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Franken apologizes to McConnell for rudeness
GOPUSA ^ | August 5, 2010 | AP Staff

Posted on 08/06/2010 8:58:53 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Al Franken apologized Thursday for being rude to Sen. Mitch McConnell as the Senate's top Republican was winding up a solemn debate on the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court.

Franken, a liberal Democrat from Minnesota, was presiding over the Senate as McConnell explained his opposition to President Barack Obama's high-court nominee.

A Senate GOP aide said Franken made theatrical gestures and whispered under his breath as the Kentucky senator spoke. It was distracting enough that McConnell went up to the former comedian afterward and said, "This isn't 'Saturday Night Live,' Al."

(Excerpt) Read more at gopusa.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Kentucky; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: actedstupidly; alfranken; apology; cultureofcorruption; democratscandals; draintheswamp; franken; hollywoodreds; macacamoment; manners; mcconnell; mitchmcconnell; selectednotelected; senatorfranken; snl; stealingthesenate; stolenseat; thief
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1 posted on 08/06/2010 8:58:58 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I think Franken was either drunk or high.


2 posted on 08/06/2010 9:00:40 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (It's easy being a communist when you're rich.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I guess he got a little short with him...........


3 posted on 08/06/2010 9:01:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (No, Obama's not the Antichrist. But he does have him in his MY FAVES.............)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Nope. The Senate isn’t SNL. But it’s awfully close to being one.


4 posted on 08/06/2010 9:01:38 AM PDT by RexBeach ("Duty is ours; consequences are God's." Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Franken suffers from that well known malady of all liberals - Political Tourettes.


5 posted on 08/06/2010 9:01:42 AM PDT by eleni121 (But now, he that has a moneybag take it; without a sword let him sell his garment, and buy one.)
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To: VeniVidiVici

I am surprised that he apologized. I guess the old saying the clock is correct twice a day or something like this is true.


6 posted on 08/06/2010 9:02:12 AM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

This guy is a joke..


7 posted on 08/06/2010 9:02:15 AM PDT by gulfcoast6 (GOD IS)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
As a comedian, Al Franken was not funny. As a senator, he is not senatorial.

341 felon voters voting for their own kind is the reason we hear from him today.

8 posted on 08/06/2010 9:03:12 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Franken can’t help himself. He suffers from terminal immaturity.


9 posted on 08/06/2010 9:03:18 AM PDT by crosshairs (Celebrate diversity. Own a variety of firearms.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

If the GoP had any cojones, they would push for a censure of the rookie Senator..

We know the Rats would never expel one of their own.. not when they have folk like Stark and Grayson in their midst.


10 posted on 08/06/2010 9:05:09 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I’m still waiting for the people of Minnesota to apologize for this voting in this joke.


11 posted on 08/06/2010 9:05:22 AM PDT by mort56
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Frankenstein is a has-been clown, a reject from Saturday Night Live, and a refugee from Airhead Amerikkka, the Leftist network that is as bankrupt of ideas as it is of money.

All he knows how to do is play the clown, and a lousy one at that.

He’s as funny as a pasture patty.


12 posted on 08/06/2010 9:05:43 AM PDT by Westbrook (Having children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Minnesota must be where the idiots congregate. How do they vote this clown in?


13 posted on 08/06/2010 9:05:44 AM PDT by Truth is a Weapon (If I weren't afraid of the feds, I would refer to Obama as our "undocumented POTUS")
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To: The_Media_never_lie

But the former jailbirds could certainly tell better jokes.


14 posted on 08/06/2010 9:06:16 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I’m still waiting for the people of Minnesota to apologize for this voting in this joke.


15 posted on 08/06/2010 9:06:23 AM PDT by mort56
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Even with the felon vote it wasn’t enough for Franken to win, they manufactured the victory.


16 posted on 08/06/2010 9:06:43 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
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To: Truth is a Weapon
How do they vote this clown in?

Hey!

A few thousand room-temp voters can't be wrong!

17 posted on 08/06/2010 9:08:00 AM PDT by Quiller (When you're fighting to survive, there is no "try" -- there is only do, or do not.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Minnesota, hope you’re proud of sending this kind of bum to the Senate.


18 posted on 08/06/2010 9:10:03 AM PDT by chimera
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Franken is nothing but a rude classless punk.

The senate seat was stolen. They kept counting and counting until they had more votes. It was total bs. Even felons were counted.

If this seat was not stolen, we wouldn’t have hussein obamacare being rammed down our throats.


19 posted on 08/06/2010 9:12:30 AM PDT by boycott (CAL)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Franken is an idiot..
20 posted on 08/06/2010 9:14:21 AM PDT by PLD (When you receive a kindness,remember it;when you bestow one,forget it)
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