Posted on 01/24/2008 6:58:46 PM PST by Clintonfatigued
"Comedian" Al Franken is running for the U.S. Senate seat from Minnesota, this the media is happy to report. But, for some unexplainable reason, the media isn't so interested in reporting Franken's odd behavior. It seems that an ungovernable rage is always just under the surface with Franken, a rage that has several times broken free and resulted in assault and other violent or antisocial behavior. Why the media doesn't highlight this man's unstable behavior can only mean that they are lending him as much cover as they can to assist his campaign.
His unprofessional and intemperate language is well-known, of course. He has titled books by childishly calling people "big fat liars" and he has utilized his uncivil tongue as a talk-show, shocker. It all makes for a rather angry, uncivil fellow, but if that were all there were to it, one might at least be able to excuse it as mere bravado utilized to make some cash. Still, there is an always lurking anger that is detectable in his ranting. There is just something unstable about the man.
The most egregious example of Franken's crazy behavior happened during the 2004 election cycle as Franken attended a Howard Dean rally in Exeter, New Hampshire. A heckler was giving Howard Dean a spot of trouble and Franken strangely thought that he'd act the part of Hulk Hogan and bodyslammed the heckler to the ground. In any normal world this would have been called assault and someone who acted like this would not only be hauled away by the police but serious aficionados of politics would shun him afterward. Democrats, however, loved it... and that says quite a bit about them, doesn't it?
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well, for some reason the Minnisota Republican party called me here on the West coast for a donation for Coleman.....I did give a little....I’d like to think it helps....
Maybe MN should elect “Pranken Al” Franken to the position of court jester.
Quiet a few FReepers saw it, since he was being interviewed right in front of the FReeper display.
$10 says Franken carries the Range, Mpls and St. Paul. Coleman will take the suburbs, western and southern MN.
Yes, I’ll give you the cities, and possibly Saint Louis Park, but he might have trouble in Da Range. His elitist liberal attitude doesn’t fly well in a place full of Reagan Democrats like the Iron Range.
I dunno. Da Range has always voted Lib. They turned out for Wellstone something like 80 or 90 percent...
Franken was into weightlifting and bodybuilding for years. The behaviors noted remind me of “roid rage.” Reporters worthy of the name would be inquiring about this. But we seem to be fresh out of those.
Yup. They just never grew up.
I’ll bring another one! :-)
“Franken was into weightlifting and bodybuilding for years. The behaviors noted remind me of “roid rage.” Reporters worthy of the name would be inquiring about this. But we seem to be fresh out of those.”
Hmmm. Cocaine and ‘roids. Clearly a bad combination. Particularly when mixed with an egomaniacal halfwit like Franken. That boy’s rage will take him down eventually. It will be fun to watch though.
His show on the defunct ErrAmerica wasn’t just not funny, it was painful. “Oi, oi, oi” skits left you staring dumbfounded at your radio.
I hope MN has had its fill of experimental politicians.
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