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Ann Counter: comedienne

I never thought of Franken as a comedian. Even when he was on SNL he wasn't funny.

Okay, here's my shot at trying to mimic the both of them:

I wish Franken and Coulter would just shake hands. With any luck, they will explode in a matter-antimatter reaction.

Okay. It needs work. But you get the idea.
 
Luke T. said:
I never thought of Franken as a comedian. Even when he was on SNL he wasn't funny.
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Well, I've never found him particularly funny, but that WAS his job--to be funny. To who, I don't know, but it *was* his job. Hell, it's Carrot Top's job, too, and to me that ranks up there as one of the Great Mysteries Of Our Time.
 
Luke T. said:
Franken said it. Considered a hero to some Americans.

Speaking of heroes, he said in his book, about John McCain, "But this whole 'war hero' thing-I don't get it. I mean, as far as I'm concerned, he sat out the war. I mean, anyone can get captured!"

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Luke, given that that quote is so very far from what Franken ordinarily says, I am afraid I must ask for your source and the context.

As far as the McCain comment...that was just stupid. Although I would like to know in which book he said it. A page number would be helpful, also. I have several of his books and have not seen that one. I am not saying it doesn't exist...I'd just like to read it for myself.
 
Cleon said:
She's a talking head who's not very bright
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...and graduated with honors from Cornell University, and was editor of The Michigan Law Review while attending University of Michigan law school...
 
BPSCG said:
...and graduated with honors from Cornell University, and was editor of The Michigan Law Review while attending University of Michigan law school...
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Yet mysteriously, never knows what the **** she's talking about.
 
Mark said:
Luke, given that that quote is so very far from what Franken ordinarily says, I am afraid I must ask for your source and the context.
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He recalled writing a skit called "Seamen on Broadway" that was rejected from the Hasty Pudding show "by some preppie so they could take some other preppie's skit." Franken started to smile again, but his tone was serious, too serious. "It's not preppies, cause I'm a preppie myself. I just don't like homosexuals. If you ask me, they're all homosexuals in the Pudding. Hey, I was glad when that Pudding homosexual got killed in Philadelphia." The smile became so broad it pushed his eyes shut. He couldn't stand it any longer. "Put that in, put that in," Franken laughed, leaning over the desk. "I'd love to see that in The Crimson."
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Harvard Crimson



As far as the McCain comment...that was just stupid. Although I would like to know in which book he said it. A page number would be helpful, also. I have several of his books and have not seen that one. I am not saying it doesn't exist...I'd just like to read it for myself.
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The link I provided is the book Franken wrote and made the comment about McCain in. LIES (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them):A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right. Just do a text search. (ETA: Page 136 of the pdf file in the link).
 
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BPSCG said:
...and graduated with honors from Cornell University, and was editor of The Michigan Law Review while attending University of Michigan law school...
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And none of these things prevent a person from becoming a bigoted idiot. As Ms. Coulter can attest to.
 
Luke T. said:
Harvard Crimson





The link I provided is the book Franken wrote and made the comment about McCain in. LIES (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them):A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right. Just do a text search. (ETA: Page 136 of the pdf file in the link).
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So...the first quote was clearly taken utterly out of context. Rather dishonest of you, Luke; I am very surprised.

The second quote is indeed lame...not on a par with wishing liberals and Muslims to be murdered, but lame.
 
pgwenthold said:
I recall from Ann Coulter threads that we shouldn't take her seriously because she is basically a comedienne, and she is usually joking, or otherwise hyperbolating or not serious.

On Al Franken's show, he related an anecdote about an event last night before a debate he had with Coulter in LA (The University of Judaism?). They were at the pre-event dinner, which was a smaller affair, mostly event sponsors. All the featured guests at the event (which apparently included John Edwards and Newt Gringrich) was supposed to stand up and make some brief (minute or two remarks), which are generally mostly to thank the sponsors.

According to Franken, Coulter's comments had to do with the recent riots in LA over immigration. Something like,

There were 500 000 demonstrators. That explains why I didn't have clean towels in my hotel. I haven't seen that many aggitated Mexicans since Mexico lost in World Cup soccer.

Wow, what a joker she is! I wonder, did she come up with that all by herself, or did she have writers prepare it for her?

Franken's response:

I haven't seen that many aggitated Mexicans since the US invaded Mexico in 1847 when James K. Polk convinced everyone that Santa Ana had weapons of mass destruction.
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Ann is an OP ED journalist who uses satire. Franken is a satirist who uses OP ED journalism. Either way it's stuck in the same water with no wind in it's sails. Where are you leading with this argument?
 
Luke T. said:
Franken said it. Considered a hero to some Americans.

Speaking of heroes, he said in his book, about John McCain, "But this whole 'war hero' thing-I don't get it. I mean, as far as I'm concerned, he sat out the war. I mean, anyone can get captured!"

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You're dumb.

I thought Franken's comment above (on the Mexican-American War) was awesome, especially if he come up with it on the spot.

Facile comparisons between Coulter and Franken are as common as they are stupid. Please, anyone, cite comments from Franken remotely as mean-spirited/ignorant/idiotic as Coulter.
 
peptoabysmal said:
Ann is an OP ED journalist who uses satire. Franken is a satirist who uses OP ED journalism. Either way it's stuck in the same water with no wind in it's sails. Where are you leading with this argument?
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To the fact that Coulter is not using satire, but just really, really stupid, racist jokes.

She thought she was being funny. There's no hint of anything funny there. At best, it is lame. At worst, it is horribly insulting.

Unlike Franken's response, which was not bad at all.
 
shemp said:
Who is this "Ann Counter"? A mathematician?
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Perhaps he was confused because he used to be a cell biologist who used a Coulter Counter a lot. They're really pretty cool gadgets.
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Perhaps offended gay liberals will say that Franken’s anti-gay remarks provide evidence that he is actually gay himself. Maybe they will back this assertion by saying that he “looks gay” – something conservatives have thought for years but were not allowed to say under the prohibition against “unfair meanness.”

And, who knows, maybe homosexual liberals will start to throw quiche at Franken when he speaks on college campuses. Food throwing is an example of “fair meanness,” largely because conservatives don’t do it.

We all know that gay liberals will give Franken a pass. It is better to be a liberal homophobic bigot than a Republican, right?
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http://gaypatriot.net/2005/11/08/al-franken-im-glad-the-homosexual-got-killed
 
HarryKeogh said:
cool source! Gaypatriot.net "GayPatriot is the internet home for the American gay conservative"

yeah, all eight of them!
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Heh...The Log Cabin Republicans (gay Republican organization) set up a table at Atlanta Pride every year. You can always tell which one it is, because nobody goes anywhere within a ten-foot radius of it.
 
Cleon said:
Heh...The Log Cabin Republicans (gay Republican organization) set up a table at Atlanta Pride every year. You can always tell which one it is, because nobody goes anywhere within a ten-foot radius of it.
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Noone will come near their table at the GOP convention because there is a big sign saying they are for less government spending.
 
Cleon said:
Yet mysteriously, never knows what the **** she's talking about.
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Hmmmmm, who else can we think of offhand that isn't too bright, yet attended an Ivy League college and was a cheerleader? ;)
 
corplinx said:
Noone will come near their table at the GOP convention because there is a big sign saying they are for less government spending.
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I thought most Republicans were still paying at least lip service to that idea -- oh -- a joke.

I thought it was because of the nipple clamps.
 
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