Al Franken

Source: abcnews.go.com --- 13 days ago
The former 'SNL'-er campaigns for Minnesota Senate seat with humor and vigor. ...

Source: blogs.wsj.com --- 16 days ago
Susan Davis reports on Senate races. Comedian, author, and Minnesota Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken released a new campaign ad in which he advocates a permanent ban on members of Congress becoming registered lobbyists. “In Washington, they debate whether former members of Congress should wait one year or two years before they can become registered lobbyists—how [...] ...

Source: www.slate.com --- 15 days ago
Al Franken's Quandary: The Minnesota Senate candidate has been telling jokes for 30 years. How does he explain away the bad ones? By Michael Kinsley ...

Source: www.npr.org --- 9 days ago
As Al Franken runs for the Senate, critics will mine his old comedy routines to see what can be used against him. Joshua Green of the Atlantic reviews Franken as comedian and candidate. ...

Source: www.philly.com --- 16 days ago
AMERICANS SAY they want to be represented by "real people," not "professional politicians." But with their votes, they reward professionalism and drain the reality from politics. Real people haven't spent their lives plotting a political career, and real people may have said things from time to time that an aspiring politician would not. ...

Source: www.crooksandliars.com --- 14 days ago
Senate Guru: Norm Coleman sides with union-busters, while Al Franken sides with hard-working Minnesotans. Meanwhile, Franken releases a new ad that actually blew my mind with an overwhelmingly simple message - very worth the thirty seconds to watch: Franken: In Washington they debate whether former members of Congress should wait one year or [...] ...

Source: www.crooksandliars.com --- 11 days ago
 Download | Play  Download | Play (YouTube) MN’s WCCO CH4 news’ “Reality Check” segment destroys, point-by-point, a new intentionally misleading Sopranos-spoof TV ad by the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, which is actually a cartel of national business groups including the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) and Wal-Mart, masquerading as a pro-union, pro-worker group on behalf [...] ...

Source: www.realclearpolitics.com --- 18 days ago
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- So it's come to this. You can spend the better part of an hour with Al Franken and hardly laugh at all. Mr. Franken is, of course, one of the funnier men of our time, a "Saturday Night Live" veteran, and the author of a number of books whose titles alone likely made you laugh ("Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot" and "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right"), though not enough to make you actually read them. ...

Source: heretic.squarespace.com --- 9 days ago
Minnesota Public Radio : St. Paul, Minn. — DFL Senate candidate Al Franken is out with a new television ad calling for an end to politicians becoming lobbyists. In his latest ad, Franken says Congress should not debate how long Representatives and Senators have to wait to become lobbyists after leaving office. Instead, Franken says they should pass an all-out ban on lobbying for former members of Congress. And to bolster his case, Franken ties his lobby ban proposal to perhaps the biggest political issue of the moment. "Right now hundreds of former Senators and Congressman are lobbying for big oil and special interests. No wonder gas is at four dollars a gallon. I'm Al Franken in Washington. I'll fight for a new law to prevent members of Congress from ever becoming lobbyists," said Al Franken. In a fund raising message to supporters, the Franken campaign says its new ad will begin running today. Republican incumbent Norm Coleman's latest ad features Coleman's wife saying that her husband is not influenced by special interests. Egad. The only thing worse than lobbyist written laws would be the Congressionally written laws. Is there an argument here? Why should former public servants lose the right to pursue lucrative lobbying careers? Would such a ban, which obviously has no (and I mean absolutely zip zero none) chance of ever becoming law, be constitutional under the First Amendment? My gut reaction would be no, but I haven't completel ...

Source: www.buzzflash.net --- 12 hours ago
Bad incumbents through the ages have used the same tactic when they have only a poor record of their own on which to run: ATTACK! It doesn’t get much worse than this ad from Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman. Coleman’s going the old, “It doesn’t have to be true, it just has to sound like it is,” one better by keeping his smears so vague it’s hard to even know what the ad is really saying, let alone how to refute it. But it gives people the impression that Al Franken has done some very bad things, especially if your preferred source of news is porky white guys in shirts from three different bowling leagues.   »  original news ...

Source: www.thenation.com --- 2 days ago
Alexander Zaitchik By campaigning in the tradition of his hero, Paul Wellstone, Franken may have triumphed over the biggest threat to his candidacy--voter skepticism. ...

Source: amazngdrx.blogharbor.com --- 13 days ago
He is facing wacky wrastler Ventura now, along with norm Coleman in the minnesota senate race. Great video. ...

Source: www.nationalledger.com --- 22 days ago
Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has proven the superior value of conservative talk by landing a $400 million dollar ($400,000,000.00) contract that will keep the unvarnished truth on the radio airwaves... ...

Source: www.americablog.com --- 16 days ago
Now that would be an interesting race , even though we want Franken to win. In an interview with NPR's David Welna that ran today former Gov. Jesse "The Body" Ventura, Ind-Minn., sounds like he may run for Senate, challenging incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., whom Ventura defeated for governor in 1998, as well as Democratic nominee and former Saturday Night Live humorist Al Franken. Ventura, born Jim Janos, tells Welna that the main reason he would run is because of Coleman's support for the war in Iraq. "That's the reason I run," he says. "I run because it angers me...All you Minnesotans take a good hard look at all three of us. And you decide: if you were in a dark alley which one of the three of us would you want with you? ...

Source: www.slate.com --- 16 days ago
Americans say they want to be represented by "real people" and not by "professional politicians." But with their votes, they reward professionalism and drain the reality from politics. Real people haven't spent their lives plotting a political career, and therefore real people may have said things from time to time that an aspiring politician would not. Departures from the official script are called gaffes. This election year, the script has been more important than ever. Despite the Iraq war, despite the sinking economy, despite the price of gasoline, we have frittered away our politics in a round robin of gaffes, mock indignation, demands for apology, and more gaffes. [ more ... ] ...

Source: pop.wizbangblog.com --- 15 days ago
In an interview with NPR's David Welna that ran today former Gov. Jesse "The Body" Ventura, Ind-Minn., sounds like he may run for Senate, challenging incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman,... ...

Source: www.mcclatchydc.com --- 9 days ago
WASHINGTON — Minnesota should be a slam-dunk for the Democrats as they look for places to gain Senate seats and a big enough majority to control the legislative agenda next year. ...

Source: blog.macleans.ca --- 4 hours ago
He hopes. More on what this is about: Franken is running 15 points behind his opponent, who is attracting the votes of one in five state Democrats. ShareThis ...