Al Franken lets T. Boone Pickens know what he thinks of the Swift Boat ads

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090731/pl_politico/25667

Five years after he put his money behind the Swift Boat ads that helped tank John Kerry’s presidential campaign, Senate Democrats gave T. Boone Pickens a warm welcome at their weekly policy lunch Thursday.

Or at least most of them did.

Kerry skipped the regularly scheduled lunch; his staff said the Massachusetts Democrat “was unable to attend because he had a long scheduled lunch with his interns and pages.”

Sen. Al Franken managed to make time for the lunch — but then let Pickens have it afterward.

According to a source, the wealthy oil and gas magnate and author of “The First Billion Is the Hardest” stepped up to introduce himself to Franken in a room just off the Senate Floor after the lunch ended Franken, who was seated talking to someone else, did not stand when Pickens said hello. Instead, Franken began to berate him about the billionaire’s financing of the Swift Boat ads in 2004.

According to a source, the confrontation grew heated.

Said Franken spokeswoman Jess McIntosh: “It was a lively conversation.”
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I love love LOVE Senator Franken!!!

:puke:

Good for Senator Al Franken. I hope he continues to let the Republican enablers know that the memories of what they did to get Bush in office will not be forgotten.

We have 60 Democrats in the Senate now, and it is time to put the Republicans in their place.

thats how we got to where we are now, letting bygones be bygones. Minnesota done good by electing Sen Franken

If you're the unclefucker who started it, it's not your call to 'move on.'

“Gacy has clearly moved on"
“Dahmer has clearly moved on"
“Bundy has clearly moved on"

I don't trust T Boone as far as I can throw him.

T. Boone Pickens Accused Of Theft And Vandalism

http://www.businessinsider.com/t-boone-pickens-accused-of-theft-and-vandalism-2009-7

Joe Weisenthal|Jul. 15, 2009, 10:42 AM|34



...Now the man who owns the century-old home is pursuing theft and vandalism charges against the 81-year-old billionaire, saying workers for Pickens came to the house recently without permission and removed the concrete slab with the well-known name.

David McCart, who bought the two-story, 17-room home in Holdenville nearly 20 years ago - partly because of Pickens' signature - said he went to the property to mow the grass on June 22 and noticed the 3-by-5-foot slab was missing.

"It's really the arrogance of it that bothers me," McCart said Tuesday. "They just cut the whole section out."

No wonder he thinks America is entitled to Iraqi oil. That's his whole mentality.


T. Boone Pickens Returns Concrete Slab
http://www.businessinsider.com/t-boone-pickens-returns-concrete-slab-2009-7
Joe Weisenthal|Jul. 30, 2009,

Accused thief and vandal (and energy investor) T. Boone Pickens has returned a concrete slab that his name engraved on it to the ranch where his guys took it from.

For those new to the story, the legendary oilman was recently accused of theft when he had some people working for him drive to his boyhood ranch and steal this slab of concrete, upon which he had engraved his name as a child.

While T. Boone certainly has the right to feel a sentimental attachment towards it, he has no actual right to the slab once the house has been sold -- assuming there isn't a specific rider.

The Oklahoman: Pickens had the concrete trucked to the city from his Texas ranch, where his crews moved it in early July...

I'd be half tempted to let ol' T Boone know that I was going to build a bathroom facility and use the "T Boone" signed cement slab under the urinals.

Er, make that Senator Franken.

Good for him!

:woohoo:

I bet the fake Democrat crowd already hate Franken.

This is the fourth article I've seen that refers to the "heated" conversaion, but includes no clue as to what was actually said. Geez. Inquiring minds want to know. Oh, it is from politico. No wonder...

I'd rather have an exact quote of what Franken said, but that provides the basic idea.

in other instances... Why these politio geniuses can not in this instance....It was fairly public.. someone surely heard the conversation.

That's the type of dem we need representing us--someone who doesn't have a short memory and is not afraid to tell the truth!