Franken is a pretty cool guy. eh does spoofs and doesnt afraid of anything.

I like that meme but you accidentally the first noun.

The Homer Tax: Codyl: (in a heavily dem state)

A heavily Dem State with a Republican Governor?

And California has a Republican Governor. Are you saying that makes California a "republican" state?

Amazing...

The Homer Tax: Impudent Domain: this guy is an ass clown

Which of his offenses do you find the most egregious?

He had the gall to be a comedian AND host a liberal radio show AND write liberal political books AND do them all fairly well.

That's what I gather from my dad when I ask him why he hates Franken, anyway.

Codyl: And California has a Republican Governor. Are you saying that makes California a "republican" state?

Amazing...

Sorry, I was just looking at other aspects to your inane post beyond the "Straight Ticket" Lie that was addressed many times over that you have conveniently ignored.

LittleSmitty: PJ_the_Barbarian: keithgabryelski: Impudent Domain: Quite apart from any considerations of left wing or right wing politics, this guy is an ass clown and it's a sad day that he is a senator. Nice going Minnesota.

In what way is Al Franken an "ass clown".

Seems like a reasonable guy to me, who is concerned about the issues, educates himself on them, and certainly leans left/progressive.

I can understand some hate from people on right because he has dressed down some of their messiahs, but why do you have an issue?

He's essentially a pundit, at least I'd say that writing 3 books demonizing the right makes him one. Think of one of the more intellectually honest right-wing pundits sorry, imagine there were an intellectually honest right-wing pundit - you'd probably not be too happy if he were sent to congress.

A pundit that graduated cum laude from Harvard, with a degree in poli-sci.

I dare say he's more qualified than many

For a prolific comic that was featured for years on SNL back when the show was still a bit edgy, I have never found the guy all that funny. Stuart Smalley was mildly amusing for a short time, but that wore off pretty quickly. I Haven't read his books for that very reason.

Anyhow, hopefully for MN's sake, he'll be a better lawmaker than he was a comedian.

AntiNerd: Successful comedians tend to be very smart. Try to imagine one Republican ideologue that could last five minutes against Jon Stewart. Franken is the the same, and he will make a great Senator for all of us.

Name a republican ideologue that could last 5 minutes against Jon Stewart? Okay... How about all of them?

Unless you're talking about who's better at saying "funny" things that get white liberals into a slobbering cheering frenzy. In that case, Stewart would destroy any republican ideologue

I wonder what makes Hannity more angry, having to say President Obama or Senator Franken?

Franken and he have some personal bad blood but I suspect his racism overpowers even that.

Lumi: The Homer Tax: Impudent Domain: this guy is an ass clown

Which of his offenses do you find the most egregious?

He had the gall to be a comedian AND host a liberal radio show AND write liberal political books AND do them all fairly well.

That's what I gather from my dad when I ask him why he hates Franken, anyway.

People don't like being sneered at and put down, which is exactly what a pundit does to his political opponents - especially one who is trying to be funny. It's natural that people aren't going to like being put down, and the more successful the sneerer the more offensive he is to you.

Even if Rush Limbaugh was a clean-living philanthropist who wasn't a hypocrite at all, the left would still hate him because he's trying to move the political discourse in a direction they don't like, and doing it by jeering at his enemies.

Car_Ramrod: himself

Not sure he's right for the role.

yogaFLAME: i think Al Franken is a pretty cool guy. eh does spoofs and doesnt afraid of anything.

Except personal criticism. I don't think he can take it nearly as well as he can dish it out.

Hope Seth Meyers rips him a new one on SNL.

Codyl

My suggestion to you, seeing as how your account has been around for about 5 years:

Lurk more.

Also, do some fact checking, your delusional beliefs do not reflect reality from a rational and logical standpoint.

Morton_toes: For a prolific comic that was featured for years on SNL back when the show was still a bit edgy, I have never found the guy all that funny. Stuart Smalley was mildly amusing for a short time, but that wore off pretty quickly. I Haven't read his books for that very reason.

Anyhow, hopefully for MN's sake, he'll be a better lawmaker than he was a comedian.

You realize that Senator Franken's greatest contribution to SNL was not his acting, but his writing, right? He was actually one of the original writers on the show back in '75.

Codyl: AntiNerd: Successful comedians tend to be very smart. Try to imagine one Republican ideologue that could last five minutes against Jon Stewart. Franken is the the same, and he will make a great Senator for all of us.

Name a republican ideologue that could last 5 minutes against Jon Stewart? Okay... How about all of them?

Seriously. Tucker Carlson PWNED Jon Stewart on Crossfire. Tucker got fired from CNN because he was too harsh in destroying Stewart. CNN doesn't like when fellow liberals get embarrassed on national TV.

StrikitRich: yogaFLAME: i think Al Franken is a pretty cool guy. eh does spoofs and doesnt afraid of anything.

Except personal criticism. I don't think he can take it nearly as well as he can dish it out.

Being Jewish, self-deprecation is his kryptonite.

Morton_toes:
For a prolific comic that was featured for years on SNL back when the show was still a bit edgy, I have never found the guy all that funny. Stuart Smalley was mildly amusing for a short time, but that wore off pretty quickly. I Haven't read his books for that very reason.

Anyhow, hopefully for MN's sake, he'll be a better lawmaker than he was a comedian.

Franken's humor definitely has a dry air to it, I consider him more of a satirist than a comedian. If you're looking for belly laughs he isn't your man but I've found his words to stay with me much longer than any typical comedian. He is a much better writer than a performer and folks need to remember that he was the one doing the writing back when SNL was awesome.

Haven't read his books but I did borrow a copy of them on audiobooks, very poignant stuff. Again, don't think I LOL'd a single time but I do find myself quoting bits and pieces of it years later almost as bad as early Simpson references. Definitely worth a listen. His take on rush, oreilly, and hannity are easily worth the cost and any political junkie should be all but required to take a look.

Jeff73: By law, no Franken thread can pass without the posting of this picture:

And:

Car_Ramrod: Seriously. Tucker Carlson PWNED Jon Stewart on Crossfire.

Only the most delusional partisan hack would conjure up such a warped take on reality. Carlson was the laughingstock of the political circle for weeks after their run-in.

Morton_toes: LittleSmitty: PJ_the_Barbarian: keithgabryelski: Impudent Domain: Quite apart from any considerations of left wing or right wing politics, this guy is an ass clown and it's a sad day that he is a senator. Nice going Minnesota.

In what way is Al Franken an "ass clown".

Seems like a reasonable guy to me, who is concerned about the issues, educates himself on them, and certainly leans left/progressive.

I can understand some hate from people on right because he has dressed down some of their messiahs, but why do you have an issue?

He's essentially a pundit, at least I'd say that writing 3 books demonizing the right makes him one. Think of one of the more intellectually honest right-wing pundits sorry, imagine there were an intellectually honest right-wing pundit - you'd probably not be too happy if he were sent to congress.

A pundit that graduated cum laude from Harvard, with a degree in poli-sci.

I dare say he's more qualified than many

For a prolific comic that was featured for years on SNL back when the show was still a bit edgy, I have never found the guy all that funny. Stuart Smalley was mildly amusing for a short time, but that wore off pretty quickly. I Haven't read his books for that very reason.

Anyhow, hopefully for MN's sake, he'll be a better lawmaker than he was a comedian.

Agreed

Impudent Domain: Quite apart from any considerations of left wing or right wing politics, this guy is an ass clown and it's a sad day that he is a senator.

[citation needed]

Seriously. I see this all the time, this "Franken sucks" stuff, and no-one, ever, can back it up with any substance.

Will you be the first?

He's intelligent, well-spoken, and does thorough research. WTF is the problem with that?

StrikitRich: Except personal criticism. I don't think he can take it nearly as well as he can dish it out.

Citation likewise needed. Care to cite an example of this, ever?

