Boy, those Dems sure have their priorities straight, don’t they? Alleged comedian Al Franken, running for the MN Senate seat currently held by Norm Coleman, has a great deal of baggage that doesn’t seem to cause concern for his party: looting funds from a non-profit organization that serves poor inner-city youths and Alzheimer’s patients; forgery; physically assaulting those with whom he disagrees; joking about taking pleasure in seeing a gay man killed; avoiding paying for his employees’ workers comp insurance; tax evasion; and a plethora of other issues.
But a satirical article in Playboy? Now THAT sends a chill down the Dems’ collective spines!
Exit question: Someone actually read an article in Playboy? I can’t seem to get past the pictures!
Some other nuggets from the alleged comedian:
During an on-air interview with Bernard Goldberg on Air America, Franken was asked what he thought of conservatives. His reply: “I think they’re all a bunch of motherf**king Nazi a**holes who should drink poison and die.”
Yes, very stateman-like.
At a black-tie dinner in Washington, Franken approached Karl Rove and said: “I’m Al Franken. I hate you and you hate me.” Rove, shocked by this, replied: “I haven’t met you. You seem like a nice enough fellow, sorry to disappoint you but I don’t hate you.”
Oh, that eee-vil Karl Rove.
At another Washington dinner, Franken had this to say about Senator John McCain: “anybody could get captured … essentially, he sat out the war”. That is so awful that it speaks for itself. After this comment was met with booing, he continued: “isn’t the idea to capture the other guys?”
Um, is that your official position, Senator?
Comment by TheBad — May 30, 2008 @ 11:58 am