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I’D LIKE MN PUBLIUS TO PROVE THEIR CLAIM THAT FRANKEN PAID HIS TAXES “ON EVERY PENNY HE’S EARNED”
By Michael B. Brodkorb | August 25, 2008
In response to my post about a new campaign ad from U.S. Senator Norm Coleman’s campaign, Team Franken’s embedded blogger at MN Publius, Aaron Landry, published one of the most dishonest posts in the history of MN Publius. I’ll have more on Landry’s dishonest post later today, but I wanted to respond to one specific item right away.
Team Franken’s embedded blogger at MN Publius, Aaron Landry, claims that Franken paid his taxes “on every penny he’s earned”:
“Al Franken pays and has always paid taxes on every penny he’s earned.” Source: MN Publius, August 25, 2008
Click here for the complete post.
I think it’s time for MN Publius to prove that Franken paid his taxes “on every penny he’s earned”. Landry also uses the most ridiculous language to describe Franken’s document tax problems.
WCCO’s Reality Check called Team Franken’s excuses about Franken’s tax problems “unverifiable.”
“Franken tries to clear up confusion about his income tax problem, but what he calls ‘an honest mistake’ is unverifiable.
‘Al Franken. He gave speeches across the country,’ says the announcer in the Al Franken for Senate ad. ‘Instead of paying taxes in the states where he spoke, he overpaid taxes to the state where he lived. It was an honest mistake.’
IN FACT…
Franken won’t make tax returns public, so there’s no way to verify if he overpaid home state taxes. He blames an accountant’s error for mistakenly paying $917,000 in taxes to New York and Minnesota.” Source: WCCO-TV, August 13, 2008
But Team Franken’s embedded blogger at MN Publius, Aaron Landry, must have found a way to “verify” a claim WCCO labeled as “unverifiable.”
I’m confident in writing that the dedicated readers of Minnesota Democrats Exposed would love to see MN Publius’ documentation that Franken paid his taxes “on every penny he’s earned”. Since MN Publius’ is claiming that Franken paid his taxes “on every penny he’s earned”, I’m sure they have the proof to back up his claim.
Any documentation to prove the claim that Franken paid his taxes “on every penny he’s earned” should be left in the comment section of this post.
Please check back to Minnesota Democrats Exposed for MN Publius’ documentation that Franken paid his taxes “on every penny he’s earned.”
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August 25th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
As we wait let’s all hum the Jeopardy tune….
Do-do-do-do, do-do-do….
August 25th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Don’t hold your breath Michael.
Democrats can never prove anything. They just repeat the same thing over and over and over….
August 25th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
I read that, too, but I just figured as Angry Al’s embedded blogger, Apologetic Aaron had actually been allowed to see all the information that Angry Al has been witholding (no pun intended) from the public.
August 25th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Hype, we mostly spend our time researching policy, rather than rummaging through other people’s dirty laundry.
August 25th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Ya know, Michael - your indignant outrage might - MIGHT - have some credibility, had Team Smokescreen paid spokespeople not claimed “our research shows” Norm’s rent was fair-market (Tom Steward), and “I’ll get back to you about letting you see Norm’s utility bills” (Mark Drake).
Oh - and from the media folks I’ve talked to, Drake has NOT gotten back to them, despite his promise to.
August 25th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Sweet, the fourth post from Eric Paulsen’s spokesperson dedicated to me!
Al pays taxes. Always has. Al pays workers comp. He’s fully paid up. Period. Nice attempt at a distraction though.
What do you find so funny about making an eight-year-old girl lie? Oh, I mean, what do you find so “hilarious” about making an eight-year-old girl lie? You just going to run away from that by trying to make another post about me?
August 25th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
as usual tommy wants to talk about an unrelated issue.
so, back to franken’s unpaid taxes. i do not believe there is any dispute his corporation did not pay california taxes, nor were compensation taxes paid to cover his employees in new york.
as to his personal taxes, the libs like to say that he overpaid minnesota taxes and underpaid other states. prove it–let’s see a schedule of taxes paid for each state, then the credits and taxes paid to other states. state income tax rates are vastly different. did he pay the original taxes to low tax rate states, then only paid the higher rate states when he was caught? not to mention he probably saved thousands of dollars in preparer fees by only filing in 1 or 2 states when it should have been 15 or 20.
second, i would question how many years has he paid minnesota taxes in the last 5 years?
August 25th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Oh crap, you totally caught me. Al Franken paid taxes on every cent that he earned. I said penny.