The Homer Tax: Morton_toes: For a prolific comic that was featured for years on SNL back when the show was still a bit edgy, I have never found the guy all that funny. Stuart Smalley was mildly amusing for a short time, but that wore off pretty quickly. I Haven't read his books for that very reason.

Anyhow, hopefully for MN's sake, he'll be a better lawmaker than he was a comedian.

You realize that Senator Franken's greatest contribution to SNL was not his acting, but his writing, right? He was actually one of the original writers on the show back in '75.

I guess I did kinda' know that, and the show really was bitingly funny satire at that time, so I'll give him his due there.

He's still always sorta' bothered me as a performer tho.

Car_Ramrod: Codyl: AntiNerd: Successful comedians tend to be very smart. Try to imagine one Republican ideologue that could last five minutes against Jon Stewart. Franken is the the same, and he will make a great Senator for all of us.

Name a republican ideologue that could last 5 minutes against Jon Stewart? Okay... How about all of them?

Seriously. Tucker Carlson PWNED Jon Stewart on Crossfire. Tucker got fired from CNN because he was too harsh in destroying Stewart. CNN doesn't like when fellow liberals get embarrassed on national TV.

I lol'd.

/obvious troll is actually funny.

Codyl: .

It's amazing how close the vote was seeing how well Obama did. That means there were lots of people who voted for Obama and against Franken


Yeah, count me as one of them. Coleman might have been crap, but Franken is a partisan hack. He's as bad as Rush, but without the following.

Morton_toes: I guess I did kinda' know that, and the show really was bitingly funny satire at that time, so I'll give him his due there.

Senator Franken wrote for SNL from 75-80 and 85-95. I don't think it's a coincidence that these coincide with the times that show was at its best. Agree that he wasn't the most stellar character actor on the show, but he had some great bits where he played "Al Franken" very well, if that makes sense.

The original thread about carlson and stewart. General consensus: Carlson came out on the bottom of the heap. (new window)

the opposite of charity is justice: Car_Ramrod: Seriously. Tucker Carlson PWNED Jon Stewart on Crossfire.

Only the most delusional partisan hack would conjure up such a warped take on reality. Carlson was the laughingstock of the political circle for weeks after their run-in.

I'm fairly certain your sarcasmeter is in need of calibration.

/I can help with that, I work for an ISO 17025 acredited sarcasm laboratory
//Reaaaaally....

StrikitRich: Except personal criticism. I don't think he can take it nearly as well as he can dish it out.

lol, keep thinking that.

Sen.-elect Al Franken (D-MN) appeared on the Bill Press Show this morning, and responded to Sen. Jim Inhofe's (R-OK) remarks about the recent election victory by "the clown from Minnesota."

"I don't know how Sen. Inhofe regards clowns, but it might be an incredible compliment," said Franken.

Senator Franken? Senator? Six year term? Yow. That's a long time to get used to hearing "Senator Franken".

LittleSmitty: PJ_the_Barbarian: keithgabryelski: Impudent Domain: Quite apart from any considerations of left wing or right wing politics, this guy is an ass clown and it's a sad day that he is a senator. Nice going Minnesota.

In what way is Al Franken an "ass clown".

Seems like a reasonable guy to me, who is concerned about the issues, educates himself on them, and certainly leans left/progressive.

I can understand some hate from people on right because he has dressed down some of their messiahs, but why do you have an issue?

He's essentially a pundit, at least I'd say that writing 3 books demonizing the right makes him one. Think of one of the more intellectually honest right-wing pundits sorry, imagine there were an intellectually honest right-wing pundit - you'd probably not be too happy if he were sent to congress.

A pundit that graduated cum laude from Harvard, with a degree in poli-sci.

I dare say he's more qualified than many

Thats if you 1.) take a poli-sci degree in general seriously and 2.) consider a Harvard degree to mean much these days. Its hard to take a lot of the big name ivy league schools seriously today given who they've been graduating and their involvement in politics. Look at how the Harvard faculty and student body handled their Prez. Larry Summers' (yes the same one on the Obama econ team) "incident" at a speech a few years ago. The PC police went after him mercilessly.

Then there was Harvard's experiment with giving muslim women on campus their own special 2-4 hours in a school gym each week so they didn't feel weird working out around men. Ahh, equality...

Control_this: Senator Franken? Senator? Six year term? Yow. That's a long time to get used to hearing "Senator Franken".

How often are we going to hear it outside of MN, though? Will he get to be more influential than most freshmen because of his media career?

Mose: I'm fairly certain your sarcasmeter is in need of calibration.

You're probably right, I'm having a helluva time distinguishing between the True Believers and the Trolls anymore.

PinkoLeftist: Look at how the Harvard faculty and student body handled their Prez. Larry Summers' (yes the same one on the Obama econ team) "incident" at a speech a few years ago. The PC police went after him mercilessly.

While I don't doubt that a Harvard education remains an extremely valuable commodity (today's upper class likes to get its money's worth, and if they weren't getting it in the Ivies, they'd go elsewhere), I do think that the Larry Summers thing was insane. I mean, he suggested that men and women think differently, and there was a conniption. Do they burn effigies of the guy who wrote "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" at Harvard, too?

All of you are incorrect. Al Franken is neither a pundit, a partisan hack nor a genius. He is in fact our country's most obvious member of the Reptilian ruling class, rendered so by the shoddiness of his disguise.

Wake up, people! No human skull could possess this geometry.

The Homer Tax: Morton_toes: I guess I did kinda' know that, and the show really was bitingly funny satire at that time, so I'll give him his due there.

Senator Franken wrote for SNL from 75-80 and 85-95. I don't think it's a coincidence that these coincide with the times that show was at its best. Agree that he wasn't the most stellar character actor on the show, but he had some great bits where he played "Al Franken" very well, if that makes sense.

Yes, I remember the "It's all about me......Al Franken" schtick. Meh.

I thought the 'Franken & Davis' bit's were kinda lame too.

prolly shoulda' stuck to writing IMO.

AntiNerd: Successful comedians tend to be very smart.

What does that have to do with Franken?

Republican Tears:Crisp, Sweet, Satisfying.

get your bottle today!

Is the Stupid tag for the submitter or his/her abortion of a headline?

Well, that settles it. Sure, the first six months of the year have been complicated enough, with the economic crisis and massive reform packages, but now, coming up this week, we finally get to focus on what's actually important, and stop navel-gazing so much.

Yes, I'm talking about the Al Franken Legislature.

This legislature will pretty much be the same for Al as before, except that he gets to vote in it. However, for the rest of our fine legislators, things will be much different. Sure, you'll have the same bills as before, but instead of asking whether your constituents or lobbies want a public option in the health care bill, our Congresspeople will be asking whether Al Franken wants a public option in the bill. Instead of wondering whether the restructuring of GM and Chrysler needs to be modified, they'll wonder if Al Franken wants it to be modified. Finally, instead of serving up massive amounts of pork to their own districts, legislators will serve up massive amounts of pork to where Al Franken wants it to go.

After all these long years, the public has been desperate for a sense of moral clarity on Capitol Hill, and finally, the Al Franken Legislature will bring that clarity. We've already bought GM, so let's take a new tack and a new motto: What's good for Al Franken is good for America.

what. a. ghey.

keithgabryelski: tedbundee: Tricky Chicken:
...Tina Fey made a career out of coming up with a new way of saying Bush is dumb once a week for eight years. Don't get me wrong, I agree Bush is dumb, it is just that the same joke every week got old quick. looking like Sarah Palin.

Hey Mr. Short-term memory: Oh, HI! how are you!

Tina Fey had left SNL way before this Palin thing came out.

Oh, HI! how are you!?

She certainly nailed that character for the few weeks and guested back on SNL.

Oh, HI! how are you!?

But her career was running hot way before that.

oh, HI! how are you!?

SNL sucks and so do Tina Fey's movies. I guess I was doing her a favor by pretended she didn't exist until Palin came into play.

