Al Frankin

[rwork]

was great last night on Letterman. He brought up bushes* cocaine felony. He mentioned he had once met bush* at a dinner and bush had winked at him. He said he had asked bush* although you say you never did cocaine, have you ever manufactured crystal meth., which drew a huge roar from the audience. He also mocked Bill O Reilly as a bully and loudmouth. David Letterman is a very popular show and watched by alot of people.Al's book is number one on New York Times best seller list. David placed Al's book on his desk with bush*'s picture on front cover. This show will open alot of eyes.

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1. Let's hope so

I hope Al's book keeps selling strong. It's great so far (haven't had time to finish it yet!)

(It's Franken, with an 'e', by the way)

Does anyone have a transcript of Al on Letterman, or a little video clip of it? I wish all of these shows would repeat the following day like Conan does...

[demnan]

2. I'm reading Al's book right now

and I want to bear his children. (And I don't say that lightly).

[Touchdown]

14. Oh' you're just joking.

...in the square.;-)

[TioDiego]

3. I read Franken's book this weekend.

Very funny and informative. I think he actually did a much bigger job exposing Hannity and the Martian, than O'Reilly. Sean is a super whore.

[seemslikeadream]

4. Who was the guy that called liberals sissys

and Al phoned to ask him if he wanted to fight?

[BurtWorm]

5. Rich Lowry

The pipsqueak who edits the National Review.

[Starpass]

15. hahaha--Lowery???

Good god that little tight assed clown would be the first to wave his hanky and surrender if someone tried to fight him. Big brave man--like so many of those fools.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

20. might explain why

lowry is suddenly all over the tv calling al 'unfunny'

[TioDiego]

6. One of Slanderin' Ann's Girly Boys.

[TioDiego]

7. One thing I really enjoyed

in the book was the cartoon Supply-Side Jesus.

[roughsatori]

8. I'm not much of a fan of Franken's comedy but

I was laughing out loud last night. I could have listened to him for the full hour.

[Dogmeat]

9. Yup

I can't say I ever found Frankin too funny, but anyone who so infuriates people I consider assholes is OK in my book.

[BurtWorm]

12. He doesn't just infuriate wingers, he humiliates them.

He chews them up and spits them out.

[newyawker99]

21. Hi Dogmeat!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[NewYorkerfromMass]

10. NYTimes book review by Janet Maslin was awesome

Franken Retorts, You Decide

I do miss Janet's movie reviews.

[MnFats]

11. i got the book as a birthday gift!

kind of takes the burden off of being one year older...it's a great, great book.
and of course, the chapter on wellstone reminded me of many things i had blocked out of my memory of that time. impossibly said, and the behavior of the right was absolutely outrageous. their spin machine was whirling at top speed as mourners were pulling out of the Williams Arena parking lots.
i was there for the whole thing....and i was totally enraged by what I heard. it was absolutely stunning.

anyway, if you want to get pissed off enough to DO SOMETHING in next year's elections, read this book.

on a possibly related note, MPR had a speaker this morning from ...Claremont College(?) who wrote "The Art of Political Warfare," which sounds like an interesting read.....one of his points is that the Republicans see the 2004 election as an opportunity to PERMANENTLY seize power and leave the Democrats a permanently minority voice. Heaven help us.

[terryg11]

13. Al and Bill on CSPAN's book show a few months back

I caught it again Sunday night and it was great. Molly Ivins was also up front at the podium and it got pretty heated, dd anyone else see this when it aired in May or June I think

[Starpass]

16. There is no love lost between Letterman and Bush

I'm sure Dave loved every minute of it----and loved promoting the book.

[rwork]

18. Back in 1999

I heard Letterman say, will bush* make good president, or be the biggest dork of all time. What a prophecy by David.

[The Sushi Bandit]

17. This book is a must buy...

... its very funny and stinging too.
Huray for AL!

[Logansquare]

19. Every time Letterman said the book's title

The audience tittered. Franken's imitation of O'Reilly bellowing "Shut up!" nearly had me rolling.

[CatWoman]

22. there's some video up

click on "big show highlight"

http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/

and while your'e at it -- check out last night's top ten :D