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Al Franken was just on WCCO AM 830 live, (Original Post) MineralMan Feb 2016 OP
Damn sellout / political coward / DLCer / DINO..... brooklynite Feb 2016 #1
I know who Wellstone would have endorsed. n/t DefenseLawyer Feb 2016 #2
Yeah. Me too. kath Feb 2016 #3
He is but then came the Ag Committee. glinda Feb 2016 #4
Not sure that a true-blue liberal would endorse a centrist whose motto is "No we can't" kath Feb 2016 #18
Oh he's a liberal DefenseLawyer Feb 2016 #5
I agree. He is good. Although since he has been glinda Feb 2016 #20
Had he lived it might well have been him hifiguy Feb 2016 #7
Wellstone endorsed Al Gore in 2000, not Ralph Nader. onehandle Feb 2016 #9
I missed that Nader was in a Democratic Primary DefenseLawyer Feb 2016 #10
Yeah, I mean WTF?!? kath Feb 2016 #11
Supporting Bernie is not equivalent to supporting Nader. Ken Burch Feb 2016 #24
I do, too. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #22
Awesome Al! workinclasszero Feb 2016 #6
Just another 1%er voting with his wallet. onehandle Feb 2016 #8
I'm surprised at some of the comments above. MineralMan Feb 2016 #27
Not surprised. onehandle Feb 2016 #30
I like looking at Susan Sarandon better than Al Franken anyways. B Calm Feb 2016 #12
well they both supported the Iraq invasion afterall SHRED Feb 2016 #13
Yikes. Al voted for that shit?!? kath Feb 2016 #16
when the Iraq vote was taken Al was still in show biz so he may have supported it but azurnoir Feb 2016 #17
Oh, okay. After I posted I was thinking that Al wasn't in the Senate at that point. kath Feb 2016 #19
Bush fooled him too Mnpaul Feb 2016 #26
Thanks AL--His word is gold to so many in MN. and Thanks for the post. riversedge Feb 2016 #14
He's my senator and I like him, but I'm for Bernie. Don't need Al to tell me who to support. Punkingal Feb 2016 #25
My pleasure. MineralMan Feb 2016 #28
Al's a good company man isn't he? azurnoir Feb 2016 #15
Clinton polls better with the poor, blacks, Hispanics, women, gays and small puppies... uponit7771 Feb 2016 #21
0nly the puppies because at one time or another the Clinton's have 'polled' all those other groups azurnoir Feb 2016 #29
I knew Al was a sell-out when... Odin2005 Feb 2016 #23

kath

(10,565 posts)
18. Not sure that a true-blue liberal would endorse a centrist whose motto is "No we can't"
Mon Feb 1, 2016, 06:18 PM
Feb 2016

And Minnesota Dems are pretty significantly for Bernie at this point.

 

DefenseLawyer

(11,101 posts)
5. Oh he's a liberal
Mon Feb 1, 2016, 05:21 PM
Feb 2016

And a good Senator, and there are plenty of valid reasons to endorse Secretary Clinton. But Paul Wellstone was a natural born world shaker. Those are much more rare.

glinda

(14,807 posts)
20. I agree. He is good. Although since he has been
Mon Feb 1, 2016, 07:53 PM
Feb 2016

involved and intertwined with Amy more, his stances have done some shifting. I agree with the rest of your statement also. A lot of times people endorse to gain favor for later also.

 

DefenseLawyer

(11,101 posts)
10. I missed that Nader was in a Democratic Primary
Mon Feb 1, 2016, 05:55 PM
Feb 2016

So I'm not sure how anyone could have endorsed Nader in our primary. Weak.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
24. Supporting Bernie is not equivalent to supporting Nader.
Mon Feb 1, 2016, 08:15 PM
Feb 2016

Bernie's isn't running against a Democratic ticket in the fall.

azurnoir

(45,850 posts)
17. when the Iraq vote was taken Al was still in show biz so he may have supported it but
Mon Feb 1, 2016, 06:18 PM
Feb 2016

his support was from the sidelines-however in early 2009 while the election re-count in MN was taking place he and his Republican counterpart joined hands on another topic concerning warfare

kath

(10,565 posts)
19. Oh, okay. After I posted I was thinking that Al wasn't in the Senate at that point.
Mon Feb 1, 2016, 06:20 PM
Feb 2016

But siding with a Repub in supporting the MIC and eternal war or similar bullshit? - ugh.

Mnpaul

(3,655 posts)
26. Bush fooled him too
Mon Feb 1, 2016, 08:33 PM
Feb 2016

and he admitted so many times on his show. He did not, however, have access to all the intel like the Senators did. The Democrats should have revolted when Bush pulled their security clearance and should have never agreed to vote on the Iraq resolution without a discussion on the intel. Senate Dems should have held everything up when the Republicans refused to allow the FBI to investigate "Curveball".

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
28. My pleasure.
Mon Feb 1, 2016, 08:37 PM
Feb 2016

Looks like he's under the bus with some. I have to wonder who isn't, at this point. I worked very hard to get Al elected. This sudden hatred of him is beyond sad...

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)
21. Clinton polls better with the poor, blacks, Hispanics, women, gays and small puppies...
Mon Feb 1, 2016, 08:04 PM
Feb 2016

... are we all sell outs too?

tia

Odin2005

(53,521 posts)
23. I knew Al was a sell-out when...
Mon Feb 1, 2016, 08:12 PM
Feb 2016

He acted like the Medical Device Industry's loyal servant when he pushed to suspend the ACA's medical device tax when Minnesota-based Medtronic whined.

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