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Al Franken Admits $50,000 Tax Debt - Name That Party!

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Posted by Besoeker 2009-02-08 12:09|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 He shouldn't sit in the Senate - he is clearly qualified for Obama to appoint him to a cabinet position.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia">Rambler in Virginia 2009-02-08 12:40|| 2009-02-08 12:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Al Franken is a card carrying Democrat until he commits a felony. Then he's an independent.

Posted by Frozen Al 2009-02-08 13:45|| 2009-02-08 13:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Wonder how they managed to hide this until well AFTER the electorate could do something with it?

Democracy requires an INFORMED electorate.

The press has MAL-inforemd the public.

Time comes when we will have to execute the press for their treachery.

Posted by OldSpook 2009-02-08 14:09|| 2009-02-08 14:09|| Front Page Top

#4 JUST THINK. WE WE COLLECTED ALL THE MONIES THAT OUR PRESENT AND POSSIBLE LEADERS(FRANKEN) WE OULD PROBABLY WIPE OUT THE DEBT. OH WAIT A MINUTE. THE MAN IN CHARGE OF THE IRS DIDNT PAY HIS TAXES EITHER. NOTHING LIKE HAVING A FRIEND IN GOVERNMENT RIGHT MR. F

Posted by SPM 2009-02-08 14:38|| 2009-02-08 14:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Bad headline, Besoeker: the linked piece clearly identifies Franken as a Democrat. In the first sentence. As does the Newsmax piece.

Credit the MSM when they get it right.

Posted by Steve White 2009-02-08 15:02|| 2009-02-08 15:02|| Front Page Top

#6 One of the few at least memorable efforts of Franken at comedy, was his creation of the "Al Franken decade", in which he overused personal pronouns.

This ties directly into what some people are now doing when the word "Democrat" is omitted in stories about Democratic scandals, that is, reinserting the word "Democrat" before each and every instance of references to their name.

For example: "Overlooked in coverage of DEMOCRAT Tim Geithner's and DEMOCRAT Tom Daschle's unpaid taxes is the $70,000 that Minnesota Democratic senatorial candidate DEMOCRAT Al Franken has admitted to owing in back taxes, interest, and penalties..."

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-02-08 15:10|| 2009-02-08 15:10|| Front Page Top

#7 But taxes are for OTHER people ...

Posted by The Deomcrats 2009-02-08 15:48|| 2009-02-08 15:48|| Front Page Top

#8 #5 Bad headline, Besoeker: the linked piece clearly identifies Franken as a Democrat. In the first sentence. As does the Newsmax piece.

Credit the MSM when they get it right.
Posted by Steve White 2009-02-08 15:02

Just a guess, Steve, but I believe Besoeker was challenging R-burgers to ID the party before reading the article?

Posted by Uncle Phester 2009-02-08 18:11|| 2009-02-08 18:11|| Front Page Top

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