A release posted on MinnPost from the campaign:
So yeah, I meant cent, not penny. Sorry. Was I there for the actual transaction? No. Did I get copies of the documents? No. But the IRS seems to be 100% happy with the situation. If Franken was guilty of anything don’t you think it’d be news? Well, Franken’s not guilty of anything so there isn’t news about it.
So yeah, what, you still want to distract away from making an eight-year-old lie? You folks are sick.
August 25th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
let’s see: which has more credibility? a post from franken’s campaign propaganda, via mn publius, or wcco’s analysis?
obviously the eight-year old ad has been effective as you can see by the vitriolic response of the libs.
August 25th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Simple: He hasn’t really earned any of it. His acting was Ben Aflect awful, and that was before Aflect lowered the bar.
His radio show…. hm, yeah, a guy who screams hate and eats lunch on air, yeah, that’s really earning he paycheck.
His speeches…. see previous entry add in a little canned rhetoric that any liberal crowd would pay to hear and well, a statue of mickey mouse with a taperecorder would have sufficed.
Heck, Franken probably overpaid his taxes since he never did produce anything worth the millions he raked in.
(submitted to balance the humor used by leftist to defend this guy)
August 25th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
ansel, the issue that is in every one of Team Smokescreen’s attacks on Franken is HYPOCRISY.
Michael here is demanding proof from a blogger, when Team Coleman spokespeople go in front of the press and tell whoppers.
Spokesman Tom Steward told the press “our research shows” Coleman’s paying fair market rent, but then won’t show the research.
Spokesman Mark Drake told the press Coleman has been open and transparent, but then won’t show the press the utility bills in question; tells the press he’ll check and get back if Team Coleman will actually be open and transparent and show the actual utility bills.
GOPers attack Franken on unpaid taxes, yet the GOP Chair of the GOP Host Committee for the GOP National Convention cheated on property taxes for the property Norm rents, and last time I checked was delinquent on the property taxes for the property Norm rents.
It’s real easy to tell where a GOP scandal is; look “right” at the issue republiCons are bleating about and you’ll find it.
August 25th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
You can always tell when Michael has touched a nerve with the far left. Little Tommy jumps in and tries to change the subject. Poor little fellow feels left with Aaron getting all of the attention.
August 25th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Heh. Touched a nerve? Look at the body of the original post!
August 25th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
tommy finally goaded me into it. the biggest difference is that dfl-don and his wcco team found that franken’s ad about norm’s apartment was “misleading”; franken’s ad about his paying all his taxes was “unverifiable”.
if the libs cannot accept their own media’s conclusions, there is no reason to waste time and space responding to the uninformed.
August 25th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Ansel, when a paid spokesman claims “our research shows” (Tom Steward) and then won’t show the research, what does that indicate to a bootlicker like you?
Wnen a paid spokesman claims that Norm is “transparent and open” about Norms utility bills, but then won’t show Norm’s utility bills, what does that tell a bootlicker like you?
C’mon, ansel - just what does that tell a bootlicker like you?
August 25th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Spaz much, little Aaron?
I think you’re on to something here, Mike.
Mentioning Al’s reluctance to come clean with his records has his pathetic little posse flapping their lips big time.
Given his history of distortions, pathetic excuses and outright lies, I think it is perfectly reasonable to assume that Al is lying about his current tax status again now.
August 25th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Say, Cheeto boy?
Too bad you weren’t around to help your daddy out at the fair yesterday…I had a few tough questions for him to answer in front of the crowd and, well, things didn’t go too well for him.
SLAP!!!SMACK!!!!
Hhahahahaha!
August 25th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Jeff Rosenbooger said: “Hype, we mostly spend our time researching policy, rather than rummaging through other people’s dirty laundry.”
LOL!!! Jeff is a bigger plagiarist than Joe Biden. And he’s not nearly as bright as that dumb m.f.
August 25th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Spaz much, Mike?
I think you’re on to something here, Tommy.
Mentioning Coleman’s reluctance to come clean with his records has his pathetic little posse flapping their lips big time.
Given his history of distortions, pathetic excuses and outright lies, I think it is perfectly reasonable to assume that ol’ Smokescreen is lying about his current rent and utilities again now.”
Scrotee should stick to what he’s good at, which is posting links to his favorite full-frontal male-nudity.
It’s a sick world, and Scrotee’s a happy guy.
August 25th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Hey everyone, look at Cheeto boy!
He’s doing his Biden impression…copying the writing of others!
Nice work fat boy…have another hammmburger!
August 25th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
“Al pays taxes. Always has.”
Except for paying taxes to at least 18 states that he evaded taxes to for at least five years.
“Al pays workers comp.”
