Al Franken endorses Hillary on his Facebook page

[still_one]

"Hillary's first job after law school was with the Children's Defense Fund, where she knocked on doors in New Bedford, MA, to gather information about children who weren't enrolled in school. The stories she and others collected--about kids who couldn't afford bus fare, or who had disabilities, or whose parents didn't speak English--helped lead to the passage of a landmark law to make sure that every child in America could get an education. That was over 40 years ago. And whether it's fighting for the creation of the Children's Health Insurance Program in the 90s, or continuing the fight for paid leave and universal pre-K, she remains steadfast in her advocacy on behalf of children. I support Hillary Clinton because she's been fighting the good fight her entire life."

https://www.facebook.com/Sen.Franken/

[NurseJackie]

1. I'm sure it won't be long before his Facebook page is trashed.

[Metric System]

5. Too late. It's been going on for over an hour now.

[NurseJackie]

9. Not surprising. (Maybe GEICO can turn this into one of their "It's What You Do" commercials.)

"If you're a Mom, you call at the worst time... it's what you do."

[ecstatic]

29. It's that authoritarian streak that both Trump and Sanders supporters seem

to have. Too controlling. Too sensitive. Relax!

[Armstead]

23. Yes those awful sanders supporers are saying inflammatory things

-----Critical but hardly "trashing"

Sen. Paul Wellstone has really big shoes to fill, I always thought that you, Senator, Sen. Al Franken, were up to the task. Please don't let us down. Be the loud voice of progressive change that you have been in the past. Be Al Franken, not a DNC yes man.

I respect you senator but #Bernie too has spent his whole life fighting for his beliefs and he didn't make tons of money from wall street like Ms. Clinton has. Please reconsider and join the movement.

Bernie has been fighting the best fight. We are tired of the status quo. And Hillary is practically a republican. I would think you would be tired of it too Al.

Al, I like you, but have to disagree that Hillary is the choice. Bernie Sanders is the stand alone candidate who will not cowtow to the big business and big money machine.

'm a female liberal democratic voter, and I'm telling you right now, Hillary will not be the first female POTUS. You're backing the wrong horse.


Al, you have done a great job as a Senator. But a vote for Hillary is a vote for the status quo. We need to level the playing field and she is deep in the pockets of wall street. She is a great person but Bernie is BETTER

Really like you Al, But you lose me with support for Hillary. GOP lite.Wrong on the war in Iraq, wrong on wall street and regulation of our finacial institutions. Wrong on campaign funding, still being bought by corporations and special interests, not representing the 99%

[Ed Suspicious]

26. Holy shit! We ought to be ashamed of ourselves for attacking this man so viciously!

[beam me up scottie]

31. Oh the hugh manatee!

[arcane1]

2. Kinda pointless, since her supporters allegedly don't use the internet.

How will they ever know of this endorsement?

[OrwellwasRight]

42. Why?

Are they all over 65 or something?

[arcane1]

46. It seems to be the general explanation for Bernie's success with online things.

I don't buy it, but I'll make jokes about it

[OrwellwasRight]

47. Got it.

[1StrongBlackMan]

52. That's pretty silly don't you think? ...

Suggesting on an internet message board that HRC (and M O'M) supporters don't use the Internet because we don't respond to online click polling?

But then, again, you don't see us talking all kinds of conspiracies when we don't suddenly start getting online solicitations, either.

I wonder if there's a connection?

[beam me up scottie]

3. Didn't he endorse her last year?

Al Franken endorses Hillary Clinton

[Metric System]

4. The Swarm has already descended. Yikes!

[Armstead]

24. See post above from "the Swarm" on his Facebook page

They aren't happy,. but the vast majority are making their points civilly.

[enid602]

28. swarm

Swarm of harpies!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. And he's getting well and truly criticized for it

as he should. The comments are very critical of his disappointing endorsement of Clinton. I thought Al was a real progressive but I guess the DNC establishment got to him, too.

[Metric System]

11. Sanders supporters have very little tolerance for anyone who doesn't support their candidate.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. Pot, you've got a call from Kettle on line 1....

[OrwellwasRight]

43. +1000

[Warren DeMontague]

49. Damn, I think that was a three pointer!

[still_one]

33. That's the truth. What they did to PP was a disgrace

[KittyWampus]

17. "Real progressive". That is exactly what an ideologue says.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. LOL

[youceyec]

7. Sanders

Supporters can be nasty

[cali]

8. Hillary supporters can be horrid.

[Metric System]

13. Sorry Cali, but Sanders supporters are earning their reputation all over social media. They were

waging a full-on battle on Ta-Nehisi Coates' twitter account just yesterday.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. Almost all the comments on Franken's Facebook page are polite and respectful,

but they express disagreement with his endorsement. Franken is well-liked in this state, and we had hoped and believed he was really the successor to Paul Wellstone that he seemed to be when he was elected. People are not being rude or insulting but merely stating their deep disappointment.

