Dean and Franken, Fighting the Right

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Most liberals are overjoyed about Al Franken and Howard Dean. After all, both men are finally succeeding where the Democratic Party has failed for years: landing some punches on George W. and his right-wing spear-throwers.

Franken's book, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, is the best-selling book in the country -- and it's making conservatives apoplectic. Howard Dean has brought more passion to the Democratic primary than all of his opponents combined. So it's no surprise that liberals are buying Franken's book and driving up Dean's poll numbers. After years of feeling cheated and attacked, liberals are mad as hell and don't want to take it anymore. There is, however, one significant exception: the liberal punditocracy.

It's next to impossible to find a lefty columnist or talking head from inside the Beltway who's said nice things about the two Democratic firebrands. Instead, they fret that Dean has a "temper." (The New Republic recently ran a cover of Dean which made him look like Hitler circa 1939 -- all it lacked was for someone to pencil in a little mustache on his upper lip.)

The pundits snort that Franken is resorting to the same tactics nasty conservatives use. As Howard Kurtz put it in his Washington Post Web column, "Franken is trying to do for the left what Ann Coulter and Bernard Goldberg... have done for the right: Demonize the other side."

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[southern democrat]

1. Well Howard it works!

[liberalnurse]

2. Please let me add to this....

Al Franken has researched extensively his information for the book. He is enlightening the public with truth verses the right-wing out-n-out lying... He exposes the miserable truth that the right lies! They demonize themselves, Coulter and Goldberg repeat the lies.

No comparison.

[wryter2000]

3. Right on, liberalnurse

Those bastards are demons. Franken doesn't have to lie to prove it.

[liberalnurse]

5. I'm reading Al's book now.

It is soo soo good! I wish it was mandatory reading for all voters..

[dkf]

4. The rest are all weenies

Give me Dean and Franken any day.

[KT2000]

6. Dean-Franken-Clark too?

It's not just fighting - it's standing up for decency.
Clark does not shy away from that and he has a sense about what needs to be done to bring decency back to this country - starting with the principles of the Democratic party that he expressed pride in holding! YES!!!

My vote will be going for the one who shows the most strength against these Republican dregs and their foul ideologies.

[liberalnurse]

7. Yes he does indeed.

The republicans are leary of him too. I'm anxious to find out what his strategy is.....

[OldCurmudgeon]

8. works every time...

turn on the lights, and the cockroaches dive for cover.

Thanks, Al, for turning on the lights.

[SteveG]

9. Franken , Dean and a few others

The pundits snort that Franken is resorting to the same tactics nasty conservatives use. As Howard Kurtz put it in his Washington Post Web column, "Franken is trying to do for the left what Ann Coulter and Bernard Goldberg... have done for the right: Demonize the other side."


and it's about damn time!!!!!!!! no more f..ing pink tutu's. Those who have lived by the sword should now die by the sword. No prisoners...no more Mr. Nice Guy.... The bastards deserve to be hung in the public square (figuratively of course, in case mr. AshCroft is reading this).