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In reply to the discussion: Al Franken Defends NSA Surveillance: It’s Not Spying, They’re Protecting Us [View all]Occulus
(20,599 posts)131. The only antidote is a politician honest enough to be completely shameless.
"Why, yes, that IS a photo of my cock and I did in fact send it to someone I wanted to fuck. The real question is, why do you even care? I'm a politician. If you're using me as a role model, as some sort of moral pillar of American society, the problem is you, and not me, because American politics is a vile, dirty blood sport that has nothing whatever to do with anything like morality."
No politician ever responds or has ever responded to that sort of scandal in this manner. The question is, why not?
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Al Franken Defends NSA Surveillance: It’s Not Spying, They’re Protecting Us [View all]
savalez
Jun 2013
OP
Yep we need cooler heads in the Senate and Congress and Franken is becoming
4bucksagallon
Jun 2013
#105
Apparently it takes about four years to fully absorb whatever it is they put in the water in
Warren Stupidity
Jun 2013
#5
Your chance of seeing me in church other than for somebody else's funeral
Warren Stupidity
Jun 2013
#80
It's so obvious to anyone paying any attention at all that I have to question the motives
Occulus
Jun 2013
#128
He spoke at the "Let's Iraq and Roll" rally sponsored by right-wing media group Clear Channel
Bjorn Against
Jun 2013
#127
Vacuuming up every communication by this contry's citizens is NOT acceptable
xtraxritical
Jun 2013
#41
"not wanting to accept the fact that they voted for a guy who is EXPANDING the policies of George W
L0oniX
Jun 2013
#70
We have to be careful because this may be MSM spin on words taken out of context.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2013
#21
There's no shortage of Democratic Senators & Representatives voting AUMF for Iraq. To say later
24601
Jun 2013
#86
That is sad. Al used to make me laugh my ass off when he used show what a hypocrite Bill O. is,
GoneFishin
Jun 2013
#49
He said this on local Sunday morning program so he wasn't really going for the limelight
dflprincess
Jun 2013
#73
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety,
NorthCarolina
Jun 2013
#66
Whose opinion should I respect more? Senator Al Franken or an anonymous keyboard warrior at DU?
Rowdyboy
Jun 2013
#85
Of the few people left in the senate that I respect, Franken leads the way....
Rowdyboy
Jun 2013
#91
How about Senator Leahy? Serious player? Far more senior, far more informed than junior Franken.
cali
Jun 2013
#106
Pat Leahy, far senior and far more informed, disagrees with the very junior Senator Franken.
cali
Jun 2013
#101
Programs COULD be set up such that data is collected but not used unless there is a warrant.
Thor_MN
Jun 2013
#109
Franken voted against protections for American workers in the immigration bill, too
markiv
Jun 2013
#114
Interesting. I would like to hear Al comment on the cost and likely efficacy of the program.
grantcart
Jun 2013
#117