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DARKNESS AND DESPAIR PERMEATE FRANKEN’S PERFORMANCE AT FIRST CANDIDATE FORUM
By Michael B. Brodkorb | August 5, 2008
Maybe it was the cowboy boots Franken decided to wear to Farmfest (yes, according to sources, Franken wore cowboy boots) or perhaps it was the heavy presence of Priscilla Lord Faris and her entourage that helped set the mood, but Farmfest decidedly was not Al Franken’s best day.
The reality is that Franken hasn’t had many good days in his campaign for the United States Senate. Today was certainly one of those bad days.
His decision to go to farm country and turn a forum about agriculture into his one-person debate with President George Bush (who as you might expect wasn’t exactly anywhere near Farmfest this morning) was just another reminder that Al Franken’s bringing nothing but anger and bitterness to the campaign for Senate.
Throughout the day he went after Senator Coleman with all sorts of bored cliches about Coleman being too close to the President, carrying the President’s water, etc, etc, etc…
The real Al Franken — not the barely noticeable smiley guy next to his 4th Grade Teacher — showed up today. Where there was light, it was blocked out by the darkness and despair that permeated Franken’s performance all day long.
Listening to the debate on the radio was a reminder that Franken may have great skills as a debater or an entertainer, but his ability to sense the mood of his audience really pretty much stinks
This was Farm Country — and it was Norm Coleman Country — and Al Franken’s cowboy boots simply reinforced to people that Franken may have grew up in Minnesota, but just about all of Minnesota drained down to the boots a long, long time ago.
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August 5th, 2008 at 5:47 PM
That’s completely uncharacteristic of how I heard the debate. I think Franken won this one. Your post is complete spin.
August 5th, 2008 at 6:15 PM
Franken won? Even the biggest Franken kool-ade drinker wouldn’t say that….Franken sounded (and looked from what I heard) like a chump…was totally out of his element.
August 5th, 2008 at 6:38 PM
Aaron: According to an article from MinnPost, Franken was booed at Farmfest.
August 5th, 2008 at 7:10 PM
The reason Angry Al(len) had cowboy boots on is that the forum was on the way to his next gig, rodeo clown.
August 5th, 2008 at 7:36 PM
aaron needs to drink the kool-aid. if doug grow, the former star tribune reporter, and no conservative reports that it was coleman country, then is supect coleman did better than reported and franken did somewhat worse than reported.
August 5th, 2008 at 8:09 PM
Can the debate be seen online? from the coverage the debate I have found so far, Franken’s “Vote for me because Chimpy McBusHitler is Evil” spiel fell pretty flat. He can’t past the canned lefty talking points.
Note to Al: Farm Fest is not a Moveon.org fundraiser, you need new material.
August 5th, 2008 at 8:45 PM
Not a surprise. Franken’s appeal outside the radical urban core is minimal. Smarmy Hollywood condescension doesn’t play so well with people who work the ground for a living.
August 5th, 2008 at 8:51 PM
I was there and I am not an Al supporter but one has to have a sense of the audience. Al had his talking points from his East Coast experts who have not a clue about Minnesota and it showed. Within 2 minutes of the opening, he got nasty and it did not work. It was downhill from there. I think the presence of Lord Faris to the side of the stage bothered him. One observer on the stage said that he heard Lord Faris tell Franken that she wanted to debate him and had he received any of the three letters she had sent. He acknowledged receipt but then just sort of grunted about it all. How can an entertainer with his experience be so tone deaf? East Coast political fixers is the only explanation.