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Originally Posted by pgardn
The people that get stuff done face hostile crowds and try and explain themselves in a rational manner. If one really believes they can make a difference in Government, one must attempt to sway the opposition that contains rational people why their different ideas merit consideration.
Ann Coulter plays games and is irrational.
Mahr loves the attention of people who agree with him and find him witty, I dont.
Franken is an attack dog. Wait till he actually attempts to get things done.
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Mes amis, Maher first and foremost is running a COMEDY show. It's political, yes, but it's COMEDY. He'll sacrifice a subtlety to make a joke. He's a comedian; it's his job. Likewise Franken's books- they're political yes, but they're humor books first. Some, "Lying Liars" better than others "The Truth- With Jokes!" (I found that one kind of boring and didn't finish it) I also am confounded by people who expect comedians to be running serious news shows (see Hannity's interview with John Stewart a few years back).
Pgardn, who is Franken attacking for? I'm not aware of him having links to any specific Dem. He seems to be doing the same thing Coulter is, but with less bad language and with more facts to back him up. Michael Moore, sure, one can make a very strong argument that he plays fast and loose with timelines at the VERY least. But Franken? I haven't found anything in his "Lying Liars," anyway, that has been contradicted. (Happy to be wrong, of course, as I prefer having all the facts, too. And as I said, I didn't finish "The Truth" because I thought it was kind of dull)
His chapters on Ann Coulter are pretty funny, actually. As is his account of the O'Reilly lawsuit. He says O'Reilly was upset because the picture of him on Franken's book made him look "blotchy." And yeah, that lawsuit was comedy gold. Who wouldn't have taken advantage of it? Here in NYC, while it was going on, a local hotdog joint put up a banner that said, "We love you Al Franken! To us, you are always 'Vare and Valanced.'!" Almost got me to go buy hotdogs from them, except I don't like hotdogs. (I know, I know, why do I hate our freedom?)