The UpTake Ruins Al Franken's Vacation

[claymars]

sloaches senator sloaches

[mdbh43]

Even though Al Franken is an idiot, I feel more sorry for the people of MN for having the wool pulled over their eyes. Man did you people take it all HOOK, LINE AND SINKER

[DerikMansfield]

I'm from Minnesota, and with the exception of the crazy Bachmanm supporters, we think Franken is great

[mdbh43]

@DerikMansfield Why would you admit publicly that you allowed the "wool to be pulled over your eyes", just as Obama has done to you? Just wondering why anyone would even vote for a failed comic or is he a the court jester?

[DerikMansfield]

@mdbh43 I look at legislation he has voted on, and I largely agree with his voting record. I'm curious to know how exactly "the wool has been pulled over my eyes". This would imply that there is some secret agenda that they are trying to hide, and I'm curious to know what that is, or what you think that is exactly.

[mdbh43]

@DerikMansfield you know why you agree with him? It is because you are part of a group that you don't need to be smart or have an imagination, nor do you need to be a free thinker or a leader, just a follower. You can go through life with blinders on because the REAL TRUTH hurts you and others like you. In the words of P.J. O'Rourke "The principle feature of American liberalism is sanctimoniousness...liberals testify to their own terrific goodness"...more to come

[mdbh43]

@DerikMansfield "More important, they promote themselves to membership in a self-selecting elite of those who care deeply about such things... It's a kind of natural aristocracy, and the wonderful thing about this aristocracy is that you don't have to be brave, smart, strong or even lucky to join it, you just have to be liberal." Oh and by the way, the wool gets pulled over your eyes and you just don't know it or see it...

[mdbh43]

@DerikMansfield by the way, if you have not seen what they are trying to do, then they have pulled the wool over your eyes. Guys like these people are trying to take your freedoms away and they won't rest until they do. I see it every day in this republic of Maryland and we are trying our best to get the majority fired.

[DerikMansfield]

I guess you just live in a different reality then the rest of us. It's as if your entire model of reality revolves around the existence of an existential enemy who's out to annihilate you; example: "Liberals won't rest until they take away our freedoms". In your eyes they are elitist who are trying to take away or steal something from you. Please, for your sake, stop living in this Orwellian fantasy. The world isn't all black and white. Tone it down a notch, and come back to the center.

[mulder1021]

Hey Al...dont you actually have to do something to deserve a vacation?

[mstaff657]

Simpleton Franken -

Just thinking about that idiot in the U.S. Senate gives me the trotts (diarrhea) !

[lancechamplain]

They ought to call this show the UPCHUCK!

[kenniblelector]

the left has become the enemy of the state....

REVOLUTION IS THE SOLUTION!

[Hutchins1961]

Fuck you are dumb

[kenniblelector]

...well spoken... like the uneducated neanderthal you are....

OBAMA IS BANKRUPTING THE COUNTRY!

REVOLUTION IS THE SOLUTION!

[Hutchins1961]

Sorry dude, when Repubs and right wing fundies ran it you were fine. You lost, get over it.

[kenniblelector]

...yes i was... and you were too.... but just wait... it's going to get better.... and i DO mean that facetiously.

THE LEFT HAS BECOME THE ENEMY OF THE STATE..... REVOLUTION IS THE SOLUTION!

[Hutchins1961]

Well let us know when you make that happen.

[kenniblelector]

...if you can't see it coming, my unaware friend, you're not paying attention....

[Hutchins1961]

that's why I'm asking you to let us know when it happens. I thought all those right wing miltia's were gonna make it happen in the 90s and I believed them.

But of course your right, only you have the truth so please fwd a message when it begins.

Thanks

[hamshow]

You mean the Right-Wing State...

[theliberalparis]

Obama will try to clean up the mess of your beloved bush, but it's not gonna be easy.

[PwndByTheFed]

re: healthcare... Milton Friedmans 4 ways to spend money, comes to mind: watch?v=Un4-eI1T71E

[albermarle19]

If the same ppl that voted for jesse also voted for coleman then that would be a majority.Thanks for admitting that Franken appointment is a fraud.There is hope for libs after-all !

[GretchenDawntreader]

have to give mad props to The Uptake for a truly epic coverage.

[jarmtx]

now if bachman loses her re-elction, the rest of the US will have respect for MN politics again.

bachman is more looney than the talking-heads over there on FNC - and they are just trying to get ratings. bachman actually has to be responsible for a district, but of course if that district doesnt fill out there census it will probably be absorbed into anothere district thus making this all moot

[PlseDontDeleteThis]

the district doesn't fill out their census it could be a massive source of income for the govt via fines/

bachman is trying some gerrymandering trick that's the real reason she's against a census.

[pabobfin]

So the Retardlicans finally gave in to allow voting to matter! Coleman would have stuck it out for 4 years if he could. Let's get on with the people's business.

[albermarle19]

I have a large extended family in minn. None of them can understand how he got elected.I would like to see him try to do anything "anti-gun" They"ll hunt him down and skin him, NO LIE!

[CYLONEJACK]

The same people who voted for Jesse ventura(or however you spell his name) voted for franken. In fact, I cant figure out how Coleman got any votes!

Franken is an avid sport shooter who has won many accuracy award- I would not worry about any "anti-gun" laws.

