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law of unintended consequences.

No such thing as bad publicity.

See? That proves that God has a sense of humor.

"Had", darkhorse23, God "had" a sense of humor before dying three years ago.

Al Franken is Hebrew for "obnoxious asshole"

Al Franken is the unfunniest man alive. That is all.

I likes to call him Franken-squirter.

Ahh, yes, I don't care what you say, just spell my name right.

/media whore

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Who is this and why should I care?

awesome, fox bad karma comes around to bite its arse. now if we can get some of that for the democrats.

/flame on

Fox is now going to release a statement claiming that the sudden popularity of the book in conjuction with their recent legal actions merely demonstrates their original claim that the title was chosen to confuse people who would normally purchase books by Fox commentators.

And now FOX will get a big piece of that revenue from the lawsuit.

Anything that upsets O'Reily and the other Foxholes can only be good.

Al Fanken Lies.

Author and title, and it says it all.

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I love al franken. Not because i actually think he's funny, but helps bring a balance to the force.

The NeoFascists (im sorry i mean neoconservatives) have Coulter, Savage, Limbaugh, Scarborough, o'reilly etc.

The Left has Michael moore, al franken and. . . and. . err. . . Jeanine Garafolo. Anyone else? Didnt think so.

In the interest of maintaining a relative balance, i think its good there are a few lefties out there making the righties sputter.

"fair and balanced"....

2003-08-13 02:49:44 PM lukeduff wrote?

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Libby was in such a hurry to get this through that he didn't have the time to check for any of that and the mods probably took the first submission and ran with it.

AK

Did anyone see the Daily Show's take on this last night?

Classic.

Jon Stewart rules.

Mr. Franken your 15 minutes are up. Please crawl back under your rock!

Father Jack-

Shouldn't that be the [i]neoLeft[/i]?

Fox is getting just as much publicity....\

Only way this could be bad for Fox is a countersuit.

How can a book be number one and not even be released yet?
Al, you are a publicity genius.

What did Jon Stewart say about this?

BWA-HAHAHAHAHAAA...

I just recently got into watching O'Reilly and damn, he cracks me up. I also listen and watch Franken when he's around and he's no worse than an Ann Coulter or Rush Limbaugh with his outrageous comments.

How do you ask, can this pot-smoking, hard drinking, porn-loving "liberal" be able to absorb both sides of the issues? How can he actually like to watch Bill and Rush and Al and Larry King and all of the others?

It's all about money, folks. Who's got ratings? Who needs them? What is someone willing to do for them? When those questions get asked, it's fun to see what the answers are.

I like when they agree with me (which they all do at some point) and laugh when they don't. But, by no means do I ever take them seriously. They're just in it for the cash, not to make any sort of difference. It's when they try to supercede that philosophy that they become uninteresting.

Bill always blasts people for not coming on his show, let's see him turn that light on himself and entice Franken on. That would be a laff riot.

2003-08-13 07:41:54 PM Evil
Fox is getting just as much publicity....

Sure but they look like a bunch of crybabies.

MacV-

Whether you think he's funny or not, Franken has had at least some level of celebrity for 25 years.

Mr. Franken your 15 minutes are up. Please crawl back under your rock!

WTF? 15 minutes?

He's been in the public eye since SNL started in 1975, almost ithout interruption. That's 28 freakin' years!!!

If you're going to troll, at least say something that won't make us pity you.....

I was just about to say that hailstorm & galumph200. Thanks.

I have to chuckle at all the right-wing zealots who call Al Franken an obnoxious asshole. you guys are really too much today.

/Coulter,Matlin,Limbaugh,Buchanon,O'Reilly,Hannity,Liddy,Savage,Novak,Bennett

I think the "15 minute" thing was a reference to MacV's attention span, not fame...

Does anyone remember Franken's TV show, specifically the one where he was talking in the front seat of that car and the airbag busted out and smacked him and they kept showing it over and over?

That was the funniest moment of my young TV life. I also remember some show where they dubbed in some German voice over that footage and made it about the "funny jew" or something... GOLD!

Conspiracy by the radical right and left for our yen.

SHOTGLASSS

naw, the Left is still the same old and busted Left its been since Carter, prolly even before him, the message of the left hasnt changed, and thats part of the reason they're losing ground. That and the Republicans are a ruthless bunch of junkyard dogs who know how to win elections that hoity toity idealists on the left dont know how to do. Too bad, really.

I wish the dems would adopt a "new" image and platform, it might re-invogorate the party, which is in a pretty sorry assed state at the moment.

So until they do i aint gonna call em "neoleft".

The "new" image of the Right is so scary, i dont really know why people dont get more alarmed by it, its not about traditional republican values anymore: Fiscal responsibilty, small government, reluctance to change....

The deficits we've got now sure show how fiscally responsible the current guys are, the government is much bigger and scary and has more power than it did under clinton, and in 2 years they've totally changed the protocols underwhich the US persues its interests.

Dont sound like conservatism to me. Sounds like. . .nationalism.

2003-08-13 07:41:03 PM MacV


Mr. Franken your 15 minutes are up. Please crawl back under your rock!

That's funny, Al has been around before O'Reilly could ever say "no spin zone" with a straight face. (I'm sure that took some practicing)

I love Mr. Franken. He was a funny comedian on SNL, and he still is funny. I haven't read his book titled "Rush limbaugh is a big fat idiot" but I will soon.

I've met Al Franken. Very nice and insightful gentleman. He also appears to have genuine concern for the welfare of our country. And he's not a loudmouth afraid of (or unable to face) criticism. He uses humor in an arena that sorely needs it - politics. If other political commentators were half as adept as Mr. Franken, maybe our public discourse would be a little better. It would almost certainly be funnier. And I'll agree with the post on the other thread that "funny" is entirely subjective. Al Franken is either funny to you, or not. I don't care. Just don't show your ignorance of his books and other projects by saying "he's not funny" when what you mean is "he's not funnny to me" (either because you have a prejudice, haven't familiarized yourself with a lengthy body of work, you don't have a funny bone, or AF doesn't tickle it).

Bonestorm

It was called "LateLine". I think it ran as a mid-year replacement in 1998 and 1999, or something like that, but I don't think it was ever an offical part of NBC's(?) lineup.

I actually saw this book for sale yesterday in Mississippi, of all places.

God bless the Ultra-Rightists for giving us some laff material in these dark times.

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Yeah, what's with all the right wingers desperately denouncing Franken as unfunny. I disagree with Limbaugh, Buchanon, O'Reily, et al more often than not, but I wouldn't call them unfunny. They are occasionally correct and hilarious when they skewer the left.

all I have to say is, that if you only fly with your left, or your right wing, you'll end up flying in circles.

use both wings, and keep flying forward.

Galumph! Thanks! That was really bugging me, although I am on the 'Net, I suppose I could have looked that up.

FARK Boards: the Champion of the Lazy!

Only one way to settle this:

Here's John Stewart from last night, click the word WATCH next to the HEADLINES section on the right.

http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/thedailyshowwithjonstewart/videos_headli nes.jhtml

DrNebuloso: That's a nice saying.

I'm trying to find the video clip of Jon Stewart making fun of Bush a week and a half ago in his news conference... anyone know where that might be? Couldn't find it on the daily show site.