/shrug

Mose: The Homer Tax: Codyl: (in a heavily dem state)

A heavily Dem State with a Republican Governor?

Happens more often than you think. Take a look at my home state of Assachusetts. I mean, not currently, but the last three elected governors were R. And Mass I'd say fits the bill for being "heavily Dem."

Rhode Island (the bluest of the blue states, with something like 12 or 14 Republican members of the state legislature) currently has a Republican Governor...who's a chump.

Franken wasn't funny on SNL, and if he's spoofed by the current cast, that won't be funny, either.

SupremeLeader: Still waiting for Ben Stein to make bid for the US senate...


Oh man, he'd be unstoppable - able to kill any bill by lulling the assembly to sleep with his hypnotically somniferous voice.

tedbundee:SNL sucks and so do Tina Fey's movies. I guess I was doing her a favor by pretended she didn't exist until Palin came into play.

/shrug

Someone makes an error on Fark: OMG Retard!!!1!
Get caught making an error on Fark: shrug

Its the Fark way!

I apologize for my lack of clarity in my earlier post. My dig on Tina Fey was aimed at her time as lead writer for SNL during the Bush 8 years, where not an episode went by without a gratuitous 'Bush is dumb' joke. I honestly challenge anybody to come up with ONE episode of SNL that meets ALL of these 3 criteria: Tina Fey as head writer, W Bush is president, The absence of a joke that necessitates the assumption that Bush is dumb to be funny. Has to be thw whole episode in it's entirety.

Any successful challenges can make me add a line of their choice that wont get me banned to my profile.

Those that took issue implying that I missed the 90s weren't paying attention themselves. The vast majority of Clinton jokes were that he was smart or having sex, or the always amusing film review of a movie he loved where the president's wife gets killed.

tedbundee: SNL sucks and so do Tina Fey's movies.

Mean Girls was awesome. Your a idiot.

the opposite of charity is justice: Mose: I'm fairly certain your sarcasmeter is in need of calibration.

You're probably right, I'm having a helluva time distinguishing between the True Believers and the Trolls anymore.

I was hoping my sarcasm was strong enough to not be trolling.

MikeyistheDevil: AntiNerd: Successful comedians tend to be very smart.

What does that have to do with Franken?

How to answer that depends on whether I have to use Republican facts or real facts. If I have to use Republican facts I have to say wow you got me dood pwnde zomg huyk hyuk hyuk Air America gig didn't last..

However if I use real facts we can look at a long track record of Franken making his living in media and entertainment (SNL was only one early waypoint), author of well reviewed books, service to troops overseas, and a career culminating with a strong enough voice that he won an election for U.S. senator. If you don't like his sense of humor that's fine by me.

When I listen to Franken these days he seems very restrained and almost subdued. I suspect that he is still trying to find the right political voice to be taken seriously and actually be serious. He must be aware that his win was something of a fluke, but now that he has it I hope he makes the most of it. If he does, it is the right wing's worst nightmare.

Car_Ramrod: Your a idiot.

It's "your and idiot" moran.

PJ_the_Barbarian: See above. I have expressed the opinion that Franken is a left-wing pundit, and will essentially be little more than an extension of the Democratic Party's platform in the senate. If he winds up being more than that, I'll gladly admit that I'm wrong. I'd even apologize to him if he wanted me to.

A democratic senator following the democratic party platform?!?! Say it ain't so!

PJ_the_Barbarian: Car_Ramrod: Your a idiot.

It's Its "your and idiot" moran.

/pet peeve

ryebread: Codyl: Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button.

A total of 16 states presently offer straight-ticket voting (STV). (new window) Guess which one isn't on the list?

I notice Cody completely ignored this post. I wonder why? Oh wait, no I don't wonder. I know why, it makes him look more stupid than he already did himself.

Tricky Chicken: The vast majority of Clinton jokes were that he was smart or having sex, or the always amusing film review of a movie he loved where the president's wife gets killed.

The earlier ones were about his eating habits.

Jackpot777:
Still butthurt, i see. ""Crisp Sweet Satisfying. Necon Tears""

I really like how the "opposition to bush" (and for some reason not congress from 2006-2008) celebrate using THE BOOT which they so rigorously complained about during the Bush years.

I also enjoy seeing the useful idiots sanction THE BOOT, the crushing boot of authoritarianism, autocracy and totalitarianism to create a new government which is more overbearing, centrally controlling everything from food production to health-care-rationing, and is fare more tyrannical and despotic than the one just 6 months ago, with massive arbitrary expansion in executive powers and a nearly vestigial congress rubber stamping the most radical legislation in US history.

Its sad to see how people would rather control THE BOOT of Autocracy on their perceived enemies rather than REMOVING THE BOOT of Autocracy. [the cabals and the inner circle elite love identity politics, race and class wars because it keeps the sheeple fighting with each other rather than deposing them.]

Oh well, unemployment at 9.5% and 450-475k jobs lost last month, and corporate paper gives 9.2% return while the Fed has the rates set effectively at ZIRP levels.

the opposite of charity is justice: tedbundee:SNL sucks and so do Tina Fey's movies. I guess I was doing her a favor by pretended she didn't exist until Palin came into play.

/shrug

Someone makes an error on Fark: OMG Retard!!!1!
Get caught making an error on Fark: shrug

Its the Fark way!

What error? Saying Tina Fey made it big impersonating Sarah Palin? That was no error, I intended to say that, and stand by it.

dittybopper: Tricky Chicken: The vast majority of Clinton jokes were that he was smart or having sex, or the always amusing film review of a movie he loved where the president's wife gets killed.

The earlier ones were about his eating habits.

That Phil Hartman sketch of him as Clinton stopping at a McDonalds was pure gold.

/there's a lot of things we won't be telling Mrs. Clinton

Why Would I Read the Article: Franken wasn't funny on SNL, and if he's spoofed by the current cast, that won't be funny, either.

he was a writer -- so, mostly, he was getting the lulz through other performers.

But, I'm guessing you never saw his "trickle down theory" sketch. It was later in his SNL career and much better than the stuart smalley character.

Caligula sent a horse to the Senate. Minnesota is just sending part of the horse.

SupremeLeader: Jeff73: SupremeLeader: Still waiting for Ben Stein to make bid for the US senate...


Oh man, he'd be unstoppable - able to kill any bill by lulling the assembly to sleep with his hypnotically somniferous voice.

And we'd finally get to see the bipartisan Franken-Stein bill and finally make reanimation legal again.

Ok, I think that deserves a golf clap, I chortled a bit.

Tricky Chicken: I apologize for my lack of clarity in my earlier post. My dig on Tina Fey was aimed at her time as lead writer for SNL during the Bush 8 years, where not an episode went by without a gratuitous 'Bush is dumb' joke. I honestly challenge anybody to come up with ONE episode of SNL that meets ALL of these 3 criteria: Tina Fey as head writer, W Bush is president, The absence of a joke that necessitates the assumption that Bush is dumb to be funny. Has to be thw whole episode in it's entirety.

Any successful challenges can make me add a line of their choice that wont get me banned to my profile.

any episode that occurred with-in one year of 9/11/2001

Car_Ramrod: dittybopper: Tricky Chicken: The vast majority of Clinton jokes were that he was smart or having sex, or the always amusing film review of a movie he loved where the president's wife gets killed.

The earlier ones were about his eating habits.

That Phil Hartman sketch of him as Clinton stopping at a McDonalds was pure gold.

/there's a lot of things we won't be telling Mrs. Clinton

Now there's a fellow I miss very much. That dude was born to parody Clinton.

Morton_toes: Now there's a fellow I miss very much. That dude was born to parody Clinton.

You might remember him from such nature films as "Earwigs, eww!" and "Man vs. Nature: The Road to Victory!".

Just want to note here that the Franken haters have yet to put up a single example of his alleged bad behavior.

Despite repeated calls from a number of people that they do so.

