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Franken Talks Down Angry Mob
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:59
- Updated: 03 Sep 2009
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I got to witness something really special. About a dozen tea party activists had staked out Sen. Al Franken's booth, and confronted him loudly when he arrived. But within minutes, he'd turned an unruly crowd into a productive conversation on health care. The discussion went from insurance reform, to the public option, to veterans benefits, to cap and trade. He made a few laugh and even told a touching story that moved a few to tears. A whole lot of common ground was found.
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I got to witness something really special. About a dozen tea party activists had staked out Sen. Al Franken's booth, and confronted him loudly when he arrived. But within minutes, he'd turned an unruly crowd into a productive conversation on health care. The discussion went from insurance reform, to the public option, to veterans benefits, to cap and trade. He made a few laugh and even told a touching story that moved a few to tears. A whole lot of common ground was found.
Read more at DUSTYTRICE.COM
Follow me on Twitter: @DustyTrice
Al Franken At The White House Correspondents Dinner, 1996 pt1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:56
- Updated: 20 Jun 2012
My favorite story @ 8:45
http://wn.com/Al_Franken_At_The_White_House_Correspondents_Dinner,_1996_pt1
My favorite story @ 8:45
- published: 20 Jun 2012
- views: 4580
Al Franken Smacks Down Hans von Spakovsky Over Flawed Voter ID Stats
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:00
- Updated: 12 Sep 2011
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- published: 12 Sep 2011
- views: 12177
Al Franken vs Bill O'Reilly (Part 1)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:01
- Updated: 24 Dec 2008
Al Franken vs Bill O'Reilly (Part 1)
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Al Franken vs Bill O'Reilly (Part 1)
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- published: 24 Dec 2008
- views: 118909
Al Franken Explains A Few Things To Senator Thune
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:32
- Updated: 17 Dec 2012
The very very very very good Senator Al Franken takes down Thune without actually insulting him, which would violate the rules of the Senate.
http://wn.com/Al_Franken_Explains_A_Few_Things_To_Senator_Thune
The very very very very good Senator Al Franken takes down Thune without actually insulting him, which would violate the rules of the Senate.
- published: 17 Dec 2012
- views: 244
Franken Destroys Focus On The Family Witness
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:19
- Updated: 20 Jul 2011
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/07/20/274032/franken-destoys-focus-on-the-family-witness-exposes-misuse-of-hhs-study/
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- published: 20 Jul 2011
- views: 476778
Al Franken Challenges Ann Coulter on Slanting the Truth
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:30
- Updated: 01 Aug 2007
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Ann Coulter and Al Franken discuss the validity of Ann's sources at The Connecticut Forum in Hartford on May 14, 2004.
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- published: 01 Aug 2007
- views: 764159
Al Franken dissects Fox News Report
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:04
- Updated: 04 Nov 2011
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- published: 04 Nov 2011
- views: 3098
Al Franken In 2008 Tries To Be More Pro-Gun Than His GOP Opponent
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:50
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
During a Senate debate in 2008 Al Franken sounded very pro-gun.
http://wn.com/Al_Franken_In_2008_Tries_To_Be_More_Pro-Gun_Than_His_GOP_Opponent
During a Senate debate in 2008 Al Franken sounded very pro-gun.
- published: 17 Jan 2013
- views: 1214
Why Sen Al Franken Isn't Funny Anymore
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:42
- Updated: 05 Feb 2013
Why Sen Al Franken Isn't Funny Anymore
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/02/franken-i-do-minnesota-press-only-156088.html
TJ Walker is the #1 rated Daily Internet-only liberal news video pundit (viewed at http://www.tjwalker.com and http://www.youtube.com/tjwalker). Walker is also a regular contributor to Forbes.com, Daily Kos, and the Reuters Insider Network. Walker is also a USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Business Week best-selling author. A frequent network news analyst, Walker has made more than 1000 national TV and radio guest appearances on CBS, ABC, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, CNN, Bloomberg TV, Al Jazeera, NBC, Fox Business, Russia Today, HLN, TrueTV, Comedy Central, Sirius and NPR. In 2009, Walker entered the Guinness Book Of World Records for most talk show appearances ever in a 24 hour period. (http://www.mediatrainingworldwide.com) http://www.twitter.com/tjwalker
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Why Sen Al Franken Isn't Funny Anymore
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/02/franken-i-do-minnesota-press-only-156088.html
TJ Walker is the #1 rated Daily Internet-only liberal news video pundit (viewed at http://www.tjwalker.com and http://www.youtube.com/tjwalker). Walker is also a regular contributor to Forbes.com, Daily Kos, and the Reuters Insider Network. Walker is also a USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Business Week best-selling author. A frequent network news analyst, Walker has made more than 1000 national TV and radio guest appearances on CBS, ABC, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, CNN, Bloomberg TV, Al Jazeera, NBC, Fox Business, Russia Today, HLN, TrueTV, Comedy Central, Sirius and NPR. In 2009, Walker entered the Guinness Book Of World Records for most talk show appearances ever in a 24 hour period. (http://www.mediatrainingworldwide.com) http://www.twitter.com/tjwalker
- published: 05 Feb 2013
- views: 126
"The Dark Side Of Death" Senator Al Franken Remembers Tom Davis
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:54
- Updated: 26 Jul 2012
July 25, 2012 C-SPAN
http://MOXNews.com
http://wn.com/The_Dark_Side_Of_Death_Senator_Al_Franken_Remembers_Tom_Davis
July 25, 2012 C-SPAN
http://MOXNews.com
- published: 26 Jul 2012
- views: 4777
Senator Al Franken's Speech at the 2012 CA Democratic Convention
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 36:03
- Updated: 12 Feb 2012
Al Franken speaks to the delegates at the 2012 CA Democratic Convention
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Al Franken speaks to the delegates at the 2012 CA Democratic Convention
- published: 12 Feb 2012
- views: 5291
WH Questioned On Al Franken's Changing Gun Ban Positions
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:12
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
1.17.13 - Ed Henry of Fox News asks Jay Carney about Al Franken's constantly changing position on guns.
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1.17.13 - Ed Henry of Fox News asks Jay Carney about Al Franken's constantly changing position on guns.
- published: 17 Jan 2013
- views: 297
Sen. Al Franken Honored with 2013 Advocacy Leadership Award
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- Duration: 2:06
- Updated: 07 Mar 2013
Senator Al Franken is the 2013 Arthritis Foundation Advocacy Leadership Award Winner - The video aired during the 15th Annual Advocacy Summit in Washington D.C. March 4-6th.
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Senator Al Franken is the 2013 Arthritis Foundation Advocacy Leadership Award Winner - The video aired during the 15th Annual Advocacy Summit in Washington D.C. March 4-6th.
- published: 07 Mar 2013
- views: 99
Senator Al Franken draws map of USA
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:22
- Updated: 05 Sep 2009
Senator Al Franken draws a map of all 50 states from memory during an appearance on Minnesota Public Radio's Midday at the Minnesota State Fair. Listen to the full interview with Sen. Franken here: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2009/09/usa_the_franken_way.shtml
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Senator Al Franken draws a map of all 50 states from memory during an appearance on Minnesota Public Radio's Midday at the Minnesota State Fair. Listen to the full interview with Sen. Franken here: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2009/09/usa_the_franken_way.shtml
- published: 05 Sep 2009
- views: 1101350
Al Franken interview - On The Verge
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 15:22
- Updated: 30 Jul 2012
Senator Al Franken talks to The Verge's Nilay Patel about net neutrality, Facebook, privacy, and why he supported supported PIPA.
Watch the full episode at http://on.theverge.com
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Senator Al Franken talks to The Verge's Nilay Patel about net neutrality, Facebook, privacy, and why he supported supported PIPA.
Watch the full episode at http://on.theverge.com
- published: 30 Jul 2012
- views: 3149
Infamous Debate between Bill O'Reilly and Al Franken (Incl. Molly Ivins) 2/6
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 15:01
- Updated: 12 Feb 2013
"Book TV re-airs a panel discussion from Book Expo that began the disagreement between Al Franken and Bill O'Reilly about the use of the words "Fair and Balanced." The topic of the May program in Los Angeles was media bias with comedian Al Franken, syndicated columnist Molly Ivins, and Fox Newsman Bill O'Reilly. During the discussion, the panelists engaged in a heated debate over the perceived biases of particular news agencies. All of the panelists are authors of new or forthcoming books; "LIES, And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them:A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right," (Franken); "BUSHWHACKED" (Ivins); and "Who's Looking Out For You?" (O'Reilly). The event was moderated by Association of American Publishers President Pat Schroeder."
2003
Source: http://www.booktv.org/Program/3856/BEA+2003+Al+Franken+Molly+Ivins+Bill+OReilly+Panel+Discussion.aspx
See Other Parts/ Excerpts: http://www.youtube.com/user/AustralianNeoCon2/videos?query=s26
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"Book TV re-airs a panel discussion from Book Expo that began the disagreement between Al Franken and Bill O'Reilly about the use of the words "Fair and Balanced." The topic of the May program in Los Angeles was media bias with comedian Al Franken, syndicated columnist Molly Ivins, and Fox Newsman Bill O'Reilly. During the discussion, the panelists engaged in a heated debate over the perceived biases of particular news agencies. All of the panelists are authors of new or forthcoming books; "LIES, And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them:A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right," (Franken); "BUSHWHACKED" (Ivins); and "Who's Looking Out For You?" (O'Reilly). The event was moderated by Association of American Publishers President Pat Schroeder."
2003
Source: http://www.booktv.org/Program/3856/BEA+2003+Al+Franken+Molly+Ivins+Bill+OReilly+Panel+Discussion.aspx
See Other Parts/ Excerpts: http://www.youtube.com/user/AustralianNeoCon2/videos?query=s26
s26
- published: 12 Feb 2013
- views: 310
Sen. Franken Questions an Arbitration Lawyer about Binding Arbitration
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:01
- Updated: 07 Oct 2009
Sen. Franken questions Jamie Leigh Jones and de Bernardo
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Sen. Franken questions Jamie Leigh Jones and de Bernardo
- published: 07 Oct 2009
- views: 293974
Al Franken Weeps On Senate Floor While Discussing 'Violence Against Women Act'
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:16
- Updated: 26 Apr 2012
more at c-span.org
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more at c-span.org
- published: 26 Apr 2012
- views: 8312
Al Franken makes surprise visit at Youth In Government event
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:20
- Updated: 31 Jan 2013
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Senator Al Franken surprises the participants at the YMCA's annual Youth In Government event with an opening address at the Minneapolis Hilton.
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Senator Al Franken surprises the participants at the YMCA's annual Youth In Government event with an opening address at the Minneapolis Hilton.
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- published: 31 Jan 2013
- views: 49
Sen. Franken's Floor Speech Against the Blunt Amendment
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:01
- Updated: 28 Feb 2012
Sen. Franken spoke today against the Blunt Amendment, which would give employers the ability to opt out of providing health care that covers contraception if they have a moral objection.
http://wn.com/Sen_Franken's_Floor_Speech_Against_the_Blunt_Amendment
Sen. Franken spoke today against the Blunt Amendment, which would give employers the ability to opt out of providing health care that covers contraception if they have a moral objection.
- published: 28 Feb 2012
- views: 6683
Al Franken Vs. The iPhone
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:12
- Updated: 10 May 2011
Senator Al Franken delivers opening remarks to his hearing on privacy and mobile phones.
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Senator Al Franken delivers opening remarks to his hearing on privacy and mobile phones.
- published: 10 May 2011
- views: 6675
Does Al Franken even know what was in the health-care bill he voted for? Um..nope
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:25
- Updated: 22 Mar 2010
OBAMA ZOMBIES. Order: http://tiny.cc/fnkaw
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OBAMA ZOMBIES. Order: http://tiny.cc/fnkaw
- published: 22 Mar 2010
- views: 198747
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Senator Al Franken's Speech at the 2012 CA Democratic Convention
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 36:03
- Updated: 12 Feb 2012
Al Franken speaks to the delegates at the 2012 CA Democratic Convention
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Al Franken speaks to the delegates at the 2012 CA Democratic Convention
- published: 12 Feb 2012
- views: 5291
"The Dark Side Of Death" Senator Al Franken Remembers Tom Davis
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:54
- Updated: 26 Jul 2012
July 25, 2012 C-SPAN
http://MOXNews.com
http://wn.com/The_Dark_Side_Of_Death_Senator_Al_Franken_Remembers_Tom_Davis
July 25, 2012 C-SPAN
http://MOXNews.com
- published: 26 Jul 2012
- views: 4777
Al Franken for Elizabeth Warren
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 20:41
- Updated: 21 Oct 2012
Sen. Al Franken in Southbridge, MA to stump for Elizabeth Warren
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Sen. Al Franken in Southbridge, MA to stump for Elizabeth Warren
- published: 21 Oct 2012
- views: 226
Al Franken on Howard Stern Radio Show interview 1999 Saturday Night Live
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 45:12
- Updated: 30 Mar 2012
Alan Stuart "Al" Franken (born May 21, 1951) is the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic--Farmer--Labor Party, which affiliates with the national Democratic Party. Franken achieved note as a writer and performer for the television show Saturday Night Live from its conception in 1975 before moving to writing and acting in films and television shows. He then became a political commentator, author of five books and host of a nationally syndicated radio show on the Air America Radio network.
In 2008, Franken narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman, by 312 votes, after a mandatory statewide manual recount. Coleman contested the outcome in court, but the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously upheld Franken's victory on June 30, 2009. Franken was sworn in to the Senate on July 7, 2009
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Alan Stuart "Al" Franken (born May 21, 1951) is the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic--Farmer--Labor Party, which affiliates with the national Democratic Party. Franken achieved note as a writer and performer for the television show Saturday Night Live from its conception in 1975 before moving to writing and acting in films and television shows. He then became a political commentator, author of five books and host of a nationally syndicated radio show on the Air America Radio network.
In 2008, Franken narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman, by 312 votes, after a mandatory statewide manual recount. Coleman contested the outcome in court, but the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously upheld Franken's victory on June 30, 2009. Franken was sworn in to the Senate on July 7, 2009
- published: 30 Mar 2012
- views: 13920
One More Saturday Night
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 95:51
- Updated: 25 Jun 2009
Senator Al Franken stars a loser rocker who turns sleepy St. Cloud Minnesota on its ear in this teen movie parody.
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Senator Al Franken stars a loser rocker who turns sleepy St. Cloud Minnesota on its ear in this teen movie parody.
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- published: 25 Jun 2009
- views: 3441
Sen. Franken Floor Statement on Tax and Economic Policy
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 31:01
- Updated: 26 Sep 2012
U.S. Sen. Al Franken told his Senate colleagues that Congress must abandon ideological fights and move toward a balanced approach to cutting deficits, creating jobs, and investing in economic growth if it hopes to overcome the huge economic challenges facing the nation.
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U.S. Sen. Al Franken told his Senate colleagues that Congress must abandon ideological fights and move toward a balanced approach to cutting deficits, creating jobs, and investing in economic growth if it hopes to overcome the huge economic challenges facing the nation.
- published: 26 Sep 2012
- views: 314
Franken: FCC Net Neutrality Plan "Flawed"
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 25:00
- Updated: 21 Dec 2010
U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to make significant changes to its proposal on net neutrality before it takes its vote on Tuesday. Friday on the Senate floor he spoke to that issue and also asked the FCC to ensure that its vote on allowing the NBC-Comcast merger to move forward does not take place the week between Christmas and New Year's but instead during a time when Americans will have time to focus on the merger and its potential implications. "The FCC has made public its plans to act on its flawed net neutrality proposal this coming Tuesday," said Sen. Franken. "I sincerely hope that the FCC will make significant improvements before then, and that each of the Commissioners will think long and hard before they vote to approve a proposal that could actually make things worse for all Americans."
http://wn.com/Franken_FCC_Net_Neutrality_Plan_Flawed
U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to make significant changes to its proposal on net neutrality before it takes its vote on Tuesday. Friday on the Senate floor he spoke to that issue and also asked the FCC to ensure that its vote on allowing the NBC-Comcast merger to move forward does not take place the week between Christmas and New Year's but instead during a time when Americans will have time to focus on the merger and its potential implications. "The FCC has made public its plans to act on its flawed net neutrality proposal this coming Tuesday," said Sen. Franken. "I sincerely hope that the FCC will make significant improvements before then, and that each of the Commissioners will think long and hard before they vote to approve a proposal that could actually make things worse for all Americans."
- published: 21 Dec 2010
- views: 13588
Climate Change You CAN Believe In
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 56:22
- Updated: 08 Mar 2013
Sermon preached on 12/27/2009.
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Sermon preached on 12/27/2009.
- published: 08 Mar 2013
- views: 108
Sen Franken's Economic Truth (With Charts, Graphs And Pictures)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 28:47
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
Sen Franken's Economic Truth (With Charts, Graphs And Pictures) from The UpTake. Like this? Watch the latest episode of The UpTake on Blip! http://blip.tv/the-uptake/watch
US Senator Al Franken explains very clearly how the US has historically solved economic problems, why we are in our current mess and what we need to do to get out of it. Speaking just before the Senate adjourns for the fall elections Senator Franken said "Our economy is still not yet fully recovered from a devastating recession, and the prospects for our middle class remain uncertain. Meanwhile, our budget remains sorely out of balance, and our long-term debt crisis is putting our nation?s fiscal future at risk." "We?re not going to get anywhere if we can?t agree that, yes, the government does have a role to play in helping the private sector create jobs. And, no, you can?t cut the deficit by cutting taxes. And, yes, we are going to have to both raise revenue and reduce spending if we want a balanced budget. And, no, asking the wealthy to pay a little more won?t drive us back into a recession."
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Sen Franken's Economic Truth (With Charts, Graphs And Pictures) from The UpTake. Like this? Watch the latest episode of The UpTake on Blip! http://blip.tv/the-uptake/watch
US Senator Al Franken explains very clearly how the US has historically solved economic problems, why we are in our current mess and what we need to do to get out of it. Speaking just before the Senate adjourns for the fall elections Senator Franken said "Our economy is still not yet fully recovered from a devastating recession, and the prospects for our middle class remain uncertain. Meanwhile, our budget remains sorely out of balance, and our long-term debt crisis is putting our nation?s fiscal future at risk." "We?re not going to get anywhere if we can?t agree that, yes, the government does have a role to play in helping the private sector create jobs. And, no, you can?t cut the deficit by cutting taxes. And, yes, we are going to have to both raise revenue and reduce spending if we want a balanced budget. And, no, asking the wealthy to pay a little more won?t drive us back into a recession."
See all episodes of The UpTake http://blip.tv/the-uptake#EpisodeArchive
Visit The UpTake's series page http://blip.tv/the-uptake
- published: 21 Sep 2012
- views: 651
Senator Al Franken on investment Rating Agencies
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 27:55
- Updated: 15 Feb 2013
State of the Union review and Senator Al Frankens bill to regulate investment rating Agencies.
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State of the Union review and Senator Al Frankens bill to regulate investment rating Agencies.
- published: 15 Feb 2013
- views: 18
On The Verge - Senator Al Franken, Mary Jo Foley, Chipocrite, episode 008
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 65:56
- Updated: 30 Jul 2012
We switched things up for this episode of On The Verge: Nilay took a trip to Washington DC to interview Senator Al Franken. Like Nilay Patel, the Senator has strong opinions on net neutrality and privacy. Unlike Nilay Patel, he can remain calm when explaining the issue to a room full of Senators.
Next, Mary Jo Foley stopped by the studio to talk to Josh, Nilay, and Paul abut all things Microsoft. She pulled no punches when talking about Surface, Ballmer, and Linux. Mary Jo believes that Windows Phone users "think different," but we can't help but feel like we've heard that somewhere before.
We also heard music from Chipocrite, checked in with Dieter at the Google Fiber launch in Kansas City, and invented a new game show that is totally unique in every way. Seriously, we didn't just rip off Jeopardy.
Watch full episodes of On The Verge at http://on.theverge.com
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We switched things up for this episode of On The Verge: Nilay took a trip to Washington DC to interview Senator Al Franken. Like Nilay Patel, the Senator has strong opinions on net neutrality and privacy. Unlike Nilay Patel, he can remain calm when explaining the issue to a room full of Senators.
Next, Mary Jo Foley stopped by the studio to talk to Josh, Nilay, and Paul abut all things Microsoft. She pulled no punches when talking about Surface, Ballmer, and Linux. Mary Jo believes that Windows Phone users "think different," but we can't help but feel like we've heard that somewhere before.
We also heard music from Chipocrite, checked in with Dieter at the Google Fiber launch in Kansas City, and invented a new game show that is totally unique in every way. Seriously, we didn't just rip off Jeopardy.
Watch full episodes of On The Verge at http://on.theverge.com
- published: 30 Jul 2012
- views: 13740
Al Franken Speech
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 23:19
- Updated: 18 Jun 2011
Al Franken
U.S. Senator, Minnesota
Netroots Nation, 2011
Minnesota
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Al Franken
U.S. Senator, Minnesota
Netroots Nation, 2011
Minnesota
- published: 18 Jun 2011
- views: 3001
Accretive Health Target Of Franken Senate Hearing- Full Video
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 140:42
- Updated: 01 Jun 2012
Accretive Health's Senior Vice President apologizes for trying to collect money from patients while they are in the emergency room. The apology comes during a US Senate field hearing in Minnesota chaired by Senator Al Franken and was prompted by an investigation by Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson.
http://wn.com/Accretive_Health_Target_Of_Franken_Senate_Hearing_Full_Video
Accretive Health's Senior Vice President apologizes for trying to collect money from patients while they are in the emergency room. The apology comes during a US Senate field hearing in Minnesota chaired by Senator Al Franken and was prompted by an investigation by Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson.
- published: 01 Jun 2012
- views: 262
Keynote: Senator Al Franken @ Summit09
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 37:40
- Updated: 31 Jan 2012
Video of keynote speaker Senator Al Franken (D-MN) in conversation with musician Mike Mills, discussing net neutrality and open Internet at Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit 2009.
The presentation was recorded on October 5, 2009 in Washington, DC at Georgetown University during Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit 2009.
Event website: http://futureofmusic.org/events/future-music-policy-summit-2009
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Video of keynote speaker Senator Al Franken (D-MN) in conversation with musician Mike Mills, discussing net neutrality and open Internet at Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit 2009.
The presentation was recorded on October 5, 2009 in Washington, DC at Georgetown University during Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit 2009.
Event website: http://futureofmusic.org/events/future-music-policy-summit-2009
Every contribution, no matter how big or small, brings us closer to a future when musicians will be fairly compensated for their work, and fans will have access to the music they love. We need your help. Giving online is easy. Please donate today: https://futureofmusic.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id;=1
- published: 31 Jan 2012
- views: 52
Sen. Al Franken Defends FCC Net Neutrality Rules
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 25:33
- Updated: 14 Nov 2011
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) spoke out for Net Neutrality at a Senate debate on the resolution of disapproval of the FCC's Net Neutrality rules.
The debate was held on Nov. 9, 2011.Thanks to CSPAN for the footage.
For more information about Internet freedom and Net Neutrality, go to www.savetheinternet.com
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Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) spoke out for Net Neutrality at a Senate debate on the resolution of disapproval of the FCC's Net Neutrality rules.
The debate was held on Nov. 9, 2011.Thanks to CSPAN for the footage.
For more information about Internet freedom and Net Neutrality, go to www.savetheinternet.com
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 229
Al Franken vs The iPhone-Full Hearing
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 145:35
- Updated: 11 May 2011
Senator Al Franken convenes a hearing looking at mobile devices and privacy. Franken notes that buinesses don't have to follow the same rules on privacy as the government does, and that can be troubling now that mobile phones can track your every move.
http://wn.com/Al_Franken_vs_The_iPhone-Full_Hearing
Senator Al Franken convenes a hearing looking at mobile devices and privacy. Franken notes that buinesses don't have to follow the same rules on privacy as the government does, and that can be troubling now that mobile phones can track your every move.
- published: 11 May 2011
- views: 2473
Sen. Al Franken: Middle Class is In Trouble
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 23:00
- Updated: 07 Aug 2011
"The American middle class is in trouble" says
Senator Al Franken as gives the keynote address at Netroots Nation 2011, which was held in his home state of Minnesota. He talks about the importance of net neutrality, Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale, Paul Wellstone, health care, education, fair wages, housing, economic security, justice
http://wn.com/Sen_Al_Franken_Middle_Class_is_In_Trouble
"The American middle class is in trouble" says
Senator Al Franken as gives the keynote address at Netroots Nation 2011, which was held in his home state of Minnesota. He talks about the importance of net neutrality, Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale, Paul Wellstone, health care, education, fair wages, housing, economic security, justice
- published: 07 Aug 2011
- views: 570
Sen. Franken's Field Hearing on Patient Privacy and Consumer Protection First Panel
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 36:35
- Updated: 04 Jun 2012
Panel 1:
• The Honorable Lori Swanson, Attorney General of the State of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
• The Honorable Michael Rothman, Commissioner of Commerce of the State of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
http://wn.com/Sen_Franken's_Field_Hearing_on_Patient_Privacy_and_Consumer_Protection_First_Panel
Panel 1:
• The Honorable Lori Swanson, Attorney General of the State of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
• The Honorable Michael Rothman, Commissioner of Commerce of the State of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
- published: 04 Jun 2012
- views: 133
![The O'Franken Factor with Walter Cronkite -- April 14, 2004 [Part5of5]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130331081420im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/9Kk3o3yJUMw/default.jpg "The O'Franken Factor with Walter Cronkite -- April 14, 2004 [Part5of5]")
The O'Franken Factor with Walter Cronkite -- April 14, 2004 [Part5of5]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 30:51
- Updated: 14 Sep 2012
Al Franken and Katherine Lampher are joined by Walter Cronkite via DSL. In the second part of his segment, they take phone calls. Original broadcast: April 14, 2004
Part 1: http://youtu.be/yTLLMvy539s
Part 2: http://youtu.be/Lq5gc8MhivM
Part 3: http://youtu.be/wcDjQcFoMdQ
Part 4: http://youtu.be/hNq8WHGcFjw
Part 5: http://youtu.be/9Kk3o3yJUMw
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Al Franken and Katherine Lampher are joined by Walter Cronkite via DSL. In the second part of his segment, they take phone calls. Original broadcast: April 14, 2004
Part 1: http://youtu.be/yTLLMvy539s
Part 2: http://youtu.be/Lq5gc8MhivM
Part 3: http://youtu.be/wcDjQcFoMdQ
Part 4: http://youtu.be/hNq8WHGcFjw
Part 5: http://youtu.be/9Kk3o3yJUMw
- published: 14 Sep 2012
- views: 45
Al Franken, MN, Senator, Fergus Falls.mov
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- Duration: 20:21
- Updated: 28 May 2012
I was on a Jernalisim rush and I, Tyler found out that Al Franken was running for Senator, so i Busted out the Camera.First off i would like to thank god for the gift of Graphic art. If art was not there i dont know who i would be today. I put lots of time, and little effert into enjoyment. This is no job. It is a hobbie. So i learn many differnt aspects of each Creation. There's always a serten Color that intreegs me. .How do i do it you ask? Its Simple, look. When i am Comfterble, or when i Get lost in the art I am creating I Print it. Just reamber when you where a child. The smells, and color's. The funky glasses, Fashion, cartoons, toys, every thing adds up. Growing thu the years and fealing that texture that screams rock and roll. Sacharation is like a sombody blowing bubble's in the shear vilet blue sky. Finding the classic element can take some time. It is well werth it. Making shure the Contrast works with the midtone's and not just the gray, but all the colors inbetween. still, i have to reaman open minded to modern art. Not only Capturing the time, but bringing you ferther into space and thout. Peaple tell me im creative, and that thay rilly Love the art i produce. Passion's are best good. I love to create, and you should too. some is far out. But if i can see somthing, sombody els will too. Somtimes i like to Bring art back, to a simple well balenced Photo. Classic like Dill pickals, or as tasty as Cokeacolela. my Name is Tyler Schwarz, and i love my Mac.
Tyler Schwarz
Filming and Editing: Tyler Schwarz
http://wn.com/Al_Franken,_MN,_Senator,_Fergus_Fallsmov
I was on a Jernalisim rush and I, Tyler found out that Al Franken was running for Senator, so i Busted out the Camera.First off i would like to thank god for the gift of Graphic art. If art was not there i dont know who i would be today. I put lots of time, and little effert into enjoyment. This is no job. It is a hobbie. So i learn many differnt aspects of each Creation. There's always a serten Color that intreegs me. .How do i do it you ask? Its Simple, look. When i am Comfterble, or when i Get lost in the art I am creating I Print it. Just reamber when you where a child. The smells, and color's. The funky glasses, Fashion, cartoons, toys, every thing adds up. Growing thu the years and fealing that texture that screams rock and roll. Sacharation is like a sombody blowing bubble's in the shear vilet blue sky. Finding the classic element can take some time. It is well werth it. Making shure the Contrast works with the midtone's and not just the gray, but all the colors inbetween. still, i have to reaman open minded to modern art. Not only Capturing the time, but bringing you ferther into space and thout. Peaple tell me im creative, and that thay rilly Love the art i produce. Passion's are best good. I love to create, and you should too. some is far out. But if i can see somthing, sombody els will too. Somtimes i like to Bring art back, to a simple well balenced Photo. Classic like Dill pickals, or as tasty as Cokeacolela. my Name is Tyler Schwarz, and i love my Mac.
Tyler Schwarz
Filming and Editing: Tyler Schwarz
- published: 28 May 2012
- views: 28
![The O'Franken Factor -- April 14, 2004 [Part4of5]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130331081420im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/hNq8WHGcFjw/default.jpg "The O'Franken Factor -- April 14, 2004 [Part4of5]")
The O'Franken Factor -- April 14, 2004 [Part4of5]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 27:07
- Updated: 14 Sep 2012
Al Franken and Katherine Lampher talk about the Move-On contest, "Lies and/or stupid things" and take calls. Al recounts a story about Barbara Bush and her dismissive haughty attitude of him. Original broadcast: April 14, 2004
Part 1: http://youtu.be/yTLLMvy539s
Part 2: http://youtu.be/Lq5gc8MhivM
Part 3: http://youtu.be/wcDjQcFoMdQ
Part 4: http://youtu.be/hNq8WHGcFjw
Part 5: http://youtu.be/9Kk3o3yJUMw
http://wn.com/The_O'Franken_Factor_-_April_14,_2004_Part4of5_
Al Franken and Katherine Lampher talk about the Move-On contest, "Lies and/or stupid things" and take calls. Al recounts a story about Barbara Bush and her dismissive haughty attitude of him. Original broadcast: April 14, 2004
Part 1: http://youtu.be/yTLLMvy539s
Part 2: http://youtu.be/Lq5gc8MhivM
Part 3: http://youtu.be/wcDjQcFoMdQ
Part 4: http://youtu.be/hNq8WHGcFjw
Part 5: http://youtu.be/9Kk3o3yJUMw
- published: 14 Sep 2012
- views: 21
![The O'Franken Factor -- April 14, 2004 [Part1of5]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130331081420im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/yTLLMvy539s/default.jpg "The O'Franken Factor -- April 14, 2004 [Part1of5]")
The O'Franken Factor -- April 14, 2004 [Part1of5]
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- Duration: 20:11
- Updated: 14 Sep 2012
Al Franken and Katherine Lampher discuss George W Bush' press conference of guile as seen in "W" the movie. Then, its The Oy Oy Oy Show to lighten things up.
Original broadcast: April 14, 2004
Part 1: http://youtu.be/yTLLMvy539s
Part 2: http://youtu.be/Lq5gc8MhivM
Part 3: http://youtu.be/wcDjQcFoMdQ
Part 4: http://youtu.be/hNq8WHGcFjw
Part 5: http://youtu.be/9Kk3o3yJUMw
http://wn.com/The_O'Franken_Factor_-_April_14,_2004_Part1of5_
Al Franken and Katherine Lampher discuss George W Bush' press conference of guile as seen in "W" the movie. Then, its The Oy Oy Oy Show to lighten things up.
Original broadcast: April 14, 2004
Part 1: http://youtu.be/yTLLMvy539s
Part 2: http://youtu.be/Lq5gc8MhivM
Part 3: http://youtu.be/wcDjQcFoMdQ
Part 4: http://youtu.be/hNq8WHGcFjw
Part 5: http://youtu.be/9Kk3o3yJUMw
- published: 14 Sep 2012
- views: 35
Supreme Court Review: Election Year Issues & Highlights of Last Term
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 57:27
- Updated: 08 Nov 2012
Dahlia Lithwick of Slate Magazine presented her views on the Supreme Court's most noteworthy decisions of its recent term, identified emerging trends on the court and looked ahead to the next judicial term.
Speaker Biography: Dahlia Lithwick is a senior editor and legal correspondent at Slate, where she writes the "Supreme Court Dispatches" and "Jurisprudence" columns. She is also a bi-weekly columnist for Newsweek. Her work has appeared in Harper's, The Washington Post, The New Republic and the Ottawa Citizen, among other media outlets. She was a regular guest on "The Al Franken Show" and has been a guest columnist for the op-ed page of The New York Times.
For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5627.
http://wn.com/Supreme_Court_Review_Election_Year_Issues_Highlights_of_Last_Term
Dahlia Lithwick of Slate Magazine presented her views on the Supreme Court's most noteworthy decisions of its recent term, identified emerging trends on the court and looked ahead to the next judicial term.
Speaker Biography: Dahlia Lithwick is a senior editor and legal correspondent at Slate, where she writes the "Supreme Court Dispatches" and "Jurisprudence" columns. She is also a bi-weekly columnist for Newsweek. Her work has appeared in Harper's, The Washington Post, The New Republic and the Ottawa Citizen, among other media outlets. She was a regular guest on "The Al Franken Show" and has been a guest columnist for the op-ed page of The New York Times.
For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5627.
- published: 08 Nov 2012
- views: 177
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SXSW: Senator Al Franken interview
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:26
- Updated: 15 Mar 2011
Watch the Hook HD+ vs. Kindle Fire HD 8.9": http://bit.ly/V6DEGW. Read about both devices here: http://tcrn.ch/YkBmeA
Jason Kincaid talks to Franken about net neutrality, Facebook, and TechCrunch
http://wn.com/SXSW_Senator_Al_Franken_interview
Watch the Hook HD+ vs. Kindle Fire HD 8.9": http://bit.ly/V6DEGW. Read about both devices here: http://tcrn.ch/YkBmeA
Jason Kincaid talks to Franken about net neutrality, Facebook, and TechCrunch
- published: 15 Mar 2011
- views: 590
CNN's Kiran Chetry falsely accuses Al Franken
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:29
- Updated: 23 Mar 2008
Fire Kiran Chetry
Kiran claimed Al Franken (Minnesota Senator Candidate) said "scooter libby should be executed" and then (@4:30) denies she said that.
Keith Olbermann said it best when he said "you can take the anchor out of faux news but you can't take the faux news out of the anchor."
Fire Kiran Chetry CNN, and do it now.
http://wn.com/CNN's_Kiran_Chetry_falsely_accuses_Al_Franken
Fire Kiran Chetry
Kiran claimed Al Franken (Minnesota Senator Candidate) said "scooter libby should be executed" and then (@4:30) denies she said that.
Keith Olbermann said it best when he said "you can take the anchor out of faux news but you can't take the faux news out of the anchor."
Fire Kiran Chetry CNN, and do it now.
- published: 23 Mar 2008
- views: 74791
Al Franken At The White House Correspondents Dinner, 1996 pt1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:56
- Updated: 20 Jun 2012
My favorite story @ 8:45
http://wn.com/Al_Franken_At_The_White_House_Correspondents_Dinner,_1996_pt1
My favorite story @ 8:45
- published: 20 Jun 2012
- views: 4580
Al Franken interview - On The Verge
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- Duration: 15:22
- Updated: 30 Jul 2012
Senator Al Franken talks to The Verge's Nilay Patel about net neutrality, Facebook, privacy, and why he supported supported PIPA.
Watch the full episode at http://on.theverge.com
http://wn.com/Al_Franken_interview_On_The_Verge
Senator Al Franken talks to The Verge's Nilay Patel about net neutrality, Facebook, privacy, and why he supported supported PIPA.
Watch the full episode at http://on.theverge.com
- published: 30 Jul 2012
- views: 3149
Al Franken interviews Brent Mydland of the Grateful Dead
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:01
- Updated: 13 Oct 2007
Backstage during intermission of the Radio City Music Hall show on Halloween 10/31/80. Brent has a hard time playing St. Stephen
http://wn.com/Al_Franken_interviews_Brent_Mydland_of_the_Grateful_Dead
Backstage during intermission of the Radio City Music Hall show on Halloween 10/31/80. Brent has a hard time playing St. Stephen
- published: 13 Oct 2007
- views: 133111
Al Franken vs Bill O'Reilly (Part 1)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:01
- Updated: 24 Dec 2008
Al Franken vs Bill O'Reilly (Part 1)
http://www.alfranken.com
http://wn.com/Al_Franken_vs_Bill_O'Reilly_Part_1
Al Franken vs Bill O'Reilly (Part 1)
http://www.alfranken.com
- published: 24 Dec 2008
- views: 118909
Al Franken Smacks Down Hans von Spakovsky Over Flawed Voter ID Stats
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:00
- Updated: 12 Sep 2011
more at talkingpointsmemo.com
http://wn.com/Al_Franken_Smacks_Down_Hans_von_Spakovsky_Over_Flawed_Voter_ID_Stats
more at talkingpointsmemo.com
- published: 12 Sep 2011
- views: 12177
Al Franken on Howard Stern Radio Show interview 1999 Saturday Night Live
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 45:12
- Updated: 30 Mar 2012
Alan Stuart "Al" Franken (born May 21, 1951) is the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic--Farmer--Labor Party, which affiliates with the national Democratic Party. Franken achieved note as a writer and performer for the television show Saturday Night Live from its conception in 1975 before moving to writing and acting in films and television shows. He then became a political commentator, author of five books and host of a nationally syndicated radio show on the Air America Radio network.
In 2008, Franken narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman, by 312 votes, after a mandatory statewide manual recount. Coleman contested the outcome in court, but the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously upheld Franken's victory on June 30, 2009. Franken was sworn in to the Senate on July 7, 2009
http://wn.com/Al_Franken_on_Howard_Stern_Radio_Show_interview_1999_Saturday_Night_Live
Alan Stuart "Al" Franken (born May 21, 1951) is the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic--Farmer--Labor Party, which affiliates with the national Democratic Party. Franken achieved note as a writer and performer for the television show Saturday Night Live from its conception in 1975 before moving to writing and acting in films and television shows. He then became a political commentator, author of five books and host of a nationally syndicated radio show on the Air America Radio network.
In 2008, Franken narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman, by 312 votes, after a mandatory statewide manual recount. Coleman contested the outcome in court, but the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously upheld Franken's victory on June 30, 2009. Franken was sworn in to the Senate on July 7, 2009
- published: 30 Mar 2012
- views: 13920
Franken Talks Down Angry Mob
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:59
- Updated: 03 Sep 2009
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I got to witness something really special. About a dozen tea party activists had staked out Sen. Al Franken's booth, and confronted him loudly when he arrived. But within minutes, he'd turned an unruly crowd into a productive conversation on health care. The discussion went from insurance reform, to the public option, to veterans benefits, to cap and trade. He made a few laugh and even told a touching story that moved a few to tears. A whole lot of common ground was found.
Read more at DUSTYTRICE.COM
Follow me on Twitter: @DustyTrice
http://wn.com/Franken_Talks_Down_Angry_Mob
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I got to witness something really special. About a dozen tea party activists had staked out Sen. Al Franken's booth, and confronted him loudly when he arrived. But within minutes, he'd turned an unruly crowd into a productive conversation on health care. The discussion went from insurance reform, to the public option, to veterans benefits, to cap and trade. He made a few laugh and even told a touching story that moved a few to tears. A whole lot of common ground was found.
