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BREAKING NEWS FROM COLEMAN FOR U.S. SENATE: “STATEMENT FROM SENATOR NORM COLEMAN REGARDING AL FRANKEN’S LATEST ATTEMPT TO DOWNPLAY VULGAR OUTBURSTS”
By Michael B. Brodkorb | September 17, 2008
U.S. Senator Norm Coleman’s campaign has released a powerful statement in response to another campaign commercial from Al Franken apologizing (it’s actually a non-apology apology) and rationalizing his temper and angry outbursts.
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ST. PAUL – Senator Norm Coleman released the following statement today in response to Al Franken’s latest television commercial, in which Franken attempts to rationalize his history of vulgar and profane outbursts.
“Standing up and fighting for Minnesotans isn’t a contest to see who can lose their self-control as evidence of their passion to serve. Each and every day I fight for Minnesotans, respectfully, across party lines with my colleagues. Sometimes we disagree passionately with one another, but we don’t taunt, we don’t point fingers, we don’t scream and we don’t lose control. There is virtue in passion, but, there’s also the need to be able to control yourself and to serve the people of Minnesota with dignity and respect.â€
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September 17th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Great way for Team Coleman to bring more attention to Franken’s statements!
September 17th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Aaron: Al Franken’s non-apology apology highlights Team Coleman’s “Angry Al” commercial.
September 17th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
That’s your opinion.
September 17th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Aaron,
I just checked out your blog. No wonder your here all the time, even you don’t go to your own blog over at mnpubicless.
September 17th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Wow. Stock market loses almost 10% in 3 days, down 450 points today and this is still all Coleman has to talk about?
September 17th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Plymouthdem:
The economy may be going to hell and health care costs through the roof, but lets not forget.
Norm brought hockey back.
Minnesota may be struggling to keep our roads and bridges from crumbling, and federal loan and grant programs for college students my be disappearing, but never forget.
Norm brought hockey back.
And while our kids are still dying in the Middle East in a war that may never end, lets remember, we need to thank Norm, because, afterall. He brought hockey back.
September 17th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
“He brought hockey back.”
Which is about 100 times more than Al Franken has ever done for the public.
September 17th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Franken did work for Air America which stole $900,000 from a charity. Maybe Al can write a funny haha about it. Put his satirist skillzz to work for us once again.
September 17th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Maybe Al can put his awesome tax evasion skillzz to work as Minnesota’s sentor and help us avoid paying taxes in this rough economy.
September 17th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Aaaaand for the quadruple post, I sure wish MN had a Senator that could tell a good rape joke every once in a while on the Senate floor to lighten the mood. After all, being a satirist is good preparation for the Senate.
September 17th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
I’d certainly like a U.S. senator that wasn’t exclusively focused on rape jokes, individual tax problems, and someone’s boss when, say, the state of the national economy is tanking. But, that’s me.
September 17th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
… or does Coleman think the economy’s fundamentals are strong?
September 17th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
I saw Franken on Christmas 2005, at LSA Anaconda, north of Baghdad. He was funny, and I appreciated him being there. Other than that, the guys got nothing. Norm’s not perfect, for instance he is wrong on ANWR, but he kicks the crap out of Franken.
Al, seriously, stick to the USO tours. You can make a difference and be appreciated. Being the most foul mouthed and ineffective senator in history will not secure a legacy.
September 17th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
PD, 1st, it’s a campaign. That is where the candidates draw contrasts between themselves and bring to light any unethical (and in Al’s case illegal) activities.
2nd, what has Al ever done for the economy? What experience does he have with the economy? Was he an economics major in college? What past experiences can we look to to see how he would handle economic issues as Senator? All I’m seeing is tax evasion and ripping off a charity.
Norm has been hands on involved with economic issues that affect people’s lives since his days as St. Paul’s mayor. What has Al done with economic issues? Hmmm?
September 17th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Coming up with a plan to address the economy’s weakness would show initiative and drive. Norm can’t waste time doing that. He is too busy rubber stamping Anti-Al commercials made by Scott Howell that have little to no bearing on reality.
Coming back into the real world would make that task much harder.
September 17th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Here’s a plan…beat Al Franken in the race so Al can’t fuck up the economy like he fucked up his taxes.
September 17th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
“PD, 1st, it’s a campaign. That is where the candidates draw contrasts between themselves and bring to light any unethical (and in Al’s case illegal) activities.”
Well, you are right about one thing. Norm is distinguishing himself from Al in that he has no interest in actually talking about issues of critical importance in the status quo. Economy drops, Norm wants to talk about rape jokes. Afghanistan blows up, Norm wants to talk about rape jokes. Health care costs skyrocket, Norm wants to talk about rape jokes. Gas prices skyrocket, Norm wants to talk about rape jokes.
At least Al is putting forward proposals and is trying to drive the discourse toward the issues. You may not agree with his proposals, but, Norm hasn’t even made an effort.
“Norm has been hands on involved with economic issues that affect people’s lives since his days as St. Paul’s mayor. What has Al done with economic issues? Hmmm?”
Let me guess.. he brought hockey back?