What are we to make of that?

I think he scored well with the bow tie.

Tricky Chicken: Tina Fey as head writer, W Bush is president, The absence of a joke that necessitates the assumption that Bush is dumb to be funny

Seriously, were you living in the same world I was, spanning the two years after 9/11?

There was barely a peep of criticism of W and, besides Bill Maher (and possibly Gilbert Gottfried) there was barely a joke made about the event or anyone in leadership at the time.

Car_Ramrod: dittybopper: Tricky Chicken: The vast majority of Clinton jokes were that he was smart or having sex, or the always amusing film review of a movie he loved where the president's wife gets killed.

The earlier ones were about his eating habits.

That Phil Hartman sketch of him as Clinton stopping at a McDonalds was pure gold.

/there's a lot of things we won't be telling Mrs. Clinton

I agree there were food jokes, but even these often referred to him getting some strange.

Upon further thought though, I do have to correct my self. There have only been 3 democrat presidents in the history of SNL and only one of those was overloaded with sexual innuendos. Carter was portrayed as brilliant (watch Ackroyd talking a guy down from a bad acid trip-pure gold) So far Obama is portrayed as just the smartest guy ever.

Spitzer and Patterson are lampooned, but are still portrayed as smart. Dumb is reserved for republicans.

Armisen's Patterson wandering around aimlessly is always hilaroius.

Tricky Chicken: Car_Ramrod: dittybopper: Tricky Chicken: The vast majority of Clinton jokes were that he was smart or having sex, or the always amusing film review of a movie he loved where the president's wife gets killed.

The earlier ones were about his eating habits.

That Phil Hartman sketch of him as Clinton stopping at a McDonalds was pure gold.

/there's a lot of things we won't be telling Mrs. Clinton

I agree there were food jokes, but even these often referred to him getting some strange.

Upon further thought though, I do have to correct my self. There have only been 3 democrat presidents in the history of SNL and only one of those was overloaded with sexual innuendos. Carter was portrayed as brilliant (watch Ackroyd talking a guy down from a bad acid trip-pure gold) So far Obama is portrayed as just the smartest guy ever.

Spitzer and Patterson are lampooned, but are still portrayed as smart. Dumb is reserved for republicans.

Armisen's Patterson wandering around aimlessly is always hilaroius.

It seems art immitates life, after all.

Tricky Chicken: Dumb is reserved for republicans.

And wet is reserved for water.

/kidding on the square

Jeff73: SupremeLeader: Still waiting for Ben Stein to make bid for the US senate...


Oh man, he'd be unstoppable - able to kill any bill by lulling the assembly to sleep with his hypnotically somniferous voice.

I would like to introduce this bill that would give a tax cut to....anyone?...anyone?... The rich.

SupremeLeader

Was not aware of that, never paid much attention to either of them. Ben Stein I have ignored since I found out he's a creationist.

Deucednuisance: He's intelligent, well-spoken, and does thorough research. WTF is the problem with that?


The three biggest problems that I can see with Senator Franken are that he's intelligent, well-spoken, and does thorough research.

Tricky Chicken: Dumb is reserved for republicans.

You've missed the Reagan sketch where he seems doddering in public but a super-hero of strength and intelligence once the oval office door is closed.

Dana Carvey did a great H.W. Bush and never made him seem dumb -- arm motions and the words "wouldn't be prudent" were the base of most of them. That and the classic: "what did they [iraq, hussein] do? BOMB 'EM" (as he is cleaning off his desk to leave the whitehouse)

now... I RTFA and the posts, and still never saw the "senator" he spoofed mentioned!

wasn't it Paul Simon? so disappointed!

Cat Food Sandwiches: tedbundee: ZekeMacNeil: OMG that's like so intertextual and postmodern and stuff :-p

Intersexual? Al Franken is a hermaphrodite?

Have you seen his wife/husband?

Have you seen Governor Sanford's wife?

neither has he.

whiny neocons are whiny

/Franken won, so Suck It, repiglicans.

ryebread: The Homer Tax: A heavily Dem State with a Republican Governor?



/She sees what you did there...

You can't catch batshiat crazy right?
/Bet she gives great helmet...

tedbundee: keithgabryelski: tedbundee: Tricky Chicken:
...Tina Fey made a career out of coming up with a new way of saying Bush is dumb once a week for eight years. Don't get me wrong, I agree Bush is dumb, it is just that the same joke every week got old quick. looking like Sarah Palin.

Hey Mr. Short-term memory: Oh, HI! how are you!

Tina Fey had left SNL way before this Palin thing came out.

Oh, HI! how are you!?

She certainly nailed that character for the few weeks and guested back on SNL.

Oh, HI! how are you!?

But her career was running hot way before that.

oh, HI! how are you!?

SNL sucks and so do Tina Fey's movies. I guess I was doing her a favor by pretended she didn't exist until Palin came into play.

/shrug

Eddie Adams from Torrance: Jeff73: SupremeLeader: Still waiting for Ben Stein to make bid for the US senate...


Oh man, he'd be unstoppable - able to kill any bill by lulling the assembly to sleep with his hypnotically somniferous voice.

I would like to introduce this bill that would give a tax cut to....anyone?...anyone?... The rich.

You, sir. My favorites list. Welcome to it.

SupremeLeader: Zafler: SupremeLeader

Was not aware of that, never paid much attention to either of them. Ben Stein I have ignored since I found out he's a creationist.

He's a Jew in the entertainment industry with degrees in economics and law.

To scam a bunch of gullible Christians out of their money by pretending to believe in creationism?

Hell, I'd sign up for that, even if I didn't get a penny out of the effort.

/For the lulz, y'all!

That would make my year if that turned out to be the case.

Morton_toes: Car_Ramrod: dittybopper: Tricky Chicken: The vast majority of Clinton jokes were that he was smart or having sex, or the always amusing film review of a movie he loved where the president's wife gets killed.

The earlier ones were about his eating habits.

That Phil Hartman sketch of him as Clinton stopping at a McDonalds was pure gold.

/there's a lot of things we won't be telling Mrs. Clinton

Now there's a fellow I miss very much. That dude was born to parody Clinton.

I also agree that Phill Hartman did a great Clinton, but the best ever is when Hammond came out after the impeachment vote in the senate failed and walked up to the mike in the rose garden and simply stated "I am bullet proof" and walked off.

To those saying that everybody laid off of Bush right after 9/11 just watch the first episode after they came back and see Will Farrel addressing the nation as Bush about the attacks. It was admittedly some of their most supportive material, but is was still packed with Bush is dumb jokes (I believe one of them implied he would act as soon as Cheney told him what to do).

Oh and he added "They messed with texas"

Zafler: SupremeLeader: Zafler: SupremeLeader

Was not aware of that, never paid much attention to either of them. Ben Stein I have ignored since I found out he's a creationist.

He's a Jew in the entertainment industry with degrees in economics and law.

To scam a bunch of gullible Christians out of their money by pretending to believe in creationism?

Hell, I'd sign up for that, even if I didn't get a penny out of the effort.

/For the lulz, y'all!

That would make my year if that turned out to be the case.

I loved Ben & Jimmy Kimmel on 'Win Ben Stein's Money'. That was when Kimmel was still funny and I didn't know anything about Stein's religious leanings.

/it was a much more innocent time...

anti-Franken talking points:
- he's not funny
- nobody watches him
- SNL has never been funny
- he shouldn't have won
- nobody will pay attention to him
- my butt hurts

Car_Ramrod: I think it would be great if he came on and spoofed himself.

I think it would be better if he spoofed Coleman.

Bocanegra: Linux_Yes: get your bottle today!

speaking of bottles:

Are there still people on the internet who don't know or care that that is a Photoshop?

Jackpot777: tedbundee: keithgabryelski: tedbundee: Tricky Chicken:
...Tina Fey made a career out of coming up with a new way of saying Bush is dumb once a week for eight years. Don't get me wrong, I agree Bush is dumb, it is just that the same joke every week got old quick. looking like Sarah Palin.

