Al Franken on Letterman right now!!!!

[Tim4319]

[deadparrot]

1. There he is!

Whoohoo.

Go, Al. :)

[Eric J in MN]

2. What did he say? nt

nt

[Tim4319]

4. He just drop the $8.8 Billion bomb!

[Eric J in MN]

6. Thanks (nt)

nt

[lonestarnot]

3. Not yet in AZ

[Tim4319]

8. My bad!

I should have remembered to say that he is on in the east coast.

[Guaranteed]

5. I'm there. nt

[Guaranteed]

7. Shoot.

ROFL!! Oh man classic.

[Craig3410]

9. I wonder how the freeps will react. -nt-

[Guaranteed]

10. Seriously. He called the whole administration corrupt

and the audience clapped.

What they gonna do?

[FreedomAngel82]

32. Yay!

I love Letterman. I think he's more democratic leaning. I remember during the last election cycle he had John Kerry and Green Day on the same night. That kicked ass. I hope dembloggers has a video of this.

[Tim4319]

13. I was just thinking the same thing!

Will anything he say tonight become a topic of discussion somewhere. Hopefully, it will bring a lot of things to light.

[Tim4319]

15. Messing in their pants!

[RawMaterials]

11. lets go

keep it up.


press hard about the corruption,
:dem:
:kick:

[aquart]

12. The audience is agreeing with him.

And I love that he's emphasizing that the corruption is HURTING OUR TROOPS!

[Tim4319]

16. He is only telling the truth!

[Tim4319]

14. I hope he brings up the John Conyers petition.

[RawMaterials]

17. listen to the applause

if we got back to the people then we would have a different government.

[Guaranteed]

18. Franken is doing AWESOME!! His approach to SS was perfect.

He's being HILARIOUS! AND HE'S MAKING GREAT POINTS!

[Tim4319]

19. Yes he is.

[Coexist]

20. "Cave: how to handle a lawsuit when they've got the goods on you"

too funny!

(on edit - re: Bill O'Reilly)

"But honey, they have no talent (re: O'Reilly and Hannity not going on a USO tour to Iraq0

[ncrainbowgrrl]

21. That was great!

I also liked the definition of "traditional values"

[Tim4319]

23. That is just as much fact as it is funny!

[Eric J in MN]

30. What did he say about Social Security? nt

nt

[Guaranteed]

45. He said (spoilers, of course- don't read if you're going to watch it)

that the idea of private accounts keeps getting more and more unpopular, and that it doesn't resolve the issue of solvency. That was the meat of the factual part. But then he followed it up with some really funny stuff. He mentioned this $11.1 trillion shortfall the Republicans keep talking about, but noted that the figure was arrived at by actuaries who were calculating for an INFINITE number of years (basically, it's a mathematical limit they came to- totally useless as a statistic). Then he said that that sounds really bad, but if you spread it out over the next 11.1 trillion years, it's only a dollar per year! Big whoop!

He said a lot of other really hilarious stuff, too. He was just great. I haven't seen anything like that in awhile. You gotta see it if you can.

[Guaranteed]

47. OK, I just responded to you twice.

I'm having some posting problems, here. :P

[Guaranteed]

22. Al made us proud tonight.

Give that man a raise.

[Tim4319]

25. Yes, he did good tonight.

[countmyvote4real]

24. Great spot for Al and Dave.

Just ended (Eastern Time). How can you not love these guys? And the audience was with Al all the way.

[Guaranteed]

26. Especially the funnier he got. He really won them over.

He was spectacular.

It's just so great to see.

[Tim4319]

27. I would love to see other AAR

personalities do shows like Letterman.

[Eric J in MN]

31. Well, you may not like it, but Rachel Maddow will be a regular on Tucker C

Carlson's new MSNBC show.

[ObaMania]

33. I don't think that'll be a bad thing.

She'll get on and tear him a new one every now and again.

[Tim4319]

50. That's not bad at all.

Just as long as she does not change from the way she is on the radio, and she's allowed to get her points out, I think she will be fine.

[LSK]

34. its a start

Our guys are starting to go mainstream and I think part of it is thanks to AirAmerica.

[FreedomAngel82]

35. Me too

Rhandi has said she doesn't like going on TV though. :( I'd like to see Jeanane on more shows. I've seen her on Scarborough's and she kicks some ass. Just forgets being polite and jumps in as you should. :D I think Sam was with her but I'm not for sure. I know a creator of AAR was.

[Eric J in MN]

38. It's not fun.

Guests on these shows wait around for hours for a few minutes of screent ime.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

28. Thank you for reminding me of this

Al mentioned this appearance on his radio show earlier this week, so I was really anxious to see it. He said it came off well and I agree. He is so cute with those innocent dimples in his cheeks...and then he BLASTS them!

[Rainscents]

29. I'll be watching tonight on PST! Thanks for posting!

[eleny]

36. Now on in Mountain Time!

[Eric J in MN]

37. Let us know what they say (nt)

nt

[eleny]

40. Felt - the missing 8 billion - and now social security

[eleny]

41. And now O'Reilly

"phone sex as a family value." BO's new book on how to beat a sex harrasment suit even when they have the goods on you.

Also about BOs boat cruise being cancelled because he has no talent. Big applause and huge laughter from the audience.

[Eric J in MN]

43. What did Franken say about Social Security? nt

nt

[Guaranteed]

46. He said (spoilers- don't read if you're going to watch- much funnier from

him) that the idea of private accounts keeps getting more and more unpopular, and that it doesn't resolve the issue of solvency. That was the meat of the factual part. But then he followed it up with some really funny stuff. He mentioned this $11.1 trillion shortfall the Republicans keep talking about, but noted that the figure was arrived at by actuaries who were calculating for an INFINITE number of years (basically, it's a mathematical limit they came to- totally useless as a statistic). Then he said that that sounds really bad, but if you spread it out over the next 11.1 trillion years, it's only a dollar per year! Big whoop!

He said a lot of other really hilarious stuff, too. He was just great. I haven't seen anything like that in awhile. You gotta see it if you can.

[Guaranteed]

48. ... ???? nt

[eleny]

39. Tonight he's made up for doing things so lite on radio

Going on Letterman and saying he believes the administration is corrupt was an absolutely brass balls thing to do. And the crowd loved it!

[kster]

42. Franken kicked ass, the

Dems now have their marching orders......... Lets back them up.

[kster]

44. Franken kicked f*ck*ng ass ! nt

[Gloria]

49. Franken excellent! Delivers the hook with a smile....very effective...

He should train a few of our Democratic politicians on the art of sparring....

[seemunkee]

51. Is there a video anywhere of this?

[oregonjen]

52. It's up at crooksandliars.com!

Thanks to MelissaB's thread, found that out.