Franken's First Bill: Service Dogs For Vets

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Senator Al Franken talks about his first bill in the Senate, which funded a pilot program to get service dogs to wounded veterans.

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Last week, Sen. Al Franken was accosted by Tea Party activists at the Minnesota State Fair. He turned an ambush into a productive discussion, and I turned that conversation into a youtube video. YOU turned that video into an online sensation.

More than half a million people tuned in to watch a United States Senator debate calmly, rationally, with his constituents - whether or not they agreed with him. There was no name-calling, no wrist-slitting, no Obama-with-a-Hitler-mustache posters. Ana Marie Cox called it terrible tv, but great democracy. And the even greater news is that you cared. THERE IS AN AUDIENCE FOR SANE NON-VIOLENCE. Even outside of Minnesota.

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[cmmcgo]

As a Dog owner and a Soldier I can say this is just another exmple of why Mr. Franken is my favorite statesman in the Federal Government. Not politician...Statesman. One of the few.

To 666bria....I assume you are trolling here...but in the of chance you are not:, I have one thing to say to you: ROTFLMAO!!! HAHAHAHA!

The sad thing is, the irony of your post is probably lost on you. There is a reason the more intelligent you are the more likely you are to be liberal.......and visa versa.

[crock703]

awesome.

If you ever wondered which of the two guys running, really cared, now you know.

[savegan]

al franken is interested in people, and seems to care. o'reilly cares about how to keep pushing forward the republican spin machine

[jblcva]

@booley Probably a sorry ass 1 at that...

[jblcva]

@booley Acorn stole it for him...Research it, if you have more than

a 5 minute attention span?

[booley]

@jblcva Just saying the election was stolen doesn't make it a fact.

[booley]

@jblcva funny how you didnt' actually deal with the question.

I said Conservatives.. not Republican. Liberals are not the same as Democrats.

And who questioned you being an American?

I'm an American vet too. So what?

[jblcva]

@booley I feel sorry for you. I am a disabled Veteran. I am American!

DemocRATS RepubliCONS 1big club. They all feed from the same trough.

Joke is always on you and me. The taxpayers.

[jblcva]

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Fact Al Franken stole the election in Minn.

He may be the best statesman in the world.

Wasn't the point i was making.

[lloydmauler]

@jblcva like how the government was telling newspapers what to print? Yeah. all hypocrites.

[336ac]

thumbs up if you would vote for this brilliant man for presidnt

[Rshimy]

1:35 sounds like a jet strike.