Al Franken: An Evening With Ann Coulter

[kpete]

An Evening With Ann Coulter
12:56pm today Al Franken

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Last May, as I left the stage after debating Ann Coulter in Hartford, my wife Franni took me aside and whispered: "The poor thing."

Last Monday, after my debate with Coulter at the Universal Amphitheatre in L.A., there was no sympathy from Franni. Just a strong sense of disgust. Because Coulter had chosen a strange strategy. Offend the audience and then act the victim.
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Then there was about an hour with the president of the university leading a discussion during which she lost everyone but her most dedicated fans, of which there were maybe fifty by the end of the evening. At one point, when I was talking about making sure our returning veterans got proper medical care, one of her nutcase followers yelled, "Boring!"

Anyway, I'm kind of proud of my opening statement. I put it on the website of my new political action committee, Midwest Values PAC. Drop by and check it out.

transcript at:
http://midwestvaluespac.org/blog/156/an-evening-with-ann-coulter-with-full-speech
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/al-franken/an-evening-with-ann-coult_b_18529.html

[Chiyo-chichi]

1. "Offend the audience and then act the victim"

Was he surprised? That's all she ever does. She makes a lot of money on the lecture circuit doing exactly that.

[Bullshot]

9. Wouldn't surprise me if the pie-in-the-face and heckling audiences

were set up by her crew to guarantee she's the "victim."

[NYCGirl]

2. Read the opening statement, everyone at the midwestvaluespac.org link.

It's wonderful! I wish I knew how Annie countered it. (Other than whining, of course.)

[Skinner]

3. Hahahahaha!

Then there was about an hour with the president of the university leading a discussion during which she lost everyone but her most dedicated fans, of which there were maybe fifty by the end of the evening. At one point, when I was talking about making sure our returning veterans got proper medical care, one of her nutcase followers yelled, "Boring!"

[brainshrub]

4. Where can see the video/audio of this event?

I would love to see it.

[ronnykmarshall]

14. Same here.

Al's opening comments are right on target.

I can't imagine her being that clever.

[Faygo Kid]

5. Saw Ann on Hannity & Nobody. She is deteriorating.

Needs the treatment that Goldie Hawn and Meryl Streep got on "Death Becomes Her," because she is really looking bad. Big black eyeshadow under her eyes (at least I hope that was eyeshadow). She, Limbaugh and O'Reilly will eventually implode. Not sure who goes first.

[LSK]

6. thanks for posting

Im still looking for audio too.

[Beaverhausen]

7. Freeps who were so proud of the "boring" comment

Didn't someone here link to a whole thread at FR about it last week?

Wow...I'm sure that comment really made Al mad!!! :rofl:

[DinahMoeHum]

8. Ann Coulter: "Bullwinkle J. Moose. . .with a blond wig..." (page 127)

say Steve Jarding and Dave "Mudcat" Saunders, authors of "Foxes In the Henhouse", just released and available at any good bookstore.

http://www.foxesinthehenhouse.com/content.htm

(By the way, Bullshot, my apologies on this since I just saw your avatar, but those are not my words, OK?)

:evilgrin:

[thereismore]

10. "I want to congratulate you for saving yourself for your one true love."

:rofl:

[Cleita]

12. That forty year old virginity is pretty stale by now. n/t

[Cleita]

11. Thanks there was so little said about this, I was wondering.n/t

[mattclearing]

13. What a vicious ass-whipping.

I can see how she would have had a really long night after that opening statement. Hopefully the video of the whole debate will surface.

[Beaverhausen]

16. That opening statement rocks!!!

I can just imagine what gems she came up with that night. :eyes:

[TahitiNut]

15. (lol!) I love this ...

I was just talking to Newt Gingrich the other day. And I said to him, “Don’t you want for a gay couple what you had with your first wife? Don’t you want that bond that comes with the pledge of fidelity that you had with your second wife? Don’t you want what comes with that lifelong bond that you may or may not have with your third wife – I have no idea what’s going on there.”

:rofl:

[Rob H.]

17. Ha! Great opening--I really like this part

Now in Ann’s defense, she doesn’t always make horribly offensive remarks or knowingly craft lies. Very often Ann is just wrong out of ignorance or pure laziness.

:rofl: