Hi Richard!
Doesn't this make Franken equally as bad as every other elected democrat?
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 22:44:11 +0000, "Lenin's Tomb"
<leninstombblog at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Bill Quimby <wquimby at embarqmail.com>
wrote:
>
>> Expand? I missed something - why is Franken an asshole?
>>
>
> For my part, Franken is an 'asshole' (or 'arsehole', as we say in
English)
> on the grounds that he worships the DLC, supported the war on Iraq until
> it
> was too late and then still supported the occupation* (bad), supports the
> aggression in Afghanistan (very bad), does military shows** (entertaining
> hired killers is naughty), adores Israel*** (supporting apartheid is
early
> bed-time material at least), and takes up precious UK bookshelf space
> (unpardonable). Most importantly, this alleged humourist is - sorry if
> this
> is news to anyone - horribly unfunny. Apart from everything else he
> lacks,
> he is not serious enough to be funny. He is too much of an appeaser and
a
> court jester. The only way in which this creep could possibly be funny
> would be if he decided to spread his ideas by blowing his brains out.
>
> Admittedly, Dennis was being unreasonably generous, since Franken is more
> of
> a scumbag than an asshole - but the latter is not ruled out by the
former.
>
> * http://www.counterpunch.org/walsh05042005.html
> ** http://www.salem-news.com/articles/january252007/tim_012507b.php
> ***
http://www.forbes.com/2006/09/07/al-franken-911_cz_sd_0908franken.html
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