Read more at DUSTYTRICE.COM
Follow me on Twitter: @DustyTrice
- published: 03 Sep 2009
- views: 803274
Al Franken Challenges Ann Coulter on Slanting the Truth
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:30
- Updated: 01 Aug 2007
For the full Forum conversation visit http://www.theforumchannel.tv/
Ann Coulter and Al Franken discuss the validity of Ann's sources at The Connecticut Forum in Hartford on May 14, 2004.
Please subscribe for updates.
Learn more about The Connecticut Forum and upcoming events at www.ctforum.org
See FULL FORUMS at www.theforumchannel.tv
http://wn.com/Al_Franken_Challenges_Ann_Coulter_on_Slanting_the_Truth
For the full Forum conversation visit http://www.theforumchannel.tv/
Ann Coulter and Al Franken discuss the validity of Ann's sources at The Connecticut Forum in Hartford on May 14, 2004.
Please subscribe for updates.
Learn more about The Connecticut Forum and upcoming events at www.ctforum.org
See FULL FORUMS at www.theforumchannel.tv
- published: 01 Aug 2007
- views: 764159
Al Franken dissects Fox News Report
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:04
- Updated: 04 Nov 2011
http://problack.net/thats-right/al-franken/
http://wn.com/Al_Franken_dissects_Fox_News_Report
http://problack.net/thats-right/al-franken/
- published: 04 Nov 2011
- views: 3098
Franken v. Davis
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:01
- Updated: 16 Sep 2006
Al Franken skewers Lanny Davis for his letter to the Wall Street Journal accusing liberals, Kos, and other bloggers of anti-Semitism
http://wn.com/Franken_v_Davis
Al Franken skewers Lanny Davis for his letter to the Wall Street Journal accusing liberals, Kos, and other bloggers of anti-Semitism
- published: 16 Sep 2006
- views: 110992
Senator Al Franken VS. Senator John Thune 12-14-09
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:31
- Updated: 15 Dec 2009
Franken goes after Thune on distorting the facts on health care. Majority of health benefits kick in immediately, not in 1800 days. Franken is vivid in his oratory expression of the misleading facts and charts that Thune presented in debate on the Senate floor.
http://wn.com/Senator_Al_Franken_VS_Senator_John_Thune_12-14-09
Franken goes after Thune on distorting the facts on health care. Majority of health benefits kick in immediately, not in 1800 days. Franken is vivid in his oratory expression of the misleading facts and charts that Thune presented in debate on the Senate floor.
- published: 15 Dec 2009
- views: 8955
Al Franken interview (2005)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:00
- Updated: 10 Sep 2008
A chat with Al Franken about the political landscape and his plans to run for office.
For more, watch PCTV online at http://parkcity.tv
http://wn.com/Al_Franken_interview_2005
A chat with Al Franken about the political landscape and his plans to run for office.
For more, watch PCTV online at http://parkcity.tv
- published: 10 Sep 2008
- views: 244
Jerry Garcia Interview by Al Franken
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:11
- Updated: 19 May 2007
Jerry's Kids - interview of Jerry Garcia by Al Franken during the intermission of the 10-31-80 Radio City Music Hall concert. Help Jerry's Kids and win his finger by donating the most money.
http://wn.com/Jerry_Garcia_Interview_by_Al_Franken
Jerry's Kids - interview of Jerry Garcia by Al Franken during the intermission of the 10-31-80 Radio City Music Hall concert. Help Jerry's Kids and win his finger by donating the most money.
- published: 19 May 2007
- views: 98405
Franken Destroys Focus On The Family Witness
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:19
- Updated: 20 Jul 2011
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/07/20/274032/franken-destoys-focus-on-the-family-witness-exposes-misuse-of-hhs-study/
http://wn.com/Franken_Destroys_Focus_On_The_Family_Witness
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/07/20/274032/franken-destoys-focus-on-the-family-witness-exposes-misuse-of-hhs-study/
- published: 20 Jul 2011
- views: 476778
Senator Al Franken's Speech at the 2012 CA Democratic Convention
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 36:03
- Updated: 12 Feb 2012
Al Franken speaks to the delegates at the 2012 CA Democratic Convention
http://wn.com/Senator_Al_Franken's_Speech_at_the_2012_CA_Democratic_Convention
Al Franken speaks to the delegates at the 2012 CA Democratic Convention
- published: 12 Feb 2012
- views: 5291
TC Jewfolk's Interview with U.S. Senator Al Franken
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:54
- Updated: 06 Mar 2012
TC Jewfolk's Interview with U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-MN). 3/4/2012.
http://wn.com/TC_Jewfolk's_Interview_with_US_Senator_Al_Franken
TC Jewfolk's Interview with U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-MN). 3/4/2012.
- published: 06 Mar 2012
- views: 423
Al Franken on Letterman 9.1.06 Part 1 of 3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:39
- Updated: 03 Sep 2006
Part 1 of Al Franken on the Late Show with David Letterman September 1, 2006.
http://wn.com/Al_Franken_on_Letterman_9106_Part_1_of_3
Part 1 of Al Franken on the Late Show with David Letterman September 1, 2006.
- published: 03 Sep 2006
- views: 41039
Interview with Senator Al Franken
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:16
- Updated: 08 Sep 2011
http://wn.com/Interview_with_Senator_Al_Franken
- published: 08 Sep 2011
- views: 596
Does Al Franken even know what was in the health-care bill he voted for? Um..nope
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:25
- Updated: 22 Mar 2010
OBAMA ZOMBIES. Order: http://tiny.cc/fnkaw
http://wn.com/Does_Al_Franken_even_know_what_was_in_the_health-care_bill_he_voted_for?_Umnope
OBAMA ZOMBIES. Order: http://tiny.cc/fnkaw
- published: 22 Mar 2010
- views: 198747
CNN's Kiran Chetry interviews Al Franken
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:50
- Updated: 15 Mar 2008
CNN's 'American Morning's Kiran Chetry interviews Al Franken, former SNL cast member and candidate for Senate from Minnesota. 03/14/08
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CNN's 'American Morning's Kiran Chetry interviews Al Franken, former SNL cast member and candidate for Senate from Minnesota. 03/14/08
Comments has been turned off due to viewers inability to post comments that were not rude and obscene. 07/20/08
- published: 15 Mar 2008
- views: 15032
Suab Hmong News: Exclusive Interviewed Senator Al Franken
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:58
- Updated: 06 Jul 2012
Richard Wanglue, News Anchor for SHIBC News, interviewed Senator Franken at the 32nd Annual Hmong Freedom Celebration on July 1, 2012 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Senator Franken talked about his trip to Laos to visit the Hmong Refugee camp back in 2010.
Videography: Maylee Vang
Reporter: Richard Wanglue
Edited: Richard Wanglue
Inquire on this video, contact us at SHIBC@LIVE.COM
http://wn.com/Suab_Hmong_News_Exclusive_Interviewed_Senator_Al_Franken
Richard Wanglue, News Anchor for SHIBC News, interviewed Senator Franken at the 32nd Annual Hmong Freedom Celebration on July 1, 2012 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Senator Franken talked about his trip to Laos to visit the Hmong Refugee camp back in 2010.
Videography: Maylee Vang
Reporter: Richard Wanglue
Edited: Richard Wanglue
Inquire on this video, contact us at SHIBC@LIVE.COM
- published: 06 Jul 2012
- views: 975
36:03
Senator Al Franken's Speech at the 2012 CA Democratic Convention
Al Franken speaks to the delegates at the 2012 CA Democratic Convention...
published: 12 Feb 2012
Senator Al Franken's Speech at the 2012 CA Democratic Convention
Al Franken speaks to the delegates at the 2012 CA Democratic Convention
- published: 12 Feb 2012
- views: 5291
45:12
Al Franken on Howard Stern Radio Show interview 1999 Saturday Night Live
Alan Stuart "Al" Franken (born May 21, 1951) is the junior United States Senator from Minn...
published: 30 Mar 2012
Al Franken on Howard Stern Radio Show interview 1999 Saturday Night Live
Alan Stuart "Al" Franken (born May 21, 1951) is the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic--Farmer--Labor Party, which affiliates with the national Democratic Party. Franken achieved note as a writer and performer for the television show Saturday Night Live from its conception in 1975 before moving to writing and acting in films and television shows. He then became a political commentator, author of five books and host of a nationally syndicated radio show on the Air America Radio network.
In 2008, Franken narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman, by 312 votes, after a mandatory statewide manual recount. Coleman contested the outcome in court, but the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously upheld Franken's victory on June 30, 2009. Franken was sworn in to the Senate on July 7, 2009
- published: 30 Mar 2012
- views: 13920
95:51
One More Saturday Night
Senator Al Franken stars a loser rocker who turns sleepy St. Cloud Minnesota on its ear in...
published: 25 Jun 2009
One More Saturday Night
Senator Al Franken stars a loser rocker who turns sleepy St. Cloud Minnesota on its ear in this teen movie parody.
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- published: 25 Jun 2009
- views: 3441
31:01
Sen. Franken Floor Statement on Tax and Economic Policy
U.S. Sen. Al Franken told his Senate colleagues that Congress must abandon ideological fig...
published: 26 Sep 2012
Sen. Franken Floor Statement on Tax and Economic Policy
U.S. Sen. Al Franken told his Senate colleagues that Congress must abandon ideological fights and move toward a balanced approach to cutting deficits, creating jobs, and investing in economic growth if it hopes to overcome the huge economic challenges facing the nation.
- published: 26 Sep 2012
- views: 314
25:00
Franken: FCC Net Neutrality Plan "Flawed"
U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to ma...
published: 21 Dec 2010
Franken: FCC Net Neutrality Plan "Flawed"
U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to make significant changes to its proposal on net neutrality before it takes its vote on Tuesday. Friday on the Senate floor he spoke to that issue and also asked the FCC to ensure that its vote on allowing the NBC-Comcast merger to move forward does not take place the week between Christmas and New Year's but instead during a time when Americans will have time to focus on the merger and its potential implications. "The FCC has made public its plans to act on its flawed net neutrality proposal this coming Tuesday," said Sen. Franken. "I sincerely hope that the FCC will make significant improvements before then, and that each of the Commissioners will think long and hard before they vote to approve a proposal that could actually make things worse for all Americans."
- published: 21 Dec 2010
- views: 13588
28:47
Sen Franken's Economic Truth (With Charts, Graphs And Pictures)
Sen Franken's Economic Truth (With Charts, Graphs And Pictures) from The UpTake. Like this...
published: 21 Sep 2012
Sen Franken's Economic Truth (With Charts, Graphs And Pictures)
Sen Franken's Economic Truth (With Charts, Graphs And Pictures) from The UpTake. Like this? Watch the latest episode of The UpTake on Blip! http://blip.tv/the-uptake/watch
US Senator Al Franken explains very clearly how the US has historically solved economic problems, why we are in our current mess and what we need to do to get out of it. Speaking just before the Senate adjourns for the fall elections Senator Franken said "Our economy is still not yet fully recovered from a devastating recession, and the prospects for our middle class remain uncertain. Meanwhile, our budget remains sorely out of balance, and our long-term debt crisis is putting our nation?s fiscal future at risk." "We?re not going to get anywhere if we can?t agree that, yes, the government does have a role to play in helping the private sector create jobs. And, no, you can?t cut the deficit by cutting taxes. And, yes, we are going to have to both raise revenue and reduce spending if we want a balanced budget. And, no, asking the wealthy to pay a little more won?t drive us back into a recession."
See all episodes of The UpTake http://blip.tv/the-uptake#EpisodeArchive
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- published: 21 Sep 2012
- views: 651
27:55
Senator Al Franken on investment Rating Agencies
State of the Union review and Senator Al Frankens bill to regulate investment rating Agenc...
published: 15 Feb 2013
Senator Al Franken on investment Rating Agencies
State of the Union review and Senator Al Frankens bill to regulate investment rating Agencies.
- published: 15 Feb 2013
- views: 18
65:56
On The Verge - Senator Al Franken, Mary Jo Foley, Chipocrite, episode 008
We switched things up for this episode of On The Verge: Nilay took a trip to Washington DC...
published: 30 Jul 2012
On The Verge - Senator Al Franken, Mary Jo Foley, Chipocrite, episode 008
We switched things up for this episode of On The Verge: Nilay took a trip to Washington DC to interview Senator Al Franken. Like Nilay Patel, the Senator has strong opinions on net neutrality and privacy. Unlike Nilay Patel, he can remain calm when explaining the issue to a room full of Senators.
Next, Mary Jo Foley stopped by the studio to talk to Josh, Nilay, and Paul abut all things Microsoft. She pulled no punches when talking about Surface, Ballmer, and Linux. Mary Jo believes that Windows Phone users "think different," but we can't help but feel like we've heard that somewhere before.
We also heard music from Chipocrite, checked in with Dieter at the Google Fiber launch in Kansas City, and invented a new game show that is totally unique in every way. Seriously, we didn't just rip off Jeopardy.
Watch full episodes of On The Verge at http://on.theverge.com
- published: 30 Jul 2012
- views: 13740
140:42
Accretive Health Target Of Franken Senate Hearing- Full Video
Accretive Health's Senior Vice President apologizes for trying to collect money from patie...
published: 01 Jun 2012
Accretive Health Target Of Franken Senate Hearing- Full Video
Accretive Health's Senior Vice President apologizes for trying to collect money from patients while they are in the emergency room. The apology comes during a US Senate field hearing in Minnesota chaired by Senator Al Franken and was prompted by an investigation by Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson.
- published: 01 Jun 2012
- views: 262
37:40
Keynote: Senator Al Franken @ Summit09
Video of keynote speaker Senator Al Franken (D-MN) in conversation with musician Mike Mill...
published: 31 Jan 2012
Keynote: Senator Al Franken @ Summit09
Video of keynote speaker Senator Al Franken (D-MN) in conversation with musician Mike Mills, discussing net neutrality and open Internet at Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit 2009.
The presentation was recorded on October 5, 2009 in Washington, DC at Georgetown University during Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit 2009.
Event website: http://futureofmusic.org/events/future-music-policy-summit-2009
Every contribution, no matter how big or small, brings us closer to a future when musicians will be fairly compensated for their work, and fans will have access to the music they love. We need your help. Giving online is easy. Please donate today: https://futureofmusic.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id;=1
- published: 31 Jan 2012
- views: 52
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Al Franken
"I think Americans admire what Israel has done through its history and what it’s become an...
published: 21 Jun 2011
author: AIPAC
Al Franken
"I think Americans admire what Israel has done through its history and what it’s become and so the incredible economic gains they’ve made and what they’ve done with the State in terms of you know medical research and other kinds of economics and scientific achievements that you know it’s really an unbelievable inspiring story."
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Al Franken wedding toast
Al Franken explains the traditional breaking of the glass at Ben and Beth's wedding recept...
published: 28 Nov 2007
author: Ben Wikler
Al Franken wedding toast
Al Franken explains the traditional breaking of the glass at Ben and Beth's wedding reception.
2:12
Al Franken: God Spoke
Documetary by Chris Hegedus and Nick Doob....
published: 24 Apr 2008
author: Walker Lamond
Al Franken: God Spoke
Documetary by Chris Hegedus and Nick Doob.
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25:33
Sen. Al Franken Defends FCC Net Neutrality Rules
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) spoke out for Net Neutrality at a Senate debate on the resolutio...
published: 14 Nov 2011
Sen. Al Franken Defends FCC Net Neutrality Rules
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) spoke out for Net Neutrality at a Senate debate on the resolution of disapproval of the FCC's Net Neutrality rules.
The debate was held on Nov. 9, 2011.Thanks to CSPAN for the footage.
For more information about Internet freedom and Net Neutrality, go to www.savetheinternet.com
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 229
145:35
Al Franken vs The iPhone-Full Hearing
Senator Al Franken convenes a hearing looking at mobile devices and privacy. Franken notes...
published: 11 May 2011
Al Franken vs The iPhone-Full Hearing
Senator Al Franken convenes a hearing looking at mobile devices and privacy. Franken notes that buinesses don't have to follow the same rules on privacy as the government does, and that can be troubling now that mobile phones can track your every move.
- published: 11 May 2011
- views: 2473
23:00
Sen. Al Franken: Middle Class is In Trouble
"The American middle class is in trouble" says
Senator Al Franken as gives the keynote ...
published: 07 Aug 2011
Sen. Al Franken: Middle Class is In Trouble
"The American middle class is in trouble" says
Senator Al Franken as gives the keynote address at Netroots Nation 2011, which was held in his home state of Minnesota. He talks about the importance of net neutrality, Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale, Paul Wellstone, health care, education, fair wages, housing, economic security, justice
- published: 07 Aug 2011
- views: 570
36:35
Sen. Franken's Field Hearing on Patient Privacy and Consumer Protection First Panel
Panel 1:
• The Honorable Lori Swanson, Attorney General of the State of Minnesota, St. Pau...
published: 04 Jun 2012
Sen. Franken's Field Hearing on Patient Privacy and Consumer Protection First Panel
Panel 1:
• The Honorable Lori Swanson, Attorney General of the State of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
• The Honorable Michael Rothman, Commissioner of Commerce of the State of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
- published: 04 Jun 2012
- views: 133
9:26
SXSW: Senator Al Franken interview
Watch the Hook HD+ vs. Kindle Fire HD 8.9": http://bit.ly/V6DEGW. Read about both devices ...
published: 15 Mar 2011
SXSW: Senator Al Franken interview
Watch the Hook HD+ vs. Kindle Fire HD 8.9": http://bit.ly/V6DEGW. Read about both devices here: http://tcrn.ch/YkBmeA
Jason Kincaid talks to Franken about net neutrality, Facebook, and TechCrunch
- published: 15 Mar 2011
- views: 590
8:29
CNN's Kiran Chetry falsely accuses Al Franken
Fire Kiran Chetry
Kiran claimed Al Franken (Minnesota Senator Candidate) said "scooter ...
published: 23 Mar 2008
CNN's Kiran Chetry falsely accuses Al Franken
Fire Kiran Chetry
Kiran claimed Al Franken (Minnesota Senator Candidate) said "scooter libby should be executed" and then (@4:30) denies she said that.
Keith Olbermann said it best when he said "you can take the anchor out of faux news but you can't take the faux news out of the anchor."
Fire Kiran Chetry CNN, and do it now.
- published: 23 Mar 2008
- views: 74791
15:22
Al Franken interview - On The Verge
Senator Al Franken talks to The Verge's Nilay Patel about net neutrality, Facebook, privac...
published: 30 Jul 2012
Al Franken interview - On The Verge
Senator Al Franken talks to The Verge's Nilay Patel about net neutrality, Facebook, privacy, and why he supported supported PIPA.
Watch the full episode at http://on.theverge.com
- published: 30 Jul 2012
- views: 3149
2:01
Al Franken interviews Brent Mydland of the Grateful Dead
Backstage during intermission of the Radio City Music Hall show on Halloween 10/31/80. Br...
published: 13 Oct 2007
Al Franken interviews Brent Mydland of the Grateful Dead
Backstage during intermission of the Radio City Music Hall show on Halloween 10/31/80. Brent has a hard time playing St. Stephen
- published: 13 Oct 2007
- views: 133111
45:12
Al Franken on Howard Stern Radio Show interview 1999 Saturday Night Live
Alan Stuart "Al" Franken (born May 21, 1951) is the junior United States Senator from Minn...
published: 30 Mar 2012
Al Franken on Howard Stern Radio Show interview 1999 Saturday Night Live
Alan Stuart "Al" Franken (born May 21, 1951) is the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic--Farmer--Labor Party, which affiliates with the national Democratic Party. Franken achieved note as a writer and performer for the television show Saturday Night Live from its conception in 1975 before moving to writing and acting in films and television shows. He then became a political commentator, author of five books and host of a nationally syndicated radio show on the Air America Radio network.
In 2008, Franken narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman, by 312 votes, after a mandatory statewide manual recount. Coleman contested the outcome in court, but the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously upheld Franken's victory on June 30, 2009. Franken was sworn in to the Senate on July 7, 2009
- published: 30 Mar 2012
- views: 13920
9:59
Franken Talks Down Angry Mob
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published: 03 Sep 2009
Franken Talks Down Angry Mob
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I got to witness something really special. About a dozen tea party activists had staked out Sen. Al Franken's booth, and confronted him loudly when he arrived. But within minutes, he'd turned an unruly crowd into a productive conversation on health care. The discussion went from insurance reform, to the public option, to veterans benefits, to cap and trade. He made a few laugh and even told a touching story that moved a few to tears. A whole lot of common ground was found.
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- published: 03 Sep 2009
- views: 803274
7:30
Al Franken Challenges Ann Coulter on Slanting the Truth
For the full Forum conversation visit http://www.theforumchannel.tv/
Ann Coulter and Al F...
published: 01 Aug 2007
Al Franken Challenges Ann Coulter on Slanting the Truth
For the full Forum conversation visit http://www.theforumchannel.tv/
Ann Coulter and Al Franken discuss the validity of Ann's sources at The Connecticut Forum in Hartford on May 14, 2004.
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Learn more about The Connecticut Forum and upcoming events at www.ctforum.org
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- published: 01 Aug 2007
- views: 764159
6:01
Franken v. Davis
Al Franken skewers Lanny Davis for his letter to the Wall Street Journal accusing liberals...
published: 16 Sep 2006
Franken v. Davis
Al Franken skewers Lanny Davis for his letter to the Wall Street Journal accusing liberals, Kos, and other bloggers of anti-Semitism
- published: 16 Sep 2006
- views: 110992
10:31
Senator Al Franken VS. Senator John Thune 12-14-09
Franken goes after Thune on distorting the facts on health care. Majority of health benef...
published: 15 Dec 2009
Senator Al Franken VS. Senator John Thune 12-14-09
Franken goes after Thune on distorting the facts on health care. Majority of health benefits kick in immediately, not in 1800 days. Franken is vivid in his oratory expression of the misleading facts and charts that Thune presented in debate on the Senate floor.
- published: 15 Dec 2009
- views: 8955
8:00
Al Franken interview (2005)
A chat with Al Franken about the political landscape and his plans to run for office.
F...
published: 10 Sep 2008
Al Franken interview (2005)
A chat with Al Franken about the political landscape and his plans to run for office.
For more, watch PCTV online at http://parkcity.tv
- published: 10 Sep 2008
- views: 244
Vimeo results:
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Al Franken
"I think Americans admire what Israel has done through its history and what it’s become an...
published: 21 Jun 2011
author: AIPAC
Al Franken
"I think Americans admire what Israel has done through its history and what it’s become and so the incredible economic gains they’ve made and what they’ve done with the State in terms of you know medical research and other kinds of economics and scientific achievements that you know it’s really an unbelievable inspiring story."
0:00
Al Franken wedding toast
Al Franken explains the traditional breaking of the glass at Ben and Beth's wedding recept...
published: 28 Nov 2007
author: Ben Wikler
Al Franken wedding toast
Al Franken explains the traditional breaking of the glass at Ben and Beth's wedding reception.
2:12
Al Franken: God Spoke
Documetary by Chris Hegedus and Nick Doob....
published: 24 Apr 2008
author: Walker Lamond
Al Franken: God Spoke
Documetary by Chris Hegedus and Nick Doob.
Youtube results:
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Jerry Garcia Interview by Al Franken
Jerry's Kids - interview of Jerry Garcia by Al Franken during the intermission of the 10-3...
published: 19 May 2007
Jerry Garcia Interview by Al Franken
Jerry's Kids - interview of Jerry Garcia by Al Franken during the intermission of the 10-31-80 Radio City Music Hall concert. Help Jerry's Kids and win his finger by donating the most money.
- published: 19 May 2007
- views: 98405
2:19
Franken Destroys Focus On The Family Witness
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/07/20/274032/franken-destoys-focus-on-the-family-witnes...
published: 20 Jul 2011
Franken Destroys Focus On The Family Witness
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/07/20/274032/franken-destoys-focus-on-the-family-witness-exposes-misuse-of-hhs-study/
- published: 20 Jul 2011
- views: 476778
36:03
Senator Al Franken's Speech at the 2012 CA Democratic Convention
Al Franken speaks to the delegates at the 2012 CA Democratic Convention...
published: 12 Feb 2012
Senator Al Franken's Speech at the 2012 CA Democratic Convention
Al Franken speaks to the delegates at the 2012 CA Democratic Convention
- published: 12 Feb 2012
- views: 5291
3:54
TC Jewfolk's Interview with U.S. Senator Al Franken
TC Jewfolk's Interview with U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-MN). 3/4/2012....
published: 06 Mar 2012
TC Jewfolk's Interview with U.S. Senator Al Franken
TC Jewfolk's Interview with U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-MN). 3/4/2012.
- published: 06 Mar 2012
- views: 423
photo: US Army / Edward N. Johnson
30 Mar 2013
SEOUL . North Korea on Saturday declared it was in a “state of war” with South Korea and warned Seoul and Washington that any provocation would swiftly escalate into an all-out nuclear conflict. The United States said it took the announcement “seriously”, but noted it followed a familiar pattern, while South Korea largely dismissed it as an old threat dressed in new clothing ... - AFP. ....(size: 4.4Kb)
photo: AP / Post Courier
30 Mar 2013
A woman is beaten, tortured and set on fire in a public square, in Papua New Guinea , on Feb. 7, 2013. The woman is accused of being a witch by an angry mob, who bound, tortured and set her ablaze in view of hundreds of horrified spectators, a number of them were children. The woman's murder was photographed by some of the bystanders ... Woman burned alive ... Woman accused of witchcraft is burned alive in public flogging. Photo credit. ... ....(size: 5.0Kb)
photo: US Navy / Senior Chief MCS Spike Call
29 Mar 2013
MOSCOW, March 29 (RIA Novosti) – Russia cautioned against aggressive posturing in response to increasingly bellicose North Korean rhetoric on Friday, saying that it could spiral into violence ... Lavrov did not single out any specific country, but urged all sides involved in the Korean standoff to refrain from muscle-flexing ... ....(size: 1.8Kb)
photo: AP / Shin Young-keun, Yonhap
28 Mar 2013
The U.S. military says it dispatched war planes to the Korean peninsula as a show of deterrence directed at North Korea. The strategic B-2 bombers flew 20,000 kilometers non-stop Thursday from an air force base in the central U.S. to an island off the southwestern coast of the Korean peninsula before returning to their home base. The mission was held amid increasing threats by North Korea against South Korea and the United States ... Ms ... ....(size: 2.4Kb)
Huffington Post
30 Mar 2013
Al Franken CD Release Party for "The O'Franken Factor Factor. The Very Best of the O'Franken Factor". Rachel Maddow (Photo by Robin Platzer/FilmMagic)Al Franken CD Release Party for "The O'Franken Factor Factor. The Very Best of the O'Franken Factor". Kyle Jason, Rachel Maddow and Al Franken during Al Franken CD Release Party for 'The O'Franken Factor Factor....(size: 9.5Kb)
Wall Street Journal
29 Mar 2013
And those seniors like it ... The latter include both Senators from New York (Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand), Colorado (Mark Udall and Michael Bennet), Minnesota (Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar) and Oregon (Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley). Aficianados of irony may recall that Messrs. Franken and Bennet were among the leading supporters of the so-called "public option"—traditional Medicare for every American—during the ObamaCare debate ... ....(size: 3.3Kb)
Forbes
27 Mar 2013
If you’re on Facebook, there’s a lot of red on your screen today. And a bunch of equal signs as well ... In my view, that eagerness expressed itself in two ways ... Senators Chris Coons, Al Franken, Mazie Hirono, Frank Lautenberg, Bob Menendez, Chris Murphy, Patty Murray, Bernie Sanders, Brian Schatz, Jeanne Shaheen, Jon Tester, Mark Warner and Elizabeth Warren, as well as celebrities like George Takei, Tegan & Sara and Lance Bass....(size: 2.0Kb)
Huffington Post
27 Mar 2013
"There is an immediate legal injury and that's the voice of these children," he said ... The voice of those children is important in this case, don't you think?" ... Click here for more coverage of the Prop 8 hearing. Loading Slideshow. Jan. 3, 2000 ... Sept ... Al Franken ... Al Franken (D-Minn.) said he hoped that the Supreme Court would join the growing public support for marriage equality and strike down Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act. ... ....(size: 11.0Kb)
The Examiner
27 Mar 2013
The campaign spread to Twitter, as well.View slideshow. HRC Equals Meme. The HRC's logo actually features a yellow equal sign in a blue box ... Senators Chris Coons, Al Franken, Mazie Hirono, Frank Lautenberg, Bob Menendez, Chris Murphy, Patty Murray, Bernie Sanders, Brian Schatz, Jean Shaheen, Jon Tester, Mark Warner and Elizabeth Warren, as well as celebrities like Sophia Bush, Lance Bass, Tegan and Sara, and George Takei ... Tweet. 0 Email ... ....(size: 5.4Kb)
MSNBC
26 Mar 2013
noodls
26 Mar 2013
(Source. USA Wrestling) Resolution urging IOC to Keep Wrestling In the Olympic Games clears the U.S. Senate. By Senator Sherrod Brown press release. 03/26/2013 ... WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S ... The bipartisan resolution, introduced by U.S. Sen ... The resolution was cosponsored by Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Al Franken (D-MN), Bob Casey (D-PA), Tom Harkin (D-IA), James Inhofe (R-OK), Carl Levin (D-MI), Lisa Murkowski(R-AK), and Roy Blunt (R-MO) ... Rep....(size: 4.2Kb)
noodls
26 Mar 2013
(Source. State of Minnesota). March 26, 2013 ... Mr. Lillehaug will replace Justice Paul Anderson, who will be retiring from the Bench at the end of May ... About the appointment, Governor Dayton said.. "Mr ... Lillehaug served as Senator Al Franken's chief Minnesota counsel in the recount following his US Senate contest with Senator Norm Coleman. When faced with my own recount after the 2010 gubernatorial election, I also turned to Mr ... "Mr ... Mr....(size: 4.6Kb)
Business Journal
26 Mar 2013
Jim Hammerand Staff reporter- Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal Email . Twitter . Facebook. Minneapolis attorney Dave Lillehaug will be named to the Minnesota Supreme Court by Gov. Mark Dayton today, the Star Tribune reports ... Lillehaug was one of three finalists for the vacancy. Lillehaug graduated from Augustana College and then Harvard Law School ... Al Franken in the 2008 recount against former Sen ... Sign Up Now ... ....(size: 6.4Kb)
Business Journal
26 Mar 2013
Jim Hammerand Staff reporter- Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal Email . Twitter . Facebook. Named to the Minnesota Supreme Court by Gov. Mark Dayton, DFL lawyer David Lillehaug helped Dayton fend of a recount challenge in 2010 and Sen. Al Franken do the same in 2008 ... "I will swear a solemn oath to do that, and I will do that." ... He also said he wouldn't be the first lawyer to leave "the world of advocacy." ... ....(size: 6.9Kb)
Huffington Post
25 Mar 2013
Al Franken CD Release Party for "The O'Franken Factor Factor. The Very Best of the O'Franken Factor". Rachel Maddow (Photo by Robin Platzer/FilmMagic)Al Franken CD Release Party for "The O'Franken Factor Factor. The Very Best of the O'Franken Factor". Kyle Jason, Rachel Maddow and Al Franken during Al Franken CD Release Party for 'The O'Franken Factor Factor....(size: 9.6Kb)
MSNBC
25 Mar 2013
Duluth, MN (NNCNOW.com) - Postal workers in Duluth and across the country delivered a message Sunday. They want to stamp out a plan to eliminate Saturday service ... But postal workers and supporters say the move would be counter-productive ... Representatives from Senator Al Franken and Representative Rick Nolan's offices were in attendance to give their support to the workers ... ....(size: 1.8Kb)
The Washington Times
25 Mar 2013
Follow @TomHowellJr. Recent Entries. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio is touting bipartisan efforts to keep wrestling as an Olympic sport ... Sens. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, Al Franken, Minnesota Democrat, Bob Casey Jr., Pennsylvania Democrat, Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat, James Inhofe, Oklahoma Republican, Carl Levin, Michigan Democrat, Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Republican, and Roy Blunt, Missouri Republican, co-sponsored the resolution. Rep....(size: 2.6Kb)
| Al Franken | |
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| United States Senator from Minnesota |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office July 7, 2009[1] Serving with Amy Klobuchar |
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| Preceded by | Norm Coleman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alan Stuart Franken (1951-05-21) May 21, 1951 (age 61) New York City, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic–Farmer–Labor |
| Spouse(s) | Franni Bryson Franken |
| Children | Thomasin Joe |
| Residence | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Alma mater | Harvard College (A.B.) |
| Occupation | U.S. Senator, comedian, actor, author, screenwriter, political commentator, politician, and radio host |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Signature |  |
| Website | franken.senate.gov Campaign website |
Alan Stuart "Al" Franken (born May 21, 1951) is the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, which affiliates with the national Democratic Party.
Franken achieved note as a writer and performer for the television show Saturday Night Live from its conception in 1975 before moving to writing and acting in films and television shows. He then became a political commentator, author of five books and host of a nationally syndicated radio show on the Air America Radio network.
In 2008, Franken narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman, by 312 votes, after a mandatory statewide manual recount. Coleman contested the outcome in court,[2] but the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously upheld Franken's victory on June 30, 2009.[3] Franken was sworn in to the Senate on July 7, 2009.[4][5]
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Early life and family[link]
Franken was born in New York City. His mother, Phoebe G. (née Kunst), was a homemaker and real estate agent, and his father, Joseph P. Franken, was a printing salesman. The family later moved to St. Louis Park, a suburb near Minneapolis.[6] Franken had a Jewish upbringing.[7] His paternal grandparents were immigrants from Germany, and his mother's family was from Russia.[8] His older brother Owen is a photojournalist; MSNBC's Bob Franken is his cousin.[9] Franken graduated in 1969 from The Blake School, where he was on the wrestling team. He attended Harvard College and graduated with an A.B. cum laude in 1973 in political science.[10]
Franken met his wife, Franni Bryson, in his first year of college. In 2005, they moved back to Minnesota and reside in Minneapolis.[11] They have two children: daughter Thomasin (born 1981) has degrees from Harvard and the French Culinary Institute and is a former elementary school teacher turned "food educator and private chef";[12] son Joe (born 1984) holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Princeton.
[edit] Saturday Night Live
Franken began his performing career in high school at The Blake School, where he and long-time writing partner Tom Davis were known for their humor. Franken honed his writing and performing skills at Minneapolis' Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop theater, specializing in political satire. He and Davis soon found themselves in "a life of near-total failure on the fringes of show business in Los Angeles."[13]
Franken and Davis were recruited as two of the original writers (and occasional performers) on Saturday Night Live (1975–1980, 1985–1995). In the latter period, only Franken returned as a performer, while Davis usually stayed behind the camera.
In Season 1 of SNL, as apprentice writers, the two shared a salary of $350 per week. Franken, who received seven Emmy nominations and three Emmy Awards for his television writing and producing, created such characters as self-help guru Stuart Smalley and such routines as proclaiming the 1980s to be the "Al Franken Decade." Franken was associated with SNL for over 15 years and, in 2002, interviewed former Vice President Al Gore while in character as Smalley. Franken and Davis wrote the script to the 1986 comedy film One More Saturday Night, appearing in it as rock singers in a band called "Bad Mouth". They also appeared in cameo roles in The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash and in the Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd film Trading Places.
Franken's most notorious SNL performance may have been "A Limo for the Lame-O," a commentary he delivered near the end of the 1979–80 season during a Weekend Update segment. Franken mocked controversial NBC president Fred Silverman as "a total unequivocal failure" and displayed a chart showing the poor ratings of NBC programs. Franken proclaimed that Silverman did not deserve a limousine. As a result of this sketch, Silverman refused Lorne Michaels' request that Franken succeed him as SNL's head producer, prompting Franken to leave the show when Michaels did, at the end of the 1979–80 season.[14] Franken later returned to the show in 1985, mostly as a writer, but also as an occasional performer best known for the Stuart Smalley character. He acknowledged using cocaine while working for Saturday Night Live but says he no longer uses any illegal drugs.[15] Franken left the show in 1995 in protest over losing the role of Weekend Update anchor to Norm Macdonald.[16]
[edit] Post-SNL
Franken is the author of five New York Times best-selling books, three of which reached #1, including Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations.
USO service[link]
Franken has served as a volunteer with the United Service Organizations since he first visited Kosovo in 1999. Franken has conducted several overseas tours to both Iraq and Afghanistan, in addition to participating in numerous celebrity handshake tours at military hospitals to visit wounded soldiers. He has done seven USO tours, four of which were to Iraq.[17] His readiness to perform on USO tours was noted favorably by fellow USO performer Wayne Newton.[18] On March 25, 2009, Franken was presented with the USO's Merit Award for his 10 years of service to the organization through visiting injured and deployed servicemembers.[19]
Fox News lawsuit[link]
See also: Fox v. Franken
In 2003, Penguin Books published Franken's book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, which included a cover photo of Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly and a chapter accusing O'Reilly of lying. In August of that year, Fox News sued, claiming infringement of its registered trademark phrase "Fair and Balanced".[20] A federal judge found the lawsuit to be "wholly without merit". The incident with Fox focused media attention on Franken's book and, according to Franken, greatly increased its sales (see Streisand effect).[21][22]
Radio show[link]
Main article: The Al Franken Show
Franken signed a one-year contract in early 2004 to host a talk show for Air America Radio's flagship program with co-host Katherine Lanpher, who remained with the show until October 2005. The network was launched March 31, 2004. Originally named The O'Franken Factor but renamed The Al Franken Show on July 12, 2004, the show aired three hours a day, five days a week for three years. The stated goal of the show was to provide the public airwaves with more progressive views to counter what Franken perceived to be the dominance of conservative syndicated commentary on the radio. "I'm doing this because I want to use my energies to get Bush unelected," he told a New York Times reporter in 2004.[23]
Franken is a Grateful Dead fan, and he used their songs as bumper music on his radio show.[citation needed] Franken's last radio show on Air America Radio was on February 14, 2007, at the end of which Franken announced his candidacy for the United States Senate.
Other projects[link]
Franken wrote the original screenplay and starred in the film Stuart Saves His Family,[24] which was panned by critics (receiving a rating of 29% on the website Rottentomatoes.com). He also co-wrote the film When a Man Loves a Woman. He co-created and starred in the NBC sitcom LateLine until it was canceled in Season 2. He appeared in the 2004 remake of The Manchurian Candidate.
In 2003, Franken served as a Fellow with Harvard's Kennedy School of Government at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.
Since 2005, Franken has been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post. His most recent book, The Truth (With Jokes), was released in 2005.
Franken has long been associated with the International Order of Odd Fellows (Manchester Unity),[25] but in September 2009, his spokesperson said he is not a member.[26]
Political activism prior to 2008[link]
According to an article by Richard Corliss published in Time, "In a way, Franken has been running for office since the late '70s." Corliss also hinted at Franken's "possibly ironic role as a relentless self-promoter" in proclaiming the 1980s "the Al Franken Decade" and saying, "Vote for me, Al Franken. You'll be glad you did!"[27] In 1999, Franken released a parody book, Why Not Me?, detailing his campaign for the Presidency in 2000. He had been a strong supporter of Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone and was deeply affected by the senator's death in a plane crash shortly before the 2002 Senate election. After the funeral, Rush Limbaugh and several other commentators identified by Franken as "rightwing bloggers" and "Republicans"[28] accused the organizers and participants of Wellstone's remembrance ceremony of using the tragedy for political purposes. Conservative columnists Peggy Noonan and Chris Caldwell asserted that 20,000 people booed Trent Lott. Franken, who attended, denied there was widespread jeering: "Along with everyone else, I cried, I laughed, I cheered. It was, to my mind, a beautiful four-hour memorial. I didn't boo. Neither did 22,800 of the some 23,000 people there."[28] In Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Franken wrote that Noonan and Caldwell had later told him that they had not personally been at the memorial service.[29] Franken felt that "the right wing line on the Wellstone Memorial" was accepted by some "mainstream" journalists such as Howard Kurtz.[28]
Franken said he learned that 21% of Americans received most of their news from talk radio, then an almost exclusively conservative medium.[27] Said Franken, "I didn't want to sit on the sidelines, and I believed Air America could make a difference."[27] In November 2003, Franken talked about moving to his home state of Minnesota to run for the Senate. The seat once held by Wellstone, then occupied by Republican Norm Coleman, was to be contested in the 2008 election. In 2005, Franken announced his move to Minnesota: "I can tell you honestly, I don't know if I'm going to run, but I'm doing the stuff I need to do in order to do it."[30] He said that he would run as a Democrat.