Hey Mr. Short-term memory: Oh, HI! how are you!

Tina Fey had left SNL way before this Palin thing came out.

Oh, HI! how are you!?

She certainly nailed that character for the few weeks and guested back on SNL.

Oh, HI! how are you!?

But her career was running hot way before that.

oh, HI! how are you!?

SNL sucks and so do Tina Fey's movies. I guess I was doing her a favor by pretended she didn't exist until Palin came into play.

/shrug

Neocon? Wha...?

Jackson Herring: Bocanegra: Linux_Yes: get your bottle today!

speaking of bottles:

Are there still people on the internet who don't know or care that that is a Photoshop?

Are there people that care that people actually care whether other people on the internet know or care if that is a Photoshop?

Control_this: anti-Franken talking points:
- he's not funny
- nobody watches him
- SNL has never been funny
- he shouldn't have won
- nobody will pay attention to him
- my butt hurts

Not anti-Franken per se

BUT

Actually, he is kinda funny

how would we watch him? Is he on something recently? I seriously don't know.

SNL goes through cycles of awesome to crap usually within the same casts.

With an election that close who knows who should have won. He ended up with the most votes, so he did.

I predict he will get more face time than most freshman senators because of built-in name recognition. If he does well his face time will go up. If he goes batshiate crazy, his face time will go up. If he is boring he will fade into the woodwork.

The condition of my buttocks is satisfactory.

WTF? Al Franken is going to be a senator? Are you guys trying to fix your country by screwing it up so bad that it wraps around the end of the spectrum and ends up on the "good" end?

For the love of God, stop voting for partisan hacks and start voting for people with real solutions to your nation's (and, by extension, the world's) problems!

Morton_toes: Jackson Herring: Bocanegra: Linux_Yes: get your bottle today!

speaking of bottles:

Are there still people on the internet who don't know or care that that is a Photoshop?

Are there people that care that people actually care whether other people on the internet know or care if that is a Photoshop?

Why yes, I... wait, I mean I don't... I'm confused.

Tricky Chicken: (I believe one of them implied he would act as soon as Cheney told him what to do).

Oh and he added "They messed with texas"

Having not seen the sketch I can't say definitely one way or another, but neither of those screams "Bush is dumb joke!" to me.

AnotherDisillusionedCollegeStudent:

[Al Franken Riff]

:ovation:

Impudent Domain: Quite apart from any considerations of left wing or right wing politics, this guy is an ass clown and it's a sad day that he is a senator. Nice going Minnesota.

Care to explain why he is an assclown? I mean your own personal reasons and not something somebody on TV told you.
Jeff73: All of you are incorrect. Al Franken is neither a pundit, a partisan hack nor a genius. He is in fact our country's most obvious member of the Reptilian ruling class, rendered so by the shoddiness of his disguise.

Wake up, people! No human skull could possess this geometry.

Hence the vote for Lizard People. Duh.

Xenomech: WTF? Al Franken is going to be a senator? Are you guys trying to fix your country by screwing it up so bad that it wraps around the end of the spectrum and ends up on the "good" end?

For the love of God, stop voting for partisan hacks and start voting for people with real solutions to your nation's (and, by extension, the world's) problems!

What has Franken said or done in the past that makes you think he'll be a bad Senator? Specifics would be helpful.

Deucednuisance: Just want to note here that the Franken haters have yet to put up a single example of his alleged bad behavior.

Despite repeated calls from a number of people that they do so.

What are we to make of that?

You mean he doesn't smoke pot, drink, fark, etc? What an asshat.

Xenomech: WTF? Al Franken is going to be a senator? Are you guys trying to fix your country by screwing it up so bad that it wraps around the end of the spectrum and ends up on the "good" end?

For the love of God, stop voting for partisan hacks and start voting for people with real solutions to your nation's (and, by extension, the world's) problems!

How about getting off your lazy ass, define the words "partisan hack" and present evidence Al Franken fits the definition.

Oh, btw, you can get credit if you simply pick any position Franken has (his website is a good reference) on a political subject and present any evidence the solution is spurious or any sort of "fake solution" (or even a fake problem).

Car_Ramrod: Xenomech: WTF? Al Franken is going to be a senator? Are you guys trying to fix your country by screwing it up so bad that it wraps around the end of the spectrum and ends up on the "good" end?

For the love of God, stop voting for partisan hacks and start voting for people with real solutions to your nation's (and, by extension, the world's) problems!

What has Franken said or done in the past that makes you think he'll be a bad Senator? Specifics would be helpful.

Joined one of the two parties responsible for farking the country up and became a politician.

hopefully he won't be a partisan asshat, but odds are he will be. maybe he'll be funny enough to help CSPAN's ratings.

Tricky Chicken: Spitzer and Patterson are lampooned, but are still portrayed as smart. Dumb is reserved for republicans.

I noticed you left off Bush Sr.

Dahnch: Car_Ramrod: Xenomech: WTF? Al Franken is going to be a senator? Are you guys trying to fix your country by screwing it up so bad that it wraps around the end of the spectrum and ends up on the "good" end?

For the love of God, stop voting for partisan hacks and start voting for people with real solutions to your nation's (and, by extension, the world's) problems!

What has Franken said or done in the past that makes you think he'll be a bad Senator? Specifics would be helpful.

Joined one of the two parties responsible for farking the country up and became a politician.

SO MUCH THIS.

I mean, can anyone think of a lamer way to try to fix our problems than becoming a politician and getting elected to the US Senate?

If Franken really loved America, he'd sit in his mom's basement and complain about politicians on fark.

Eddie Adams from Torrance: Dahnch: Car_Ramrod: Xenomech: WTF? Al Franken is going to be a senator? Are you guys trying to fix your country by screwing it up so bad that it wraps around the end of the spectrum and ends up on the "good" end?

For the love of God, stop voting for partisan hacks and start voting for people with real solutions to your nation's (and, by extension, the world's) problems!

What has Franken said or done in the past that makes you think he'll be a bad Senator? Specifics would be helpful.

Joined one of the two parties responsible for farking the country up and became a politician.

SO MUCH THIS.

I mean, can anyone think of a lamer way to try to fix our problems than becoming a politician and getting elected to the US Senate?

If Franken really loved America, he'd sit in his mom's basement and complain about politicians on fark.

Hey, she lives with me!

Also, RON PAUL!

Tricky Chicken: To those saying that everybody laid off of Bush right after 9/11 just watch the first episode after they came back and see Will Farrel addressing the nation as Bush about the attacks. It was admittedly some of their most supportive material, but is was still packed with Bush is dumb jokes (I believe one of them implied he would act as soon as Cheney told him what to do).

Oh and he added "They messed with texas"

I've been looking for some video -- can't find it. I remember it different, A LOT different. Remember the time and SNL being in "New York". The cast was pretty supportive because of what they had witnessed first hand.

If they played bush as a college beer drinking kid, that doesn't say "dumb" to me (as I recall Ferrel would do). I saw it as man-boy antics.

and i can't see how "messed with texas" associates with calling Bush dumb -- the whole "texas is bigger than everything else" is just "a thing".

The "i'm waiting for cheney to decide" is a dig, but i seriously don't remember ANYTHING like that directly after 9/11.
But since SNL video from back then is not available, I can't present my best evidence.

Russad: Tricky Chicken: (I believe one of them implied he would act as soon as Cheney told him what to do).

Oh and he added "They messed with texas"

Having not seen the sketch I can't say definitely one way or another, but neither of those screams "Bush is dumb joke!" to me.

Obvious troll is obvious
or
HUH?

If the president were to wait to act until the VP tells him what to do, it would imply that the president can't make his own decisions or isn't allowed to make his own decisions. Either case implies that the president is mentally incompetent in some manner. Possible basis for mental incompetence include, but are not limited to, decreased mental capacity and mental instability. Since the common perception at the time was that Bush was dumb and not insane, I (perhaps incorrectly) thought the attempt at humor was a jab at his intelligence.

