Angry Al Franken
Al Franken has an explosive personality with documented examples of a short temper with people who disagree with him.
A September 2006 Star Tribune article noted, "There are few political celebrities on the national scene as divisive as author, actor, radio host and possible Senate candidate Al Franken." 1
In an online chat, Franken asked: "What vitriol, you son of a b****!?!?!?!?!?!" 2
In June 2008, columnist Michael Gerson wrote, "In 2006, after a long monologue about a dog and its vomit, Franken impersonated the deceased Sen. Strom Thurmond as saying: 'Yeah, I screwed a woman who was vomiting once.' He once proposed a television sketch about a female CBS reporter being drugged and raped. He has suggested that his next book title might be 'I (expletive) Hate Those Right-Wing Mother (expletive)!' To an event hosted by the Feminist Majority Foundation in 1999, Franken told this thigh-slapper: 'Why don't we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our grandmothers.'" 3
He's even "body-slammed" a protestor at a rally.
In January 2004, the New York Post reported, "Wise-cracking funnyman Al Franken yesterday body-slammed a demonstrator to the ground after the man tried to shout down Gov. Howard Dean." 4
"Franken emerged from the crowd and charged one male protestor, grabbing him with a bear hug from behind and slamming him onto the floor." 5
1 Colin Covert, "Movie Review; Opening Today; To Franken Fan Or Foe, Film Is Fair," Star Tribune, September 20, 2006 [PDF]
2 "'Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them' 'With Al Franken Author And Humorist," WashingtonPost.com, August 28, 2003 [PDF]
3 "Franken's Humor Satire Or Vulger?" San Gabriel Valley Tribune, June 16, 2008 [PDF]
4 Vincent Morris, "Al Franken Knocks Down Dean Heckler," New York Post, January 27, 2004 [PDF]
5 Vincent Morris, "Al Franken Knocks Down Dean Heckler," New York Post, January 27, 2004 [PDF]
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