In late 2005, Franken started his own political action committee, called Midwest Values PAC. By early 2007, the PAC had raised more than $1 million.[31][32]
Franken was the subject of the 2006 documentary film Al Franken: God Spoke, which premiered in April 2006 at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. It was released nationally on September 13 of that year.[33]
Tax issues[link]
During the 2008 election, New York state officials asserted that Al Franken Inc. had failed to carry required workers' compensation insurance for employees who assisted him with his comedy and public speaking from 2002 to 2005. Franken paid the $25,000 fine to the state of New York upon being advised his corporation was out of compliance with the state's workers' compensation laws.[34][35] At the same time, the California Franchise Tax Board reported that the same corporation owed more than $4,743.40 in taxes, fines, and associated penalties in the state of California for 2003 through 2007 because the corporation did not file tax returns in the state for those years.[36] A Franken representative said that it followed the advice of an accountant who believed when the corporation stopped doing business in California that no further filing was required.[34][37] Subsequently, Franken paid $70,000 in back income taxes in 17 states dating to 2003 mostly from Franken's speeches and other paid appearances. Franken said he paid the income tax in his state of residence, and he will seek retroactive credit for paying the taxes in the wrong states.[38]
Views[link]
Franken had initially supported the Iraq War but opposed the 2007 troop surge. In an interview with MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough,[39] Franken said that he "believed Colin Powell", whose presentation at the United Nations convinced him that the war was necessary. However, since then he had come to believe that "we were misled into the war" and urged the Democratically-controlled Congress to refuse to pass appropriations bills to fund the war if they don't include timetables for leaving Iraq. In an interview with Josh Marshall, Franken said of the Democrats, "I think we've gotta make [President George W. Bush] say, 'OK, I'm cutting off funding because I won't agree to a timetable.'"[40]
Franken favors transitioning to a universal health care system, with the provision that every child in America should receive health care coverage, immediately. He has spoken in favor of protecting private pensions and Social Security.[41] He has also advocated cutting subsidies for oil companies, increasing money available for college students, and cutting interest rates on student loans.[42][43]
U.S. Senate[link]
2008 election[link]
Main article: United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2008
On January 29, 2007, Al Franken announced his departure from Air America Radio.[44] On the day of his final show, February 14, Franken formally announced that he would run for the United States Senate from Minnesota in 2008.[45][46] Challenging him for the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party endorsement was Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, a professor, author, and activist. Other candidates were trial lawyer Mike Ciresi, and Jim Cohen, an attorney and human rights activist who had dropped out of the race earlier.[47][48]
On April 13, 2007, Franken's campaign filed a campaign finance report. He raised $1.35 million in the first quarter of 2007. The incumbent Senator, Norm Coleman, raised $1.53 million.[49] On July 8, 2007, the Franken campaign stated that it expected to announce that Franken had raised more money than Coleman during the second quarter of the year, taking in $1.9 million to Coleman's $1.6 million,[50][51] although as of early July 2007, Coleman's $3.8 million cash on hand exceeded Franken's $2 million.[51]
In late May 2008, the Minnesota Republican Party released a letter regarding an article Franken had written for Playboy in 2000 entitled "Porn-O-Rama!" The letter, signed by six prominent GOP women, including a state senator and state representative, called on Franken to apologize for what they referred to as a "demeaning and degrading" article.[52] Several DFL leaders expressed personal and political discomfort with the article as well.[53] A Franken campaign spokesman responded that, "Al had a long career as a satirist. But he understands the difference between what you say as a satirist and what you do as a senator. And as a senator, Norm Coleman has disrespected the people of Minnesota by putting the Exxons and Halliburtons ahead of working families. And there’s nothing funny about that."[52]
On June 7, 2008, Franken was endorsed at the DFL convention. In a July 2008 interview with CNN, Franken was endorsed by Ben Stein, the noted entertainer, speechwriter, lawyer and author who is known for his conservative views and generally supports Republican candidates.[54] Stein said of Franken, "He is my pal, and he is a really, really capable smart guy. I don't agree with all of his positions, but he is a very impressive guy, and I think he should be in the Senate."
On September 9, 2008, Franken won the Democratic primary for the Senate seat.[55]
During his campaign for the Senate, Franken was criticized for advising SNL creator Lorne Michaels on a political sketch ridiculing Senator John McCain's ads attacking Barack Obama.[56] Coleman's campaign reacted, saying, "Once again, he proves he's more interested in entertainment than service, and ridiculing those with whom he disagrees."[57]
Preliminary reports on election night November 4 had Coleman ahead by over 700 votes; but the official results certified on by November 18, 2008, had Coleman leading by only 215 votes. As the two candidates were separated by less than 0.5 percent, the Secretary of State of Minnesota, Mark Ritchie, authorized the automatic recount stipulated in Minnesota election law. In the recount, ballots and certifying materials were examined by hand, and candidates could file challenges to the legality of ballots or materials for inclusion or exclusion with regard to the recount. On January 5, 2009, the Minnesota State Canvassing Board certified the recounted vote totals, with Franken ahead by 225 votes.[58]
On January 6, 2009, Coleman's campaign filed an election contest, which led to a trial before a three-judge panel.[59] The trial ended on April 7, when the panel ruled that 351 of 387 disputed absentee ballots were incorrectly rejected and ordered them counted. Counting those ballots raised Franken's lead to 312 votes. Coleman appealed to the Minnesota Supreme Court on April 20.[2][60][61] On April 24, the Minnesota Supreme Court agreed to hear the case.[62] and oral arguments were conducted on June 1.[63]
On June 30, 2009, the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously rejected Coleman's appeal and said that Franken was entitled to be certified as the winner. Shortly after the court's decision, Coleman conceded.[64] Governor Tim Pawlenty signed Franken’s election certificate that same evening.[65] Franken was sworn in to the Senate on July 7, 2009, using the Bible of late Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone.[66]
Tenure[link]
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Franken was sworn in to the Senate on July 7, 2009, 246 days after the November 2008 election.[4][67] He became the fifth senator to be sworn in since the class of 2008 was sworn in January 2009.[4][5] The desk where he sat was the same desk that Paul Wellstone used, and had been kept open for him by Senate leaders.[68]
On August 6, 2009, Franken presided over the confirmation vote of Sonia Sotomayor to be an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.[69][70] A year later on August 5, 2010, Franken presided over the confirmation vote of Elena Kagan. His first piece of legislation was the Service Dogs for Veterans Act (S. 1495), which he wrote jointly with Sen. Johnny Isakson (R). The bill, which passed the Senate via unanimous consent, established a program with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to pair disabled veterans with service dogs.[71]
A video began circulating on the Internet of Franken at the Minnesota State Fair on September 2, 2009, engaging in a discussion with a group of Tea Party protesters on health care reform, and soon found itself going viral.[72][73][74] The discussion was noted for its civility, in contrast to the explosive character of several other similar discussions between members of the 111th Congress and their constituents that had occurred over the summer.[72][75][76]
Citing the case of Jamie Leigh Jones, Franken offered an amendment to the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill that would withhold defense contracts from companies like KBR "if they restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, battery and discrimination cases to court." It passed the U.S. Senate, 68 to 30, in a roll-call vote.[77]
In May 2010 Franken proposed a financial reform legislation amendment which would create a board to select which credit rating agency would evaluate a given security; currently any companies issuing a security may select which company evaluates the security.[78] The amendment was passed; however, the financial industry lobbied to have Franken's amendment removed from the final bill.[79] Negotiations between the Senate and House of Representatives, whose version of financial reform did not include such a provision,[80] resulted in the amendment's being watered down to require only a series of studies being done upon the issue for two years.[81] After the studies, if the SEC has not implemented another solution to the conflict of interest problem, Franken's solution will go into effect.[82][83]
A March 2010 poll taken by conservative Rasmussen Reports placed Franken's approval rating at 50% with Minnesotans, with 46% disapproving.[84]
In August 2010, Franken made faces and hand gestures and rolled his eyes while Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered a speech in opposition to the confirmation of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court.[85] [86][87] Franken's actions prompted McConnell to remark, "This isn't 'Saturday Night Live', Al."[87] Following Kagan's confirmation, Franken delivered a handwritten apology to McConnell and issued a public statement saying that McConnell had a right "to give his speech with the presiding officer just listening respectfully."[85]
Committee assignments[link]
- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Committee on the Judiciary
- Committee on Indian Affairs
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Special Committee on Aging
Bibliography[link]
Books[link]
- I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!: Daily Affirmations with Stuart Smalley (Dell Books, 1992) ISBN 0-440-50470-8
- Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations (Delacorte Press, 1996) ISBN 0-385-31474-4
- Why Not Me? (Delacorte Press, 1999) a parody-journal of the fictional “Franken campaign” for President ISBN 0-385-31809-X
- Oh, the Things I Know! A Guide to Success, or Failing That, Happiness (Plume Books, 2003) ISBN 0-452-28450-3
- Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right (Dutton Books, 2003) ISBN 0-525-94764-7
- The Truth (With Jokes) (Dutton Books, 2005) ISBN 0-525-94906-2
CDs and compilations[link]
- The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Truth About Corporate Cons, Globalization, and High-Finance Fraudsters with Greg Palast (2004)
- The O'Franken Factor Factor — The Best of the O'Franken Factor
- The Al Franken Show Party Album
Filmography[link]
As performer[link]
- Saturday Night Live (1975–1995) (TV)
- Franken and Davis at Stockton State (1984) (TV)
- Tunnel Vision (1976)
- The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) (TV)
- Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead (1980)
- Trading Places (1983)
- One More Saturday Night (1986)
- Stuart Saves His Family (1995)
- The Larry Sanders Show (episode "The Roast") (1997)
- LateLine (1998) (TV)
- From the Earth to the Moon (1998) (TV)
- Harvard Man (2001)
- Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004)
- The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
- Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable (2004) HBO documentary (TV)
- The Al Franken Show (2004) (TV)
- Tanner on Tanner (2004) (TV)
- Al Franken: God Spoke (2006)
As writer[link]
- Saturday Night Live (1975–1995) (TV)
- The Paul Simon Special (1977) (TV)
- Steve Martin's Best Show Ever (1981) (TV)
- Bob and Ray, Jane, Laraine and Gilda (1981) (TV)
- The Coneheads (with Tom Davis) (1981) (TV)
- Franken and Davis at Stockton State (1984) (TV)
- The New Show (1984) (TV)
- One More Saturday Night (with Tom Davis) (1986)
- When a Man Loves a Woman (with Ron Bass) (1994)
- Stuart Saves His Family (1995)
- Lateline (1998) (Creator) (TV)
- The Al Franken Show (2004) (TV)
As self[link]
- Hot Coffee (2011) documentary
Electoral history[link]
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Wikinews has related news: Minnesota court declares Franken winner; Coleman considers appeal |
| 2008 Minnesota U.S. Senate Election[88][89][90][91] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| DFL | Al Franken | 1,212,629 | 41.994% | −5.35% | |
| Republican | Norm Coleman | 1,212,317 | 41.983% | −7.55% | |
| Independence | Dean Barkley | 437,505 | 15.151% | +13.15% | |
| Libertarian | Charles Aldrich | 13,923 | 0.482% | N/A | |
| Constitution | James Niemackl | 8,907 | 0.308% | +0.209% | |
| Write-ins | 2,365 | 0.082% | |||
| Margin of victory | 312 | 0.011% | |||
| Turnout | 2,887,646 | ||||
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Hans A. von Spakovsky (born March 11, 1959) is an American attorney and a former member of the Federal Election Commission (FEC). He was nominated to the FEC by President George W. Bush on December 15, 2005 and was appointed by recess appointment on January 4, 2006.[1]
However, von Spakovsky's nomination was opposed by Senate Democrats, who argued that his oversight of voter laws was unacceptably partisan and that he had consistently acted to disenfranchise poor and minority voters.[2][3] Opposition to the nomination was bolstered by objections from career Justice Department staff, who accused von Spakovsky of politicizing his nominally non-partisan office to an unprecedented degree.[4]
While von Spakovsky and the Bush Administration denied the accusations of partisanship, the nomination was withdrawn on May 15, 2008.[5] Von Spakovsky subsequently joined the staff of the Heritage Foundation, a politically conservative think tank.
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Von Spakovsky, originally from Huntsville, Alabama, is a first-generation American whose parents immigrated to the United States in 1951 after meeting in a refugee camp as displaced persons after the end of World War II. He received a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981 and a J.D. from the Vanderbilt University Law School in 1984. Von Spakovsky is a member of the Georgia and Tennessee bars. Before entering politics, he worked as a government affairs consultant, in a corporate legal department, and in private practice.
Von Spakovsky served as Republican Party chairman in Fulton County, Georgia and as a Republican appointee to the Fulton County Registration and Election Board, where he championed strict voter-identification laws.[6][7] While in Georgia, von Spakovsky was a member of the politically conservative Federalist Society. He worked as a lawyer for George W. Bush's team during the 2000 Florida Presidential election recount.[6] After Bush's election victory, von Spakovsky was appointed to the Civil Rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Justice Department tenure[link]
Von Spakovsky's tenure at the Justice Department was marked by a focus on voter eligibility and voter fraud. In 2005, he led the Department's approval of a controversial Georgia law requiring voters to produce photo ID,[8] despite strong objections from Justice Department staff that the law would disproportionately harm and disenfranchise African-American voters.[7] Von Spakovksy subsequently acknowledged that he had written a law review article supporting such photo ID laws under the pseudonym "Publius", prompting concerns that he should have recused himself from the Justice Department decision.[9] The Georgia law was subsequently overturned by a federal judge, who compared it to a "Jim-Crow era poll tax".[9] During von Spakovsky's tenure, more than half of the career Justice Department staff left the voting section in protest.[10]
Von Spakovsky also served on the Board of Advisors of the Election Assistance Commission, a government commission created by the Help America Vote Act of 2002. He clashed with the Commission head, Paul DeGregorio. Several individuals with knowledge of the situation, speaking anonymously to McClatchy Newspapers, alleged that DeGregorio had resisted an overtly partisan agenda and his removal was therefore engineered by von Spakovsky.[9]
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Von Spakovsky received his recess appointment by President Bush to the FEC in January 2006. His confirmation hearings were contentious, as Democratic Senators criticized von Spakovsky's Justice Department tenure and accused him of partisanship.[11] A group of career Justice Department staff wrote a letter to the Senate arguing against von Spakovsky's appointment, saying that he "played a major role in the implementation of practices which injected partisan political factors into decision-making on enforcement matters and into the hiring process, and included repeated efforts to intimidate career staff."[12][13][14] In response to questioning from the Senate, von Spakovsky repeatedly asserted that he could not remember or recall his involvement in various controversial Justice Department decisions, drawing comparisons to the testimony of former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.[15]
Faced with mounting opposition, von Spakovsky ultimately withdrew from the FEC confirmation process.[5] He subsequently assumed a position with the Heritage Foundation, a politically conservative think tank.
References[link]
- ^ Edsall, Thomas (January 5, 2006). "Bush Appointments Avert Senate Battles". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/04/AR2006010401953.html. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
- ^ Kane, Paul (May 17, 2008). "Contested Nominee To FEC Drops Out". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051604040.html. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
- ^ Evans, Ben (June 13, 2007). "Democrats criticize Bush's FEC nominee". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-06-13-812485567_x.htm. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
- ^ Crabtree, Susan (June 19, 2007). "Opposition against von Spakovsky’s is firming". The Hill. http://thehill.com/homenews/news/12326-opposition-agains-von-spakovskys-is-firming. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
- ^ a b "Nominee for F.E.C. Withdraws". New York Times. May 17, 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/17/washington/17fec.html. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
- ^ a b Toobin, Jeffrey (September 20, 2004). "Poll Position". The New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/09/20/040920fa_fact. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
- ^ a b Eggen, Dan (April 13, 2006). "Official's Article on Voting Law Spurs Outcry". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/12/AR2006041201950.html. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
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- ^ a b c Gordon, Greg (May 20, 2007). "Efforts to stop 'voter fraud' may have curbed legitimate voting". McClatchy Newspapers. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2007/05/20/16347/efforts-to-stop-voter-fraud-may.html. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
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- ^ Bolton, Alexander (June 14, 2007). "Feinstein warns FEC member of rough confirmation process". The Hill (Capitol Hill Publishing). http://thehill.com/homenews/news/12250-feinstein-warns-fec-member-of-rough-confirmation-process. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
- ^ Rich, Joseph; Robert A. Kengle, Jon Greenbaum, David J. Becker, Bruce Adelson, and Toby Moore (June 12, 2007). "Letter to Reject Hans von Spakovsky". (via Talking Points Memo Document Collection). http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/spakovsky-letter/?resultpage=1&. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
- ^ Rich, Joseph; Robert A. Kengle, Stephen B. Pershing, Jon Greenbaum, David J. Becker, Bruce Adelson, and Toby Moore (June 19, 2007). "Letter to Reject Hans von Spakovsky". (via Talking Points Memo Document Collection). http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/letter-rules-vonspakovsky/?resultpage=1&. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
- ^ Gordon, Greg (June 13, 2007). "Lawyer can't recall his role in controversial policies". McClatchy Newspapers. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2007/06/13/16896/lawyer-cant-recall-his-role-in.html. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
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| Born | Ann Hart Coulter (1961-12-08) December 8, 1961 (age 50) New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Cornell University (B.A.) University of Michigan Law School (J.D.) |
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Ann Hart Coulter (born December 8, 1961) is an American lawyer,[1] conservative social and political commentator, author, and syndicated columnist. She frequently appears on television, radio, and as a speaker at public events and private events. Well-known for her conservative political opinions and the controversial ways in which she presents and defends them, Coulter has described herself as a polemicist who likes to "stir up the pot" and does not "pretend to be impartial or balanced, as broadcasters do."[2]
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Early life[link]
Ann Hart Coulter was born in New York City on December 8, 1961, to Nell Husbands (née Martin; a native of Paducah, Kentucky) and John Vincent Coulter (a native of Albany, New York). The family later moved to New Canaan, Connecticut, where Coulter and her two older brothers, James and John, were raised.[3] She graduated from New Canaan High School in 1980. Coulter's age was disputed in 2002 while she was arguing that she was not yet 40, yet Washington Post columnist Lloyd Grove cited that she provided a birthdate of December 8, 1961, when registering to vote in New Canaan, Connecticut prior to the 1980 Presidential election. Meanwhile, a driver's license issued several years later allegedly listed her birthdate as December 8, 1963. Coulter will not confirm either date, citing privacy concerns.[4]
While attending Cornell University, Coulter helped found The Cornell Review,[5] and was a member of the Delta Gamma national women's fraternity.[6] She graduated cum laude from Cornell in 1984 with a B.A. in history, and received her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1988, where she achieved membership in the Order of the Coif and was an editor of the Michigan Law Review.[7] At Michigan, Coulter was president of the local chapter of the Federalist Society and was trained at the National Journalism Center.[8]
Career[link]
After law school, Coulter served as a law clerk, in Kansas City, for Pasco Bowman II of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.[9] After a short time working in New York City in private practice, where she specialized in corporate law, Coulter left to work for the United States Senate Judiciary Committee after the Republican Party took control of Congress in 1994. She handled crime and immigration issues for Senator Spencer Abraham of Michigan and helped craft legislation designed to expedite the deportation of aliens convicted of felonies.[10] She later became a litigator with the Center for Individual Rights.[11]
In 1999 and 2000, Coulter considered running for Congress in Connecticut on the Libertarian Party ticket to serve as a spoiler in order to throw the seat to the Democratic candidate and see that Republican Congressman Christopher Shays failed to gain re-election, as a punishment for Shays' vote against Clinton's impeachment. The leadership of the Libertarian Party of Connecticut, after meeting with Coulter, declined to endorse her. As a result, her self-described "total sham, media-intensive, third-party Jesse Ventura campaign" did not take place.[12][13]
Coulter's career is highlighted by the publication of eight books, as well as the weekly syndicated newspaper column that she publishes. She is particularly known for her polemical style,[14] who likes to "stir up the pot" and, unlike "broadcasters," does not "pretend to be impartial or balanced."[15] She has been compared to Clare Boothe Luce, one of her idols, for her satirical style.[16] She also makes numerous public appearances, speaking on television and radio talk shows, as well as on college campuses, receiving both praise and protest. In 2010, she made an estimated $500,000 on the speaking circuit, giving speeches on topics of modern conservatism, gay marriage, and what she perceives as liberal hypocrisy to adoring right-leaning audiences.[17] During one appearance at the University of Arizona, a pie was thrown at her.[18][19][20] Coulter has, on occasion, responded with insulting remarks towards hecklers and protestors who attend her speeches.[21][22]
Books[link]
Coulter is the author of eight books, all of which have appeared on New York Times Best Seller list, with a combined 3 million copies sold, as of May 2009.[23]
Coulter's first book, High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton, was published by Regnery Publishing in 1998. The book details Coulter's case for the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.
