Comments on: Senator Al Franken impersonating Mick Jagger

By: Mister Mustard

Mister Mustard — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:09:06 +0000

#23 – Cyn Nick

>> Congresspeeps from this district have been
>>uniformly and completely corrupted by their
>>tenure inside the beltway.

How so? I don’t recall Eugene McCarthy or Hubert (or Muriel) Humphrey or Mark Dayton or Amy Klobuchar having been corrupted by their tenure in the Senate. Or Keith Ellison, Martin Sabo, or Betty McCollum being corrupted by their tenure in the House.

Sure, Michelle Bachmann Turner Overdrive and Normie Coleman are corrupt, but that happened long before they got to the Beltway.

By: Mr Diesel

Mr Diesel — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:52:57 +0000

#24 Mr Fusion (and MM)

I’d still do her. I’m hard of hearing in my left ear and turning my head to the right serves a dual purpose at that point.

By: Mr. Fusion

Mr. Fusion — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:30:41 +0000

Mustard,

On the other hand, try reading a book, any book, by Ann “Two Dollar Whore” Coulter. I dare you. I double-dog dare you

Due to lack of demand, they put it on sale. She is now a “buck fifty whore”.

By: Cyn Nick

Cyn Nick — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:35:07 +0000

If Obama doesn’t work miracles, and it’s likely he won’t then vote him out. The country is ossified and stagnant, 90% of the legislature is brain dead and/or puppets for large corporations or oligarchies, the seniority system guarantees ideas are automatically suspect, the campaign finance system ensures that money runs the Congress. Franken as a junior senator from a small state will be entertaining but I’ve been voting for a long time and Congresspeeps from this district have been uniformly and completely corrupted by their tenure inside the beltway. The system is broken. The inevitable decline of the USA is locked in. Just sit back and enjoy the ride downhill. Or, sputter and spew misspelled epithets on some blog (subscription ones are much less active).

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:51:15 +0000

So Al Franken wasn’t always an ossified, cynical fart? See, YouTube teaches us things.

By: jmsiowa

jmsiowa — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:10:32 +0000

Can I have my 3 minutes and ten seconds back. I may need it later to file for SS online.

By: The Monster's Lawyer

The Monster's Lawyer — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:57:51 +0000

“I’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!” – Daily Affirmations With Stuart Smalley.

Congratulations Al.

By: AlanB

AlanB — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:49:45 +0000

If he can perform in the senate as well as he performs his Mic impersonation I think we’ll have a winner.

By: Greg Allen

Greg Allen — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:46:46 +0000

Hopefully he’ll be a better senator than an impersonator!

Actually, I’m pretty optimistic about Al Franken as a senator. I listened to his radio show A LOT and was impressed with how smart and fair-minded he was.

By: Uncle Patso

Uncle Patso — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:41:21 +0000

OMG! Marilyn McCoo? Solid Gold? Deja vu!

That was in interesting stunt, but I liked Franken’s “Me decade” bit better…

By: Mister Mustard

Mister Mustard — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:58:38 +0000

#14 – Floyd

>>It’s currently the land of the ice and snow
>>and 6 degrees F.

If it’s too cold for ya, why not head on over to Nye’s (the polka band side, not the Polonaise Room side with Sweet Lou Snyder tickling the ivories) and hoist a few hot buttered rums with your fellow Minneapolitans toasting the victory of your new Senator? I there’s some gal playing there on Wednesday nights now, and she looks a lot cuter than Ruth Adams. w00t!

There’s something to celebrate in Minnesota right now!

By: Floyd

Floyd — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:50:26 +0000

I’m in Minneapolis right now. It’s currently the land of the ice and snow and 6 degrees F. That’s not as cold as last winter, which got down to 15-20 below at one point.

Having seen and talked to him briefly at a caucus last year, Al is no longer a skinny guy (but then neither am I). He does still seem to have his sense of humor though.

By: sargasso

sargasso — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:04:34 +0000

Minnesota, home of Garrison Keillor, out there, on the edge of the prairie.

By: bobbo

bobbo — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:59:00 +0000

#10–GL==what not “incumbent” about McCains 26 years in the Senate?

The details===vote all incumbents out of office “unless” they have truly impressed you as working for the people. I assume it would take 3-4 election cycles. I am very impressed with Obama so far, still would be a 50/50 proposition for him to make it past a dem challenger by my way of “vote them out” way of thinking. ((Not that Obama would ever have a nomination challenger mind you.”"

But, your other issue is much like stupid Palestinians voting for “we want to blow you up” Hamas. Why would anyone sane vote for a party that promises their government won’t work? I know, you are barred from answering that question==but I’ll give you a waiver from the restriction.

By: Mister Mustard

Mister Mustard — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:56:14 +0000

#10 – GL

>>So if we were to see an Obama – McCain
>>rematch in 2012, you would go with McCain?

Don’t take Bobo too seriously. He’s just stomping his foot like a petulant child, because he doesn’t like who’s in there now.

Who does?

But if Obama turns out to be the great president we think he will be, Bobo will be the first one on K Street lobbying to abolish term limits to keep him in there until he’s older than George Burns.