It looks like Al Franken is handing Gorsuch his ass

[gopiscrap]

[pkdu]

1. Both cheeks! nt

[furtheradu]

2. GO, AL!

He is SO goood!

[malaise]

3. i don't recall

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

[madokie]

4. I've liked Al since long before he ran for office

and I was hoping he'd run some day.

ETA:

Been down with bronchitis for the last week or so. I have COPD and its tearing me a new one

Peace

[classof56]

25. Agree about Al.

Have a couple of his pre-politics books, love 'em both.

Hope you're feeling better soon. Hang in there!

Peace back atcha.

[avebury]

5. Do you know if there will be a video on line of

Al Franken's exchange?

[ginnyinWI]

24. here

[byronius]

29. Gorsuch is a Weasel. A slithering, slimy, criminal Weasel. And Franken clearly shows that.

Right on Al.

[gabeana]

6. Al franken

is ridiculously smart

[Sculpin Beauregard]

11. Wit as sharp as a scalpel

It's a beautiful thing to watch

[Wounded Bear]

17. The best comedians seem to be smarter than average to me...

I think you have to be smart to really crack jokes that will entertain majorities of people.

Liberals make better comedians than conservatives.

Funny how that lines up.

[uponit7771]

18. +1

[hibbing]

19. Conservative "humor"

Is usually aimed at the powerless.


Peace

[Wounded Bear]

20. Yes. In general conservative "humorists" attack down...

Liberal comedians attack up.

[pangaia]

21. "Liberals make better comedians than conservatives. "

I didn't know there were any conservative comedians.
Actually, come to think of it, all conservativeshe are comedians.

[ginnyinWI]

23. and disarming at the same time!

He comes across as a genial guy--which he is--and people aren't prepared when he "casually" goes in for the kill!

[Ilsa]

7. He's going deep, calling up Trump's agenda of deconstructing the

Administrative state. Trying to get Gorsuch to comment on the relationship of his spot on scotus being necessary for this objective.

[C_U_L8R]

8. This is my first time seeing Gorsuch

He seems pretty spineless and sneaky, on first impression.

[gopiscrap]

9. yeah he is a typical gop two faced motherfucker

[lpbk2713]

13. That's what Trump likes about him.

Two cookies from the same cutter.

[More_Cowbell]

10. WSJ has a link

http://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/supreme-court-nominee-neil-gorsuch-hearing-senate-judiciary-committee

I can't watch it on my browser, but they also include this exchange;


Al Franken, a Minnesota Democrat, is up next. He uses the opening few minutes of his question period to revisit the case of TransAm Trucking driver Alphonse Maddin. As a reminder, this is the case of the trucker being fired for abandoning his cargo in sub-zero temperatures. Judge Gorsuch sided against the trucker in an employment dispute over his firing, though the court found in his favor.

Judge Gorsuch repeatedly defended his decision while saying he empathized with the man. He refuses to say what he would have done if he was ordered by his employer to stay in sub-zero temperatures.

“I had a career in identifying absurdity and I know it when I see it," said Mr. Franken, a former comedian and Saturday Night Live cast member.

"It makes me question your judgment," added Mr. Franken.

[spooky3]

16. Thanks, on behalf of those of us who couldn't see it.

"Absurd" is a kind word to use here. Sounds to me as if the employer clearly valued cargo over the life of its employee. And what about OSHA???

[Satch59]

12. Franken was great, as usual...

Gorsuch is slick and way too measured... His exchange with Cruz was nauseating...talking about Judge White...so homespun...ugh...

[Grammy23]

15. Seems like Gorsuch likes to bring a tear to their eyes with

his flowery rhetoric and glowing references to those who served before. Gets a bit misty eyed himself he gets so caught up in the smaltzy words.

[NurseJackie]

14. Al Franken ROCKS!! He's a TRUE DEMOCRAT!!

[Cha]

22. Thank you for the report!

[Hekate]

26. knr

[MyNameGoesHere]

27. Without context i imagine surgery was performed

On the committee floor?

[Hekate]

32. 9 minute clip at post 24

[Fritz Walter]

28. Bottom line: Filibuster the Mother Fucker

Thanks to Sen. Franken for calling him out on such a shit-eating ruling.

GorSUCK is a political beast, and he will out-do Scalia, given the opportunity. Kiss Roe v. Wade goodbye! Kiss Brown v. Board of Education goodbye. He would gladly further enshrine and reinforce Citizens United. This "activist judge" does not belong on SCOTUS!

If the Democratic senators do not filibuster his nomination, they are condemning us to a fascist regime.

[gopiscrap]

31. Agreed

[rufus dog]

30. As someone who had a career in absurdity

I know it when I see it.