September 17th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
“so Al can’t fuck up the economy ”
You don’t think it’s already pretty fucked up?
September 17th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
If Al didn’t think rape was funny, Norm wouldn’t have to talk about rape jokes.
September 17th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
PD, nice dodge on my questions on Al’s economic chops. You Dems do that masterfully!!
September 17th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
“If Al didn’t think rape was funny, Norm wouldn’t have to talk about rape jokes.”
Actually, no. Everyone knows what Norm’s position is on the rape jokes — he doesn’t need to talk about it (he actually never did). If Norm wanted to talk about issues, Norm could talk about issues. He doesn’t (and I think most intelligent people know why).
You would think that after the last three day collapse of the financial markets Norm would actually stop and think to himself, maybe, JUST MAYBE I should talk about how I’m going to fix it. Nope. He wants to talk about rape jokes.
September 17th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
“PD, nice dodge on my questions on Al’s economic chops. You Dems do that masterfully!!”
What’s there to dodge? You haven’t demonstrated any chops for Norm either. Al, however, is talking about his plan. Again, disagree with those recommendations if you want, but, Norm chooses not to. Instead, he goes with rape jokes.
Saying you don’t know what you are talking about without addressing what was talked about is not a response and it certainly isn’t addressing the issues.
September 17th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
UUHHH…Collapse? Best I can see, no one is leaping out of windows, Unemployment is still pretty low, and inflation is in check. Gas costs too much and some people got loans they couldn’t afford. The companies that underwrote those loans are in trouble. Democrats won’t let us drill to get the oil that will bring the prices down. Democrats blocked efforts to bettter regulate those bad loans. The 4 more years we can’t afford are 4 more years of a worthless democrat controlled congress. The change I can believe in: Speaker of the house Michelle Bachman.
September 17th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Why don’t you talk to Sen. Dodd, Jim Johnson and Franklin Raines about fixing the financial markets.
Dodd is chair of the banking committee, also #1 recipient of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac PAC contributions.
Jim Johnson, Dem party hack (on Obama campaign now) who ran Countrywide into the ground and gave Dodd his sweetheart deal.
Franklin Raines, (now an Obama advisor) was CEO of Fannie Mae who cooked the books to pay out massive executive bonuses (he alone netted $90 mil) and resigned in 2004 while the scandal was under investigation.
FUN FACT: Obama is #2 on the list of most Fannie Mae PAC contributions.
Once you talk to these corrupt scum about their role in the financial market “collapse” and how they plan to fix it, then we can talk to Norm.
FUN FACT #2: John McCain warned the Senate to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2005. No one listen.
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/17/mccains-attempt-to-fix-fannie-mae-freddie-mac-in-2005/
September 17th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
PD, are you really that dumb? I asked you questions about what Al’s economic experience is, not what his plan is.
September 17th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
“The 4 more years we can’t afford are 4 more years of a worthless democrat controlled congress.”
Well said my friend.
September 17th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Al’s economic experience is that unlike Norm Coleman who has never collected a private sector dime, Al Franken has worked to earn every dollar he has. You may not agree with what he did to earn the money, but the bottom line, real world experience makes one much more qualified to relate to the general public than the career politicians we have in Coleman and Mccain.
September 17th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
“Al Franken has worked to earn every dollar he has.”
I’m guessing the kids at the Gloria Wise boys and girls club might disagree.
September 17th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Don’t forget that Barney Frank has been chair of the Financial Services committee that oversees the financial and insurance industries. Good job Barney. What the hell was he doing the last two years when things started to fall apart. Oh wait, I forgot, he was helping his partner with his escort business…
September 17th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Oh ok Leroy, so breathing through his mouth and collecting a paycheck is economic experience.
Hahaha that is pathetic. The extent that you Dems stoop to cover for your lame candidates is even more pathetic. You (and Al) officially FAIL.
September 17th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
“Good job Barney. What the hell was he doing the last two years when things started to fall apart.”
If I were to guess, I’d say he was receiving massive payments to keep his mouth shut while his Dem buddies that ran Countrywide and Fannie Mae raped the companies for some sweet cash.
September 17th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
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September 17th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Michael, you should do a post on Franken’s absolutely despicable exploitation of a solider’s death for his own political gain in his new ad.
September 17th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
“serve the people of Minnesota with dignity and respect”? I don’t think Al Franken has it in him.
September 17th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Heh!! Turns out the ad was also a complete fabrication….http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/17/coleman-hits-franken-on-gloria-wise-scandal/
Scroll down to the addendum.
Nice going Al.
September 18th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Barny Frank was busy blocking McCain’s and Bush’s attempts to regulate Freddie and Fannie.
Oh well, no biggie, it only cost us $900B and counting. Thats what, about $3000 for every man, woman and child in the US?
THANK YOU DEMS!!!
September 19th, 2008 at 8:06 am
ManGenius is right to point out the fact that Democrat incompetence… ney… Democrat’s having been bought by special interests at financial institutions, including Fannie and Freddie (Obama has taken over $500,000) have cost the U.S. tax payer more than the Iraq War.