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Title: GOP sees Franken as top public enemy
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URL Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17233.html
Published: Jan 11, 2009
Author: .
Post Date: 2009-01-11 15:20:35 by PSUSA
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By ALEXANDER BURNS | 1/10/09 6:51 AM EST

Republicans are gritting their teeth and bracing for the arrival of a new senator whose every utterance will sound like nails on a chalkboard to them.

With only a longshot court appeal standing in the way of Democrat Al Franken’s election to the Senate, Republicans are gritting their teeth and bracing for the arrival of a new senator whose every utterance will sound like nails on a chalkboard to them.

While Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) has filed suit to contest the results of a disputed recount process that turned his narrow lead into a 225-vote deficit, his likely defeat stands to turn Franken, the polarizing former “Saturday Night Live” writer, into the senator who launched a thousand direct mail fundraising appeals.

“I don’t know if we’ve ever had an opponent who is so disliked by Republicans as Al Franken,” said Minnesota Republican Party Chair Ron Carey, who cautioned that Coleman’s election challenge could still turn the results back his way. “It’s one thing to lose to an honorable opponent, but Al Franken is not considered an honorable opponent by Minnesota Republicans.”

Marty Seifert, the Republican leader in the Minnesota House of Representatives, said Franken’s long record of antagonizing conservatives would make it difficult for him to connect with voters who supported Coleman.

“It’s going to be hard for Franken to be very effective with any Republicans, in terms of having any credibility with us, just because he’s been so nasty in the past,” Seifert said. “He certainly has callous and very partisan behavior in the past that is beyond the pale.”

According to Carleton College political scientist Steven Schier, Franken’s record as a “flamboyant and aggressive partisan” would make him ripe for criticism back home.

“I think it’s impossible to overstate the hostility Minnesota Republicans feel toward Al Franken,” Schier said. “He will be a very useful fundraising tool.”

Republicans outside Minnesota are equally apoplectic when it comes to Franken. Prominent conservative Rush Limbaugh, who Franken mocked in the title of one of his books, has already jabbed Franken on his radio show, telling listeners in December that Franken “won’t quit [the Senate race] because he doesn’t know how to get a real job…He’s a pathetic figure.”

Democrats are hopeful that the resentment Franken faces from Republicans both within and outside of his home state will not impede his ability to win over his constituents – and his fellow members of the U.S. Senate. They believe that by leaving behind his past as a bomb-throwing entertainer and focusing on issues, he will earn the respect of colleagues and can build on the 42 percent of the vote he won in November.

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#1. To: All (#0)

I dont see his as a "top public enemy". I see him as a piss poor "comedian" . He just isn't funny.

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Nehemiah 4:14 And I looked and arose and said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.”

PSUSA  posted on  2009-01-11   15:21:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: PSUSA, all (#0)

If the GOP were a party I cared about, I'd urge them to seat Senator Stewart Smalley immediately. As a queer, obnoxious Jew, Franken would be a free of charge Madison Ave campaign guaranteed to pay out a treasure trove of votes.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2009-01-11   15:30:54 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Jethro Tull, PSUSA, all (#2)

I view that vast majority of congress as being 'the top public enemy.'

Iran Truth Now!

Lod  posted on  2009-01-11   15:56:07 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: PSUSA (#1)

. He just isn't funny.

Stuart Smalley was kinda funny. Otherwise, he's a failed comedian, a failed actor, a failed talkshow host -- and now he's going to be a failed politician,

He's a perfect example of why abortion should be legal. Retro-abortion, too.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Turtle  posted on  2009-01-11   16:22:48 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: PSUSA (#0)

Democrat Al Franken

No, not Crazy Al! ROTFLOL!

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2011-12-29   17:03:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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