Comments on: BREAKING NEWS: PRESIDENT OF DFL FEMINIST CAUCUS RESIGNS DUE TO FRANKEN’S ENDORSEMENT

By: TEAM FRANKEN MELTDOWN: AFTER MDE POST ON PAULA JONES, TEAM FRANKEN HASTILY CALLS PRESS CONFERENCE TO UNVEIL “WOMEN FOR FRANKEN” | Minnesota Democrats Exposed

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:48:35 +0000

[...] I am rushing to a hastily called press conference by Team Franken. I can’t miss this event. Apparently they are going to unveil â€œWomen for Frankenâ€ and have the Minnesota DFL Feminist Caucus remind people why they endorsed a guy who made jokes about drugging and raping wome. This is the same group whose president stepped down instead of trying to defend the DFL Feminist Caucus endorsem…. [...]

By: walter hanson

walter hanson — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:04:20 +0000

Hey Tommy Johnson:

are you two putt Tommy?

Okay you ran when challenged about your stupid belief that Florida was stolen from Gore.

Why don’t you post under your real name and only talk about the truth?

Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN

By: walter hanson

walter hanson — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:02:53 +0000

Pete read over your own quote:

“The DFL represents the metro area and doesn’t give a damn about rural areas.”

* Okay that means based on your own comment the metro democrats wanted to endorse Franken and the rural didn’t.

* The rural democrats didn’t want to endorse Franken in part because that Franken tells sick jokes including jokes about raping women.

* If you endorse Franken and I assume a lot of metro area Democrats are women you’re saying that it’s because they don’t care about Franken’s jokes.

* You in effect following the logic of the comment said a metro area woman doesn’t care at all about these comments.

What you’re saying is is if a woman lives in Minneapolis she doesn’t care about Franken’s jokes, but if she lives in a small town like Grantie Falls, MN that she would care if she lives there.

Do you know how much of a sexist comment that is!

You must have drunk that bottle of wine at church heavily either to beg forgiveness for the sin you did or else to try to pretend you didn’t make that stupid comment.

Walter Hanson

By: Wade Seeker

Wade Seeker — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:45:24 +0000

Gee, Flounder the village voice(aka idiot)?

You’re about as clever as a brick.

By: TommyJohnson

TommyJohnson — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:45:42 +0000

You want your republiCon “Big Tent”, Wade?

Here’s your republiCon “Big Tent”!!!

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0616,tomorrow,72887,9.html

By: Blogs For Victory » Minnesota Democrats Endorse Al Franken

Blogs For Victory » Minnesota Democrats Endorse Al Franken — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:35:26 +0000

[...] UPDATE: DFL feminist leader resigns over Franken Endorsement [...]

By: Wade Seeker

Wade Seeker — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:25:58 +0000

Hey! wheres Flounder with his “big tent” comments?

By: Pete

Pete — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:52:56 +0000

Walter you have a sick mind. What I said was the DFL won’t care what this women thinks because she does not represent the metro area. The metro area DFL women don’t care because their only concern is getting a DFL’er elected. So Walter what I’m saying is the DFL does not care what a rural woman (or any woman) thinks.

You steal a bottle of wine at church today>

By: Chestnut

Chestnut — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:28:22 +0000

The Franken endorsement is more proof that Democrats don’t have a spine. If they did, they would have endorsed the candidate that most closely reflects their values…

Oh… wait… they did. Franken stands for hate, misogyny, tax hypocrisy and corruption. Yeah, Franken is the DFL’s guy.

Never mind.

By: Just Sayin'

Just Sayin' — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:09:32 +0000

Joel,
Saying writings are not public-enterprise-worthy and saying they are illegal are two different things.
Us as private citizens saying something is not leadership-worthy and a leader saying what we do is illegal or firable as Mindy Greiling said as a public official about Kersten are two different things. Does that make sense?
That’s my take on the 1st amendment anyway.

By: Just Sayin'

Just Sayin' — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:53:49 +0000

Joel,

“focus on some of his comedic writings is misplaced”

Somebody hasn’t read their Amanda Marcotte as instructed by the likes of NOW and the DFL Feminist Caucus. Amanda’s essential concerns – mysogyny in our culture, rape in the world – are now secondary to all that his hoped for in … Al Franken.
Search on pandagon. Iowa Hawk has various “tutorials” if you can’t make it through Amanda’s material.

By: The Dude

The Dude — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:33:41 +0000

Mari is a stand-up character. Jackie Stevenson and the others went behind Mari’s back and endorsed him without Mari even being there and then circulated the petition right as she was going on stage.

They did that because they knew she would be opposed to endorsing a guy who didn’t even have the balls to give her a phone call to explain himself.

The feminist caucus is now a joke in my eyes. You guys really screwed up got used by the Franken campaign. He doesn’t give a shit about the caucus – you were damage control and he played you perfectly in time with his speech. Now you look stupid because you have publicly announced that you don’t care about feminism, and instead care only your preferential candidate.

