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Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Al Franken, Free-Speech Thug?
Al Franken thinks of himself as a free-speech advocate. In fact, he's so determined to allow candidates the right to speak that he'll assault anyone who pipes up around them:
Wise-cracking funnyman Al Franken yesterday body-slammed a demonstrator to the ground after the man tried to shout down Gov. Howard Dean. ... Franken emerged from the crowd and charged one male protester, grabbing him with a bear hug from behind and slamming him onto the floor.
Why has the normally pacifist, anti-war Franken suddenly taken to unilateral attacks?
"I'm neutral in this race but I'm for freedom of speech, which means people should be able to assemble and speak without being shouted down."
Oh, so Franken is for freedom of some speech, and also for vigilantism. I certainly hope Al's available to work security for the protest area during the Republican convention. Oh, wait, he'll probably be one of the protestors, right? Hmmm ... if he gets too loud, can Bruce Willis beat the crap out of him?
Just wondering.
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I recall Rich Lowry of National review claiming that at a social function he attended, Franken repeatedly came over to his table and loudly tried to incite a fistfight.
Today's story seems consistent with such a pugilistic attitude.
Posted by: Taylor at Jan 27, 2004 2:41:06 PM
I suspect people who don't know Franken just assume he's a total dork in terms of being a physical coward and easily intimidated and all that so they incorporate that into all their baiting of him through email and what not and Franken snapped from all this and is trying to show that he's not the weakling dork he gives the visual impression of being. Notice he said he use to be a wrestler. Notice though also he attacked the guy from behind. The sort of wrestling equivalent of a sucker punch.
Posted by: me at Jan 27, 2004 5:44:45 PM
