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    AND ME, I'M AL FRANKEN

    By Richard Day on Mon, 05/09/2016 - 10:39pm |

     

    I'm Al FrankenAl Franken Official Senate Portrait.jpg
    We have nuts in this part of the good ole US of A. hahahah
    We had a guy who told us all about Atlantis in the 19th century. 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatius_L._Donnelly
    We had a guy who would run for the Presidency of the Good Ole US of A several times; with no chance of ever winning several times. hahahahah

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Stassen
    But we had a guy who would become the biggest man on SNL
    And Al would make an ass of himself.
    And Al would humiliate himself.
    And Al became THE COMEDIAN.
    UNTIL...
    Until Al fell in love with an idea.
    The idea involved Paul Wellstone.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wellstone

    ​Now Al found a wonderful woman and had wonderful children and..

    .https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Franken#Political_activism_prior_to_election
    And Al had all the wonderful things he could ever hope for.
    But he became in love with a Minnesota idea.
    And this idea came in the person of a Minnesota Senator.
    We in Minnesota have seen the sorts of Gene McCarthy and Hubert Huphrey.
    We in Minnesota saw our troops (halved by our ability to take into the end of the Indian Wars; well we kind of fucked up on this part) play a critical part in the Gettysburg battle)
    But Al loved this Senator with the lisp
    ​.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
    Anyway, here is the old Al Franken
    He would face the crowd on SNL and tell them:
    And me, I'm Al Franken. ahahahaha
    He knew exactly what he was doing.
    But watch him draw a map of the USA
    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EDZmDGRk1k0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

     


    Anyway, Al has been mentioned as a possible VP for Hillary.
    So has his sister Senator (from another mother) Amy Klobachar.
    Now Amy had a dad who was another of my childhood heroes.

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Klobuchar
    hahahaha
    Her dad was once our pundit regarding sports.
    Her dad would cheer for the Vikings like the Greeks would cheer for some of their gods. hahhaha
    Of course, after four chances at the Super Bowl, we never saw victory. hahahha
    But, and this is a big butt, the Twins made it to the world series three times and won twice.
    Anyway I love Amy.
    But and this is the purpose of this silly blog...
    Al Franken would destroy THE DONALD.

    Al could attack THE DONALD at this devil's very core.

    JUST A THOUGHT

     


    And I know that Al would never have the chance of debating THE DONALD.
    BUT DAMN!

    MAKE AL FRANKEN THE VP PICK, HILLARY.

    COME ON. GET GOIN1

    THE END

     

     

     

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    AL FRANKEN

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatius_L._Donnelly


    by Richard Day on Mon, 05/09/2016 - 11:12pm

    D Day, if you haven't seen it I think you will like this. I did. I like both Scher and Lewis but between the two I almost always agree with Scher. 

     P.S. Aint those grandkids great! They make old age seem really worth gettin' to. Glad you have ended up with such a good family situation too. 


    by A Guy Called LULU on Tue, 05/10/2016 - 1:49am

    This is fun radio Lulu!

    Jeez, I knew there were rumblings out there for Al, but this is a great advertisement for my favorite Senator.

    Oh and Precious (my oldest granddaughter) is going to be four years old in a couple of weeks.

    Yeah, being a grandpa (or pop as they call me) is great!


    by Richard Day on Tue, 05/10/2016 - 7:34am

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    by Richard Day on Tue, 05/10/2016 - 7:35am

    I like Al Franken.  I met him when I was an NBC page working on SNL back around 1975 or so.  He and his partner, Tom Davis, were writers.  I seem to remember Al was wearing his Wrestling letter sweater from Minnesota.  I think one of Al Franken's greatest contributions will always be how he sustained so many Progressives  when things were looking particularly bleak.  "Rush Limbaugh is a Big, Fat Idiot", was the first effective comedic punch-back to the GOP Media Propaganda machine which had been eviscerating and mocking Liberals for years.  When he first ran for office, I even donated a small amount to his campaign. (Which, considering my financial status was a big deal. LOL)  But that means I now get emails from him all the time asking for money.   Even so, I want more politicians like Al Franken.


    by MrSmith1 on Wed, 05/11/2016 - 6:40pm

    I read all three of his books. 

    Like you say:

    Al thought we should be fighting back against this Fascist bullshit.

    And then, out of nowhere, when Welstone was gone in the plane crash a repub sombitch took over his Senate seat....Al came unto the national stage and won.

    And he won by so little of a majority he had to wait six frickin months to take his rightful seat.

    Of course, six years later, Al won again.

    I love this guy and I always have and always will.

    I already know that he has carried on the traditions of Gene and Hubert and Walter.

     


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