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CTyankee

(63,912 posts) Mon Jul 20, 2015, 09:25 AM Jul 2015

Is that the best you got, Joe?

Today, Joe Scar dug up an Al Franken quote from way back when he was still a comedian about John McCain not being a war hero. Like this is some kind of quid pro quo about "both sides do it."

To Harold Ford, Jr.'s credit, he said Franken wasn't in office at the time, he was a comedian and that made his remarks different from Trump's. Joe shot back "He was planning to run for the Senate."

Weak sauce, bro Joe...weak sauce...

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Is that the best you got, Joe? (Original Post) CTyankee Jul 2015 OP

Franken obviously treated such issues with utmost sobriety and seriousness in those days... pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #1

DId he dig up the ReTHUG convention from 2004 malaise Jul 2015 #2

I WISH someone woulda done that on the show! CTyankee Jul 2015 #3

Well, some browbeaten intern for Joe dug it up... JHB Jul 2015 #4

Who in their right mind would intern for Joe? KamaAina Jul 2015 #8

Someone who was in kindergarten back in 2001... JHB Jul 2015 #9

Anything to divert attention away from "I like people who weren’t captured." pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #5

In Al's Air America days, he interviewed McCain and was respectful to him. John1956PA Jul 2015 #6

Maybe someone will have done their homework and will reveal that on Morning Joe CTyankee Jul 2015 #7

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

1. Franken obviously treated such issues with utmost sobriety and seriousness in those days...

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 09:31 AM

Jul 2015

C'mon, Joe!

malaise

(269,157 posts)

2. DId he dig up the ReTHUG convention from 2004

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 09:38 AM

Jul 2015

with the Kerry swiftboating and the millions they spend to diss Kerry's military service

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

3. I WISH someone woulda done that on the show!

Reply to malaise (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 09:40 AM

Jul 2015

But Joe would never do that...I wish they woulda had that famous pic of the woman with her fake purple heart with a bandaid on it...ugh...

JHB

(37,161 posts)

4. Well, some browbeaten intern for Joe dug it up...

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 09:41 AM

Jul 2015

After all, how else would you deflect what the CURRENT GOP FRONTRUNNER FOR PRESIDENT said except to play the "both sides" card?

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

8. Who in their right mind would intern for Joe?

Reply to JHB (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 12:29 PM

Jul 2015

Given his track record?

JHB

(37,161 posts)

9. Someone who was in kindergarten back in 2001...

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #8)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 12:53 PM

Jul 2015

...or, someone who didn't dig very deeply, which would make the poor sap eminently qualified to intern for Joe.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

5. Anything to divert attention away from "I like people who weren’t captured."

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 09:57 AM

Jul 2015

John1956PA

(2,656 posts)

6. In Al's Air America days, he interviewed McCain and was respectful to him.

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 10:53 AM

Jul 2015

Al was a host on Air America from March 31, 2004, through February 14, 2007. I listened to one of his shows in which he interviewed John McCain. The two men seemed friendly and respectful to each other. Al brought up the subject of McCain having been downed by enemy fire in Viet Nam. McCain replied in a self-effacing tone, "It doesn't take a lot of talent to get shot down," whereupon Al responded with a laugh.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

7. Maybe someone will have done their homework and will reveal that on Morning Joe