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Presiding over Senate, Franken declines to yield Lieberman additional time to speak
Minneapolis StarTribune (aka The Red Star) ^ | 12/17/09

Posted on 12/17/2009 3:01:57 PM PST by MplsSteve

Democratic Sen. Al Franken took the unusual step Thursday of shutting down Sen. Joe Lieberman on the Senate floor.

Lieberman, a Connecticut independent, currently is the target of liberal wrath over his opposition to a government-run insurance plan in the health care bill.

Franken was presiding over the Senate Thursday afternoon as Lieberman spoke about amendments he planned to offer to the bill. Lieberman asked for an additional moment to finish — a routine request — but Franken refused to grant the time.

"In my capacity as the senator from Minnesota, I object," Franken said.

"Really?" said Lieberman. "OK."

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


TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: alfranken; debate; franken; joelieberman; lieberman; senate; ussenate
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To: MplsSteve

Franken is a fascist crushing a nit. What else is there to know about this story?


41 posted on 12/17/2009 4:11:52 PM PST by WorkingClassFilth
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To: etcb
Ahha!

Petty attempt at payback for Senator Corburn requiring them to read the Sanders amendment.

Now that makes sense. Time for a "kinder, friendlier" senate. PPPhhhhtttttttttttt!
42 posted on 12/17/2009 4:12:15 PM PST by tongue-tied
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To: Gee Wally

This may be historic - first time a “Senator” whose winning vote margin was found in the trunk of a car after the election was over

You are correct sir. One poll worker admitted she stuffed the ballot box at least 150 time. Coleman won that election, the dims stole it.


43 posted on 12/17/2009 4:19:32 PM PST by BarbM (Portuguese Dog--Kenyan president)
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To: MplsSteve

Also posted here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409877/posts


44 posted on 12/17/2009 4:25:20 PM PST by DrDavid (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: RightOnTheLeftCoast

I’ve been on a movie set with him but I don’t know him personally. He comes off as arrogant and Napoleonic (short man’s syndrome — and not every short man has it so I am not knocking all the wonderful short guys out there).


45 posted on 12/17/2009 4:28:25 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: Repeal The 17th
Id love to see someone beat his sorry ass in five years.

I’d love to see someone beat his sorry ass next Tuesday.

I’d love to see someone beat his sorry ass.

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I’d love to beat his sorry ass.

I'd love to help you do it.

46 posted on 12/17/2009 4:35:25 PM PST by MountainDad
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To: MplsSteve

A question:
If the majority leader, the Vice President, and the President Pro-Tem are not present, is the selection over who presides somewhat based on seniority? Or is it whoever Harry Reid chooses?

I try to remind myself that there is Minneapolis (which unfortunately spills over), and then there is the rest of Minnesota. Al Franken is Minneapolis. So for that matter is Garrison Keillor, even though his “Prairie Home Companion” is at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. I know some St Paul liberals who think Keillor is an arrogant ass.


47 posted on 12/17/2009 4:37:43 PM PST by Fred Hayek (From this point forward the Democratic Party will be referred to as the Communist Party)
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To: MplsSteve

Franken(stein) and “Clobber-her” are approximately equal embarrassments to my state. We’ll deal with them some way some day, but even together, they’re not worth one bullet. For now, we’ll just change their diapers, feed and burp them.


48 posted on 12/17/2009 5:04:12 PM PST by JohnQ1 (Pray for peace, prepare for war.)
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To: jessduntno

LOL. I’m sensing a new classical FR meme being born! :-)


49 posted on 12/17/2009 6:45:09 PM PST by pillut48 ("Stand now. Stand together. Stand for what is right."-Gov.Sarah Palin, "Going Rogue")
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To: jessduntno

Id love to see someone beat his sorry ass in five years.
I’d love to see someone beat his sorry ass next Tuesday.
I’d love to see someone beat his sorry ass.
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I’d love to beat his sorry ass.
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I’d love to watch.

I’d love to tape it for YouTube.

I’d love to post it for you.

I’d love to make it go viral for you.


50 posted on 12/17/2009 6:46:16 PM PST by pillut48 ("Stand now. Stand together. Stand for what is right."-Gov.Sarah Palin, "Going Rogue")
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To: tongue-tied

I loved Lieberman’s comeback...

And as for Franken...He prefers to be addressed as “Senator.”


51 posted on 12/17/2009 6:51:09 PM PST by maxsand
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To: sam_paine; MplsSteve; DeusExMachina05; DogBarkTree; tx_eggman; tongue-tied; rcrngroup; ...

Great picture!!! I think in our modern era, it would be any one of the demoRATs on the bottom, curled up in cowardly fetal position, while Michelle Bachmann R-MN beat the sh_t out of the demoRAT cowering underneath like the cowards they all are!!!


52 posted on 12/17/2009 8:21:21 PM PST by rcrngroup
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

It’s not out of the ordinary to have a freshman senator preside over the Senate. They are there just to move things along and rarely have to make a serious decision or ruling on anything.

I’ve been on the Senate floor during debate as well as up in the galleries. Most senators who are presiding over the Senate usually look extremely bored or are signing birthday cards for their constituents.


53 posted on 12/17/2009 8:23:20 PM PST by MplsSteve
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To: hecht

See Post 53.

It’s pretty much an expected thing for freshmen senators to do.


54 posted on 12/17/2009 8:29:05 PM PST by MplsSteve
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To: pillut48

Id love to see someone beat his sorry ass in five years.

I’d love to see someone beat his sorry ass next Tuesday

I’d love to see someone beat his sorry ass.
-
I’d love to beat his sorry ass.
-
I’d love to watch.

I’d love to tape it for YouTube.

I’d love to post it for you.

I’d love to make it go viral for you.

Hahahahaha...and your tag-line wraps it all up...

“Stand now. Stand together. Stand for what is right.”-Gov.Sarah Palin, “Going Rogue”


55 posted on 12/17/2009 10:15:50 PM PST by jessduntno ("The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.")
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To: MplsSteve; All
Apparently Franken was following orders.

“We did that to maintain order and that no senator had an unfair advantage over another in terms of speaking. It was a simple request of the leader and Sen. Franken was adhering to the request of his leadership,” said Reid spokesman Jim Manley.

56 posted on 12/18/2009 5:26:56 PM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Joe Wilson said "You lie!" in a room full of 500 politicians. Who was he talking about?)
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