Al Franken: The Last Straw.

[Cattledog]

Well, it finally isn’t funny anymore – the grandiosity, the ignorance, the cruelty, the bullying, the racism, the petty insults and incessant stupidity. But especially the non-stop lying.

The greatest asset that a president can bring to a crisis is credibility.

On Day One of his presidency, Donald Trump chose to pick a fight with the media about the size of his inaugural crowd. On the morning of January 21, 2017, after fewer than 24 hours in office, Trump sent out Sean Spicer to tell the press corps a laughable and easily disprovable lie – that Trump’s crowd was the largest in history ever to attend a presidential inaugural.

The very next day, Kellyanne Conway let Americans know of the existence of something called “alternative facts.” Oh. So, that’s how it’s going to be, huh?

Since then, the lies have come so fast and furious that keeping track has been impossible. How do you remember the last one when three or four equally ridiculous lies are almost certain to follow that day?

Full blog at:

https://alfranken.com/read/the-last-straw?fbclid=IwAR1fvUe3ZQHw6XDwV5RwI5haYyDt0RiYLlMb7V1fTLhXnobBYvL1NXSTtuY

[Baitball Blogger]

1. It's all hands on deck. We need him in the Senate.

[MyOwnPeace]

12. I got to meet him in New Jersey a week ago......

and with an expensive "meet & greet" with no hand-shake (he would do elbows ) I told him that very thing: "We NEED you in the Senate!"

[Hulk]

20. If Biden was to pick Senator Amy Klobauchar as VP

....there just might be an opening. I would LOVE to see him back in the spot light again. We need his wisdom and wit....NOW!!

[Bluethroughu]

54. I switched my primary candidate from Bernie to Biden

In Hope's of that very reason.

[calimary]

57. Welcome to DU, Bluethroughu!

Thank you! I miss Al Franken a LOT. We need him speaking out more, and more publicly. We need him in front of cameras and microphones again. His viewpoint is URGENTLY needed to help us keep cutting through the crap and trump's nonstop snow-jobs.

[Bluethroughu]

59. Thank you calimary!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

28. If it's Franken, please, no telling us what to do with "all hands".

Heck, we can't even pretend to touch an armored vest, sensual tho it seems.

[hangaleft]

44. I'd rather see him in the White House

[Stuart G]

2. k and r no text

[leftieNanner]

3. Good One

Good gracious! How I miss this man in the Senate.

The whole article is worth a few minutes.

Thanks for sharing this.

[CrispyQ]

4. I love Al.

This:

Without Rush, without O’Reilly, without Hannity, without Newsmax, Breitbart, and InfoWars there would be no Trump.

Hate radio started over 30 years ago and our side has ignored it and still ignores it. We have let the right wing capture and control the narrative for over 30 years. This is why you see grown men wearing tee shirts that read "I'd rather be a Russian and a democrat." It's like the dems don't believe in marketing. I don't fucking get it.

And by the way, where is Bloomberg? Where are the ads showing the abysmal job the Con has done on this crisis? Is he waiting for our nominee to be announced?

[northoftheborder]

6. Air America was on a few years, but failed due to lack of sponsors. (Franken was on...

[SlogginThroughIt]

15. please support AM 950 out of Eden Prairie MN

AM950 has a very similar lineup to what Air America used to be. you can find them on tube in or listen through their website.

[OMGWTF]

41. According to Progressive Talker Randi Rhodes, Air America Failed De to Bad Management.

If you've never seen it, "Left of the Dial" is worth watching for the history of that network -- https://www.amazon.com/Left-Dial-Al-Franken/dp/B000BBOU9K

Until 2013 we had a progressive talk radio station in Seattle for about five years called AM1090. I went to every fking event they held, wore their T-shirt, had their bumper sticker on my car, talk to everyone about the great programming (it wasn't all politics) and the station went away because the-then corporate owner of the station (CBS) changed it to the third all-talk sports show in Seattle -- https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/other-sports/seattle-gets-a-third-sports-radio-station-at-1090-am/. It was a RW move to shut down their competition and keep U.S. 'murikans uninformed and docile.

There are still a few progressive stations around the country in places like Chicago, SF, Ashville, and Minneapolis. Right now I listen to Thom Hartmann through the local college station -- www.kbcs.fm, and Randi Rhodes at her website. I also buy her podcast subscription so I can listen anytime. She is wicked smart and really does her homework: www.randirhodes.com

[CrispyQ]

55. Thanks for this info and the links.

I wish our dem billionaires would get together and buy up a few radio stations, pay for some top notch writing talent, and challenge the message of hate and divisiveness that blankets rural America.

[former9thward]

32. There was an article in the Chicago Tribune the other day that said Bloomberg

was firing his staffers and closing offices. So much for his promise to keep them on until the election no matter what. The article said the staffers were being allowed to keep their laptops in lieu of severance pay. It said they would have to pay income taxes on the worth of the laptops.

[CrispyQ]

34. That's disappointing but thanks for the update. -nt

[LakeArenal]

5. I will never forget those who Railroad Al

Then ran for president.

Those candidates are out, except one.

Sanders should bow out today as a patriotic duty. But....

Then no Franken assasin will be our president. My fervent hope is none of those that deposed Al, make VP either.

One can make a great A G though.