Her second book, Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right, published by Crown Forum in 2002, became number one on The New York Times non-fiction best seller list.[24] In Slander, Coulter argues that President George W. Bush was given unfair negative media coverage. The factual accuracy of Slander was called into question by then-comedian and author, and now Democratic U.S. Senator from Minnesota, Al Franken; he also accused her of citing passages out of context.[25] Others investigated these charges, and also raised questions about the book's accuracy and presentation of facts.[26][27][28] Coulter responded to criticisms in a column called "Answering My Critics."[29]
In her third book, Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism, also published by Crown Forum, she reexamines the 60-year history of the Cold War—including the career of Senator Joseph McCarthy, the Whittaker Chambers–Alger Hiss affair, and Ronald Reagan’s challenge to Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall"—and argues that liberals were wrong in their Cold War political analyses and policy decisions, and that McCarthy was correct about Soviet agents working for the U.S. government. She also argues that the correct identification of Annie Lee Moss, among others, as communists was misreported by the liberal media. Treason was published in 2003, and spent 13 weeks on the Best Seller list.[30]
Crown Forum published a collection of Coulter's columns in 2004 as her fourth book, How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must): The World According to Ann Coulter.
Coulter's fifth book, published by Crown Forum in 2006, is Godless: The Church of Liberalism. In it, she argues, first, that liberalism rejects the idea of God and reviles people of faith, and second, that it bears all the attributes of a religion itself. Godless debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list.[31]
Coulter published If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans, in October 2007, and another, Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America, on January 6, 2009.
Her most recent book, Demonic: How the Liberal Mob Is Endangering America, argues that liberals have mob-like characteristics. The book was released on June 7, 2011.
Columns[link]
In the late 1990s, Coulter's weekly (biweekly from 1999–2000) syndicated column for Universal Press Syndicate began appearing. Her column is featured on six conservative websites: Human Events Online, WorldNetDaily, Townhall.com, FrontPageMag, Jewish World Review and her own website. Her syndicator says, "Ann's client newspapers stick with her because she has a loyal fan base of conservative readers who look forward to reading her columns in their local newspapers."[32]
In 1999, Coulter worked as a regular columnist for George magazine.[12][33] Coulter also wrote exclusive weekly columns between 1998 and 2003 and with occasional columns thereafter for the conservative magazine Human Events. In her columns for the magazine, she discusses judicial rulings, Constitutional issues, and legal matters affecting Congress and the executive branch.
In 2001, as a contributing editor and syndicated columnist for National Review Online (NRO), Coulter was asked by editors to make changes to a piece written after the September 11 attacks. On the national television show Politically Incorrect, Coulter accused NRO of censorship and said that she was paid $5 per article. NRO dropped her column and terminated her editorship. Jonah Goldberg, editor-at-large of NRO, said, "We did not 'fire' Ann for what she wrote... we ended the relationship because she behaved with a total lack of professionalism, friendship, and loyalty [concerning the editing disagreement]."[34]
Coulter contracted with USA Today to cover the 2004 Democratic National Convention. She wrote one article that began, "Here at the Spawn of Satan convention in Boston..." and referred to some unspecified female attendees as "corn-fed, no make-up, natural fiber, no-bra needing, sandal-wearing, hirsute, somewhat fragrant hippie chick pie wagons." The newspaper declined to print the article citing an editing dispute over "basic weaknesses in clarity and readability that we found unacceptable." An explanatory article by the paper went on to say "Coulter told the online edition of Editor & Publisher magazine that 'USA Today doesn't like my "tone", humor, sarcasm, etc., which raises the intriguing question of why they hired me to write for them.'" USA Today replaced Coulter with Jonah Goldberg, and Coulter published it instead on her website.[35][36][37]
In August 2005, the Arizona Daily Star dropped Coulter's syndicated column citing reader complaints that "Many readers find her shrill, bombastic and mean-spirited. And those are the words used by readers who identified themselves as conservatives."[38]
In July 2006, some newspapers replaced Coulter's column with those of other conservative columnists following the publication of her fourth book, Godless: The Church of Liberalism.[39] After the Augusta Chronicle dropped her column, newspaper editor Michael Ryan explained that "it came to the point where she was the issue rather than what she was writing about."[40] Ryan also stated that "Pulling Ann Coulter's column hurts; she's one of the clearest thinkers around."
She has criticized former president George W. Bush's immigration proposals, saying they led to "amnesty". In one column, she claims that the current immigration system is set up to purposely reduce the percentage of whites in the population. In it, she said:[41]
In 1960, whites were 90 percent of the country. The Census Bureau recently estimated that whites already account for less than two-thirds of the population and will be a minority by 2050. Other estimates put that day much sooner. One may assume the new majority will not be such compassionate overlords as the white majority has been. If this sort of drastic change were legally imposed on any group other than white Americans, it would be called genocide. Yet whites are called racists merely for mentioning the fact that current immigration law is intentionally designed to reduce their percentage in the population.
Overall, Coulter's columns are highly critical of liberals and Democrats. In one, she wrote:[42]
This year's Democratic plan for the future is another inane sound bite designed to trick American voters into trusting them with national security.
To wit, they're claiming there is no connection between the war on terror and the war in Iraq, and while they're all for the war against terror—absolutely in favor of that war—they are adamantly opposed to the Iraq war. You know, the war where the U.S. military is killing thousands upon thousands of terrorists (described in the media as "Iraqi civilians", even if they are from Jordan, like the now-dead leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi). That war.
Television and radio[link]
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Coulter made her first national media appearance in 1996 after she was hired by the then-fledgling network MSNBC as a legal correspondent. She was dismissed from the network at least twice. First, in February 1997, after she insulted the late Pamela Harriman (U.S. Ambassador to France), as the network was covering her memorial service. They missed her jousting and quickly rehired her, only to fire her eight months later after she tangled with a disabled Vietnam veteran on the air. Robert Muller, co-founder of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, asserted that, "in 90% of the cases that U.S. soldiers got blown up [in Vietnam]—Ann, are you listening—they were our own mines." (Muller was misquoting a 1969 Pentagon report that found that 90% of the components used in enemy mines came from U.S. duds and refuse). Coulter, who found Muller's statement laughable, averted her eyes and responded sarcastically, "No wonder you guys lost." It became an infamous—and oft-misreported—Coulter moment. The Washington Post and others turned the line into a more personal attack: "People like you caused us to lose that war." But her troubles with MSNBC only freed her to appear on CNN and Fox News, whose producers were often calling.[43]
Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post made a point to respond to the Time article to explain that his widely quoted reporting of Coulter's reply to the veteran in an article he wrote had its origin in Coulter's own later recollection of the incident. Describing his previous story, Kurtz added, "I did note that, according to Coulter, the vet was appearing by satellite, and she didn't know he was disabled."[44]
In an interview with Bob McKeown on the January 26, 2005, edition of The Fifth Estate, Coulter came under criticism for her statement: "Canada used to be ... one of our most ... most loyal friends, and vice versa. I mean, Canada sent troops to Vietnam. Was Vietnam less containable and more of a threat than Saddam Hussein?" McKeown contradicted her with, "No, actually Canada did not send troops to Vietnam."[45] On the February 18, 2005, edition of Washington Journal, Coulter justified her statement by referring to the thousands of Canadians who served in the American armed forces during the Vietnam era, either because they volunteered or because they were living in the USA during the war years and got drafted. She said, "The Canadian Government didn't send troops ... but ... they came and fought with the Americans. So I was wrong. It turns out there were 10,000 Americans who happened to be born in Canada." (Between 5,000 and 20,000 Canadians fought in Vietnam itself, including approximately 80 who were killed.).[46] John Cloud of Time, writing about the incident a few months later, said "Canada [sent] noncombat troops to Indochina in the 1950s and again to Vietnam in 1972".[43]
In 2005, Coulter appeared as one of a three-person judging panel in The Greatest American, a four-part interactive television program for the Discovery Channel hosted by Matt Lauer. Starting with 100 nominees, each week, interactive viewer voting eliminated candidates. She voted for George Washington for the title of Greatest American ever.
Coulter has also made frequent guest appearances on many television and radio talk shows, including American Morning, The Fifth Estate, Glenn Beck Program, The Mike Gallagher Show, The O'Reilly Factor, Real Time with Bill Maher, Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld, The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Sean Hannity Show, The Today Show, Lou Dobbs Tonight, Fox and Friends, The Laura Ingraham Show, The View and HARDtalk.
Films[link]
In 2004, Coulter appeared in three films. The first was Feeding the Beast, a made-for-television documentary on the "24-Hour News Revolution".[47] The other two films were FahrenHYPE 9/11, a direct to video documentary intended to rebut Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911, and Is It True What They Say About Ann?, a documentary on Coulter containing clips of interviews and speeches.[48]
Personal life[link]
Coulter has been engaged several times, but never married.[21] She has dated Spin founder and publisher Bob Guccione, Jr.,[12] and conservative writer Dinesh D'Souza.[49] In October 2007, she began dating Andrew Stein, the former president of the New York City Council, a liberal Democrat. When asked about the relationship, Stein told the paper, "She's attacked a lot of my friends, but what can I say, opposites attract!"[50] On January 7, 2008, however, Stein told the New York Post that the relationship was over, citing irreconcilable differences.[51]
Coulter owns a condominium in Manhattan and a house, bought in 2005, in Palm Beach, Florida. She votes in Palm Beach and is not registered to do so in New York.[52] She is a fan of several jam bands, such as the Grateful Dead, the Dave Matthews Band, and Phish.[53][54] Some of her favorite books include The Bible, Wuthering Heights, Anna Karenina, true crime stories about serial killers, and anything by Dave Barry.[55]
Religious views[link]
Coulter says that she holds Christian beliefs, but has not declared her membership in any particular denomination – she has mentioned that her father was Catholic while her mother was not.[56] At one public lecture she said, "I don't care about anything else: Christ died for my sins and nothing else matters."[57] She summarized her view of Christianity in a 2004 column, saying: "Jesus' distinctive message was: People are sinful and need to be redeemed, and this is your lucky day, because I'm here to redeem you even though you don't deserve it, and I have to get the crap kicked out of me to do it." She then mocked "the message of Jesus ... according to liberals," summarizing it as "...something along the lines of 'be nice to people'," which, in turn, she said "is, in fact, one of the incidental tenets of Christianity".[58]
Confronting some critics' views that her content and style of writing is un-Christian,[59][60] Coulter stated that, "I'm a Christian first and a mean-spirited, bigoted conservative second, and don't you ever forget it."[61] She also said, "Christianity fuels everything I write. Being a Christian means that I am called upon to do battle against lies, injustice, cruelty, hypocrisy—you know, all the virtues in the church of liberalism."[62] In Godless: The Church of Liberalism, Coulter characterized the theory of evolution as bogus science, and contrasted her beliefs to what she called the left's "obsession with Darwinism and the Darwinian view of the world, which replaces sanctification of life with sanctification of sex and death."[63]
Coulter was accused of anti-semitism in an October 8, 2007, interview with Donny Deutsch on The Big Idea. During the interview, Coulter stated that the United States is a Christian nation and said that she wants, "Jews to be perfected, as they say", implying that she believes Christians to be perfected Jews.[64] Deutsch, a practicing Jew, implied that this was an anti-semitic remark, but Coulter said she didn't consider it to be a hateful comment.[65] Three days after the interview, Deutsch noted that when he challenged her comments, Coulter appeared "to back off" and "seemed a little upset", adding, "I think she got frightened that maybe she had crossed a line, that this was maybe a faux pas of great proportions."[66] In response to Coulter's comments on the show, the Anti-Defamation League and American Jewish Committee condemned her comments on the show, and the National Jewish Democratic Council asked media outlets to stop inviting Coulter as a guest commentator.[67] Talk show host Dennis Prager, while disagreeing with her comments, said that they were not "anti-semitic", noting, "There is nothing in what Ann Coulter said to a Jewish interviewer on CNBC that indicates she hates Jews or wishes them ill, or does damage to the Jewish people or the Jewish state. And if none of those criteria is present, how can someone be labeled anti-Semitic?"[68] Conservative activist David Horowitz responded, "If you don't accompany this belief by burning Jews who refuse to become perfected at the stake why would any Jew have a problem? Why do some Jews think that Christians should not really believe what they believe while it's okay for Jews to really believe they are God's Chosen People? I don't get it."[69]
Political activities and commentary[link]
Ann Coulter has described herself as a "polemicist" who likes to "stir up the pot" and doesn't "pretend to be impartial or balanced, as broadcasters do".[2] While her political activities in the past have included advising a plaintiff suing President Bill Clinton as well as considering a run for Congress, she mostly serves as a political pundit, sometimes starting controversy, ranging from rowdy uprisings at some of the colleges where she speaks to protracted discussions in the media. Time magazine's John Cloud once observed that Coulter, "likes to shock reporters by wondering aloud whether America might be better off if women lost the right to vote."[43] This was in reference to a statement that she made: "It would be a much better country if women did not vote. That is simply a fact. In fact, in every presidential election since 1950—except Goldwater in '64—the Republican would have won, if only the men had voted."[70] Similarly, in an October 2007 interview with the New York Observer, Coulter said:[71]
| “ | If we took away women's right to vote, we'd never have to worry about another Democrat president. It's kind of a pipe dream, it's a personal fantasy of mine, but I don't think it's going to happen. And it is a good way of making the point that women are voting so stupidly, at least single women.
It also makes the point, it is kind of embarrassing, the Democratic Party ought to be hanging its head in shame, that it has so much difficulty getting men to vote for it. I mean, you do see it's the party of women and 'We'll pay for health care and tuition and day care—and here, what else can we give you, soccer moms?' |
” |
Paula Jones – Bill Clinton case[link]
Coulter first became a public figure shortly before becoming an unpaid legal adviser for the attorneys representing Paula Jones in her sexual harassment suit against President Bill Clinton. Coulter's friend George Conway had been asked to assist Jones' attorneys, and shortly afterward Coulter, who wrote a column about the Paula Jones case for Human Events, was also asked to help; she began writing legal briefs for the case.
Coulter later stated that she would come to mistrust the motives of Jones' head lawyer, Joseph Cammaratta, who by August or September 1997 was advising Jones that her case was weak and to settle, if a favorable settlement could be negotiated.[10][72] From the onset, Jones had sought an apology from Clinton at least as eagerly as she sought a settlement.[73] However, in a later interview Coulter recounted that she herself had believed that the case was strong, that Jones was telling the truth, that Clinton should be held publicly accountable for his misconduct, and that a settlement would give the impression that Jones was merely interested in extorting money from the President.[10]
David Daley, who wrote the interview piece for the Hartford Courant recounted what followed:
Coulter played one particularly key role in keeping the Jones case alive. In Newsweek reporter Michael Isikoff's new book Uncovering Clinton: A Reporter's Story, Coulter is unmasked as the one who leaked word of Clinton's "distinguishing characteristic"—his reportedly bent penis that Jones said she could recognize and describe—to the news media. Her hope was to foster mistrust between the Clinton and Jones camps and forestall a settlement...
- I thought if I leaked the distinguishing characteristic it would show bad faith in negotiations. [Clinton lawyer] Bob Bennett would think Jones had leaked it. Cammaratta would know he himself hadn't leaked it and would get mad at Bennett. It might stall negotiations enough for me to get through to [Jones adviser] Susan Carpenter-McMillan to tell her that I thought settling would hurt Paula, that this would ruin her reputation, and that there were other lawyers working for her. Then 36 hours later, she returned my phone call.
- I just wanted to help Paula. I really think Paula Jones is a hero. I don't think I could have taken the abuse she came under. She's this poor little country girl and she has the most powerful man she's ever met hitting on her sexually, then denying it and smearing her as president. And she never did anything tacky. It's not like she was going on TV or trying to make a buck out of it."[10]
In his book, Isikoff also reported Coulter as saying: "We were terrified that Jones would settle. It was contrary to our purpose of bringing down the President."[72] After the book came out, Coulter clarified her stated motives, saying:
The only motive for leaking the distinguishing characteristic item that [Isikoff] gives in his book is my self-parodying remark that "it would humiliate the president" and that a settlement would foil our efforts to bring down the president.... I suppose you could take the position, as [Isikoff] does, that we were working for Jones because we thought Clinton was a lecherous, lying scumbag, but this argument gets a bit circular. You could also say that Juanita Broaddrick's secret motive in accusing Clinton of rape is that she hates Clinton because he raped her. The whole reason we didn't much like Clinton was that we could see he was the sort of man who would haul a low-level government employee like Paula to his hotel room, drop his pants, and say, "Kiss it." You know: Everything his defense said about him at the impeachment trial. It's not like we secretly disliked Clinton because of his administration's position on California's citrus cartels or something, and then set to work on some crazy scheme to destroy him using a pathological intern as our Mata Hari.[74]
The case went to court after Jones broke with Coulter and her original legal team, and it was dismissed via summary judgment. The judge ruled that even if her allegations proved true, Jones did not show that she had suffered any damages, stating "...plaintiff has not demonstrated any tangible job detriment or adverse employment action for her refusal to submit to the governor's alleged advances. The president is therefore entitled to summary judgment on plaintiff's claim of quid pro quo sexual harassment". The ruling was appealed by Jones' lawyers. During the pendency of the appeal, Clinton settled with Jones for $850,000 ($151,000 after legal fees) in November 1998, in exchange for Jones' dismissal of the appeal. By then, the Jones lawsuit had led to the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal.
