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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 02:54 PM
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Al Franken's response to Norm Coleman's hockey ad...
 
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Apparently Rape-Publican Senatorial candidate Norm Coleman has an ad on the air in Minnesota bragging about how he "brought hockey back" to the state. Here's Al Franken's response.

:rofl:

http://www.alfranken.com/page/m/56fa6aef2be55ef5/SVzGM7/VEsF

NGU.
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 02:56 PM
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1. hahahah... that's gonna hurt
awesome
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 03:00 PM
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2. Ha!
Love it!
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Crazy Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 03:00 PM
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3. Reminds me of George Bush giving up golf as his sacrifice
This is a pretty powerful KO special comment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I7gvkTgbzw
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freesqueeze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 03:12 PM
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4. Well done
I wouldn't be surprised if getting a hockey team rates above blindly following the failure in Iraq to most...it's not their kids dying.
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DinahMoeHum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 03:13 PM
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5. Franken to Coleman: Suck. My. Puck.
:rofl:
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Aviation Pro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 03:19 PM
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6. Working for SNL is not a liability.....
....LOLROTFSTFD.
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rosesaylavee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 03:23 PM
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7. Ooooo. Can we get Franken to write some
national spots too? This is so good.

:rofl:
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 03:58 PM
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8. As was pointed out in a LTTE to the Strib
When professional hockey was brought back to Minnesota, Normie was still the DFL mayor of St. Paul and worked with the DFL controlled City Council and the DFL controlled legislature to get it back here. Getting hockey back included building the Xcel Center - where the RNC will be holding it's convention.
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martymar64 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 04:00 PM
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9. LOL!
Another gem by the guy that brought us the Little Chocolate Doughnuts commercial!

John Belushi has won the Olympic Decathalon! What a day for John Belushi!
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 04:07 PM
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10. Wheee !
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Hulk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 04:52 PM
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11. Bullseye!! Bang!!
Nice going Al. A little humor can also make a pretty clear point. It is a bit humorous that the repugs would even "want to" run...on THEIR record. God help us all.
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MnFats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 06:00 PM
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12. and the fact is, Norm DID NOT bring hockey back.
he had a hand in it, as st. paul mayor, but others did more behind the scenes.

and besides, this was one of those times that if officialdom had FAILED to bring hockey back to Minnesota they would have been put before a firing squad.
Minnesota without hockey? Yeah, right.
you could see from the start that Coleman was going to claim this was his baby. it was no such thing.
a real tough call.......every single game played in that arena has been sold out...to the rafters (NHL, I mean.)
if normie tries to exploit 'hockey returns' as a coleman project people will see through it and hand him his ass over it.
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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 06:00 PM
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13. Like an SNL sketch!
I swear ta gawd, if this was sometime BEFORE 2000, I would have assumed this was just one of his SNL sketches because obviously it's too unbelievable to be real. Turns out, it's real. So sad.
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SomeGuyInEagan Donating Member (872 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 10:11 AM
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24. Now that you mention it ... that would work.
IMO, the fake commercials created for SNL were brilliant and memorable. And this Franken ad does play like one. Franken's team ought to continue on this path.
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bertman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 06:03 PM
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14. I call that one a STRIKE!!!
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annm4peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 08:46 PM
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15. Are they playing that ad on TV?
I hope they do, but I haven't seen it on air yet
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 10:30 AM
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26. Have not seen it yet
but will certainly be a burst of fresh air after the never ending Coleman ad with, yes, a guy at a bowling alley "listing" Coleman's "achievements" (not a word about Iraq) and a chorus reminding him that Coleman brought hockey back..

One really has to see Coleman's ad to appreciate this rebuttal.
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tomreedtoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 10:15 PM
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16. Great ad. Nuff said.
Except I hope Franken is approached to do ads for Obama's second term.
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dgauss Donating Member (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 10:55 PM
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17. Norm Coleman would take credit for
"Bringing summer back to Minnesota" if his adviser weasels told him he could get away with it.
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MNBrewer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:29 PM
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18. That's EXCELLENT!
This Minnesotan approves of that ad!
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provis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-21-08 11:56 PM
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19.  Not a good ad.
The ad focus attention strictly on Norm Coleman, not on Al Franken, as it should. No matter how bad an ad tries to make an opponent look, it is just free publicity for the opponent, and doesn't lead the voter to support your candidate at all. Wasted money on this ad.
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 12:50 PM
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27. I agree. I've seen better output from Al in the past.
Als's a fresh face with an unbeatable message -- concentrate on that.
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 08:09 AM
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20. Darn. Just looking at the still photo, I thought that might be Judge Reinhold.
Still funny, though.
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 06:39 PM
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31. I thought it was Ed Begley, Jr. at first.
But I agree, the actor they did hire was great.

NGU.
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Dinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 08:27 AM
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21. Good For Al , K & R
I still remember the "I'm 99% better than Paul Wellstone" comment. God rot his (coleman's) soul, if he has one that is.
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eyepaddle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 09:20 AM
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22. After some early noise (I don't think they were stumbles),
But at any rate, Al's campaign wasn't really clicking up here for quite a stretch, but it really seems to be firing up. I am hoping for a real sustained blast of momentum so that we can remove the empty suit that is Norm Coleman from Senate.
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Buzz Clik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 09:55 AM
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23. Hockey at any price.
You bunch of fuggin hosers.
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 10:26 AM
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25. Excellentemundo
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ooglymoogly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 01:04 PM
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28. was expecting the last line to be lets Keep hockey and get rid of
horse hockey. KR
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ColonelTom Donating Member (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 02:30 PM
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29. Here's the original Norm Coleman ad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_hvPbW0jsw

Franken's ad is :rofl:!
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ColonelTom Donating Member (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 02:39 PM
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30. The lesson: don't play the "funny" card against a comedian.
Franken just chewed him up and spit him out like a heckler in the audience.
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CHOCOLATMIMOSA Donating Member (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-25-08 07:31 PM
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32. Go Al!
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StopTheMadness Donating Member (73 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-02-08 05:04 PM
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33. Coleman "Joe Bowler" ads
I think Franken should do an ad where "Joe Bowler" and his pals say, "We like Norm Coleman! He cheats on his wife like WE do!"
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