Franken PUNKS Hillary Basher Ed Klein

[Vyan]

On his Friday Show, Air America Radio Host Al Franken faced off with the author of the new sordid Hillary Clinton "tell-all" book - The Truth About Hillary - and with the help of Salon Columnist Joe Conason, proceeded to systematically expose Klein's book as a pack of lies and distortions in a wonderful display of hard-nosed, but still polite, questioning:

In the book, Klein asserts that Bill Clinton raped Hillary in order to conceive Chelsa, and that Hillary herself has "lesbian tendencies". Some of the allegations have been so outrageous that many Conservatives have denouced the book as "over the top" in it's vicious attack on the character of Hillary Clinton.

Streaming audio of the broadcast:Part 1. | Part 2.

Read full transcript courtesy of Media Matters.<br>

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Vyan

[silverweb]

1. I love Franken!

I'm so torn about him running for the Senate. We need smart, honest, up-front people like him in office so badly... yet he reaches so very many people with his show.

The best of both worlds would be that he'll continue to make news and lots of waves as a senator, without losing one bit of his media appeal.

Franken and Conason... what a team! Reading this transcript was a delight. I hope to indulge in the audio version soon.

:D

[ET Awful]

2. I'm going to have to listen to it, I missed it yesterday ;)

The transcript is hysterical :)

[kanrok]

3. Thanks for posting this

I missed it while it was occurring. Funny stuff.

[JHBowden]

4. Conason is one sharp cookie

While Franken and his feeble sidekick tend to fumble over each other, Conason went after Klein with ruthless precision. I think Conason should be the one with his own show!

[Totally Committed]

5. He would have not been anywhere NEAR as effective if...

Conason had not been there. Joe is the greatest!

TC