Anyone seen the new Coleman ad about Franken

[nadine_mn]

Angry AL

here is the transcript
Angry Al” Script:

Senator Coleman: “I’m Norm Coleman and I approved this message because I thought it was important for you to see it.”

Text: “Does Al Franken have the temperament to be U.S. Senator?”

Franken: “You are wrong and you have to apologize, man.”

Text: “You are wrong and you have to apologize, man.” Republican National Convention, 2004

Franken: “How shameless these people are. These people are so shameless.”

Text: “@#!$% shameless.” “So @#!$% shameless.” Howard Dean Fundraiser, 09/2003

Franken: “Bull , that is such baloney.”

Text: “Bull @%!$, that is such baloney!” The Connecticut Forum, 05/2004

Franken: “I hate those right wing mother .”

Text: “I #$%&! hate those right wing mother $%^$@” Franken Book, “Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them)” 2003

Franken: “I’m mean sometimes.”

Text: “I’m mean sometimes.” Today Show, 03/2004

Franken: “You are wrong and you have to apologize, man.”

Text: Al Franken. Reckless. Ridiculous. Wrong.

“Angry Al” Backup:

Franken: “You are wrong and you have to apologize, man.” Video clip from Al Franken: God Spoke.(Al Franken: God Spoke, New Video Group, 2007)

Franken: “How shameless these people are. These people are so shameless.” Video clip from YouTube.(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5byqTqyOr0, accessed September 8, 2008)

Franken: “Bull , that is such baloney.” Video from You Tube of Connecticut Forum, May 14, 2004.(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYV4D_jKepc, accessed September 8, 2008)

Franken: “I hate those right wing mother .” “But you know, I don’t want to get into a whole partisan politics thing here. Not in this book, anyway. We’ll leave that for my next book, I F*cking Hate Those Right-Wing Motherf*ckers!, due out in October 2004. I’m hoping it will ‘fire up the troops’ for the final weeks of the campaign season.” (Al Franken, Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Plume, p. 115 2003)

Franken: “I’m mean sometimes.” “Mr. FRANKEN: There may be a little vile, but only--only for people who deserve it. I'm mean sometimes, but I'm just mean to people who deserve it.”(Transcript, “Today Show,” NBC, March 31, 2004)













Seriously - Norm's sanctimonious smirk about made me want to go kick his ass (usually I am just slap happy)

[dflprincess]

1. My mother commented that she figured Normie was running this

because he thought old ladies like her would be shocked by Franken's language. It could backfire on Normie - people may find it refreshing to see someone who admits they're angry - he's really voicing what a lot of people are feeling. As mother said "I hate those right-wing mother-*****s too." (The old one did bleep herself, just can't say that word).

[Eric J in MN]

2. Franken said , "that is such baloney."

Goodness Gracious, I can't vote for him now.

(sarcasm)

[nadine_mn]

3. you are right.. he should have said that is such Spam (tm)

and he claims to be from MN

[Lydia Leftcoast]

4. Young people who talk like that all the time may think

"Cool." :-)

[Avidor]

5. Norm... then and now

[dflprincess]

6. I found this thread about McCain's temper

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=post&forum=132&topic_id=7120845&mesg_id=7120845

I copied Begala's top ten and emailed it to Normie's campaign ([e-mail]) asking why he's supporting McCain for president when his temper makes it clear he is unfit for public office....Not that I expect an answer.

Paul Begala's Top 10 John McCain Blowups...
Posted by cynatnite

10) Shoved 92 year old Strom Thurmond because he asked 'Is the senator about through?'

9) This is where he gets pissed at a reporter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za2CRoc_kVc

8) Drops the F-bomb when he blows up at John Cornyn

7) McCain calls Pete Domenici an asshole out of the blue. Domenici told Newsweek "I didn't want this guy anywhere near a trigger."

6) He exploded at Senator Chuck Grassley and calls him a fucking jerk. Another senator who witnessed the incident commented that he thought he was going to witness a murder.

5) When McCain was elected to the US Senate in 1986 he was screaming at the top of his lungs and poking the chest of a young republican volunteer who had set up a lectern that was to tall for McCain. This was a powerful man humiliating a powerless subordinate.

4) Tried to get a veteran's affairs expert fired for mistating her boss's position.

3) McCain made undescribed threats to a state senator if he was not endorsed.

2) Denigrated former senator Bob Smith's Vietnam war service. This guy was a republican, too. He says, "His temper would place this country at risk in international affairs, and the world perhaps in danger. In my mind, it should disqualify him." Smith went on to say, "It raises questions about stability...It's more than just temper. It's this need of his to show you that he's above you--a sneering condescending attitude. It's hurt his relationships in Congress."

1) A secretary who worked for the AZ governor defended her boss when McCain launched into a tirade against him. She stepped up and said, "How dare you? You're an embarrassment to the party." Later on she applied to be an aide to local chairmain of a county McCain personally called him and asked him not to hire her.

Paul Begala ends with this:

Few things are uglier than using great power to harm weaker people. But that is what John McCain has done more than once. McCain has 'a bit of a vindictive streak." A former Pentagon offical stated, "John has an enemies list longer than Nixon's. And unlike Nixon, McCain really does try to you."

All of this is from the book 'Third Term' by Paul Begala. This is an excellent book with topics relevant to today. Get it if you can or check it out at the library

[Love Bug]

7. I saw that!

Is he serious? That's all he has to run on? He can't run on his record, that's for sure.

The only people who will be offended by this are the religious right and they wouldn't vote for Al anyway.

Like Coleman doesn't swear. Right.

[dflprincess]

8. Franken has a pretty good response ad

He refers to Normie's ad as showing him (Franken) making some "passionate" statements. He ends the ad by saying "With the price of gas, groceries and healthcare, why isn't Norm outraged?"

[Mnpaul]

9. Check out the comments over at WCCO

More people are pissed at Norm for running this vile ad
http://cbslocalblogs.prospero.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=WCCO_esmeblog&entry=106