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Franken Announces Minnesota Senate Bid, Assures Voters It's No Joke

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Posted by Fred 2007-02-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 WHAT A FU*@IN'.......Words fail me

Posted by ARMYGUY 2007-02-15 06:41|| 2007-02-15 06:41|| Front Page Top

#2 I thought the 80's were the "Al Franken Decade"?

Posted by tu3031 2007-02-15 10:22|| 2007-02-15 10:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Got tape of Al attacking a heckler from behind? Keep it handy, Norm.

Posted by eLarson 2007-02-15 10:41|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2007-02-15 10:41|| Front Page Top

#4 He's going to win.

Posted by anonymous2u 2007-02-15 12:23|| 2007-02-15 12:23|| Front Page Top

#5 There isn't much fun in politics now, so this is a positive. I just watched his announcement speech on YouTube- waving hands, overactive facial expressions, and just a little INTENSE, OK? A couple of minutes in, he tells how his father set up a factory in a small town in Minnesota because it was on the railroad line, then found out that the trains didn't stop there... "That was my father, a great guy but a terrible businessman..." Pure gold.

Posted by Grunter 2007-02-15 12:27|| 2007-02-15 12:27|| Front Page Top

#6 This punk is pure ego with a habit of physically threatening people. Wish I could remember who the journalist was that Franken literally called up and challenged to a fight. Franken commented later on, "he's kind of skinny so I knew I could kick his ass".

The interview was on google video and has since been taken down.

Comment on Keith CAIR cocksucker Ellison's office stunt yesterday. Something that should have been posted here but wasn't. Sadly, Tom didnt beat him senseless with Jeffersons Koran.

Posted by Icerigger 2007-02-15 12:34|| 2007-02-15 12:34|| Front Page Top

#7 Strictly speaking, Al's candidacy *is* a joke. It is just not a funny one.

Posted by SteveS 2007-02-15 12:48|| 2007-02-15 12:48|| Front Page Top

#8 Rep. Keith Ellison Issues Fatwa on Cigar Smoke -
By John Lillpop

Democrat Keith Ellison, the only Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress, has decided to tackle issues that other politicians normally shy away from.

Rather than concerning himself with illegal immigration, global warming, the war on terror, trade deficits, the federal debt, and troop surge in Iraq, the Minnesota Democrat has issued a Fatwa on cigar smoke. (word is Franken has contacted Ellison requesting his love child)
More specifically, cigar smoke emanating from the office of Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.). [TheHill.com]

As it turns out, Tancredo is allowed to smoke in his office according to the property management firm responsible for the building.

However, Ellison staffers dispute Tancredo's authority to "pollute the air," saying that building regulations are subordinate to Sharia law which specifically forbids smoking of any nicotine product within 100 yards of a sacred site of Islam.

In this case, Tancredo's office is within 95 feet of Ellison's office, which has been designated as a stoning sanctuary.

Under Sharia law, Ellison's office can be used as an execution chamber for stoning to death evil women who have dressed and behaved in a manner that has forced Muslim men to rape them. That makes the office a sacred Islam site.

Because of Sharia law, Tancredo is guilty of a sin against Allah every time the Representative lights up.

Nonetheless, Tancredo says he does not intend to stop smoking in his office.

Posted by Icerigger 2007-02-15 12:54|| 2007-02-15 12:54|| Front Page Top

#9 Walter Mondale, Paul Wellstone, Mark Dayton, and now Al Franken? Wake the hell up, Minnesota! Governance isn't some kind of a joke, you know...

Posted by gb506 2007-02-15 14:20|| 2007-02-15 14:20|| Front Page Top

#10 Speaking of jokes, you forgot Jesse Ventura.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2007-02-15 15:15|| 2007-02-15 15:15|| Front Page Top

#11 However, Ellison staffers dispute Tancredo's authority to "pollute the air," saying that building regulations are subordinate to Sharia law which specifically forbids smoking of any nicotine product within 100 yards of a sacred site of Islam.

Is this from The Onion? Or life imitating The Onion?

Posted by eLarson 2007-02-15 17:14|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2007-02-15 17:14|| Front Page Top

#12 Larson it's By John Lillpop. Pretty good writer. I added the Franken bit.

When I look around the state I just can't figure out why we elect these nuts. Honestly I think it is the local dislike for regular polititions. Keith Ellison was a Minneapolis thing.

video of Frankenstein :
Franken gets skewered
01:56
An impersonator playing the role of Alberto Gonzalez on the Imus show has some fun with Al Franken, while Franken sits in the studio a few yards away!

Posted by Icerigger 2007-02-15 19:09|| 2007-02-15 19:09|| Front Page Top

#13 spending his adult life as an entertainer and satirist

When the hell did he do that? The "NO JOKE" headline describes his career to a "T".

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839">AlmostAnonymous5839 2007-02-15 19:29|| 2007-02-15 19:29|| Front Page Top

#14 One of my favorites, Colin Quinn hands Al Franken his own ass.

Posted by Icerigger 2007-02-15 19:30|| 2007-02-15 19:30|| Front Page Top

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