Franken on Hardball

[dealmeidaable]

Franken is a warrior for justice

[culturalhonesty]

Why is Al Franken always scared of a debate? he always interrupts and acts like a scared pussy. I guess you gotta do that when you feel you are wrong

[imfamoussas]

@culturalhonesty scared of a debate? I assume you watch fox news where they record there debates ahead of time so they can pick and choose what parts they think get there point across

[prisonermn]

Why are all of these stupid comedians dabbling in politics democrats?

[Darkman57]

@prisonermn Because all of the stupid Denny's and Wal-Mart workers have been dabbling in the Republican party!  It's an equilibrium of stupidity!! :D

[SPAD58]

I'm not impressed with the funny man. I guess the chidren of Minnisota needed a child to represent them.

[BigMikeMcBastard]

Tony is a real cunt.

[ca34jun]

Tony blankley is an effin cunt who should go to war instead of kids. lying sonovabitch. throw eggs at this man if you see him!

[iSAW7]

Al Franken is a ZIonist chicken hawk, and dodged the draft for at least 3 years during Vietnam. Al Franken haw always been a joke, now as a Senator, he is a joke on us.

[TAz69x]

Al KICKED THE SHIT out of that fat fuck. Look at the fear in his face as Al points out his bullshit. Mastercard would call that: priceless = )

[1957welder]

This Man, Senator Franken Loves the TRUTH!! Thank You!!

[edster2003]

"Make a presence in Iraq" ....well that worked out perfectly, what a load of shit. Jesus Christ, these were our countrymen doing what we are too afraid to do and we have elected officials constantly sending them in to a warzone where they would never send their own kids into. The US should be proud of our brave soldiers and look down on our legislators who sent them to die.

[RandyDandy99]

I love Al.  That other guy is a fricken gooooon - a drone - a lump of starch.

[vespertinne]

@RandyDandy99: lolz... "lump of starch." Hee hee!

[chomsky88]

I love it when he nails that fat fuck by pointing out things he deliberately left out or misrepresented in his editorial and all the guy can do is bluster and respond with nonsense like "you're attacking the capillaries of the capillaries", etc. Someone who twists the facts to advocate an illegal war is no better than a war criminal.

[WhyNotTruth]

Did you hear about the guy who killed the dolphin? He didn't do it on porpoise.

[pileoncgcg]

Looks like Al was wrong about Iran. Democracy is emerging as a result, at least partially, as a result of the democratization of Iraq.

[natedogg1835]

Gimme a break, no one saw the current situation in Iran coming, right or left.

[7CATALYST25]

Non sequitur

[DaHonestAbe]

I love that Franken fearlessly engages the far right.

[Mccnuget]

@DaHonestAbe

hahaha, thats so sad.

"Fearlessly" engages the far right."

How can you look at comments like that, look at your page and still not want to kill yourself. ANd i mean that honestly.

"Fearlessly engages the far right"

Remember that people.

Some think its fearless to take up arms against terrorist, some think its having a social life that doesnt require the mass amount of time you have spent on youtube.

But the fat geek here says "no". Whats really brave is being Al Franken.

Funny.

[DaHonestAbe]

@Mccnuget How does he not fearlessly engage them? The far right is well funded and well oiled with a propaganda machine that that infilitrates the minds of the weak (i.e you.) And the far right machine can be a bit intimidating to go up against for so many on the left sadly. So the fact that he does so in such humorous, eloquent, and FEARLESS manner is admirable. And as far taking up arms against terrorists, yeah pretty brave I agree. How can you have a name like Mccnuget and not laugh?

[louiscaponecchia]

@Mccnuget youre just butthurt cuz franken beat limbaugh in ratings, then beat the shit out of the republicans, won a lawsuit from fox news, and became a united states senator. haha! loser!

[hangdsobs]

And if you're REALLY powerful you create lawsuits, like the Dems did to Nader, to stall and create income shortfalls in your projected business plan. After it was all said and done, the Bush Justice System allowed Air America into only 5 markets. So their Funding stopped and had to fold up, and you think "No one wanted to listen to him"? Air America wasn't even ALLOWED into 99% of the California markets. BTW- Limbaugh LOST $ for 4 yrs but was heavily funded, just like O'Liely.

