Damn Al Franken, you are amazing!!

[SummerSnow]

[mainstreetonce]

1. I love Franken

Yes!

[luvallpeeps]

5. Me too!!!

Cuz he's good enough, smart enough, and doggone it, we like him!!!

[dchill]

11. Reminds me of the ex-Bill O'Reilly calling him...

"Senator Smalley."

He who laughs last, laughs best....

[southerncrone]

63. Yep! LOL

[malaise]

2. Way above average intellectually

Super smart

[SummerSnow]

3. And he was so spot on about why Trump in his opinion did not fire Flynn

immediately even after he was told that he was shady...I may have to fire my whole cabinet who has ties to Russia/Putin

[malaise]

4. Yep - went directly to the point

[SummerSnow]

7. Stupid Ted Cruz asking about some stupid Hilary emails, rethugs are cray cray

Cruz couldn't smell Franken shoes

[Blanks]

27. She smoked his ass...

She knew exactly how to respond to his 'statute' and then he responded with some kind of partisan nonsense.

He was caught with his pants down.

[GallopingGhost]

9. No pussyfooting around.

Trump doesn't like that.

[Historic NY]

68. I see what you did.

[hlthe2b]

6. Every since SNL, every since AAR, and certainly since his election to Senate...

I knew he was going to be among the most intellectually competent. Then again, the best comics tend to be (e.g., Stewart, Colbert, Letterman, and others).

[NewJeffCT]

8. some context please

for those of us at work and unable to watch

[SummerSnow]

14. The Republicans were trying to get her to say that she leaked classified info and she

said she did not. Clapper said he did not etiher. Then the Republicans went after her about the Hilary emails. Ted Cruz questioned her for 15 minutes about the emails.lol Then the Republicans went after her making it seem that she is bitter cause Trump fired her and she was disloyal cause she didnt agree with the Muslim ban as the Republicans call it the travel ban. Then they talked about Russia interfering with the the US elections. Then they talked about Flynn and how Trump was told about how he could be compromised or blackmailed. Obama told this to Trump 2 days after the election and so did the DOJ. then Al Franken said that in his opinion Trump did not fire Flynn right away cause that meant he would have had to fire his whole cabinet who also had ties to Russia and Putin. But Trump sugarcoated the whole Flynn matter for that reason. *whew* lol. i will give you more soon.

[lpbk2713]

16. Thanks.

I wasn't watching but it sounds like you gave a good summation to me.

[SummerSnow]

22. Your are welcome. :)

[renate]

21. impressive!

Thank you!

[SummerSnow]

23. You are welcome

[George II]

34. "...she is bitter cause Trump fired her and she was disloyal.."

They got that straight from the white house - Spicey parroted that very same line at his press briefing just an hour before the hearing started.

[LittleGirl]

36. Thank you

I haven't been able to watch it.

[NewJeffCT]

40. Thank you - wish I could have watched

much appreciated

[Blanks]

30. Here's a link...

[LittleGirl]

39. Love Al! eom

[annabanana]

41. thanks for the clip . . .n/t

[BlancheSplanchnik]

45. Ah, thank you! n/t

[Wounded Bear]

10. Comedians often seem to be the smartest people in the room...

unless they are conservatives, in which case they tend to be crappy comedians, anyway.

[dchill]

12. There really is no such thing...

as a conservative comedian.

[Wounded Bear]

13. I used to like Dennis Miller many years ago...

but when he turned into a RW shill on Fox, it's like any humor he once had just drained out of him. So yeah, "conservative comedian" tends to be an oxymoron...or maybe just a moron.

[dchill]

15. That's my experience, too. Exactly.

[chelsea0011]

29. Back in the day he was one of SNL's best Weekend Update people

[Marie Marie]

43. Dennis Miller was funny because other people wrote his jokes.

And those other people were usually intelligent liberals - like Rick Overton. Then, all he did was deliver those jokes with an air of smug superiority - just like we see in many moronic conservative Republicans.

[Wellstone ruled]

61. So true,Miller was known for his

lack of original material,remember other Comedian's accusing him of material theft.

[Snotcicles]

48. Dennis Miller's fifteen minutes of fame really was fifteen minutes. nt

[kskiska]

38. No, there isn't.

Fox tried a Friday night program modeled on SNL, but it flopped. They can't do "funny."

[True Dough]

17. Al Franken has consistently

shown himself to be a "pretty smart cookie" (in the words of a "really big clod&quot at hearings of all kinds. Extremely impressive in immersing himself in the issues and asking astute questions.

[Cha]

18. Kick!

[madaboutharry]

19. He is smart.

I heard him once talking about the SATs. He got 800 on the Math section and went to Harvard without having parents who were rich.

[renate]

24. that's interesting because his verbal skills are as good as they could possibly be

I didn't know he was so good at math, too.

[madaboutharry]

25. He probably got a 780 in English!

Back in the 1960's combined scores in the 1500's was needed to get into those schools. Unless of course your name was George W. Bush.

[womanofthehills]

26. Years ago, I was a big fan of Air America & listened to Al daily

"The O'Franken Factor"

I like that he brings his funny factor to the news.

[PennyK]

32. Oh, me too!

I used to listen most of the day. Loved Al, Rachel, Sam, and Marc. I still have a fridge magnet, proudly displayed, that I got at an event in NYC with Randi Rhodes on the psooibility of impeaching GWB. Good times.

