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Al Franken's USO Comedy Tour Humor Was Creepy
Washington Examiner ^ | Nov 16 2017 | Tim Carney

Posted on 11/16/2017 1:42:21 PM PST by drewh

When Al Franken was on tour with the USO, one of his jokes involved pointing to the cheerleaders on stage and saying he would think of them while having sex with his wife.

"I don't know how you guys do it for nine months," Franken in a 2004 article quoted himself as saying, "I've been over here a week, and the first thing I'm going to do when I get home is have sex with my wife — while thinking about the cheerleaders. Not so different from you guys, except I won't be alone."

There's a long tradition of sexualized humor in USO sets, and I'm not a prude, but that one strikes me as a little extra gross: saying in front of much younger women that you will be thinking of them while having sex

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: alfranken; franken; leeanntweeden; melaniemorgan; minnesota
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1 posted on 11/16/2017 1:42:22 PM PST by drewh
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A Republican, or other normal person, would have been already forced to resign. This bastard gets away with it because he is a liberal. I want him to go through what Moore is going through.


2 posted on 11/16/2017 1:44:40 PM PST by I want the USA back (ItÂ’s Ok To Be White. White Lives Matter. White Guilt is Socially Constructed)
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To: drewh

Doggone it, people caught me!


3 posted on 11/16/2017 1:46:02 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: drewh

A history of disrespect towards women.


4 posted on 11/16/2017 1:46:37 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: drewh

You want gross..this one is gross. Baby rape. this needs to be spread

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/11/footage-al-franken-making-baby-rape-joke-resurfaces-amid-sexual-assault-allegations-video/


5 posted on 11/16/2017 1:50:05 PM PST by RummyChick (I have no inside sources, media sources, or federal government employee sources. NONE)
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To: drewh
Creepy how?


6 posted on 11/16/2017 1:50:15 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: drewh

Would Bob Hope have said that?


7 posted on 11/16/2017 1:50:41 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: billorites

Creepy is just too inadequate a word to describe Al Gropen, er, Franken. To call him a “creep’ is to give all real creeps a bad name.

The Gollum “Precious”, maybe? Anything to make the Orcs look good.


8 posted on 11/16/2017 1:54:10 PM PST by alloysteel (The rhetorical question, "How stupid can you be?" is just considered to be a challenge by some.)
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To: drewh

What number is this one? 5 comments like this? He will still be in office years from now.


9 posted on 11/16/2017 1:56:59 PM PST by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever! It is offical, we are at war!)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

He had more class.


10 posted on 11/16/2017 1:57:29 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Screw The NFL!!!!!! My family fought for the flag!)
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To: drewh

If the Republican Party had testicular fortitude, it would hire private investigators to research Franken. Very much doubt this is the only incident, and there probably are women who want to tell their story. Time to fight back. If they go after one of yours either you take out two of theirs or roll up your tent.


11 posted on 11/16/2017 1:58:05 PM PST by allendale (.)
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To: drewh

Just watched this woman on CNN talk about Franken and say she hopes if there are others they come forward.

Franken is a Class A Creep and I am sure there are many and I pray they come forward and bury his hypocritical pos ass


12 posted on 11/16/2017 2:00:12 PM PST by CGASMIA68
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To: drewh

Stuart Smalley has always been creepy and weird. Not really the type normal voters would elect to the Senate. It’s funny how the “news bobbleheads” keep saying all of Smalley’s groping incidents occurred BEFORE he was elected to the Senate. Well, the groping incidents Moore has been accused of committing by Allred’s stable of professional victim nags all occurred long before he became a Republican.


13 posted on 11/16/2017 2:00:58 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (2017 - The year the liberals' "sexual revolution" strikes back!)
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To: drewh

Sex jokes are the refuge of a poor comedian or comedienne. If you are not getting laughs for your jokes, tell a sexual one. Everyone will be so afraid of being labeled a prude they will laugh whether it is funny or not.


14 posted on 11/16/2017 2:02:04 PM PST by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
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To: allendale

The Republicans know that when you’re pointing at someone, four fingers are pointing back at you. They don’t want be investigated.


15 posted on 11/16/2017 2:03:15 PM PST by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners..)
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"Franken in a 2004 article quoted himself as saying, "I've been over here a week, and the first thing I'm going to do when I get home is have sex with my wife — while thinking about the cheerleaders."

Back in the early and mid-90s while at a previous job I actually got to know the Franken family pretty well. His wife was the coolest, nicest, person you'd ever want to know. She would bring us homemade brownies and other such goodies several times a week. Never once did she mention politics. Kids were wonderful too. He, on the other hand, was basically ok as a person, but basically a doofus. He once got kicked out of a taxi cab for repeatably farting in it. Couldn't help but wonder why someone as sweet as she would want to be with a schmuck like him.

16 posted on 11/16/2017 2:04:51 PM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR page)
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To: Terry Mross

Everyone in the Senate (in both parties) is terrified where this may lead.

They will do anything they can to put the toothpaste back in the tube.


17 posted on 11/16/2017 2:06:26 PM PST by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: drewh

This is the first time I’ve found Al Franken entertaining.


18 posted on 11/16/2017 2:08:03 PM PST by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: drewh
UhOh! Valerie Jarrett (Obama's brain) just delivered the sentence for Franken. He's toast.


19 posted on 11/16/2017 2:09:10 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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Not so different from you guys, except I won't be alone...wow - I'll bet that made the "guys" feel better - if his judgment in comedy was so bad, how could anybody trust his judgment in other areas like, say, the economy, immigration, issues of racism and sexism and on and on - makes one wonder......
20 posted on 11/16/2017 2:09:31 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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