[hangdsobs]

After all the major media corps. started lawsuits against him airing in their markets? Gee.... I wonder why 'no one wanted to hear him'??? Let's get the facts straight in cause-and-effect.

In ANY monopoly-run enterprise, if you DON'T want competition that is critical of you, you use YOUR media to criticize & lie about the new guy. Just like how they always criticize & lie about ALL unions being corrupt & HURTING America(which is also a Union which has the same basic constitutional laws).

[cocobear33]

al franken is such a loser no wonder air america went bankrupt , even the liberals did'nt want to listen to this clown,

[medartist01]

You're right, cocobear33. United States Senator Al Franken is a loser? Coleman is washing dishes for the wife, while Senator Franken will be in Congress casting his votes for the Dems, helping President Obama save this nation from the trainwreck left by the incompetent Republicans and George W. Bush. Bush, the worst president (small 'p') in United States history. A Texas dolt that let this nation be attacked on his watch, and then, sent our military to attack the wrong country. PATHETIC!

[toddscrivener]

Blankely is a douchebag!

Franken knows his shit and rules you cuntservative bitches!

[InTheLimitAs]

Indeed he is an asshole, but a good asshole at that.

Franken is legit with his evidence, something that has lacked in the mainstream media and in the right wing.

[elguapostino]

Al Frankin is a far left winger. He wants to tax and spend, or at least spend as far as the near future goes. If you dont like the man its probably because he offends your conservative views on life. You dont like that he's a comedian or a satirical author or an obnoxious jokester. But you cant fault him for calling people out on their bullshit. Frankin is not a liar. He doesnt mislead people just to win the argument. He wins the argument because he is usually right on the money.

[BlackKnight03]

I for one, welcome out Liberal overlords, since the last group ran us into the grounds, tax the rich, and have rule of law.

[borat443]

Full argument, worth going into Iraq this fat slob, Aint fit to serve a sandwich but feels like it was a good idea to go into Iraq. If he feels like it was such a good idea he should have grabed a uniform and gun and went to the illegal war

[1000orsowords]

January 22, 2009...Let the war crimes trials begin!

[spencerdev91]

This is exactly the kind of person we need representing us in the senate

[badger5079]

The Axis forces came from all over Europe, Russia, East Asia and parts of Africa.

[elguapostino]

You are correct, but most of those people you speak of did not move to Europe. They did not take up arms in France. They fought in Africa and Asia. The people he is speaking of originated in Germany. There was a very large youth movement of young Nazi's who joined under pressure from the German government. These people thought they were doing their country a great service by fighting for the father land.

[GoreBeatBush2]

I love Al! Thank you for calling them on their crap when few people will.

[ivan1087]

Franken is a warrior! Go Al!!!

[jamesjeffreypaul]

Wooooo! Franken is so obnoxious that I can't imagine anyone wanting him to be the after-dinner speaker at a Rotary meeting.

[WorldBFree2006]

Anyone with a brain in their head would want Al to speak at their evnet. Why is he obnoxious, Because he wouldn't let that RW loser get away with his shameless spin and blatant lies? If you call that obnoxious you must like lying and hypocrisy.

[thauruin]

INTERNET POLITICAL COMMENTARY.

[miket1m]

Whats this goofball talking about? We were never told it would be a couple of weeks. Bush said this war would be a long one. The President led us into war? When they attacked us we were at war. We are war with the nation of Islam! This guy is a comedian, thats it! Hes a moran intellectual wanttobe!

[mak4374]

Nation of Islam?

[miket1m]

Thats right

[mak4374]

I must have missed that day in my geography class when they were discussing the "nation of Islam". Is it located close to Nicaragua? Lots of sand there.

[miket1m]

All over the world. Tell me what would be the results if we brought our troops home at this time? What do you think the terrorist, who are Muslim by the way, would do around the world. This liberal asswipe believes your a racist if you hate the enemy? No common sense whatsoever. Ship all the anti war liberals over to Iran. Talk about their government and they'll cut your head off.

[mak4374]

- 2.3% of Americans are Muslim

- 3000 Americans were killed in the worst attack on American soil since 1941. How many Americans were killed in Iraq, so far?

- The troops would be home. What they actually are supposed to be diffending

- The original reason Al Quaida was formed was because...anyone? anyone? we were there after the first Gulf war?

