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AL FRANKEN KNOCKS DOWN DEAN HECKLER
New York Post Online ^ | January 27, 2004 | VINCENT MORRIS

Posted on 01/27/2004 4:02:22 PM PST by Matthew James

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:19:20 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

January 27, 2004 -- EXETER, N.H. - Wise-cracking funnyman Al Franken yesterday body-slammed a demonstrator to the ground after the man tried to shout down Gov. Howard Dean. The tussle left Franken's trademark thick-rim glasses broken, but he said he was not injured.


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This clown should be prosecuted for assault; he's just a thug!

He was concerned for someone's free speach?!? He obviously doesn't understand the concept!

Al Franken would make a great Nazi.

1 posted on 01/27/2004 4:02:25 PM PST by Matthew James
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To: Travis McGee
Ping...
2 posted on 01/27/2004 4:03:02 PM PST by Matthew James (SPEARHEAD!)
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To: Matthew James
Just the guy you want to build a radio network around.

This is fabulous news.
3 posted on 01/27/2004 4:05:17 PM PST by frithguild ("W" is the Black Ice President - underestimated until the left completely loses traction.)
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"I got down low and took his legs out," said Franken afterwards. Franken said he's not backing Dean but merely wanted to protect the right of people to speak freely.

But...but...but isn't that what the heckler was doing...speaking freely, Mr. Franken?

Typical brain-dead liberal.....free speech for me but not for thee.

4 posted on 01/27/2004 4:06:14 PM PST by Lizavetta (Savage is right - extreme liberalism is a mental disorder.)
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5 posted on 01/27/2004 4:06:23 PM PST by Consort
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"Franken emerged from the crowd and charged one male protester, grabbing him with a bear hug from behind and slamming him onto the floor."

Excuse me? That is absolutely unacceptable, thuggish, immature behavior. No matter what, no one should tolerate that sort of behavior.

6 posted on 01/27/2004 4:06:29 PM PST by OpusatFR (Hillary's health care means culling the herd to keep down costs.)
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7 posted on 01/27/2004 4:06:38 PM PST by ChadGore (<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/">Miserable Failure</a>)
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To: frithguild
I'm amazed (and glad) that he's stupid enough to admit the assault!
8 posted on 01/27/2004 4:07:07 PM PST by Matthew James (SPEARHEAD!)
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"I got down low and took his legs out," said Franken afterwards.

"I was a wrestler so I used a wrestling move," Franken said.

Gee, it sounds like you just confessed to assault, Einstein.

9 posted on 01/27/2004 4:07:56 PM PST by AdamSelene235
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To: Matthew James
The tussle left Franken's trademark thick-rim glasses broken, but he said he was not injured.

And dog-gone-it, people like him!

10 posted on 01/27/2004 4:08:09 PM PST by VRW Conspirator (All your Mars belong to us)
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To: Matthew James
I read the title and wondered who 'Dean Heckler' was. I figured that if Franken didn't like him, that was points in his favor.
11 posted on 01/27/2004 4:08:38 PM PST by Riley
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To: Matthew James

"Vote for me, or I'll send Al Franken to raise a very
nasty welt that could well take days to heal"

12 posted on 01/27/2004 4:08:41 PM PST by ChadGore (<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/">Miserable Failure</a>)
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To: Consort
Sorry... Ran a search first and didn't find this.
13 posted on 01/27/2004 4:09:11 PM PST by Matthew James (SPEARHEAD!)
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To: Matthew James
Franken emerged from the crowd and charged one male protester, grabbing him with a bear hug from behind

The progressives' preferred attack position.

14 posted on 01/27/2004 4:10:17 PM PST by Argus
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To: Matthew James
Sounds like it could be a publicity stunt set-up to me, at least in this case. What better whipping boy than the LaRouchies,..I mean they are nuts so its totally believable they'd begin heckling Howie or any of the other Dems.

I've been involved in countless campaigns on the local, state, and federal level - and these types of set-up occurences are not uncommon at speeches, rallys, and debates. The fracas becomes the story. Franken may be a fool, but he's no dummy.
15 posted on 01/27/2004 4:12:07 PM PST by NCPAC
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Re: "I'm for freedom of speech"

Franken emerged from the crowd and charged one male protester, grabbing him with a bear hug from behind and slamming him onto the floor.

No wonder liberals like him support unions. They're thugs at heart. Hear someone saying something you don't like ? Beat them to a bloody pulp untill they submit.

Stalin would be proud.

16 posted on 01/27/2004 4:12:45 PM PST by ChadGore (<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/">Miserable Failure</a>)
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"Gee, it sounds like you just confessed to assault, Einstein".

Uh, that would be "Franken-stein"

17 posted on 01/27/2004 4:13:23 PM PST by truthandjustice1
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To: Matthew James
Do NOT taunt 'Happy Fun Ball'.
18 posted on 01/27/2004 4:14:29 PM PST by Mark (Treason doth never prosper, for if it prosper, NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON.)
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Al Franken would make a great Nazi.

I'm given to the impression that all Leftist true-believers would as well.
19 posted on 01/27/2004 4:14:42 PM PST by polemikos (Steyn: Leftists demonize Wolfowitz because his name begins with a big scary animal and ends Jewishly)
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To: Matthew James
Assault:
Law.
An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another.
The act or an instance of unlawfully threatening or attempting to injure another.

Battery:
Law.
The unlawful and unwanted touching or striking of one person by another, with the intention of bringing about a harmful or offensive contact.

Looks like he has both.
20 posted on 01/27/2004 4:15:34 PM PST by HighWheeler (A chainsaw don't know the difference between a laig and a lawg.)
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