In October 2000, Jones revealed that she would pose for nude pictures in an adult magazine, saying she wanted to use the money to pay taxes and support her grade-school-aged children, in particular saying, "I'm wanting to put them through college and maybe set up a college fund."[75] Coulter publicly denounced Jones, calling her "the trailer-park trash they said she was," (Coulter had earlier chastened Clinton supporters for calling Jones this name)[76] after Clinton's former campaign strategist James Carville had made the widely reported remark, "Drag a $100 bill through a trailer park, and you'll never know what you'll find", and called Jones a "fraud, at least to the extent of pretending to be an honorable and moral person."[75]
Coulter wrote:
Paula surely was given more than a million dollars in free legal assistance from an array of legal talent she will never again encounter in her life, much less have busily working on her behalf. Some of those lawyers never asked for or received a dime for hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal work performed at great professional, financial and personal cost to themselves. Others got partial payments out of the settlement. But at least they got her reputation back. And now she's thrown it away.[77]
Jones claimed not to have been offered any help with a book deal of her own or any other additional financial help after the lawsuit.[75]
2008 presidential election[link]
As the 2008 presidential campaign was getting under way, Coulter drew criticism for statements she made at the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference about presidential candidate John Edwards:[78][79]
| “ | I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, but it turns out that you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot,' so I'm – so, kind of at an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards, so I think I'll just conclude here and take your questions. | ” |
The comment was in reference to Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington's use of the epithet and his subsequent mandatory "psychological assessment" imposed by ABC executives.[80] It was widely interpreted as meaning that Coulter had called Edwards a "faggot", but Coulter argued that she didn't actually do so, while simultaneously indicating she would not have been wrong to say it.[81] Edwards responded on his website by characterizing Coulter's words as "un-American and indefensible" and asking readers to help him "raise $100,000 in 'Coulter Cash' this week to keep this campaign charging ahead and fight back against the politics of bigotry."[82] He also called her a "she-devil", adding, "I should not have name-called. But the truth is – forget the names – people like Ann Coulter, they engage in hateful language."[83] Coulter's words also drew condemnation from many prominent Republicans and Democrats, as well as groups such as the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD).[82][84][85] Three advertisers (Verizon, Sallie Mae and Netbank) also pulled their advertisements from Coulter's website,[86] and several newspapers dropped her column.[87][88] Coulter responded in an e-mail to the New York Times, "C’mon, it was a joke. I would never insult gays by suggesting that they are like John Edwards. That would be mean."[85] On March 5, 2007, she appeared on Hannity and Colmes and said, "[f]aggot isn't offensive to gays; it has nothing to do with gays. It's a schoolyard taunt meaning 'wuss'".[89] Gay rights advocates were not convinced. "Ann Coulter's use of this anti-gay slur is vile and unacceptable," said Neil G. Giuliano, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, "and the applause from her audience is an important reminder that Coulter's ugly brand of bigotry is at the root of the discriminatory policies being promoted at this gathering."[79] A spokesman for Sen. John McCain, a Republican presidential candidate, called Coulter's comments "wildly inappropriate."[79]
As the campaign waged on, she continued to insert her commentary regarding the candidates, both Democrats and Republicans. In a June 2007 interview, Coulter named Duncan Hunter as her choice for the 2008 Republican Presidential nomination, saying "my favorite candidate is [Rep.] Duncan Hunter [R-CA], and he is magnificent. The problem is most people say, "Who's Duncan Hunter?" He's a genuine war hero. He has one son, I think, in Iraq, one in Afghanistan. He is good on every single issue. He has been out front on building a wall. He did build a wall at San Diego. He's very good on—on the life issue. He's good on everything."[90] On January 16, 2008, Coulter began endorsing Governor Mitt Romney as her choice for the 2008 Republican nomination, saying he is "manifestly the best candidate" (contrasting Romney only with Republican candidates John McCain, Mike Huckabee, and Rudy Giuliani).[91] By contrast, Coulter was critical of eventual Republican nominee John McCain. On the January 31, 2008 broadcast of Hannity and Colmes, Coulter claimed that, if McCain won the Republican nomination for president, she would support and campaign for Hillary Clinton, stating, "[Clinton] is more conservative than McCain."[92]
Regarding then presidential candidate, Barack Obama, in an April 2, 2008 column, she characterized his book, Dreams From My Father, as a "Dimestore Mein Kampf." Coulter writes, "He says the reason black people keep to themselves is that it's 'easier than spending all your time mad or trying to guess whatever it was that white folks were thinking about you.' Here's a little inside scoop about white people: We're not thinking about you. Especially WASPs. We think everybody is inferior, and we are perfectly charming about it."[93]
2010 Canadian university tour[link]
In March 2010, Coulter announced that she would be performing a speaking tour of three Canadian universities: The University of Western Ontario, the University of Ottawa and the University of Calgary. The tour was organized by the International Free Press Society.[94]
On the eve of Coulter's first speech at the University of Western Ontario, an e-mail to Coulter from Francois Houle, provost of the University of Ottawa, was leaked to the media. The e-mail warned that "promoting hatred against any identifiable group would not only be considered inappropriate, but could in fact lead to criminal charges." Coulter released a public statement pointing out that by sending her the e-mail, Houle was promoting hatred against conservatives.[95] During Coulter's speech at the University of Western Ontario she told a Muslim student to "take a camel", in response to the student's question about previous comments by Coulter that Muslims should not be allowed on airplanes.[96]
On March 22, the University of Ottawa made international news when liberal protesters conspired to stop Coulter's speech. The event was canceled in spite of a massive security presence: Alain Boucher of the Ottawa Police Service said there were 10 officers visible at the scene "plus other resources" nearby.[97] Boucher alleged that Coulter's security team decided to call off the event: "We gave her options" – including, he said, to "find a bigger venue" – but "they opted to cancel ... It's not up to the Ottawa police to make that decision."[98] Boucher claimed there were no arrests.[99] CTV News reported "It was a disaster in terms of just organization, which is probably one of the reasons why it was cancelled", citing the small number of students tasked with confirming who had signed up to attend Coulter's talk.[100]
Event organizer and conservative activist Ezra Levant blamed the protest on the letter sent to Coulter by Houle.[101] After the cancellation, Coulter called the University of Ottawa a "bush league", stating:[102]
| “ | I go to the best schools, Harvard, the Ivy League and those kids are too intellectually proud to threaten speakers. ... I would like to know when this sort of violence, this sort of protest, has been inflicted upon a Muslim—who appear to be, from what I’ve read of the human rights complaints, the only protected group in Canada, I think I’ll give my speech tomorrow night in a burka. That will protect me. | ” |
Canadian troops in Vietnam[link]
Coulter has been criticized for a statement she made on The Fifth Estate, an investigative journalism program produced by CBC television. During an interview by host Bob McKeown, Coulter said, "Canada used to be...one of our most...most loyal friends, and vice versa. I mean, Canada sent troops to Vietnam. Was Vietnam less containable and more of a threat than Saddam Hussein?" McKeown contradicted her with, "No, actually Canada did not send troops to Vietnam."[45] On the February 18, 2005 edition of Washington Journal, Coulter justified her statement by referring to the thousands of Canadians who served in the American armed forces during the Vietnam era, either because they volunteered or because they were living in the USA during the war years and got drafted. (Between 5,000 and 20,000 Canadians fought in Vietnam, including approximately 80 who were killed.).[46] John Cloud of Time, writing a few months later, suggested that Coulter may have been right, on the basis that "Canada [sent] noncombat troops to Indochina in the 1950s and again to Vietnam in 1972".[103] However, Coulter's initial assertion was that Canada sent troops into Vietnam in support of the American position; in this connection, FAIR countered that Cloud made "quite a stretch to prove that Coulter was correct."[104]
Comments on Islam, Arabs and terrorism[link]
On September 14, 2001, three days after the 9-11 attacks (in which her friend Barbara Olson had been killed), Coulter wrote in her column:
Airports scrupulously apply the same laughably ineffective airport harassment to Suzy Chapstick as to Muslim hijackers. It is preposterous to assume every passenger is a potential crazed homicidal maniac. We know who the homicidal maniacs are. They are the ones cheering and dancing right now.
We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war.[105]
Responding to this comment, Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations remarked in the Chicago Sun Times that before September 11, Coulter "would have faced swift repudiation from her colleagues", but "now it's accepted as legitimate commentary."[106]
David Horowitz, however, saw Coulter's words as irony:
I began running Coulter columns on Frontpagemag.com shortly after she came up with her most infamous line, which urged America to put jihadists to the sword and convert them to Christianity. Liberals were horrified; I was not. I thought to myself, this is a perfect send-up of what our Islamo-fascist enemies believe – that as infidels we should be put to the sword and converted to Islam. I regarded Coulter’s phillipic (sic) as a Swiftian commentary on liberal illusions of multi-cultural outreach to people who want to rip out our hearts.[107]
One day after the attacks (before the culprits had been identified and when death toll estimates were higher than they later became), Coulter asserted that only Muslims could have been behind the attacks:
Not all Muslims may be terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims – at least all terrorists capable of assembling a murderous plot against America that leaves 7,000 people dead in under two hours.[108]
Coulter has been highly critical of the U.S. Department of Transportation and especially its then-secretary Norman Mineta. Her many criticisms include their refusal to use racial profiling as a component of airport screening.[109] After a group of Muslims were expelled from a US Airways flight when other passengers expressed worries, sparking a call for Muslims to boycott the airline because of the ejection from a flight of six imams, Coulter wrote:
If only we could get Muslims to boycott all airlines, we could dispense with airport security altogether.[110]
Coulter also cited the 2002 Senate testimony of FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley, who was acclaimed for condemning her superiors for refusing to authorize a search warrant for 9-11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui when he refused to consent to a search of his computer. They knew that he was a Muslim in flight school who had overstayed his visa, and the French Intelligence Service had confirmed his affiliations with radical fundamentalist Islamic groups. Coulter said she agreed that probable cause existed in the case, but that refusing consent, being in flight school and overstaying a visa shouldn't constitute grounds for a search. Citing a poll which found that 98 percent of Muslims between the ages of 20 to 45 said they would not fight for Britain in the war in Afghanistan, and that 48 percent said they would fight for Osama bin Laden,[111] she asserted "any Muslim who has attended a mosque in Europe – certainly in England, where Moussaoui lived – has had 'affiliations with radical fundamentalist Islamic groups'", so that she parsed Rowley's position as meaning that "'probable cause' existed to search Moussaoui's computer because he was a Muslim who had lived in England." Because "FBI headquarters...refused to engage in racial profiling" they failed to uncover the 9-11 plot, Coulter asserted. "The FBI allowed thousands of Americans to be slaughtered on the altar of political correctness. What more do liberals want?"[112]
Coulter wrote in another column that she had reviewed the civil rights lawsuits against certain airlines to determine which airlines had subjected Arabs to the most "egregious discrimination" so that she could fly only that airline. She also said that the airline should be bragging instead of denying any of the charges of discrimination brought against them.[113] In an interview with the The Guardian she quipped, "I think airlines ought to start advertising: 'We have the most civil rights lawsuits brought against us by Arabs.'" When the interviewer replied by asking what Muslims would do for travel, she responded, "They could use flying carpets."[70]
One comment that drew criticism from the blogosphere, as well as fellow conservatives,[114] was made during a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February 2006, where she said, referring to the prospect of a nuclear-equipped Iran, "What if they start having one of these bipolar episodes with nuclear weapons? I think our motto should be, post-9-11: raghead talks tough, raghead faces consequences."[115] Coulter had previously written a nearly identical passage in her syndicated column: "...I believe our motto should be after 9/11: Jihad monkey talks tough; jihad monkey takes the consequences. Sorry, I realize that's offensive. How about 'camel jockey'? What? Now what'd I say? Boy, you tent merchants sure are touchy. Grow up, would you?"[116]
In October 2007, Coulter made more controversial remarks about Arabs, in this case Iraqis, when she stated, in an interview with the New York Observer
We’ve killed about 20,000 of them, of terrorists, of militants, of Al Qaeda members, and they’ve gotten a little over 3,000 of ours. That is where the war is being fought, in Iraq, that is where we are fighting Al Qaeda. Sorry we have to use your country, Iraqis, but you let Saddam come to power, ha-ha, and we are going to instill democracy in your country.[117]
In a May 2007 article looking back at the life of the recently deceased evangelical Reverend Jerry Falwell, Coulter commented on Falwell's statement after the 9/11 attacks that "pagans", abortionists, feminists, and gays and lesbians, among others, helped make the attacks happen. In her article, Coulter stated that she disagreed with Falwell's statement, "because Falwell neglected to specifically include Teddy Kennedy and 'the Reverend' Barry Lynn."[118]
In October 2007, Coulter participated in David Horowitz' "Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week", remarking in a speech at the University of Southern California, "The fact of Islamo-Fascism is indisputable," she said. "I find it tedious to detail the savagery of the enemy . . . I want to kill them. Why don't Democrats?"[119]
Ionizing radiation as "cancer vaccine"[link]
On March 16, 2011, discussing the Fukushima I nuclear accidents, Coulter, citing research into radiation hormesis, wrote that there was "burgeoning evidence that excess radiation operates as a sort of cancer vaccine."[120] Her comments were criticized by figures across the political spectrum, from Fox News's Bill O'Reilly, who told Coulter "You have to be responsible . . . [In] something like this, you gotta get the folks out of there, and you have to report worst-case scenarios" [121] to MSNBC's Ed Schulz, who stated that "You would laugh at her if she wasn't making light of a terrible tragedy."[122]
Bibliography[link]
- Coulter, Ann H. (1998). High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton. Washington, DC; Lanham, MD: Regnery Pub.. ISBN 0-89526-360-2. OCLC 39380711.
- Coulter, Ann H. (2002). Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right. New York, NY: Crown. ISBN 1-4000-4661-0. OCLC 49673076.
- Coulter, Ann H. (2003). Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism. New York, NY: Crown Forum. ISBN 1-4000-5030-8. OCLC 52133318.
- Coulter, Ann H. (2004). How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must): The World According to Ann Coulter. New York, NY: Crown Forum. ISBN 1-4000-5418-4. OCLC 55746549.
- Coulter, Ann H. (2006). Godless: The Church of Liberalism. New York, NY: Crown Forum. ISBN 1-4000-5420-6. OCLC 69594152.
- Coulter, Ann H. (2007). If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans. New York, NY: Crown Forum. ISBN 978-0-307-35345-0. OCLC 156784826.
- Coulter, Ann H. (2009). Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America. New York, NY: Crown Forum. ISBN 978-0-307-35346-7. OCLC 230728938.
- Coulter, Ann H. (2011). Demonic: How the Liberal Mob Is Endangering America. New York, NY: Crown Forum. ISBN 0-307-35348-6.
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- ^ Coulter, Ann (October 9, 2003). "Answering my critics". Jewish World Review. http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/coulter100903.asp. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
- ^ Guthmann, Edward (December 2, 2003). "An outbreak of partisan warfare on the best-seller list is encouraging authors to stoke the fires of readers hungry for political squabbles – and the Bay Area is fertile ground for Bush-whackers". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/12/02/DDG4F3DPKR1.DTL. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
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- ^ Coulter, Ann (July 28, 1999). "A Republican Tribute to John". www.uexpress.com. http://www.uexpress.com/anncoulter/index.html?uc_full_date=19990728. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
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- ^ Coulter, Ann (August 23, 2006). "What Part of the War on Terrorism do they Support?". www.anncoulter.com. http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/article.cgi?article=144. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
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- ^ a b "Canadians in Vietnam". Vietnam Veterans In Canada. 2005-06-10, September 11, 2005 updated. Archived from the original on November 27, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20061127044721/http://www.vvic.org/canadians.htm. Retrieved November 24, 2007.
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- ^ Coulter, Ann (2007). Godless: The Church of Liberalism. New York: Crown Publishing Group. pp. 199–282. ISBN 978-1-4000-5421-3. http://books.google.com/?id=k_3EeVj2_IUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=godless:+the+church+of+liberalism#v=onepage&q&f=false.
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- ^ "Columnist Ann Coulter Shocks Cable TV Show, Declaring 'Jews Need to be Perfected by Becoming Christians'". Fox News. October 11, 2007. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301216,00.html. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
- ^ "Coulter draws fire over remarks about Jews". MSNBC. October 11, 2007. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21257498/ns/business-cnbc_tv/t/coulter-draws-fire-over-remarks-about-jews/. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
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- ^ Barak, Daphne. "Jones would have been happy with an apology". Irish Examiner. September 23, 1998. Retrieved on July 10, 2006.
- ^ Coulter, Ann (May 1999). "Spikey and me". George.
- ^ a b c Jones, Paula. "Paula Jones describes why she's posing for Penthouse". Larry King Live. CNN. October 24, 2000. Retrieved on October 24, 2000
- ^ Ann Coulter ""'Trailer park trash' strikes back". Human Events. January 30, 1998. Retrieved on November 18, 2006
- ^ Coulter, Ann. "Clinton sure can pick 'em". Jewish World Review. October 30, 2000. Retrieved July 11, 2006.
- ^ Bradley, Tahman (March 5, 2007). "Controversial Columnist Draws Fire for Anti-Gay Slur". ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2924630. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Coulter under fire for anti-gay slur". CNN. March 4, 2007. http://articles.cnn.com/2007-03-04/politics/coulter.edwards_1_anti-gay-slur-neil-g-giuliano-ann-coulter?_s=PM:POLITICS. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
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- ^ Mercurio, John (September 27, 2007). "John Edwards' better half?". MSNBC. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21016080/. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
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- ^ Klein, Rick (August 17, 2007). "Edwards Calls Coulter 'She-Devil'". ABC News. http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/08/edwards-calls-c.html. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
- ^ "Edwards Campaign Responds to Coulter Calling Him 'Faggot'". Editor & Publisher. March 3, 2007. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Article/Edwards-Campaign-Responds-to-Coulter-Calling-Him-Faggot-. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
- ^ a b Nagourney, Adam (March 4, 2007). "G.O.P. Candidates Criticize Slur by Conservative Author". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/04/us/politics/04coulter.html. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
- ^ Hamby, Peter (March 5, 2007). "Companies to pull ads from Coulter's Web site". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/05/coulter.ads/index.html. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
- ^ Astor, Dave (March 8, 2007). "Two More Newspapers Drop Ann Coulter's Column". Editor & Publisher. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Headlines/Article/Two-More-Newspapers-Drop-Ann-Coulter-s-Column. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
- ^ "Statement by Shreveport Editor Today on Dropping Ann Coulter". Editor & Publisher. March 8, 2007. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Headlines/Article/Statement-by-Shreveport-Editor-Today-on-Dropping-Ann-Coulter. Retrieved September 27, 2007.
- ^ "Ann Coulter Fires Back at Critics Over John Edwards 'Faggot' Barb". Fox News. March 6, 2007. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,256860,00.html. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
- ^ "Good Morning America's Chris Cuomo interviews Coulter, promotes Godless". Good Morning America (transcript provided by Media Matters for America). June 25, 2007. http://mediamatters.org/mobile/research/200706260001. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
- ^ Coulter, Ann (January 16, 2008). "The Elephant in the Room". AnnCoulter.com. http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/article.cgi?article=230. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
- ^ Parker, Jennifer (February 1, 2008). "Coulter: I Will Vote for Hillary Over McCain". ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2008/02/coulter-i-will/. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
- ^ Coulter, Ann (April 2, 2008). "Printer Friendly Article: Obama's dimestore 'Mein Kampf'". AnnCoulter.com. http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/printer_friendly.cgi?article=243. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
- ^ Cheadle, Bruce (March 22, 2010). "Watch your mouth, Ann Coulter warned for Canadian tour". The Star (Toronto). http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/783585--watch-your-mouth-ann-coulter-warned-for-canadian-tour?bn=1.
- ^ "Coulter: Canadian U Provost Guilty of Hate Crimes". Newsmax.com. 2010-03-23. http://newsmax.com/InsideCover/coulter-canada-provost-hate/2010/03/23/id/353652. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
- ^ "Students divided over Coulter's cancelled speech". Ottawa.ctv.ca. http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100324/OTT_Coulter_Rxn_100324/20100324/?hub=OttawaHome. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
- ^ Ottawa police say they didn't shut Coulter down; March 26, 2010
- ^ O'Malley, Kady (March 24, 2010). happened-last-night.html "Updated – Ann Coulter's Adventures in Ottawa: So, what happened last night?". CBC.ca. http://www.cbc.ca/politics/insidepolitics/2010/03/ann-coulters-adventures-in-ottawa-so-what-really happened-last-night.html. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
- ^ Wightman, Ken (March 26, 2010). "Ottawa police say they didn't shut Coulter down". Digital Journal. http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/289589. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
- ^ "Coulter protesters attack free speech: Levant – CTV News". www.ctv.ca. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100324/coulter_cancellation_100324/20100324?hub=TopStoriesV2. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
- ^ "Protest Cancels Coulter Speech in Ottawa". Fox News. March 24, 2010. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/24/protest-cancels-coulter-speech-ottawa/?test=latestnews. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
- ^ Wightman, Ken (March 24, 2010). "Ann Coulter cancels Ottawa talk over security concerns". Digital Journal. http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/289495. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
- ^ See Cloud, John. "Ms. Right p. 10". Time Magazine. April 25, 2005. Retrieved 2001-02-11. Cloud refers the soldiers Canada contributed to the ICC and the ICCS, the international commissions which oversaw, respectively, the cease-fire at the end of the First Indochina War, in 1954, and the cease-fire which interrupted the Vietnam War in 1973. For further information on Canada's involvement in the Vietnam War, see Canada and the Vietnam War.
- ^ Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (2005-04-21). "Time Covers Coulter: Action Alert". http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2496. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
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- ^ Jim Ritter, "Muslims see a growing media bias", Chicago Sun Times, September 4, 2006
- ^ The Trouble with "Treason", by David Horowitz, FrontPage Magazine, July 08, 2003
- ^ Coulter, Ann (2001-09-28). "Future widows of America: Write your congressman". Jewish World Review. http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/coulter092801.asp. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
- ^ Coulter, Ann. "Mineta's Bataan death march", Jewish World Review. February 28, 2002. Retrieved on July 11, 2006.
