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?