- What happened to the "WMD's" reason for being there? Or, are we still clinging to "we fight them there so we don't have to fight them here" argument?

[mak4374]

- Hating one's enemy is not a conservative bias. Neither is going to war on wrong pretenses. Liberals do that as well. Understanding your enemy before you engage him was put down on rice paper 1500 years ago by...let's see, I am pretty sure Sun Tsu wasn't a liberal.

- Every successful prosecution against a foreign, or domestic insurrection had one thing in common: it was first labeled as a criminal action against the state, or Republic. What if we viewed those few terrorists as criminals?

[mak4374]

- One of the reasons one chooses to be in the USA is because, well, the government usually doesn't cut off one's head for voicing an opinion. Now you can call me liberal, or conservative, or weird, or even fascist, but I have the notion that this is what separates "us" from "them". I don't think our forefathers inspired to be debased to the level of their tyrants. I could be wrong. I also missed many days of history class.

[badger5079]

Did you choose to be in the USA or were you just born there by chance in the same way that Saudi Arabians are born in Saudi Arabia by chance instead of by choice?

[miket1m]

You thats who their defending. The Bus in London, The train in Madrid, the towers in NY. If we don't fight them there, where do we fight them? Do you think everthings going to be ok when the troops come home? Watch, "Things that make you think a little" My video

[chainswede]

Cheeney on Meet The Press. Sometime before the start of the war. He said it would be short, and we would be treated as liberators. You'd better check your facts before you write next time.

[miket1m]

Cheeny, not Bush! Bush said along time. Watch my video

[Color1377]

HELL YEAH. Franken is one of the only intellectual pundits (cough Ann Coulter)

[kdc43]

WAY TO GO GO AL FRANKEN!!!!!

[bronsonus]

Franken stands up to the Neocon Fascist!

[sineaddeburca]

Tony Blankley is such a Tory and so full of it. And he can't even manage a "poker face" while he's talking crap... he gets a little smirk on his face after he says something totally ridiculous.

[jababik]

Think back over the last few years of this horrible administration. Who were some of the few who stood up and fought?  Al Franken was and is a fighter.

[SneakySnake26]

Go Al! I agree wholeheartedly.

[utubesucks2003]

morning hangovers and stds.

[zmgriffith]

Tony Blankely has lost a ton of weight... have you seen him recently... he looks great. He's still full of shit, but looks much better.

p.s. FUCK the Washington Times

[SparklestheClown]

Al - let the other guy speak!!!!!!!!!!

Sparkles

[roastbeefdinner]

oh i get it now..its not the fact that we are being targeted by islamo fascists..its cause we are in Iraq,or we support Israel, or have a foreign policy, or didnt use oil,or didnt practice Christianity, YOU KNOW WHAT?,they would want to kill us any way..its about them, not us..wake up! they are commited to kill us..

[smokegfx]

they are attacking the western world because we are breaking down the control structure they have built around their religion.

they dont want any western influences and some groups take it to the extreme.

[jiggajag02]

how big is george bush's tits? cuz these republicans can't ween themselves of the nipple.

[2001jeepXJ]

Al Franken is right... you Republicans can keep supporting your boy bush.

[cyberfreakct]

oreilly is as lost as hell

[lutherhans]

damn al franken is kicking ass!!!!!

GO AL FRANKEN!!!!!

AL FRANKEN FOR MINNESOTA SENTATOR!

[agun4hire]

NO. I'm a level-headed Republican that hates what Bush has gotten us into. What an uninformed, naive idiot you are!

[OregonDARRYL]

Why don't you just admit it - you are deathly afraid of radical Islamists? Yet, ladders and bathtubs kill more Americans. THE TERRORISTS WANT YOU TO FEAR THEM. THAT'S ALL THEY HAVE - "FEAR". They are lousy at killing. Bring 'em on!

[OregonDARRYL]

You say I am a traitor, because I am a vet, who respects the military, and wants the "fear" to stop - by your criminal pal Bush AND the "terrorists"? Really? LOL!

[commodore2468]

Democrats hate the US military? Hmm, that's strange since my grandpa and father both served in WWII and Vietnam and Desert Storm, respectively, and they're Democrats. They just hated America and the military so much that they signed up and risked their lives to protect them.

