Guest Blogged by Arlen Parsa of TheDailyBackground.com
As readers of The BRAD BLOG know, former comedian Al Franken will be the Democratic candidate running against incumbent Republican Senator (and Bush Buddy) Norm Coleman this November in Minnesota. The seat is a prime pickup opportunity to for Democrats this year, and Coleman is running scared. Franken was on CNN Monday night and was subjected to a truly awful interview by Campbell Brown. If you can stand to watch this lousy excuse for an interview, check it out:
For the entire five minutes Al was on CNN, Brown didn’t ask him a single serious question about an issue of importance to his state. Of course, Al did a great job at swatting down her asinine questions and cutting through the fluff to get to the real issues, but it’s still disappointing that this type of interview still happens.
The four questions that Brown asked him were essentially…
Well, having an entertainment past didn’t stop Arnold Schwarzenegger from being elected as governor of California twice, and didn’t stop Minnesota from electing Jesse Ventura as their governor. Plus, who says a person can’t be good at more than one thing?
Well if it does, then shouldn’t Norm Coleman also be disqualified since he’s been instrumental in cooperating with George W. Bush to run up the federal deficit owed by all Americans with this war in Iraq? Coleman has voted with Bush almost 90% of the time since he was elected to the late Senator Paul Wellstone’s seat in 2002.
What’d she think he’d answer, that he just wants a business card with two sides to it: comedian and Senator? No, Franken wants what every other progressive trying to unseat a Republican this year wants: an end to Norm Coleman and George Bush’s irresponsible lack of leadership and a return to real representational government for his state.
No, but I think it’s pretty hard to take your interviewing skills seriously, Campbell. Just for the record though, Franken is no also-ran: according to the latest Rasmussen poll in Minnesota, Republican incumbent Norm Coleman is running about even with Al within the margin of error (48% to 45% with Coleman barely in the lead).
Al is just being treated like any Democrat would from the media.
OT, why did they move NORAD out of the mountain and next to a civilian airport?
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This is as strange as the Minot live nuke story IMO
What do you expect from the wife of ex-Bush White House aide and Fox News talking head Dan Senor. Notice that CNN never mentions this fact when she is carrying the GOPs water.
He could have at least asked, “why did he leave radio to run as a Senator.”
Off Topic..
AP want’s to charge you $12.50 for five words.
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This will be easy to remember eh?
To think they use the word “press” in their name. Shameful.
Maybe she could have asked if Franken still calls Brit Hume “an a**hole” who is “f***ing shameless”.
Off-topic… It’s about FISA and a plea for support:
The same House leadership that stopped the Protect AT&T act is now leading the charge for backdoor approval of both unlimited surveillance powers for Bush and de facto immunity for the telecoms …
The Senate leadership, as always, stands firm in its opposition to this travesty of justice and in its readiness to capitulate at the first sign a telecom campaign contribution.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/06/17/hoyer/
http://www.actblue.com/page/fisa
Don’t you think it’s going to be hard for people to take you seriously?
LOL
I believe that Bedtime for Bonzo never detracted from anyone taking Ronald Regan seriously. BTW… who ever watches Campbell anyways?
Being Jewish by injection will not make her smarter. Or richer. Or more librul.
On another thread someone posted that Friedman smells like a Jewish name. Am I missing something here? These posts remind me of the astroturfing that the “Joos did it” or that “the Jews run the world.” Why would anyone make such divisive comments? Yeah, Israel should give up their apartheid system, but the Willis Carto stuff needs to be exposed.
Oops, gotta go, another Russert tribute is on. [/sarcasm]
Yes, the media is a joke. The best and the brightest are not on the boob tube.
Yeah, she sure did cross-examine the guy. Although I thought he handled it pretty well, and it was kinda humorous at the end 🙂
Brad – two Qs:
1-did you get a blogger pass to the convention?
2-how can we hold ‘less trustworthy’ states accountable for getting better voting machines in place in a timely fashion, when two democratic state governors and a dem legislature failed so miserably to make this a priority in New Jersey?