[KittyWampus]

18. passive aggressive is not really "polite and respectful".

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. So if I disagree with Al's endorsement, how am I supposed to tell him?

I would not be rude because I think he's been a good senator. I do not agree with his endorsement, however. What should I say? I'm not going to tell him he's stupid, or an asshole, anything along those lines. I might say something like, "Senator Franken, I am very disappointed in your endorsement of Hillary Clinton. I have always thought of you as one of the most progressive members of the Senate, and you have always promoted the progressive ideas and policies that Bernie Sanders is basing his campaign on, and frankly I don't understand why you aren't 100% behind him. I am hoping that you will change your mind before the caucuses on March 1, which is when I will be enthusiastically caucusing for Bernie." Most of the comments have that same tone, and I see nothing rude, inappropriate or passive-aggressive about it.

[Armstead]

25. Nice little Catch 22 you got there

So if thety're bnot nasty and insulting they're "passive aggressive ."

I guess the only socially acceptable and psychologically healthy response is "Love ya Al. I love Hillary too."

[OrwellwasRight]

44. The only acceptable response to Al Franken's endorsement

is apparently to say, "right on," don't you know that?

[Uponthegears]

21. EXACTLY

Hillary has made a concerted effort to play the victim while running the show.

[artislife]

32. Your candidate trumps --heh --all of us on nastiness. nt

[still_one]

34. Someone says something positive about Hillary, they spam that persons web page

Someone says something positive about Bernie, Clinton supporters don't trash someone's web page because of that

That speaks volumes, and there will be blow back on Super Tuesday

[ronnykmarshall]

37. Look in the mirror honey

[NurseJackie]

10. UTB! (If there's any room.)

[BlueMTexpat]

12. Good for Al!

The nastiness expressed in response to this endorsement is reminiscent of the mob led by John Bolton that showed up in FL in 2000 to stop the vote-counting. It is truly frightening. And shameful.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. Have you actually read the Facebook comments?

Very few are hostile. People are just very disappointed, and are saying so.

[Uponthegears]

22. Again

EXACTLY

[ecstatic]

39. But WHY? Why are they disappointed? Franken is an adult and free to make

his own decisions without being bullied and attacked.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

40. He is a U.S. Senator. His constituents who elected him

are responding to a political action on his part, which they have every right to do; those responses, which were almost all quite polite and thoughtful, are not "bullying and attacking." Sen. Franken has a right to his decision, and his constituents have a right to criticize it. If a politician can't tolerate being criticized for his decisions he shouldn't be in politics. Franken can take it, but apparently Clinton's supporters can't - regarding the slightest criticism as an attack.

[ecstatic]

41. Show an example of Clinton supporters attacking someone who has endorsed Bernie.

Whether through screeds on facebook, or threats to stop donating, etc. Bernie supporters seem to be the only ones who can't handle anyone endorsing another candidate.

[Starry Messenger]

53. +1

[OrwellwasRight]

45. Just as they are adults and free to express disappointment.

You answer is that they should shut up? Verrrrrrrry small-d democrat of you. Not.

[Ed Suspicious]

27. Are you from another dimension? Insane? Bad eyesight? I can't explain how you could

possibly have such a different read on those comments than I do.

[BlueMTexpat]

48. The mere fact that you attack me in the

way that you do tells me that you and I are certainly not in the same dimension.

I did not say ALL comments, btw. But you were in such a hurry to trash me and my response that you apparently failed to realize that. Or you dismissed it entirely simply because my view does not conform to yours. Somewhat cult-like, n'est-ce pas?

[riversedge]

30. Congrats to Hillary and her Team and welcome aboard Sen. Franken

[still_one]

35. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[ronnykmarshall]

36. Al Franken is a prawn of the right wing!

An enemy of The People!

[still_one]

38. hmmm, prawns. Isn't that related to shrimp?

[Warren DeMontague]

50. I disagree with Senator Franken on his choice for the primaries, but I respect the man & his

achievements.

And his taste in music.

"God dammit, Henry, gimme the tape!"

[merrily]

51. Your winnings, sir

[Android3.14]

54. Or else.