Except when he refused to for several years, until he was finally tracked down by the State of New York who levied substantial fines and penalties for failing to pay workers comp.
That’s quite an imagination you have there, Aaron — paid shill for Al Franken.
August 25th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Looks like Aaron’s thought police are running the show over at MN Publius. I posted two comments defending the ad in completely non-offensive language. Both deleted.
August 25th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
“Hey everyone, look at Scrotee!
He’s doin’ his Larry Craig, er, ’scuse me, Mark Foley impression….linking to full-frontal male nudity!
Nice work, Scrotee…but quit tappin’ yer toes; it’s makin’ the tourists nervous….”
August 25th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Instead of wasting your time copying comments of people that are smarter than you, Cheeto boy, you should spend more time holding Franken’s belt loops…he really needed someone to help him “man up” yesterday.
Instead, you stayed down in mom’s basement stuffing your pie hole with happy meals while I punked your daddy Al BIGTIME!
HAHAHAHahahah
They had to lead him away, Cheeto boy…he was literally choking on his non-answers!!
aaaaaHAHAHahahahahaha!
August 25th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Go with that, Scrotee - that makes reality so much easier for you to ignore.
August 25th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
bowhuntdude, the whiny little punks at MNPunklius gave up on free speech a long time ago.
The good news is that Mike maintains his integrity which ensures that Al’s little butt boys can be mocked for the paid minions they are, and you know they’ll be running over here to witness their shame.
August 25th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Yeah..Al wished he could ignore me yesterday…but he failed, so his pencil necked little pukes whisked him away to the safety of his hiding place!
HAHAHAHAHahaha!
August 25th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Where where you yesterday, cheeto boy, when your daddy Al needed a fat punk to hide behind?
Stuffing snack food down your geasy gullet..weren’t you?
I made your daddy my beotch….You effed up big time, fat boy.
August 25th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
You know that Tommy Johnson has a serious mental disorder called transference.
In a nut-shell he accuses others of what he is doing.
If you want a prime example of transference, watch his claim a topic, any topic or any post that mentions the name Al Franken and has to do with hard cold facts. He creates a smokescreen to deflect attention away from the topic then resorts to adolescent, childish name calling by saying “smokescreen” when in fact it’s Tommy who’s gulity of the smokescreen.
Tommy do us all a favor and refrain from posting till you get some mental help and maybe a prescription for prozac, zoloft or lithium.
August 25th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Say, RamseyRep? Go (cheney) yourself.
There. That “needed to be said” and “felt good.”
Damn, it’s FUN to talk like a republiCon!!!
August 25th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Talk like a Republican from behind the safety of your keyboard and a stack of empty hamburger bags, maybe fat boy.
But your daddy Al learned yesterday that it ain’t much fun to have a Republican up in his grill with questions he don’t want to answer.
Your daddy is a punk, fat boy and I made him my beotch.
“Er..um..I think I’ve answered that already” “No, Al, you haven’t…at least not truthfully.” Slap!!
“I don’t see how that is important” “Are you trying to tell the voters what they should consider important, Al?” Smack!!
What a putz.
August 25th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
I’d like Minnesota Democrats Exposed to prove its claim that it’s “dedicated to a truthful discussion on the activities, statements, and tactics of Minnesota Democrats.”
August 25th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Hey! That’s Scrotee!! He’s a Major League Asshole!!!
Big Time!!!
And yes, Scrotee - you are a putz.
August 25th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
ansel is on to something—-shopping for low-tax domicile. If Al had paid all his taxes in the right jurisdictions he would do a dump and get rid of the issue. He is taking the political heat and it will only get hotter. Why don’t the big shots at the DFL demand he release his returns? They probably have so he must have legal problems that surpass his political problems. Catch-22 and Al has been caught.
The IRS has nothing to do with this. It is a state-tax matter for every state that has jurisdiction over Al’s income. Or maybe he didn’t report everything to the feds that he has been forced to report to the states once he was found out. Interesting dilemma. Poor Al.
August 25th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Too late, fat boy.
Keyboard commando’s flapping their lips are no help to Porn-O-Rama anymore..he needed some real help, but unfortunately it looks like the only butt boys that had guts enough to show up and support Franken were 19 year old, pencil necked geeks.
“Can you name one thing that you’ve been successful at Al? Just one?” “Well, um, I really don’t know what you’re driving at..” “Decent people repelled by your brand of comedy, failed at moving Air America out of the dumpster to the point they had to swindle a kids charity to saty on the air, bungled a one man corporate tax shelter,….haven’t you failed at everything you’ve tried?”
SLAP!! SMACK!!! SLAPPPPPP!