In times of great stress, great leaders often produce quotes that ring through history. i.e. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself", "Never, never, never give up", "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall". A president that would say 'They messed with Texas' after a terrorist attack would be akin to a WWE star.

I liken those to Bush is dumb jokes.

Tricky Chicken: If the president were to wait to act until the VP tells him what to do, it would imply that the president can't make his own decisions or isn't allowed to make his own decisions. Either case implies that the president is mentally incompetent in some manner.

Did you hurt yourself making that stretch?

This thread has sold me. I'm voting Franken-Stein in '12, even if I have to write them in.

Tricky Chicken: To those saying that everybody laid off of Bush right after 9/11 just watch the first episode after they came back and see Will Farrel addressing the nation as Bush about the attacks. It was admittedly some of their most supportive material, but is was still packed with Bush is dumb jokes (I believe one of them implied he would act as soon as Cheney told him what to do).

Oh and he added "They messed with texas"

Didn't happen. Here's the transcript (new window) to the first episode back.

Though here's a nice bit from Weekend Update (starring the wonderful Tina Fey):

A man who owns a Middle-Eastern restaurant named Osama's Place says he won't change the name since it was named for the original owner, not Osama Bin Laden. Though, he a had harder time explaining why his other restaurant is named "Hitler's Chicken".

Car_Ramrod: Codyl: AntiNerd: Name a republican ideologue that could last 5 minutes against Jon Stewart? Okay... How about all of them?

Seriously. Tucker Carlson PWNED Jon Stewart on Crossfire. Tucker got fired from CNN because he was too harsh in destroying Stewart. CNN doesn't like when fellow liberals get embarrassed on national TV.

Amazing how two people can see the same video and come to different conclusions. Stewart was ragging on both for being party shills and adding nothing to political discourse.

I think it would be interesting to watch Stewart do some serious interviews of both sides. He seems to be one of the few that expects actual answers instead of canned responses.

tweekster: Tricky Chicken: Spitzer and Patterson are lampooned, but are still portrayed as smart. Dumb is reserved for republicans.

I noticed you left off Bush Sr.

Oh, you mean the BushI Dukakis debates when the moderator asked a question and BushI answered (with a short answer) and the moderator said you still have 30 seconds Mr Vice President. and BushI filled the time with a nonsensical stream of stay the course, thousand points of light, and no new takes, and John Lovitz as Dukakis replied I can't believe I'm losing to this guy.

Tricky Chicken: tweekster: Tricky Chicken: Spitzer and Patterson are lampooned, but are still portrayed as smart. Dumb is reserved for republicans.

I noticed you left off Bush Sr.

Oh, you mean the BushI Dukakis debates when the moderator asked a question and BushI answered (with a short answer) and the moderator said you still have 30 seconds Mr Vice President. and BushI filled the time with a nonsensical stream of stay the course, thousand points of light, and no new takes, and John Lovitz as Dukakis replied I can't believe I'm losing to this guy.

So he played an accurate portrayal of bush.
Your complaint is that the parodies of republicans show them as stupid. Maybe they should stop acting stupid in real life.

Codyl: FrankenColeman would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) people pushing the "straight dem ticket" button blindly voting for the incumbent.

It's amazing how close the vote was seeing how well Obama did. incumbents always do and all the advantages they have. That means there were lots of people who voted for Obama and against Franken bucked the system and kicked out a very well-funded incumbent in a race that the Republicans funnelled millions into.

Cody

Christian

Tricky Chicken: In times of great stress, great leaders often produce quotes that ring through history. i.e. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself", "Never, never, never give up", "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall". A president that would say 'They messed with Texas' after a terrorist attack would be akin to a WWE star.

I liken those to Bush is dumb jokes.

Good point. Care to remind us what Dubyah, that great orator, said after September 11?

Car_Ramrod: Tricky Chicken: To those saying that everybody laid off of Bush right after 9/11 just watch the first episode after they came back and see Will Farrel addressing the nation as Bush about the attacks. It was admittedly some of their most supportive material, but is was still packed with Bush is dumb jokes (I believe one of them implied he would act as soon as Cheney told him what to do).

Oh and he added "They messed with texas"

Didn't happen. Here's the transcript (new window) to the first episode back.


gosh, who gets to pick the line that goes in Tricky's profile? Car_Ramrod or me?

Car, let's come up with a few lines and maybe we can agree on something?

Car_Ramrod: Tricky Chicken: To those saying that everybody laid off of Bush right after 9/11 just watch the first episode after they came back and see Will Farrel addressing the nation as Bush about the attacks. It was admittedly some of their most supportive material, but is was still packed with Bush is dumb jokes (I believe one of them implied he would act as soon as Cheney told him what to do).

Oh and he added "They messed with texas"

Didn't happen. Here's the transcript (new window) to the first episode back.

Perhaps you meant this opening (new window) from the next week.

The closest thing to being portrayed as being stupid is saying "Where's Waldo" is frustrating. And to be fair, it really is.

keithgabryelski: Car_Ramrod: Tricky Chicken: To those saying that everybody laid off of Bush right after 9/11 just watch the first episode after they came back and see Will Farrel addressing the nation as Bush about the attacks. It was admittedly some of their most supportive material, but is was still packed with Bush is dumb jokes (I believe one of them implied he would act as soon as Cheney told him what to do).

Oh and he added "They messed with texas"

Didn't happen. Here's the transcript (new window) to the first episode back.


gosh, who gets to pick the line that goes in Tricky's profile? Car_Ramrod or me?

Car, let's come up with a few lines and maybe we can agree on something?

Heh. I'd be ok with "I don't know how to use something as simple as Google, so nothing I say can be taken seriously."

keithgabryelski: PJ_the_Barbarian: Impudent Domain: Quite apart from any considerations of left wing or right wing politics, this guy is an ass clown and it's a sad day that he is a senator. Nice going Minnesota.

Agreed. I would be equally disappointed if some district sent Hannity to congress.

So you see some comparison between Hannity and Franken? Please explain.

they are both farking clowns, and not very funny

Car_Ramrod: "I don't know how to use something as simple as Google, so nothing I say can be taken seriously."

you win.

tweekster: So he played an accurate portrayal of bush.
Your complaint is that the parodies of republicans show them as stupid. Maybe they should stop acting stupid in real life.

I didn't say he wasn't dumb. I was trying to say that all the SNL jokes about republicans being dumb were tiresome and worn out. If I told you a variation of the same joke once a week for years, you would get tired of it.

bottsicus:
Good point. Care to remind us what Dubyah, that great orator, said after September 11?

W was never even a passable orator, and I DO think he was dumb. I agree with the premise of the Bush is dumb jokes, I just got tired of them. I also think Obama is cool, it just doesn't lend itself to as much humor.

Car_Ramrod: Didn't happen. Here's the transcript (new window) to the first episode back.

.

I must be remembering a somewhat later episode.

judges checking transcript

It seems we have a winner! Car_Ramrod has submitted an example of a SNL episode without an obvious 'Bush is Dumb' joke during the Bush presidency and it was during Fey's reign as head writer.

Congratulations Mr. Car_Ramrod you may now collect your prize.

You farkin idiots that voted him in are going to get what you deserve. A failed comedian, failed movie star, failed talk show host.....I could go on, but you get my point. Franken needs to send ACORN a big thank you card. They stole the election for him.

Car_Ramrod- I am sorry, there were a few posts that went by as I read through the transcript. Is

I don't know how to use something as simple as Google, so nothing I say can be taken seriously.

your submission?

This looks like the beginning of a beautiful friendship

Tricky Chicken: Car_Ramrod- I am sorry, there were a few posts that went by as I read through the transcript. Is

I don't know how to use something as simple as Google, so nothing I say can be taken seriously.

your submission?