[DFW]

46. That has been my sentiment all along as well.

When it was 20 or so different candidates declaring for the Democratic nomination, I said from day one, I will not support ANY senator that publicly called for Al's resignation. I got trashed for it right and left (as recently as this week, in fact), but my position stands: anyone without the fortitude to stand up for Al during such a time, and under such circumstances, was just not someone I wanted as President. I just couldn't trust such a person to stick up for us in a dicey situation if one of their fellow Senators couldn't either. Fortunately, that appears to be a dilemma that will not crop up in November.

[LakeArenal]

47. Of the times that I had posts removed

Most were standing up for Al and commenting what I thought about it.
Now I have to be more circumspect with comments.

Political expediency and opportunism were afoot.

[Faux pas]

7. Kickin'

[malaise]

8. Spread this everywhere

Thanks Al

[dalton99a]

9. The monster must be removed.

Until this crisis, Trump has paid no real price for his constant, pathological mendacity. Before politics, the man had spent his entire career in a business where, evidently, there was no accountability for inveterate lying.

But for this crisis there is accountability. And instead of leading, Donald Trump’s focus has been where it always has been – on Donald Trump. “I give myself a ten out of ten.” “We are very close to a vaccine.” “I don’t take responsibility at all.” “Anybody who needs a test can get a test. And the tests are perfect. Like the letter was perfect. The transcript was perfect.”

Of course, no leader could have prevented the devastation that this virus has and will continue to exact. But because Trump’s focus has been on himself, his reelection, and his fragile self-image, our federal government squandered our most valuable commodity. And the amount of suffering which that lost time will cost our nation is as tragic as it is unknowable.

Trump will not step away. He will continue to take the stage and our focus – but he will not be able to claim the credibility he never earned. We are left to proceed despite our president and find the leadership we need elsewhere. From governors and mayors and other civil servants. From health care professionals and scientists and economists. From community leaders and each other.

[matt819]

10. What cabinet position should he get? (nt)

[geardaddy]

14. VA or Education

I think he'd be great at either of those.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

38. GDC: GOPer Defenestration Czar

[stopwastingmymoney]

50. Yes. This. Nt

[love_katz]

11. Huge kick and rec.

^^^^^^^^^This!^^^^^^^^

[progressoid]

13. Note to self: must catch up on Al's podcasts.

[spanone]

16. K&R

[llashram]

17. trump is

truly a malignant narcissist. As is, it seems his republican cronies everywhere at all levels of leadership. The chickens have come home to roost and the head chickenshit is trump

[Wounded Bear]

18. Amy for veep, Franken takes her seat...

[NNadir]

19. I'm OK with that. No matter which woman gets the VP nod, they'll be a hell of a lot more aware...

...than that asinine devil worshiper Pence.

[ramen]

21. I can't believe we let Franken get railroaded out of the Senate.

We need him there now more than ever.

[zackymilly]

24. Thanks, Gillibrand and others! n/t

[Ernesto]

35. her name will live in infamy!

[calimary]

58. Every time I see her or hear her name, I FUME!

I can't forget that. I don't think I will EVER be able to forget that.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

25. Watching from the sidelines, it was like watching a media freight train

Coming right for Al. Terrible.

[ffr]

22. 'We must make this godawful human being pay the price'

"when it’s time to come out into the light, it must be our collective mission to make this godawful human being pay the price for every lie he has ever uttered."



If I can add, and his Cult45 followers!

[Tweedy]

26. Absolutely! But-- only if the followers were knowing participants

Surely we don't need a pound of flesh from folks duped by this unindicted co-conspirator?

[zackymilly]

23. MSNBC needs to hire Al Franken to take Tweety's place. n/t

[True Blue American]

31. Perfect!

For now!

[Tweedy]

27. How we miss Franken's insight

and wit!

[lavenderdiva]

30. Yes -- this

Excellent idea!

[Guilded Lilly]

29. I've sent this to a dozen places earlier today. Spot on, Al!

[Oldem]

33. Joe Scarborough says

dump continues to talk about the "Chinese virus" to rile up the press and get reporters (and the rest of us) talking about his stupidity, racism--you name the idiocy. It's all a distraction so nobody is talking about how badly he's bungled the response to the coronavirus threat, the lack of ventilators, etc. Thank heaven a lot of people are talking about those things, anyway. The fact is that the man (term used loosely) is responsible for I-don't-know-how-many deaths.

[robbob]

39. And Joe Scab also says

it’s time we all get together to support the pResident? Or has he re-evaluated that position?

[OMGWTF]

36. He never should have resigned. I saw him in Seattle a year ago; he's still relevant AF!

[DENVERPOPS]

37. And........

everyone used to call Reagan the "Teflon President"..........

[zentrum]

40. Come back Al!

[Woodwizard]

42. I wish he was still in the senate.

[Brainfodder]

43. Trump/Kushner stalled for $ sake.

They put a price on people.

To me they will always be 0's.

af

[xxqqqzme]

45. The very first lie

was swearing to protect and defend the Constitution. Never crossed his mind.

[Joinfortmill]

48. Yup, tune the MF out.

[Joinfortmill]

49. Yup, tune the MF out.

[betsuni]

51. K&R

[papa3times]

52. I read his books

Rush L is a big fat idiot and Lying Liars. He is an American treasure. He has a real Will Rogers quality. We need him to back in public service!

[maxrandb]

53. I thank the first Master Chief Petty Officer I worked for in the Navy for this one

"keeping up with the lies keeps me busier than a cat covering its shit on a linoleum floor"

[RussBLib]

56. K&R2