By: Yoni

Yoni — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:32:23 +0000

For him to make some of the comments about an ally of ours, Israel, it shows his lack of morals and ethics.

which comments are those? Charley? That is a pretty big accusation to make without any proof of what these ‘comments’ are.

looking forward to hearing your response

By: Just Sayin'

Just Sayin' — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:36:20 +0000

Oh I see – it’s on the 3rd page

By: Pat

Pat — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:35:34 +0000

We need to have a third option for Senate whether it’s the green party or the Independence Party or simply independent. I don’t want to vote for Al Franken or Norm Coleman. Hell, I’d rather vote for Jesse f-ing Ventura than those other clowns. Pete Hutchinson might be a solid choice for Senator. Let’s go people, wake up. Norm and Al are the biggest wastes of time. It’s a “carpetbagger” and a “yes man” that both don’t belong in Washington.

By: Just Sayin'

Just Sayin' — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:10:36 +0000

WMD,
If the Feminist Caucus had endorsed Franken months ago at least they might have been able to say they weren’t aware of the mysogyny and rape jokes. Endorsing Franken June 7 2008 after the facts came out and were held in the DFL’s face means they don’t even have the usual ignorance excuse.
Michael, the reference to “Mari Urness Pokornowski of Cokato, president of the DFL Feminist Caucus, resigned Saturday ” in the link “http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/19631174.html?location_refer=Homepage”
has been edited out of the Strib article. I got a screen scrape of the brief 20 word Google result but not a full google cache. I can send it to you if we need it.
Nice coverage this weekend. Thank you, Michael.

By: West Metro Dem

West Metro Dem — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:02:49 +0000

Really? You’re a member of the Feminist Caucus? Wow….you’re not on my membership roster. I, personally, am a member.

By: average joe

average joe — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:57:22 +0000

And by the way, sometimes people do know what they’re talking about and aren’t just guessing.

By: average joe

average joe — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:56:58 +0000

I couldn’t be more right, WMD. This isn’t about politics, it’s about the few people left in the DFL with integrity to know what average people know about morals, right and wrong. Defenders of the porn-writer have no clue what average folks are all about.

By: West Metro Dem

West Metro Dem — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:10:21 +0000

Average Joe, you couldn’t be more wrong. Some of the “outrage” is true….some of it was expected prior to the last several months. Why would you think the Feminist Caucus didn’t endorse months ago? Because the Ciresi group was holding out all along. Sometimes people do know what they are talking about….not just guessing.

By: Joel Rosenberg

Joel Rosenberg — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:41:52 +0000

Each to his/her own, but I think that with all that’s wrong with Franken as a nominee — the awful (well, it’s worse than that) financial history of Air America, the nonpayment of workers comp, the tax stuff, the arrogance and ignorance — the focus on some of his comedic writings is misplaced.

It’s sort of like making fun of Obama for his ears.

That said, in year in which pretty much any randomly chosen DFLer would have been likely to beat Coleman, it’s bizarre that the DFL has leaped on the Franken Titanic on the first ballot.

By: Charley Varrick

Charley Varrick — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:30:36 +0000

I think it is good Franken is the nominee because Minnesotans will have plenty of ammunition to go after his odd stands on various issues. “Pig Face,” not to be confused with “pigman” on Seinfeld is truly a hateful little man. For him to make some of the comments about an ally of ours, Israel, it shows his lack of morals and ethics. His satire about rape is bizzare. Had a Republican had positions like Franken the liberal media would have destroyed that candidate. But it’s okay if you’re a democrat because remember you’re part of a big tent and anything is allowed to be said. It’s a shame today that people on the left have no sense of moral outrage. If you call them on it, they quickly evoke anything negative about Republicans they can muster. I’m sure there are more Franken sound bites or articles yet discovered that will be even more embarrassing to democrats. After Coleman wins it will be fun looking back at how inept Al Franken’s career has really been. You know he’s not successful in the arts or he’d still be there. Rumor has it he’s burned many bridges in the entertainment industry. It’s almost like he’s been banished to run for political office. Once he loses, Minnesota should give him a job as a wild animal protector or spokesman, he’d shine at that.

By: average joe

average joe — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:22:35 +0000

Clueless liberals just don’t get it. Those few DFL’ers with an ounce of integrity who denounce Angry Al’s porn writing and women-hating are said to just be Cirisi partisans. This stupidity just doesn’t get the point. It’s not about politics, it’s about morals and integrity and has absolutely nothing to do with having supported Cirisi.

By: Walter

Walter — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:14:16 +0000

Pete:

Forgive me for asking. Are you taking the position that a metro area woman doesn’t have fears of getting raped? Are you taking the position that a metro area woman doesn’t care if
somebody makes bad sex jokes about women? Pete you just made a comment that is as bad and tasteless as Al Franken!

Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN

By: West Metro Dem

West Metro Dem — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:30:29 +0000

Actually, doesn’t surprise me at all either. There was a strong group of Ciresi supporters in the caucus. She was one of them. They are holding out hope of Mike…..

By: Pete

Pete — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:09:48 +0000

It won’t do any good. The DFL represents the metro area and don’t give a damn about the rural areas.

By: Chestnut

Chestnut — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:06:32 +0000

Huh… that’s a new one. A Democrat with an ounce of integrity. Who’s ever heard of such a thing? I’m going to bet the DFL folks really hate her.