- ^ Coulter, Ann (2006-11-22). "What can I do to make your flight more uncomfortable?". AnnCoulter.com. http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/printer_friendly.cgi?article=158. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
- ^ Coulter says the poll was "by the "Daily Telegraph", actually it was by Sunrise, an "Asian"(i.e., Indian subcontinent-oriented) radio station, canvassing the opinions of 500 Muslims in Greater London (not Britain as a whole), mainly of Pakistani origin and aged between 20 and 45. Smith, Michael; Amit Roy (2001-10-30). "Britons who join Taliban to face trial". London: Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/10/30/nmus30.xml. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
- ^ Coulter, Ann. "This whistle-blower they like", Jewish World Review June 13, 2002. Retrieved on October 1, 2006.
- ^ Coulter, Ann. "Arab hijackers now eligible for pre-boarding" Jewish World Review April 29, 2004. Retrieved on July 11, 2006.
- ^ Gossett, Sherrie. "Ann Coulter 'Raghead' comments spark blogger blacklash" Cybercast News Service February 13, 2006. Retrieved on July 11, 2006.
- ^ Kurtz, Howard. "Monumental misfire" Washington Post February 14, 2006. Retrieved on July 11, 2006.
- ^ Coulter, Ann. Muslim bites dog. February 15, 2006
- ^ Gurley, George. "Tea With Miss Coulter". Observer.com. http://www.observer.com/2007/tea-miss-coulter. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
- ^ Coulter, Ann. "Jerry Falwell – Say Hello to Ronald Reagan" AnnCoulter.com May 16, 2007. Retrieved on May 23, 2007.
- ^ Trounson, Rebecca (2007-10-25). "Coulter's appearance at USC prompts ovations, protests". Los Angeles Times. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/religion/la-me-islamo25oct25,0,7812911.story. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
- ^ "A Glowing Report on Radiation". Human Events. 2002-04-28. http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=42347. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
- ^ Shahid, Aliyah (2011-03-18). "Ann Coulter talks Japan earthquake, tsunami with Bill O'Reilly: 'Radiation is good for you'". New York: Nydailynews.com. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/03/18/2011-03-18_ann_coulter_talks_japan_earthquake_tsunami_with_bill_oreilly_radiation_is_good_f.html#ixzz1HLoSa9cP. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
- ^ Mirkinson, Jack (March 20, 2011). "Ed Schultz: Ann Coulter Is 'Toxic,' Spreading Misinformation On Radiation". Huffingtonpost.com. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/20/ed-schultz-ann-coulter-toxic-radiation_n_838157.html. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
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| Molly Ivins | |
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| Born | Mary Tyler Ivins (1944-08-30)August 30, 1944 Monterey, California |
| Died | January 31, 2007(2007-01-31) (aged 62) Austin, Texas |
| Cause of death | Inflammatory breast cancer |
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Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins (August 30, 1944 – January 31, 2007) was an American newspaper columnist, populist,[1][2] political commentator, humorist and author.
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Biography[link]
Early life and education[link]
Ivins was born in Monterey, California, and raised in Houston, Texas. Her father Jim Ivins, known as "General Jim" because of his rigid authoritarianism (or sometimes "Admiral Jim" for his love of sailing), was an oil and gas executive, and the family lived in Houston's affluent River Oaks neighborhood.[3] Ivins graduated from St. John's School in 1962. In high school, she was active in extracurricular activities, including the yearbook staff. She had her first pieces of journalism published in The Review, the official student newspaper of St. John's School, though she never wrote any of the political columns that would become her specialty later in life. Ivins later became co-editor of the arts and culture section of the student paper. In addition, she frequently participated in theater productions and earned a lifetime membership to Johnnycake, the drama club.
Ivins enrolled in Scripps College in 1962 but was not happy there, and transferred to Smith College in 1963. During this time, she became romantically involved with Henry "Hank" Holland, Jr., a family friend, and then a student at Yale, whom she referred to as "the love of my life." When he was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1964, her friends would later say that she never seemed to find anyone else who could replace his memory, and she never married.[3] She spent her junior year at the Institute of Political Science in Paris, and received her B.A. in history in 1966. She earned a master's degree at Columbia University's school of journalism in 1967.[4][5]
Professional life[link]
While at Smith, Ivins spent three summers as an intern at the Houston Chronicle. Her jobs there included the complaint department as well as "sewer editor," as she put it, responsible for reporting on the nuts and bolts of local city life.
After graduating from Columbia, she took a job in the Twin Cities at the Minneapolis Tribune, where she covered "militant blacks, angry Indians, radical students, uppity women and a motley assortment of other misfits and troublemakers."[6]
In 1970 Ivins left the Tribune for Austin, Texas to be the co-editor and political reporter for the Texas Observer.[3] She covered the Texas Legislature and befriended folklorist John Henry Faulk, Secretary of State Bob Bullock and future Governor Ann Richards, among others. She also gained increasing national attention through op-ed and feature stories in The New York Times and The Washington Post along with a busy speaking schedule inside and outside Texas.[3] The Times, concerned that its prevailing writing style was too staid and lifeless, hired her away from the Observer in 1976,[7] and she wrote for the Times until 1982. During her run there, Ivins became Rocky Mountain bureau chief, covering nine western states, although the writer was known to say she was named chief because there was no one else in the bureau.[8] Ivins also wrote the obituary for Elvis Presley in The New York Times for the August 17, 1977 edition. Generally, her more colorful writing style clashed with the editors' expectations, and in 1980, after she wrote about a "community chicken-killing festival" in New Mexico and called it a "gang-pluck," she was recalled to New York as punishment. When Abe Rosenthal, editor of the Times, accused her of trying to inspire readers to think "dirty thoughts" with these words, her response was, "Damn if I could fool you, Mr. Rosenthal." One friend saw her rebellion against the Times authority structure as a continuation of her rebellion against her father's authority.[3] In late 1981, after receiving an offer from the Dallas Times Herald to write a column about anything she liked, Ivins left New York for Dallas.[3]
Ivins wrote for the Dallas Times Herald for ten years, although by 1985 the editors had moved her to the paper's Austin bureau to reduce friction with Dallas city leaders.[3] Her freelance work and speaking engagements continued to grow, and she hired Elizabeth Faulk, John Henry Faulk's widow, as a personal assistant. In 1991, her book Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She? was published, and spent 29 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Also in 1991, rival newspaper Dallas Morning News bought the Times Herald and closed it down. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram immediately made Ivins an offer and said she could stay in Austin. Ivins accepted, and wrote a column for the Fort Worth paper from 1992 until 2001, when she became an independent journalist. Her column, syndicated by Creators Syndicate, eventually appeared in nearly 400 newspapers nationwide.
Ivins also remained a board member and contributor to the Texas Democracy Foundation, which publishes the Texas Observer in Austin.[9]
In 1995, humorist Florence King wrote in a The American Enterprise column that Ivins had plagiarized King's work and mis-stated a quotation from a King column in a 1988 Mother Jones article.[5] David Rubien, writing in Salon, described the incident: "In a 1995 article for Mother Jones on Southern manners and mores, she extensively quoted, with affectionate attribution, statements from Florence King's book Southern Ladies and Gentlemen. But for some careless reason Ivins still fails to comprehend, she left the attribution off a few King statements." [10] Ivins wrote a letter of apology to King, but characteristically ended it with:"...boy you really are a mean bitch, aren't you? Sincerely, Molly Ivins, plagiarist." King published Ivins's apology and her own reply in a later article.[6][11]
Ivins supported affirmative action and denounced President Bush for announcing his opposition to the use of racial quotas at Michigan University on MLK's birthday.[12]
Death[link]
In 1999, Ivins was diagnosed with stage III inflammatory breast cancer. The cancer recurred in 2003 and again in late 2005. In January 2006 she reported that she was again undergoing chemotherapy.[13] In December 2006 she took leave from her column to again undergo treatment.[14] She wrote two columns in January 2007, but returned to the hospital on the 26th for further treatment.[15] Ivins died at her Austin, Texas home in hospice care on January 31, 2007, at age 62.[16]
After her death, George W. Bush, a frequent target of her barbs, said in a statement, "I respected her convictions, her passionate belief in the power of words. She fought her illness with that same passion. Her quick wit and commitment will be missed."[17]
Writing style[link]
Writing from an unabashed populist perspective,[2] Ivins repeatedly described herself as a populist and, on some occasions, as a left-libertarian.[18] Ivins peppered her columns with colorful phrases to create the "feel" of Texas. Her writing styles sometimes conflicted with her previous words, even in the same passage. "I'm not anti-gun... Ban the damn things. Ban them all."[19] When outraged by instances of what she considered malfeasance or stupidity on the part of public officials, she couched her argument in an air of stunned amusement. She enjoyed telling stories about the Texas Legislature, which she simply called "The Lege", calling it one of the most corrupt, incompetent, and funniest governing bodies in the nation—a well she dipped into on a regular basis. For example:
Practice, practice, practice, that's what Texas provides when it comes to sleaze and stink. Who can forget such great explanations as "Well, I'll just make a little bit of money, I won't make a whole lot"? And "There was never a Bible in the room"?[20]
In 2003, she coined the term "Great Liberal Backlash of 2003," and was a passionate critic of the 2003 Iraq War.[21] She is also credited with applying the nicknames "Shrub" and "Dubdub" to George W. Bush.
Quotations[link]
On the subject of Pat Buchanan's famously combative "culture war speech" at the 1992 Republican Convention, which attracted controversy over Buchanan's aggressive rhetoric against Bill Clinton, liberals, supporters of reproductive and gay rights, and for his comparison of American politics to religious warfare, Ivins famously quipped that the speech had "probably sounded better in the original German," noting the similarity between the concept of "culture war" and the Kulturkampf of Otto von Bismarck's Germany.[22]
"We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war...We need people in the streets, banging pots and pans and demanding, 'Stop it, now!'" (from her last column)[23]
"Having breast cancer is massive amounts of no fun. First they mutilate you; then they poison you; then they burn you. I have been on blind dates better than that."[24]
"So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was."—quoted by John Nichols for The Nation[25] Original source: "The Fun's in the Fight" column for Mother Jones, 1993.[26]
On Bill Clinton: "If left to my own devices, I'd spend all my time pointing out that he's weaker than bus-station chili. But the man is so constantly subjected to such hideous and unfair abuse that I wind up standing up for him on the general principle that some fairness should be applied. Besides, no one but a fool or a Republican ever took him for a liberal." (Introduction to You Got to Dance With Them What Brung You)[27]
On James M. Collins, US Representative, R-Dallas: "If his IQ slips any lower we'll have to water him twice a day." Collins had said that the current energy crisis could be averted if "...we didn't use all that gas on school busing..."[28] Ivins' quote engendered substantial controversy, with calls and letters pouring into her newspaper, The Dallas Times Herald. The newspaper turned the controversy into a publicity campaign, with billboards all over the city asking, "Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?"—which she later employed as the title for her first book.[29]
On George W. Bush, she likened him to a post turtle.[30]
"Of Bush's credentials as an economic conservative, there is no question at all - he owes his political life to big corporate money; he's a CEO's wet dream. He carries their water, he's stumpbroke - however you put it, George W. Bush is a wholly owned subsidiary of corporate America. ... We can find no evidence that it has ever occurred to him to question whether it is wise to do what big business wants." [31]
Awards[link]
- William Allen White Award from the University of Kansas (2001)[32]
- Smith Medal from Smith College (2001)[33]
- Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2001)[34][35]
- Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service (2003)[36]
- Pringle Prize for Washington Journalism from Columbia University (2003)[34]
- Eugene V. Debs Award in the field of journalism (2003)[34]
- David Brower Award for journalism from the Sierra Club (2004)[34]
- David Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism from the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University (2006)[37]
- The Molly National Journalism Prize from the Texas Democracy Foundation (2006)[38]
In addition to these formal awards, Ivins said that she was particularly proud of two distinct honors: having the Minneapolis police force's mascot pig named after her, and being banned from the Texas A&M campus.[39]
In Huntsville, TX each year the Walker County Democrat Club has a Charity Dinner in honor of Molly Ivins.
Bibliography[link]
- Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights (Random House, 2007) ISBN 1-4000-6286-1
- Who Let the Dogs In?: Incredible Political Animals I Have Known (Random House, 2004) ISBN 1-4000-6285-3
- Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America with Lou Dubose (Random House, 2003) ISBN 0-375-50752-3
- Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron by Robert Bryce, foreword by Molly Ivins (PublicAffairs, 2002) ISBN 1-58648-138-X
- Sugar's Life in the Hood: The Story of a Former Welfare Mother by Sugar Turner and Tracy Bachrach Ehlers, foreword by Molly Ivins (University of Texas Press, 2002) ISBN 0-292-72102-1
- The Betrayal of America: How the Supreme Court Undermined the Constitution and Chose Our President (2001) with Vincent Bugliosi (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2001) ISBN 1-56025-355-X
- Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush with Lou Dubose (Random House, 2000) ISBN 0-375-50399-4
- You Got to Dance With Them What Brung You: Politics in the Clinton Years (Random House, 1998) ISBN 0-679-40446-5
- Nothin' But Good Times Ahead (Random House, 1995) ISBN 0-517-16429-9
- Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She? (Random House, 1991) ISBN 0-679-40445-7
- The Edge of the West and Other Texas Stories with Bryan Wooley (Texas Western Pr, 1987) ISBN 0-87404-214-3
Notes[link]
- ^ Ivins, Molly. "Bush-hater strikes again". The Free Press. October 16, 2003.
- ^ Ivins, Molly. "There Goes the Electrical Grid". AlterNet. July 12, 2005.
- ^ Ivins, Molly. "Who Needs Breasts, Anyway?" Time Magazine. Feb. 18, 2002.
- ^ Robert Siegel and Wade Goodwyn, "Molly Ivins Dies at 62 After Bout with Breast Cancer", including interviews with and commentaries by Ivins, NPR, January 31, 2007.
References[link]
- ^ Interview with Molly Ivins from the Creative Loafing website. Ivins repeatedly described herself as a populist and, on some occasions, as a libertarian - see quote from Ivins reproduced in William H. Seewald's editorial from the Amarillo Globe-News, "We'll remember Molly Ivins for disturbing the complacent"[1]-.
- ^ a b Bramer, David (2004-09-08). "Dog Pound". Creative Loafing. http://tampa.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A4253. Retrieved 2011-02-21. "If I say Molly Ivins is a populist, what does that mean? In the simplest terms, I suppose, it means that she allies herself, philosophically and politically, with "the people" and is suspicious of the powerful, of "elites.""
- ^ a b c d e f g Minutaglio, Bill; W. Michael Smith (2009). Molly Ivins: A Rebel Life. New York: PublicAffairs. ISBN 978-1-58648-717-1.
- ^ Syracuse U. Bio, retrieved 11/6/06.
- ^ NOW, Ivins' Bio, retrieved 11/6/06.
- ^ The Free Press - Independent Media - Molly Ivins, retrieved 12/16/2008
- ^ Salon.com, retrieved 11/6/06.
- ^ Hoppe, Christy.Columnist, author Molly Ivins dies, The Dallas Morning News, January 31, 2007 (retrieved January 31, 2007)
- ^ Joe Holley, the Columbia Journalism Review, A mid-life crisis in Texas, January/February 1995. Retrieved February 4, 2007.
- ^ David Rubien, Salon.com, [2], Dec. 12, 2000. Retrieved Jan. 27, 2007.
- ^ http://www.taemag.com/issues/articleid.16475/article_detail.asp
- ^ [3]
- ^ Houston Chronicle, expired link
- ^ Ivins Takes Leave for Cancer Treatment
- ^ Ivins hospitalized in ongoing cancer fight
- ^ "Newspaper Columnist Molly Ivins Dies at 62". VOA News (Voice of America). 1 February 2007. http://voanews.com/english/archive/2007-02/2007-02-01-voa21.cfm. Retrieved 25 December 2008. [dead link]
- ^ Kelley Shannon, Associated Press, Syndicated columnist Molly Ivins dies, February 1, 2007.
- ^ Seewald, William H. (2007-02-16). "We'll remember Molly Ivins for disturbing the complacent". Amarillo Globe-News. http://www.amarillo.com/stories/021607/opi_6820127.shtml. Retrieved 2011-02-21. "The most widely syndicated liberal columnist in the country, Molly often brought the only voice of dissent to opinion pages all across the broad "red state" swath of the American heartland. Some of the vitriolic reactions appearing in this paper have been extraordinary, even by the deteriorated standards of American political discourse, so perhaps a few observations are appropriate. Ivins was quoted as saying, "I don't have an agenda, I don't have a program. I'm not a communist or a socialist. I guess I'm a left-libertarian and a populist, and I believe in the Bill of Rights the way some folks believe in the Bible.""
- ^ Molly Ivins. "Taking A Stab At Our Infatuation With Guns". The Seattle Times. http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19930315&slug=1690536.
- ^ Ivins, Molly (2006-01-06). "More Texan sleaze and stink". The Columbus Free Press. http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/1/2006/1292. Retrieved 2011-02-21. "What does not make me proud to be an American is a specific twist in the Jack Abramoff/Tom DeLay scandal -- in fact, this makes me want to urp despite the fact that I have a strong stomach when it comes to political corruption. Practice, practice, practice, that's what Texas provides when it comes to sleaze and stink. Who can forget such great explanations as "Well, I'll just make a little bit of money, I won't make a whole lot"? And "There was never a Bible in the room"?"
- ^ Krugman, Paul (2007-02-02). "Missing Molly Ivins". Opinion. The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9401EEDF123FF931A35751C0A9619C8B63. Retrieved 2011-02-21. "Molly Ivins, the Texas columnist, died of breast cancer on Wednesday. I first met her more than three years ago, when our book tours crossed. She was, as she wrote, a card-carrying member of The Great Liberal Backlash of 2003, one of the half-dozen or so writers now schlepping around the country promoting books that do not speak kindly of Our Leader's record."
- ^ [4]
- ^ alternet.com, "Stand Up Against the "Surge"", January 12, 2007. Retrieved April 3, 2007.
- ^ Time magazine, "Who Needs Breasts, Anyway?", Feb. 18, 2002. Retrieved February 1, 2007.
- ^ John Nichols, The Nation, Remembering Molly Ivins, January 31, 2007. Retrieved February 1, 2007.
- ^ Ivins, Molly. "The Fun's in the Fight." Mother Jones, May/June 1993.
- ^ Salon.com, "The Quotable Ivins", Dec. 12, 2000. Retrieved February 1, 2007.
- ^ Christy Hoppe, The Dallas Morning News, Columnist, author Molly Ivins dies, Thursday, February 1, 2007. Retrieved February 2, 2007.
- ^ Fresh Air, Remembering Columnist Molly Ivins, excerpts from interviews on Oct. 3, 1991 and Oct. 7, 2003, aired February 1, 2007.
- ^ Molly Ivins (2003). "Turtle on a Fence Post". CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. http://www.democrats.us/editorial/ivins042304.shtml. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
- ^ "Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush" Molly Ivins with Lou Dubose (Random House, 2000) ISBN 0-375-50399-4
- ^ William Allen White Award
- ^ Smith College
- ^ a b c d Ivins Bio, Creators Syndicate
- ^ "List of Active Members by Classes" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. http://www.amacad.org/members/class_section.pdf. Retrieved 2007-01-31.
- ^ Buzz Words (Georgia Tech Alumni Association), Columnist Ivins Wins Ivan Allen Prize
- ^ Harvard University, David Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism, November 16, 2006. Retrieved February 1, 2007.
- ^ The Molly Award, Texas Observer; retrieved February 24, 2008.
- ^ Newcomb, Douglas (May 2001). "The Long and Happy Life of a Political Columnist". Information Outlook. Special Libraries Association. http://www.sla.org/content/Shop/Information/infoonline/2001/may01/ivins_may.cfm. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
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| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| Name | Ivins, Molly |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | American journalist |
| Date of birth | August 30, 1944 |
| Place of birth | Monterey, California |
| Date of death | January 31, 2007 |
| Place of death | Austin, Texas |
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