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more about #alfranken more comments → ShanghaiLil: I would give up all of my retirement savings to watch Sarah Palin try this. OK, that currently amounts to something like $0.43, but still, I'd like t... more » Bos'un's Mate: Letterman should host Franken and Fred Armisen back-to-back. [www.hulu.com] more » The Recession Is Over: This is why Franken could never win a presidential run. He's totally cut in half the size of both Florida and California. If they take that as a sli... more » vampirebris: Stupid trick?More like awesome parlor trick. I think the map drawing is pretty impressive, but I'm also that a**hole who likes to juggle for people, ... more » meechybee: I bet Rush couldn't do it. more » blix: I'm holding out for a balloon sculpture of Nathan Hale. more » SidAndFinancy: It was 1988 on SNL, shortly before the election. He not only drew the map from memory but also explained the electoral vote math that would enable Du... more » ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥: Franken's some kind of savant. I'm sure of it. more » MrInBetween: Norm Coleman just called to say Franken's Minnesota is way, way off. more » Spinfusor: "Boing Boing came across this recent video of Franken drawing all 48 states from memory" Someone failed social studies... more » snugbug: I'd have been vastly more impressed if he'd drawn the United Steaks of America from memory. more » naugahydeinplainsight: Thank god he drew in Hawaii, too. Otherwise the wingnuts would take it as evidence that even if Obama was born there, it doesn't count. (Yeah -- he d... more » My_Latest_Incarnation: They may be all ginned up with outrage, but these are people who've been conditioned for generations to listen politely to literally anyone talking to... more » Magister: Franken & Frank: Insurance Reform Tour - 2009 more » vampirebris: Aww, I'm proud to be a Minnesota and to have voted for Franken. Now we just have to run Michelle Bachmann out of the state (politely, of course). more » -
#cartography
Al Franken's Stupid Political Junkie Trick
Al Franken does not tell jokes now that he's a serious, scholarly U.S. Senator. But there is one bit of his routine that he won't retire: his old party trick of drawing a map of the United States from memory. More » -
#democracy
Teabaggers Ambush, Listen Politely To Al Franken
Oh man, an angry mob of teabagging health care protesters totally ambushed clown Senator Al Franken! But... wait, what... this is a ten-minute video of a calm discussion of the issues...?? More » -
#traderoundup
500 Days of Potter
Dumbledore could (and should) buy out the American auto industry. Madonna's dry thrusting leads to tragedy. Google Images will explode within the next few hours. And everyone is mean to the writers! More » -
#videos
When the Idea of Sen. Al Franken Was a Joke
NBC hunted through their video archive to find footage of Al Franken's first attempt at questioning a Supreme Court nominee: the 1991 Saturday Night Live spoof on the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill. Art imitates life which imitates Lorne Michaels. More » -
#senate
Senator Franken Finally Tells a Joke!
This is Al Franken's first week on the job, so he didn't have time to prepare actual questions for Sonia Sotomayor. Instead he talked about Perry Mason, and how that show made Sotomayor want to be a prosecutor. More » -
#mockeriesofdemocracy
Senate Update: Coke-Addled Comedian Addressing Fiery Latina Racist
Senator Al Franken(!!!) is giving his opening remarks in the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings. If he says anything intentionally or unintentionally funny we will let you know. Oh, a protester just got kicked out. (Coleman?) [Photo: AP] -
#updates
Al Franken has been officially sworn in as a U.S. Senator. [TPM]
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#senate
Hooray, Al Franken Means All Of Our Problems Will Go Away!
The Democrats have 60 votes in the Senate! Hooray! Now we get health care and climate control and bullet trains and all the wars will end! Except that this doesn't really change anything! More » -
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#concessions
Minnesota's Long Statewide Nightmare Is Over
Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) conceded to former comedian Al Franken (Jew-SNL) today after losing an appeal to Minnesota's Supreme Court in the months-long litigation surrounding their 2008 Senate race. The standoff is over, and democracy is restored to long-suffering Minnesotans. More » -
#finally
Minnesota Supreme Court: Al Franken won Senate election, governor expected to certify the results. [WCCO]
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#minnesota
Midwestern State Determined To Embarrass Self
The Senate race between the loser and the unlikable comedian is still being decided by the Minnesota Supreme Court, but at Hubbard County's 4th of July party, they will race piglets named "Norm Coleman" and "Al Franken." -
#lawsuits
Norm Coleman Owes Al Franken A Lot of Money
Late this afternoon a Minnesota court ordered Norm Coleman to pay Al Franken close to $95,000 to compensate Franken for some of the legal costs he's incurred during Coleman's seemingly endless legal battle to win the Senate seat. [TPM] -
#politics
MN Governor Frees Himself From Pressure to Seat Franken
Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota will not seek a third term. That is pretty boring news, right? Except that it might end up really sucking for Al Franken! More » -
#seriously
Oh, Come On
"Norm Coleman today proposed a more leisurely schedule for his election appeal than Al Franken wants, asking that oral arguments in the case be held no sooner than mid-May." [Strib] -
#elections
New York Times Discovers Political Unrest In Far-Off 'Minnesota'
Political reporter Adam Nagourney went to Minnesota to explain just what the hell is going on there to New York Times readers. It is a mess. More » -
#politics
Al Franken Probably Minnesota's Next Senator, But God Knows When
Al Franken won a key ruling from a three-judge panel in Minnesota, confining the election recount there to 400 absentee ballots and thus probably protecting Franken's 225-vote lead. More » -
#minnesota
Coleman, Franken Will Battle Until the End of Days, Politico Reports
John Cornyn will throw a fit if Al Franken is seated before Norm Coleman's exhausted every possible legal recourse. And that could take years! According to Politico! And they never exaggerate! More » -
#politics
Norm Coleman's Lawyer In Truth-Telling Outrage
Soon-to-be-former Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman has some of the best lawyers dirty money can buy. And one of them just basically admitted that his current strategy is "tie this election up in court forever." More » -
#follies
Norm Coleman Still Suing Al Franken, Forever
Say, whatever happened with that Norm Coleman/Rev. Al Franken thing? Well, Norm's political career is dying the death of a thousand judicial setbacks and yet refusing, oddly, to concede. More »