[clover8467]

albermarle19....it is sad that your first concern is gun control. please take one and shoot your family in minn. then yourself in the face. I can understand how he got elected.... things like the economy, healthcare, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Iran, Chine, North Korea. To most people that aren't retarded, these things are more important than being able to shoot a deer with an automatic weapon.

[albermarle19]

Liberals seem to me,to be the biggest "haters" when it comes to ppl commenting on u-tube.Yours is the perfect example! Franken got appointed the same way Obama ran for the Senate.That was by EXCLUDING votes,in Franken's case and EXCLUDING the competition in Obama's case!

Keep on hating Clover,you make the other party look like boy scouts.

[PlseDontDeleteThis]

Liberals SEEMS to you to be the biggest "haters"???

Oh well. We KNOW FOR SURE that repuKKKes ARE the biggest haters!!!.

[albermarle19]

PISS UP A ROPE

[PlseDontDeleteThis]

see? no reply AT ALL, let alone one showing SOME common sense and intelligence.

STOP FUCKING YOUR SISTERS, IT WILL MAKE YOU STUPID.

Ps.

we've got a right to hate you, you're responsible for half a million dead iraqis and 4500 US troops. You bet I hate you. Shooting you for treason is too good for you.

[FreedomsReigning]

Al Frankin is a piece of Garbage serving the Nazi Socialist regime.

His SNL role of "Stuart Smalley" is a caricature of how he sees his supporters. He sees them as brainless effeminized nuts, reading self help books for the answers.

"I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggonit, people like me."

Just keep telling yourself that, and maybe it will come true.

[FreedomsReigning]

Reuters - July 1st 2009

"The First Draft: is Al Frankin Stuart Smalley?"

No Joke! Stuart Smalley Headed to Senate

Stuart Smalley Goes To Washington! Al Franken Gives Dems Super-Majority

[FreedomsReigning]

Al Frankin is not Stuart Smalley, YOU ARE.

You are being used by somebody that laughs at your weak, pathetic, worthless, mind. You are nothing but a vote that stood in his way, and now you celebrate your slavery.

You will all make excellent pets.

[turntapzap]

Fuck Al Frankin.

[Tbcdefgh2]

I think he'll do just fine when he gets to Washington, He'll be a strong progressive voice for middle class families.

[loveisthevehicle]

From afar, MN voters seem like free-thinkers. I admire that!

Examples: Ventura was & is a truth-teller (who in office got suppressed by the powers that be). Wellstone wasn't bought & paid for, so he advocated for the people (& that's why he was likely knocked off). Rep. Bachman shows awesome courage in telling it like it is

Al sustained his dignity during the pathetic & transparent Coleman grab for power & won.

May Sen. Franken bring MN-based leadership to new heights of integrity!!

[TheFitConnection]

Bachman tells it like it is? Have you actually listened to her rants on the floor of Congress?

She's a loon. Tell it like it is is one thing. Michelle's rants are unhinged deranged ravings with no factual basis whatsoever.

[PersonalJesus348]

Al couldn't get kissingered :P

[wervasdeferens]

"Because I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and, doggonit, people like me!" -Stuart Smalley.

Congrats to Sen. Franken

[fiddlerthh]

Franken has a huge ass. Coleman IS a huge ass. Either way it was fail for Minnesota ;^)

I wonder if Michelle Bachmann will run for gubna! That would be a race to watch.

[iamafractal]

wrestlers get that way. luckily franken is going to be an AWESOME senator.

[terpis]

May he run, not walk, to the Senate floor.

[wntoply6]

i'll say one thing about you minnesotans, you do have lively politics.

[lamouchemorte]

Hey Frankin, show some tits!!!

[lb10128]

I love Al he turned me from an apathetic to a political wonk and I will all ways be grateful.

[politicalfarce]

Nothing better than a Senator who allows a reporter to call him by his first name.

[maskedphrogg]

Well, at least he won't be a formal member of the Health Committee til after the Bill gets marked up.

Not that that will keep a Public Option out of the Bill.

Great comic, hope he fulfills the expectations of him as a legislator.

[nomercyrules10]

this guy should go back to SNL!

[chervilant]

Poor wee mannie--got your tighty-whities all in a twist?

Franken is an effective political satirist and a Harvard grad because he is more intelligent than the average human being by our species' own measurement tools. So, might be time to get over yourself.

[EscambiaDemocrats]

I can't wait to watch C-SPAN and see Al doing his job.

. He was awesome at picking apart and seeing through political bs when he had his AAR show.

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I hope Sen Inholf gets lots of sleep and eats well. There's a new Sheriff in town, and his name is Senator Al Franken.

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[grahamkeithtodd]

well said EscambiaDemocrats old son...i have been following this story since the November elections and it is about time that Al got the damn job! he won fair and square and Coleman's attempts to try to steal the election was nothing short of scandalous.

[EscambiaDemocrats]

I think that was more about the GOP keeping Al's vote out of the Senate than it was really about Coleman.

. Coleman ripped off the people of Minnesota by putting off the inevitable for political reasons, but hopefully they won't forget that.

.

[isaachaze1]

uh, 8th i think. franken has a funny laugh.

[synch1216]

Go Franken!

[micahgee]

4th

[paperattack]

5th