It is indeed. Kudos on actually backing up what you said. If I was wearing a hat, it would be off to you right now.

Codyl: Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button.

It's amazing how close the vote was seeing how well Obama did. That means there were lots of people who voted for Obama and against Franken

Cody

Well, aside from being spectacularly wrong on the "straight ticket" thing, you've also failed to consider the possibility that Obama outpolled Franken in Minnesota because the McCain/Palin ticket scared the crap out of reasonable people that would normally vote Republican...thus the disparity. Not that you'll consider it now, of course.

Farmerjohn48pan: You farkin idiots that voted him in are going to get what you deserve. A failed comedian, failed movie star, failed talk show host.....I could go on, but you get my point. Franken needs to send ACORN a big thank you card. They stole the election for him.

No matter how many times you repeat lies they don't become the truth.

Is that like dividing by zero?

zeio: I also enjoy seeing the useful idiots sanction THE BOOT, the crushing boot of authoritarianism, autocracy and totalitarianism to create a new government which is more overbearing, centrally controlling everything from food production to health-care-rationing, and is fare more tyrannical and despotic than the one just 6 months ago, with massive arbitrary expansion in executive powers and a nearly vestigial congress rubber stamping the most radical legislation in US history.

Y'all certainly didn't care when Bush consolidated power and bankrupted our kids and grandkids by paying minimum-wage losers to confiscate toenail clippers, water bottles, and order business travelers to remove their shoes, and used money stolen from the productive Unites States citizens to build bridges in Afghanistan and run electrical lines in Baghdad. But that was peachykeen, because your generation doesn't have to pay for it.

But doing stuff with American tax dollars, for America instead of Afghanistan? Unthinkable!

205 comments and nobody's called out one of my biggest pet peeves in this headline.

it's "used to", moran.

mattymo
now... I RTFA and the posts, and still never saw the "senator" he spoofed mentioned!

wasn't it Paul Simon? so disappointed!

I remember Al Franken doing Paul Simon, slowly droning lines like "I really hope they like the bow tie." I wish I could find a clip of this. I was a kid at the time and not into politics at all but the Paul Simon impression made me laugh a lot.

Well actually, it seems like whenever SNL does a "large field of early Democratic contenders for the Presidential nomination" or "choosing a VP" skit, it's usually pretty funny.

\like Al Gore as the "Bachelor" to his VP noms, giving a rose to Joe Lieberman

Tricky Chicken: Congratulations Mr. Car_Ramrod you may now collect your prize.

Heh, awesome. Feel free to take it down after a week or so. I had actually forgotten about that until Keith brought it up. It's all in good fun.

Jeff73: This thread has sold me. I'm voting Franken-Stein in '12, even if I have to write them in.


Stop bickering goddamnit and get behind this. It'll be the best presidential campaign ever!




bumper-sized (new window)

TemporarySanity: 205 comments and nobody's called out one of my biggest pet peeves in this headline.

it's "used to", moran.

To be fair, I just called out the entire headline, at least, that was my intent.

Control_this: anti-Franken talking points:
- he's not funny
- nobody watches him
- SNL has never been funny
- he shouldn't have won
- nobody will pay attention to him
- my butt hurts

Whoa there.... this isn't 4Chan, we demand extraordinary proof for extraordinary claims.

Car_Ramrod: Tricky Chicken: Car_Ramrod- I am sorry, there were a few posts that went by as I read through the transcript. Is

I don't know how to use something as simple as Google, so nothing I say can be taken seriously.

your submission?

It is indeed. Kudos on actually backing up what you said. If I was wearing a hat, it would be off to you right now.

Done, sorry it it took so long. It had been so long since I made changes, I forgot how to.

I still hold however that there were way too many Bush is dumb jokes during the period.

Car_Ramrod: Tricky Chicken: Congratulations Mr. Car_Ramrod you may now collect your prize.

Heh, awesome. Feel free to take it down after a week or so. I had actually forgotten about that until Keith brought it up. It's all in good fun.

Most likely I will forget about it, so I expect it will be there quite some time. That is why I attribited it to you so I would remember when I see it again.

ravenlore:

No matter how many times you repeat lies they don't become the truth.

They do in Jebusland! You just gotta have faith...

Tricky Chicken: Russad: Tricky Chicken: (I believe one of them implied he would act as soon as Cheney told him what to do).

Oh and he added "They messed with texas"

Having not seen the sketch I can't say definitely one way or another, but neither of those screams "Bush is dumb joke!" to me.

Obvious troll is obvious
or
HUH?

If the president were to wait to act until the VP tells him what to do, it would imply that the president can't make his own decisions or isn't allowed to make his own decisions. Either case implies that the president is mentally incompetent in some manner. Possible basis for mental incompetence include, but are not limited to, decreased mental capacity and mental instability. Since the common perception at the time was that Bush was dumb and not insane, I (perhaps incorrectly) thought the attempt at humor was a jab at his intelligence.


The "Cheney as puppetmaster" gag never rung for me as a Bush is dumb joke. Cheney as a soulless Darth Vader-type, sure. Bush as afraid of Cheney in an abused spouse sort of way, sure. But not dumb.

It really depends on the presentation, and not having seen the clip we're actually talking about it is difficult for me to make a sound judgment. However my gut reaction to that is as more of a jab at Cheney than anything, and at worst a "Bush in fear 'cause he burned the beans again".

Personally I don't find that to be an intelligence joke. To each their own, I guess.

Jeff73: By law, no Franken thread can pass without the posting of this picture:

Isn't that a photoshop?

Tricky Chicken: Russad: Tricky Chicken: (I believe one of them implied he would act as soon as Cheney told him what to do).

Oh and he added "They messed with texas"

Having not seen the sketch I can't say definitely one way or another, but neither of those screams "Bush is dumb joke!" to me.

Obvious troll is obvious
or
HUH?

If the president were to wait to act until the VP tells him what to do, it would imply that the president can't make his own decisions or isn't allowed to make his own decisions. Either case implies that the president is mentally incompetent in some manner. Possible basis for mental incompetence include, but are not limited to, decreased mental capacity and mental instability. Since the common perception at the time was that Bush was dumb and not insane, I (perhaps incorrectly) thought the attempt at humor was a jab at his intelligence.

In times of great stress, great leaders often produce quotes that ring through history. i.e. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself", "Never, never, never give up", "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall". A president that would say 'They messed with Texas' after a terrorist attack would be akin to a WWE star.

I liken those to Bush is dumb jokes.

THIS.

To be quite honest, in spite of all the freepers foaming at the mouth over the prospect of an un-filibusterable democratic congress, the fact is that the GOP deserves to be where it is now. After 8 years of fratboy-style rulership, complete with all the half-baked policies and half-brained quotations ala Bushie, is it any wonder Republicans have been put in the corner?

Fact is that Republicanism used to mean actually having principles. And as you so aptly put it Chicken, Republicans no longer posses that idealistic doctrine capable of producing such epic quotes during turning points of history, that same idealism that won them a presidency for two terms in the 80s and a congress for nearly two decades.

I mean when was the last time you heard something along these lines?:


Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.


No people on earth can be held, as a people, to be an enemy, for all humanity shares the common hunger for peace and fellowship and justice. ... No nation's security and well-being can be lastingly achieved in isolation but only in effective cooperation with fellow-nations.


I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!


General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

Then, one day...


You forgot Poland.

Like I said, after the last one, the GOP needs a time out.
/long post is long

Codyl: Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button.

It's amazing how close the vote was seeing how well Obama did. That means there were lots of people who voted for Obama and against Franken

Cody

Well, he did loose. Then, if you will remember, there were Acorn people finding uncounted ballots in cars, under stairs, etc. while Frankin fought bravely to stop other ballots from the military and early voting. I wonder if the press will go to the length they did in 2000 when Gore tried to steal that election.

meofcourse77: Well, he did loose. Then, if you will remember, there were Acorn people finding uncounted ballots in cars, under stairs, etc. while Frankin fought bravely to stop other ballots from the military and early voting. I wonder if the press will go to the length they did in 2000 when Gore tried to steal that election.

oh man, THAT is good trolling.

kudos to you.

theMightyRegeya: zeio: I also enjoy seeing the useful idiots sanction THE BOOT, the crushing boot of authoritarianism, autocracy and totalitarianism to create a new government which is more overbearing, centrally controlling everything from food production to health-care-rationing, and is fare more tyrannical and despotic than the one just 6 months ago, with massive arbitrary expansion in executive powers and a nearly vestigial congress rubber stamping the most radical legislation in US history.

Y'all certainly didn't care when Bush consolidated power and bankrupted our kids and grandkids by paying minimum-wage losers to confiscate toenail clippers, water bottles, and order business travelers to remove their shoes, and used money stolen from the productive Unites States citizens to build bridges in Afghanistan and run electrical lines in Baghdad. But that was peachykeen, because your generation doesn't have to pay for it.

But doing stuff with American tax dollars, for America instead of Afghanistan? Unthinkable!

Even with 2 wars, and a tax cut, Bush's deficits weren't near 1/5th of what Obama has or is planning on spending.

you should really watch calling out an administration as "Bankrupt[ing] our kids and grandkids" when the administration you support is spending at a far greater level on centralized planning efforts...

oh, and unemployment is at 9.5%. enjoying your stimulus? seems to be really donig the job so far.

meofcourse77: Frankin

Why is this misspelling the one I keep seeing? And it's not usually FrankEn supporters that make that mistake. Let this unwashed hippie in on the joke, please.

// GO TEAM FRANKEN!!
// FRANKEN/FRANKEN '012!!
// franken

Dr Dreidel:

// GO TEAM FRANKEN!!
// FRANKEN/FRANKEN '012!!
// franken


For the last time, it's Franken/Stein!

Car_Ramrod: PJ_the_Barbarian: Car_Ramrod: Your a idiot.

It's Its "your and idiot" moran.

/pet peeve

I'm not so sure. Isn't there alway's an apostrophe when "s" is the last letter of a word - but only when a consonant precedes it?

I realize that this is just a internet discussion board and the point is mute, but it bother's me alot when people bungle there grammer.

Codyl: Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button. It's amazing how close the vote was seeing how well Obama did. That means there were lots of people who voted for Obama and against Franken

So in the space of three sentences you complain that so many Democrats voted straight ticket and laugh because so many Democrats didn't vote straight ticket.

Antonio_Talibanderas: I realize that this is just a internet discussion board and the point is mute, but it bother's me alot when people bungle there grammer

I no. when someone makes a wrong grammer mistake, I find myself chomping at the bit to fix there little red wagging.

Egalitarian: mattymo
now... I RTFA and the posts, and still never saw the "senator" he spoofed mentioned!

wasn't it Paul Simon? so disappointed!

I remember Al Franken doing Paul Simon, slowly droning lines like "I really hope they like the bow tie." I wish I could find a clip of this. I was a kid at the time and not into politics at all but the Paul Simon impression made me laugh a lot.

Well actually, it seems like whenever SNL does a "large field of early Democratic contenders for the Presidential nomination" or "choosing a VP" skit, it's usually pretty funny.

\like Al Gore as the "Bachelor" to his VP noms, giving a rose to Joe Lieberman

I couldn't find that one, but I found "Joyride With Ross Perot and Admiral Stockdale." (new window) PING PONG!!!

keithgabryelski: meofcourse77: Well, he did loose. Then, if you will remember, there were Acorn people finding uncounted ballots in cars, under stairs, etc. while Frankin fought bravely to stop other ballots from the military and early voting. I wonder if the press will go to the length they did in 2000 when Gore tried to steal that election.

oh man, THAT is good trolling.

kudos to you.

You can call it trolling, but noticed that you didn't call it wrong.

I will proudly take the name "Troll" from the idiot that did not have a response but felt the need to blather about it anyway.

I understand that I misspelled his name. Franken, he's good enough, he's crooked enough, and gosh darnit, he likes to steal elections.

Farmerjohn48pan: You farkin idiots that voted him in are going to get what you deserve. A failed comedian, failed movie star, failed talk show host.....I could go on, but you get my point. Franken needs to send ACORN a big thank you card. They stole the election for him.

I think do I get your point. Your point is that you're a dishonest partisan twat, right? Because I think the closest you got to any of that being correct is "failed movie star"

/and even with that, still better than you.
//but then again, who isn't?

necro_steve: /long post is long

You forgot:

That sumabiatch just shot me!

...but I'll just finish my speech.

/hotter 'n 4th of July

Zafler: Codyl

My suggestion to you, seeing as how your account has been around for about 5 years:

Lurk more.

Also, do some fact checking, your delusional beliefs do not reflect reality from a rational and logical standpoint.

Awww... You clicked on me!

meofcourse77:

You had me at "wrong".

<3 <3 <3

RevMercutio: Farmerjohn48pan: You farkin idiots that voted him in are going to get what you deserve. A failed comedian, failed movie star, failed talk show host.....I could go on, but you get my point. Franken needs to send ACORN a big thank you card. They stole the election for him.

I think do I get your point. Your point is that you're a dishonest partisan twat, right? Because I think the closest you got to any of that being correct is "failed movie star"

/and even with that, still better than you.
//but then again, who isn't?

Actually, I think his point is just under his hat.

elvisbloom: ryebread: Codyl: Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button.

A total of 16 states presently offer straight-ticket voting (STV). (new window) Guess which one isn't on the list?

I notice Cody completely ignored this post. I wonder why? Oh wait, no I don't wonder. I know why, it makes him look more stupid than he already did himself.

Or I'm working hard to support Obama and his spending plans.

But seriously, I'm sorry I couldn't reply to the STV comeback sooner. If they don't do STV then my bad. Oops.

Cody

Minnesota's reign as having the most embarrassing elected officials continues.

Ventura
Bachman
Franken

Hang our heads in shame.

Tyee: Minnesota's reign as having the most embarrassing elected officials continues.

Ventura
Bachman
Franken

Hang our heads in shame.

Coleman's not on that list, too?

Jeff73: SupremeLeader: Still waiting for Ben Stein to make bid for the US senate...


Oh man, he'd be unstoppable - able to kill any bill by lulling the assembly to sleep with his hypnotically somniferous voice.

He'd be an awesome filibusterer (is that even a word?) All he needs is "Bueller, Bueller, Bueller...." The only way the Dems could win is if there actually was a Sen. Bueller to say 'present'

I just came here to protest the use of the word "spoofed"... It sounds a bit obscene ("Finally he climaxed and spoofed all over her breasts and face.")

Can't we just use "parodied" instead? Please?

Tyee: Minnesota's reign as having the most embarrassing elected officials continues.

Ventura
Bachman
Franken

Hang our heads in shame.

Nah, Minnesota is like that cousin or uncle that only pops in once in a while and does something bizarre like bringing a coked out hooker to Christmas dinner and then goes back to where they came from with ultimately no harm done. You guys make things interesting. You are nothing like that embarrassing Florida cousin!

ZeroCorpse: I just came here to protest the use of the word "spoofed"... It sounds a bit obscene ("Finally he climaxed and spoofed all over her breasts and face.")

Funny, I did that to yermom last night

/ducks and covers

MikeyistheDevil: AntiNerd: Successful comedians tend to be very smart.

What does that have to do with Franken?

Bwahahaha! Hey, MikeyistheDevil, if you're looking for work right now, maybe Franken can hire you to count his millions of dollars that accent his incredible political power.

Not a fan of Franken, but I figured that his hate and lib vitriol was all part of one of his characters.
Apparently that isn't true.

If you folks have ever dealt with the senate, then you'll know that it's going to be a long time before he can personally screw things up for his state.