[lbo-talk] Al Franken beats up Dean heckler

[Kevin Robert Dean]

January 27, 2004 -- EXETER, N.H. - Wise-cracking funnyman Al Franken yesterday body-slammed a demonstrator to the ground after the man tried to shout down Gov. Howard Dean. 
The tussle left Franken's trademark thick-rim glasses broken, but he said he was not injured. 

Franken - who seemed in a state of shock and out of breath after the incident - was helped back to his feet by several people who watched the tussle. Police arrived soon after. 

"I got down low and took his legs out," said Franken afterwards. 
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