Democratic Senator Al Franken: Doggone It, People Like Him


	Democratic Senator Al Franken: Doggone It, People Like Him

BobbyRutan

9-15-2007 12:47 PM

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al franken, senate, election, politics, conservative, liberal, democrat, republican, bush, iraq

BobbyRutan says:

I'd watch a lot more C-Span if I knew Al Franken would be speaking.

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9-16-2007 12:38 PM

cptenaud

And isn't Bush the real joke in this country?
Al is just a common sense guy with a great sense of
humor. Something we need more of.

9-16-2007 12:42 PM

BobbyRutan

A comparison of liberal and conservative intelligence.

When asked by a moderator, "If you could be anyone in history who would it be and why?"

Ann Coulter, "I would be FDR so I could have stopped the enactment of the New Deal."

Al Franken (laughing), "I would be Hitler so I could have prevented the Holocaust."

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