Al Franken

2008-04-29T13:00:54Z

Peterjohn: Deleted a possibly bias comment on Al Franken's behaviour in regard to his validity in running for a Senate seat

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'''Al Franken''' is a [[liberal]] activist<ref>Al Franken is an [[activist]] masquerading as a 'satirist' who deliberately [[smears]] and [[defames]] people he disagrees with ... [http://lyingliar.com/index.htm]</ref> and former radio host for the [[Air America]] network. Franken worked as a comedian writer and performer on the television program ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' and the star and screenwriter of the motion picture ''[[Stuart Saves His Family]].''

Franken calls conservatives "nasty, hateful people", yet:
* he quipped to the Harvard Crimson: "I dislike homosexuals. I was glad when that [Harvard] homosexual got killed." <ref>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2007/01/18/al-frankens-anti-gay-past/</ref><ref>http://lloydletta.blogspot.com/2007/01/al-franken-jokes-about-murder-of-gay.html</ref><ref>http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=112149</ref>
* he wrote in ''Lying Liars'' that a "Methodist minister had had his head up his ass" in a dispute about the Bible<ref>"Do you know what God’s punishment is for liars?" [the minister] asked me ... "God’s punishment for liars is that they believe their own lies." The minister was referring to 2 Thess 2:10-12 which says substantially that.</ref>

His radio show was originally going to be called "The Liberal Show." Upon debut, it was known as "The O'Franken Factor," a name Franken chose to parody [[Bill O'Reilly]] and taunt him into a lawsuit, getting his show free publicity. When the lawsuit failed to materialize, the show was renamed "The Al Franken Show."

He announced that he would run for a [[Senate]] seat in [[Minnesota]] in 2008 as a [[Democrat]].

== Books by Franken ==

*''Oh The Things that I know! A Guide to Success, or Failing That, Happiness,''
*''Why Not Me,'' (a "journal" kept through the fictional "Franken for President" campaign)
*''I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough and Doggone it, People like me.'' (In Character as Stuart Smiley)
*''Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot (a satirical look at [[ad hominem]] attacks in political debate)
*''[[Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them]]'' (examining what he charges are inaccurate and misleading statments made by right wing pundits, particularly [[Ann Coulter]], [[Bill O'Reilly]] and [[Sean Hannity]])
*''The Truth (with jokes)'' (a look at how [[George W Bush]] beat [[John Kerry]] in the 2004 Election with what Al Franken calls the "Fears, Smears, and Queers strategy").

==References==
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==Links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291253/ Al Franken] at the Internet Movie Database
*[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1142525 Al Franken] at National Public Radio

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