HAHAHAHAHAHA
The damage has been done, your daddy has been publicly punked. He tried to run, but he couldn’t hide…because there wasn’t a big, fat blob named Tommy Johnson to blot out the sun!
HAHAHAhahaha!
Have another hammmburger, fat boy and squirt some pretty tears for your daddy Al.
Hahahahahahaha!
August 25th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Anyone want to bet that Porn-O-Rama doesn’t show his disgraced mug at the fair again this year?
HAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Hey, fat boy. I hear the air fair to New York is real good right now…tell Porn-O-Rama he’d be safe from the big, bad, mean ol’ Republicans in NYC.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
August 25th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
[...] How about when Republican Operative / Eric Paulsen’s Spokesperson Michael Brodkorb pens a freak-out post trying to change the subject when I called him out on finding making an eight-year-old lie [...]
August 25th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Oh, look!
Porn-O-Rama’s paid MNpunk Aaron has shared his latest tear-stained love letter with us!
Pretty, pretty tears!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAaaa!
August 25th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
“called him out on finding making”
WTF??
Nice syntax, Aairhead.
You’re kind of hysterical, aren’t you?
HAHAHAHAHA!
August 25th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Say, fat boy?
Can Aairhead come down in mom’s basement with you? He needs a hugg…you two dolt’s can share a nice, cleansing cry.
And a few hammmburgers!
HAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahaha!
August 25th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Minnpubs - I guess I don’t see where the girl lies. This is a great ad by Norm. I guess it is a bit of buyer’s remorse on your part. You have a tax evading, lying, unfunny porn-loving candidate and you are offended by an ad? Calling an 8-year old a liar is beneath even Angry Al but I guess not you. Your momma should take you out to the woodshed and teach you some manners.
God bless you Norm and keep up the great work Michael!
August 25th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
I’m still waiting for Team Franken’s embedded blogger, Aaron Landry, to document that Franken paid his taxes “on every penny he’s earned.”
August 25th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
The following was pulled directly from their site:
MN PUBLIUS DISCLAIMER: “… we are 100% biased to the bone and have no qualms about admitting such. Although we remain unconnected with any political organization, MNpublius is dedicated to helping out Democrats. We don’t lie or misrepresent the truth, but we do select what stories to tell.”
Now that that is out in the open, we can start working on the accuracy of the last sentence.
August 25th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
“Paid…taxes?” “uh…umm…I really don’t, er, uh, see what you’re driving at”
August 25th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Aaron the Aairhead is not available right now, Mike.
He and Cheeto boy are having a good cry together.
August 25th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Bet you a frosty malted beverage he deletes that comment, Mike.
MNpunklius has really gone down the tubes, and they simply cannot take people stuffing the truth up in their grillz.
Aaron is hysterical.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Michael,
Al Franken very well may have paid taxes on every penny he earned. He just didn’t pay the prescribed rates. He hasn’t paid what’s owed.
I mean, if I paid 5 percent on my income, but I really owed 7 percent, I could still claim, as Aaron does, that I’ve paid taxes on every cent.
The fact is Al Franken didn’t pay the taxes he owed to the public to whom he owed the taxes. He’s a liar and a cheat.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Go eat some Cheeto’s Cheeto Boy…and dream up a few more attempts at distraction. It’s obvious you were dropped on your head as a child.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Oh yeah…Aaron, you can go eat Cheeto’s with Cheeto Boy. You’re dumb too.
August 25th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Ann, you can try to team up with Scrotee all you want, but you’re not Scrotee’s type.
He’s into full-frontal male nudity. Ask him about the time he linked to it, here on MDE.
August 25th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Better yet, just stop by Cheeto boy’s mom’s basement anytime…he’s proved that it’s male genetalia 24/7 down there. Fat boy wakes up with scrotii on his mind, and on his chin.
Just bring a big ol’ bag o’ hammmmburgers and you’re in like flint..right bag o’ goo? Right?
August 26th, 2008 at 5:30 am
Only in your dreams, Scrotee. It’s a sick world, and you’re a happy guy.
August 26th, 2008 at 6:57 am
5:30 am and fat boy is already thinkin’ about man sacks while rummaging under his matress for a stashed burger.
24/7..just-like-I-said.
Your mom must just burst with pride everytime she brings down the first dozen happy meals of the day, Cheeto boy.
August 26th, 2008 at 8:06 am
Tommy, you really need to get some mental help ASAP
with not only your problems with transference but you have some serious anger issues as well.
My word..
Are you…
Al Franken??
August 26th, 2008 at 9:30 am
RamseyRep, don’t bother seeking help; it’s way too late for a bootlicker like you.