[agun4hire]

OH my God a brainwashed REP!

[OregonDARRYL]

Islam is NO threat to America, Bush is. And YOU are his "little bitch". I am not afraid of terrorists - you are. Bathtubs and ladders kill more Americans than terrorists. Are you afraid to take a shower? Probably.

[OregonDARRYL]

I am a vet. I don't hate the military. I hate those who lie to them and get them killed. YOU have been brainwashed. The rest of the whole world knows what's going on. Why don't you?

[OregonDARRYL]

Bush has the "backbone" to lead us into a war with the world which will cost us trillions of dollars, tens of thousands of lives, and America's soul to "win" over Islam, which is simply a different form of religious insanity. "The monkey never learns."

[Bamruff62]

Tony is a typical simplistic thinking neocon.

Poor it on him Al..

[OregonDARRYL]

Fat, hog-headed Republicans sicken me. They'll sell this country out for a buck, and send other people's kids to war so they can profit. But even their generally ignorant supporters are beginning to see through their incredible BS. Thank god.

[jimd072]

Most of the Soldiers fighting for this country are REPUBLICANS, it seems that they voted 75% for Bush.. IF we are losing then why is it the ARMY, Navy and Marines are voting FOR the people sending them?

[OregonDARRYL]

Bush could have sent enough troops to win in Iraq, but winning means you must leave. There's too much oil there for that. He wants to stay until we get our oil companies the "legal" contracts they need to steal Iraq's oil. That's why he is deliberately embarrassing out troops - for profit - and should be impeached..ASAP!

[OregonDARRYL]

Maybe Republicans don't mind if they are lied to by our "leaders", Democrats do mind. Maybe that's why I ask more Republicans to "come on over" to the side that cares about "you" as an American and less about helping corporations gain total control of our government. We need to get our spaceship in order...SOON folks.

[DAVIDINTEL]

Hardball is the best! It's funny seeing how heavy Tony Blankley was then.

[transitory9]

If you support Al's Senate bid (as I do) please Google his name & it will bring you to his official campaign site. You DON'T have to live in MN to contribute (I don't live in MN & I did). Even just $5.-$10. will help because Al's is a grass roots campaign that depends on small contributers; unlike Coleman's which is bought & paid for by the top 1-2% of wealthiest people (BIG money corporate America who's just buying influence). Al's concerns are those of the average hard working American!

[agun4hire]

Read Al Franken's book "Lies and the Big Fat Liers Who Tell Them." You will definately become an Al Franken fan. I didn't like the guy but after reading his book I am a fan for life.

[OregonDARRYL]

Franken busts all the corporate dumbasses who try to tell Americans BS lies for profit. Al is a good guy.

[fatozzy]

franken is so wrong on so many levels.

[agun4hire]

Are you high! Franken is DEAD NUTS ON!

[jimd072]

Lost??? What an ass. Our soldiers do not believe we have lost. Are you telling me that they are wrong. The troops believe in what they are doing.

[OregonDARRYL]

The troops were lied to, and the military brainwashes all recruits. I am a vet, I know. Bush and his criminal administration have screwed America royally - for oil profits.

[jimd072]

Recruits know what is going on and they still join. Your argument is typical liberal. Oil profits are evil. YET I am guessing that you are yelling about Oil Prices.. which are high because of terror, not because of some Conservative CONSPIRACY. Iran was trying to find ways to attack this country and was not adhering to UN Sanctions.. When does a sanction become punitive? When does the world act? After Pearl Harbor or 9-11??????????

[OregonDARRYL]

So you believe the terror BS. FACT: Bathtubs kill more Americans than terrorists. So do ladders. Oil companies made record profits while we pay record prices. But it ain't terror causing the increase. It's Bush and his criminals pals.

[JasonWho13]

franken is so right on so many levels...

[agun4hire]

Prove it!

[agun4hire]

I am a Franken Fan. The above remark was misplaced.

[Belson524]

Im a Chris Matthews Fan....oh, and GO AL

[ohfan4uk]

Go Al!

[anishinaabe]

Franken for Senate!

[libpolution]

Franken for Senate!

[asdfpoijc]

What a fucking liar the fat guy is. He must be stupid, to have such failed view on truths and lies.

The fatso seems proud to have pre-written about a war that materialized. What an arrogant fat bitch! Many people more dignified than himself have died as a result of that invasion! He should be glad he's only fat as hell!

[messiahbrain]

Franken is so much smarter than these guys.

[riparianlife97701]

I'm actually mad at Franken for the way this interview went. The best way to hang people like Blankley is to let them speak.

[fyresyde1066]

Al Franken made Blankley look like even more of an idiot than Pat Buchanan (unintentionally) does nightly on "The McLaughlin Group". We can exhaust Muslim extremists by attracting them to the War in Iraq? I wonder how many Indonesians (the largest Muslim population in the world) have been killed in Iraq so far?

[loungelizard5000]

Franken ALWAYS burns these fat, bloated, Republican sell-out pedophile whores. They are SO wrong, they do nothing but lie and spin truths. They make me sick...traitors.

[SuperSerialDave]

Hey lounge lizard, your opinion is rediculously biased.... and I love it.

[Canada80]

Franken for Senate!

[brokengrrl1980]

You notice how Republicans have to blame others for their failing. Notice how most troops support Democrats and Republicans call Democrats unpatriotic. Notice that people who vote Republican are always the ones staying at home and not serving. The truth always wins. Remember no matter how much they lie, how much they smear, the truth always wins. and for Republicans the truth hurts.

[element5435]

Al Franken is my idol.

[pwgpwg3]

washington times, get the fuck out of here!!!

[pwgpwg3]

why does al tell the truth? because he is fuckin right!!!

[jprg1966]

Remember Andrew Natsios going on Ted Koppel and saying the total cost of the war would be $1.7 billion?

[annarboriter]

It's amazing to me that somebody like Blankley whose comments are entirely predictable or pulled out of air on the spot can continue to generate noise in print and on the airwaves.

[apwusteward]

I agree, perhaps we could ignore them if the (liberal?) Media did not give them so much air time.

But as Al showed, you need to get on the air with them and atack them for their lies and distortions..

[poopiefase]

Too bad the dark side, which everyone does have, of George Allen got exposed.

[dtstrain]

One thing about Al Franken: He's quite liberal (a little TOO liberal on some things), but I've read a lot from him and he simply does NOT lie. He is a breed apart from almost every commentator or politician from either side. His facts are researched and accurate (excepting, of course, for obvious jokes). This is why the Limbaughs, O'Reilly's and so on NEVER criticize him by pointing out errors in his facts (as he does with them in his books). Instead, they call him names and make SNL comments.

[trinabina13]

"mission accomplished"  oh, please.

[apwusteward]

Rationalize it however you want, you said the comments were not made and that Franken was a liar. They were and he is not. We were sold a cakewalk in Iraq, and we are still there. You are doing what has been done for over three years, changing the meaning of the words to satisfy the reality that you were lied to.

[bakebooey]

well said

[apwusteward]

Point to a lie Franken told. One specific lie.

[shreddog2049]

That we were told the war would be over in a few weeks, that was the dumbest lie.

[apwusteward]

Shreddog - I offer this quote from Donald's own lips - "The Gulf War in the 1990s lasted five days on the ground. I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today would last five days, or five weeks, or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last any longer than that." He also said, "It is unknowable how long that conflict will last. It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months." [Rumsfeld, 11/14/02; USA Today, 4/1/03]

Any other truths you deny the existence of?

[shreddog2049]

I think it's easy to say the "war" is still going, and it is in one sense, but it's easy to slam Bush by saying the war spoken of in the comments you posted is the one we are fighting now, and it's not. To me, the war they were talking about was the initial invasion and taking control, which didn't take long at all.

[shreddog2049]

Thats just how I interpret it, but I think it's stupid to say that Bush said we would go in, there would be total peace, and there government would be totaly independent, in a few weeks. But the people that hate Bush and morality will say whatever they can to accuse.

[JesusChristGodofWar]

America was never in contol of Iraq: never was, never will be -- not with Rebublicans running the show.

[apwusteward]

ShreddDogg I offer these beauties up for you as well:

Rumsfeld: "You go to war with the Army you have. They're not the Army you might want or wish to have at a later time." [CNN, 12/9/04]

Wolfowitz: "We are dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction and relatively soon." [Wolfowitz, 3/27/03]