[womanofthehills]

64. I listen to Randi Rhodes on podcast

or YouTube. She was really great today covering the hearing. Rachel and Randi are my two daily podcasts. Air America is where I first heard them.

[Boomerproud]

46. In one of his books he said the Harvard students would introduce themselves by saying

"I'm from the Lees of Maryland." He would answer "I'm from the Frankens from Krakow." LOL!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

47. I didn't know that,

But when I read "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot", I was highly impressed. This guy's SMART!

He had a research team of Harvard students too, with whom he shared very gracious appreciation.

[spanone]

20. K&R...

[NurseJackie]

28. AL FRANKEN totally ROCKS!! He's makes me proud to be a DEMOCRAT!!

#AlFrankenRocks #AlFrankenTotallyRocks

[calimary]

31. We are DEFINITELY in The Al Franken Decade now!

[LittleGirl]

42. Yeah! eom

[mountain grammy]

33. Yes! He was great!

[Lukeda420]

35. Franken 2020!!!

[kskiska]

37. I was very impressed with him

He said what no one else dared - that maybe, just possibly, Trump didn't immediately get rid of Flynn because others in the administration were doing the same thing. To Trump, dealing with Russia was a daily occurrence - nothing to be alarmed about.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

44. Are there any links? I'd love to know what we're talking about.

Please? I don't watch tv.

[BumRushDaShow]

49. Here is the CSPAN recording of the hearing

(it had run on CSPAN 3 today)

https://www.c-span.org/video/?427577-1/white-house-warned-general-flynn-compromised

[BlancheSplanchnik]

52. Oh, THANKS!

You DU folks are the best. 😊

[BumRushDaShow]

54. Did a quick search and Franken's questioning starts at the link below

(give it a few seconds to jump to the correct time mark)

https://www.c-span.org/video/?427577-1/white-house-warned-general-flynn-compromised&start=8294

[TrollBuster9090]

50. I'm glad to admit I was TOTALLY WRONG in not supporting Franken in his Senate bid.

I thought Minn. would lose a Senate seet if they put up a COMEDIAN. I was TOTALLY and COMPLETELY WRONG, and am happy to admit it. Franken is one of the best Senators by far.

[BumRushDaShow]

56. That was the same state

that put a wrestler in as governor.

[TrollBuster9090]

57. Yes, but I was more or less right when I opposed Jesse.

Aside from taking the piss out of conservatives by calling them 'chickenhawks' whenever he was invited onto panel shows (like when he called Michael Reagan a 'chickenhawk' on live TV), I didn't think he was that great.

And let's not pick on Minnesota for that. After all, California has already elected TWO f-ing ACTORS directly to the Governor's Mansion.

[BumRushDaShow]

59. Well Tennessee had Fred Thompson

[TrollBuster9090]

62. Yeah, but at least Fred Thompson was trained as a lawyer before he decided to become an actor.

He wasn't just some asshat who played a robot, or a monkey-training professor on the TEE VEE like Arnie or Ronny.

[BumRushDaShow]

65. Thompson was a complete asshat

although a good actor... IMHO. Arnie tried to use his Maria Shriver marriage to appeal to some demographic while screwing the state.

[TrollBuster9090]

66. You're totally wrong about Thompson!

...he was a CRAPPY actor!

Although, his performance at the 2008 GOP Primaries was very convincing, where he claimed to hate government handouts...and then finished up his career pushing government-backed AAG Reverse Mortgages on poor, unsuspecting old folks.

But my original point stands. At least the guy had STUDIED law. The voters didn't just plunk some dumbass ACTOR, who'd never even PLAYED a lawyer, into the Governor's Mansion in one shot. You can count the number of clueless assclowns who STARTED at the top job on four fingers: Ronnie, Jessie, Arnie, and The Donald. I give Franken a pass because, while he had no legislative experience, he is pretty damned smart, works hard, and takes his job seriously.

[BumRushDaShow]

67. But then don't forget Pence

a dumbfuck talk show host with a law degree plopped into the governor's office in Indiana and now a VP.



Franken has been an excellent Senator and in addition to his smarts, his ability to gauge an audience and improvise, has been a perfect asset that allows him weave a perfect narrative, and punch through the bullshit to get right to the point!

[Eliot Rosewater]

51. 2020 President is clear to me, if he wants it.

[tblue37]

60. Franken/Yates? nt

[Bleacher Creature]

53. Not directly related, but EVERY Franken fan should watch this.

https://m.

[NastyRiffraff]

55. It's nice to see some adults

Al Franken and Sally Yates. What a vast difference in brains, competence and human decency from what we're seeing in Trumpdom and the Republican Congress!

Proud of them, and proud to be a Democrat!

[Paladin]

58. Franken 2020. (nt)

[Ninsianna]

69. These hearings really do shine a spotlight onto the Dems don't they?

I've been really impressed with Adam Schiff, and some of the other members of the intelligence committees and Reps. Whitehouse, Klobuchar and several others.

All those attacks on Democrats are proved to be hollow when these talented and intelligent people both on the Congressional side, and in the witness seats open their mouths and prove that they're on the right side of history.

They give me hope and inspiration. Especially when they basically eviscerate the corrupt GOP with a calm, cool, polite reply that destroys their entire argument.