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May 21, 2008
Senatorial candidate Al Franken looks more and more like a candidate more suited for San Francisco than St. Paul, as he held a Monday fundraiser at the Chicago home of Christie Hefner, CEO of Playboy Magazine.
Not only that, but a very graphic January 2000 column he wrote for that magazine has come to light. There are excerpts at the link which I'm not going to print here lest visitors get the wrong idea about this site. The DFL Party is apparently running scared, since they've reportedly brought in a crisis management specialist to deal with the Franken campaign's impending meltdown.
5/29/08 UPDATE: As much as Stuart Smalley would like it to, it's not going away.
Fellow Democrat and former Mike Ciresi supporter Rep. Betty McCollum says of herself and other candidates:
"Do they spend all of their time defending him, or do they spend their time talking about issues that are important to this election? ...The whole story was a shocking surprise."
Others who are concerned are two other Democratic Representatives, Keith Ellison and Tim Walz. The former says he'll support Franken if he's nominated, but McCollum isn't so sure. Note that Al Franken had kind words for Ellison about a year ago.
But, wait, McCollum had more:
"I can tell you it's not playing comfortably in St. Paul, and I can't imagine this politically radioactive material is doing very well in suburban and rural districts."
If any Franken advisors are reading this site, I urge them to "think outside the box". Rather than rushing from this unfortunate graphic article, embrace it and try to help push the progressive/liberal agenda in Minnesota. Urge those backward, frozen hicks to lighten up and appreciate Franken's humor and his openness about sexual matters. Perhaps his fellow co-hosts Janeane Garofalo and Randi Rhodes could even be brought in to help show those near-Canucks the error of their backwoods ways and help them become better liberals instead of the regressive crypto-conservatives they are now.
Posted in StuartSmalley
at 12:15 PM
May 16, 2008
Speaking at the Mall of America - the cultural hub of Minnesota - Jesse Ventura hinted
that he'll be running against both Al Franken and Norm Coleman for Senator from Minnesota:
[He] told the crowd that "none of the above" would be a better choice than Norm Coleman or Al Franken.
"I may go down and file," he added. "I will be 'none of the above,' and if I win, I'll go to Washington."
If he doesn't run, his former campaign manager Dean Barkley says he will.
Posted in StuartSmalley
at 11:34 AM
May 12, 2008
From
this:
On the Senate campaign trail, Al Franken frequently invokes the name of his friend, the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, as a major inspiration.
But as Franken moves to consolidate Democrats behind his challenge to Republican Sen. Norm Coleman, another Democrat is chipping into his support — one whose background and beliefs spark even greater Wellstone nostalgia for some voters...
...A professor of Justice and Peace Studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Nelson-Pallmeyer's campaign platform is fueled by his lifelong focus on social justice and economic equality. He often leans on his life experience, from teaching in inner city Chicago to living in Central America to leading large Iraq war protests...
...Nelson-Pallmeyer is to Franken's left on just about everything. He's opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances, for nationwide legalization of same-sex marriages, a full withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq in the next nine months, universal single-payer health insurance and a massive reduction in defense spending...
Clearly, if the Democrats want to win, they only have one logical choice: JNP '08!
Posted in StuartSmalley
at 01:06 PM
May 06, 2008
Bad news for Al Franken:
throwing his accountant under the bus didn't work. And,
51% of Minnesotans think he should drop out of the race for Senator of that state. 59% said his failure - oops, his accountant's failure - to pay the full amount of state income taxes in seventeen states will make them less likely to vote for the former alleged funnyman. Only 39% said it would make them more likely to vote for him or wouldn't make a difference at all.
Now, for the
spin:
Andy Barr, Franken's campaign spokesman, dismissed the poll results, calling the poll "deeply troubling from a spin standpoint, but from a social studies standpoint, as well."
Barr called the wording of the initial poll question "deeply flawed" because it doesn't mention the fact that Franken overpaid his taxes in Minnesota and New York, his official states of residence.
"It tells one side of the story when there are two equally important sides," Barr said. "Once you ask a question that's so slanted that it amounts to a push poll, it makes the other subsequent questions worthless."
Posted in StuartSmalley
at 12:35 AM
Monitoring Air America Radio [TM] so you don't have to.
