SENATOR.... AL.... FRANKEN!!!!!!!!!!!

[underpants]

I can not believe it. I simply can't. I have been a huge fan of his TV, movies, books, and radio.

He actually did it.

:rofl:

Congrats Al :patriot: :hi:

[Ganja Ninja]

1. Hey Freepers!

"Senator Franken" learn to love it.

[gratuitous]

2. I see a myocardial infarction in Blotchy Bill's near future

Ka-thunk!

[opihimoimoi]

3. Bill O and Norms Heads gonna get exploded...both Losers

[PearliePoo2]

4. Anyone?

I'm out of the loop on the Franken/Billo controversy.
Do these guys have some nasty history?
Did O'Liely attack Al in one of his rants?

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Long history, eg

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/06/03/print/main556715.shtml

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fpOSgT-osHk

[PearliePoo2]

14. I just went to your links...thank you.

Gawd...I can't stand that ugly arrogant punk. Yes...he IS a liar.
Billo claims he "Misspoke". Well, that can also be a lie, Bildo.
Didn't he once claim to have been involved in some heroic gunfight event that turned out to be rubbish?
Isn't he the guy that claims his security people will come and "get you" if you dare to refute any of his exaggerations?
How can people be so STUPID to give this creep the time of day...let alone tune into his show??

[underpants]

7. Lying Liars

In Franken's first big book (I highly recommend "The Truth, with jokes") he clearly pointed out that O'Reilly lied about winning a Peabody award and how generally full of crap he is. Others followed but Franken was the first national voice to point out the rightwing media operations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies_and_the_Lying_Liars_Who_Tell_Them
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right

[PearliePoo2]

15. Thanks! nt.

[SidDithers]

23. 2nd big book :)....

Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot came before Lying Liars

:hi:

Sid

Edit: Doh! Not even 2nd. Forgot about Why Not Me?

[underpants]

24. Excuse me

that is correct

The Truth with Jokes is hilarious at least the first 2/3 of it. The last part is about the war in Iraq-it is heartfelt and sad.

[Bjorn Against]

9. O'Reilly got Fox News to attempt a lawsuit of Franken, it failed miserably

When Franken's book "Lies and the Lying Liars that Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right" was about to be released O'Reilly was furious that there was an unflattering picture of him on the cover as well as a chapter documenting his lies. O'Reilly convinced Fox News to file a lawsuit against Franken claiming that the term "Fair and Balanced" was a trademark of FOX and could not be used in the title of Franken's book. The lawsuit was laughed out of court, and I mean literally laughed out. The judge dismissed the case immediately and everyone was laughing at the Fox lawyers in the courtroom. It was a huge embarassment for Fox, and the controversy shot Franken's book to the top of the best seller lists. Ever since then O'Reilly has hated Franken with a passion that he reserves for few others. Franken and Keith Olbermann are the two people that will make O'Reilly blow up just from the mention of their names, O'Reilly may hate a lot of people but there is nobody he hates worse than Franken and Olbermann.

[PearliePoo2]

16. Beautiful! Nice summary..thanks!

I hope Bildo's head DOES explode.

[underpants]

19. "Wholly without merit" was the quote from the suit against Franken by Fox News (O'Reilly)

from the court

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/08/22/fox.franken/

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Saying "This is an easy case," a federal judge ruled Friday against Fox News in its lawsuit asserting that a book by liberal satirist Al Franken violates its trademarked slogan, "fair and balanced."

U.S. District Judge Denny Chin, after listening to about half an hour of oral arguments, said the lawsuit was "wholly without merit, both factually and legally."

[immoderate]

10. Well...

Al's book "Lies, and the Lying Liars..." has at least a chapter on O'Reilly's lies. But that's just a start.

Here's an exchange from the Los Angeles book Fair:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpOSgT-osHk

There's lots more stuff on Youtube.

--IMM

[PearliePoo2]

17. Good one....thank you!

Right on Al...expose this loud-mouth creep for what he is!
Hey, isn't Bildo the guy who had to pay out an undisclosed amount of $$ to a woman he made nasty phone-sex calls to? (and she recorded the whole sordid mess?) :evilgrin: :rofl:

[flakey_foont]

5. Congratulations, Al!

:fistbump:

[bdamomma]

8. love it, now Harry tell Coleman to concede please.

only occasionally Harry will grow some.

[MiniMe]

35. And he did tell Normie just that

Resistance is futile! :rofl:

[azmouse]

11. Should be a great story for KO to cover tonight.

Can't wait to hear the digs at OReally. :rofl:

Go Franken!

[monmouth]

20. I just had a fantasy that perhaps Al will be a guest of Keith. Would that not be great?..LOL...n/t

[MiniMe]

36. I imagine that Al is en route to Washington

Hopefully we will see that soon

[Froward69]

12. Thats Senator "landslide" Franken

:patriot: :patriot: :fistbump: :patriot: :fistbump::patriot: :fistbump::patriot: :fistbump:

[atommom]

13. Finally, it is The Year of Al Franken.

:toast:

(Is anyone else old enough to remember him on SNL?)

[underpants]

21. FINALLY

I think I started watching SNL the second season (Fran Tarkenton was the host) at the age of 11 or so (far too earlier :evilgrin: )

One of the really funny stories that Franken tells about this who's-who and chances that Lorne Michaels took from around the college comedy scene and how they basically moved in to the 8th floor of 30 Rock. They moved all the furniture out into the hallways and slept in the offices. Imagine network suits (Jack Donaghy on "30Rock" itself ) walking around and finding that there was a craven bunch of hippie types LIVING in the building.

The "Franken and Davis" skits were very good and both were writers on the show.

[Missy Vixen]

30. It's the Al Franken Decade!

:toast:

I remember! I'm still laughing over that sketch what, twenty years later?

Wooo-hooo!
Julie

[jus_the_facts]

18. "Because he's good enough...smart enough...and doggone it...people like him!"

:hi:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

22. Perfect!

[mzmolly]

25. It has such a nice

ring. ;)

[underpants]

28. YES!!!

from your avatar I can see that you too are a big fan

:bounce:

[mzmolly]

31. I am.

And, I'm a fortunate constituent now as well. ;)

[Odin2005]

26. WOOT!!!

:woohoo:

[Brazenly Liberal]

27. Damn! I guess the freepers were right all along!

They said he was certifiable.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

(sighs, wipes tear from eye) Yes, it's come to this. I'm cracking up laughing at my own lame jokes.

[MiniMe]

37. And they certified him today

:rofl:

[Kaleko]

29. Heh. Do us proud, Senator.

Congratulations from your progressive constituents!!!

[cynthia]

32. And he handled this whole long recount process with class

I love him!

[aikoaiko]

33. Al Franken: You're Good Enough, You're Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like You.

yeah!

[devilgrrl]

34. Beats Fred Thompson, Fred Gandy, Sonny Bono, Arnold Schwartzenegger and Ronald Reagan!!!!

Congratulations Senator Franken :patriot: