Al Franken Takes On Jason Mattera: 'You Have To Shut Up Right Now, & Listen To Me'

[Tx4obama]

Run time: 03:25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFXr3i5_y1A   Posted on YouTube: March 22, 2010 By YouTube Member: jasonmattera Views on YouTube: 21116   Posted on DU: March 30, 2010 By DU Member: Tx4obama Views on DU: 2707

 
Don't pay any attention to the original title 'on' the video, this version is the only one I could find.

If you watch the video you'll see that Franken PWNS the dumbass reporter ;)

Bravo Senator Franken, keep up the good work!

Edited to ADD, claim is fact-checked here a third way down the page:
http://mediamatters.org/research/201003290051

[WeekendWarrior]

1. So what point is this idiot actually trying to make?

That there's something wrong with creating a healthy environment for children where they can get exercise?

Why do these people insist on being such clueless fools?

[TheEuclideanOne]

4. No, by describing it the way he originally did, he could

make it seem like the government is spending 8 Billion dollars on only jungle gyms. The Rethugs can then say that they are taking back the country from the wreckless spending by our government on $8 Billion dollars worth of jungle gyms.

For the record, I am actually in favor of the government spending $8 billion dollars in Jungle Gyms. I just think that it would be the coolest thing ever. :) But, hey, that's just me.

[WeekendWarrior]

6. So let me see...

For the repugs:

8 billion for Jungle gyms = bad
60 billion to kill people = good

I get it. Makes sense.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

23. why is Video advert for Right Winger book posted at DU?

This video is an advertisement owned by Jason Mattera, whose book is completely anti Obama.

Look at the video closely, it links to Jason Mattera. It is ON the video!

It is an advertisement for Jason Mattera's book Obama Zombies.

Book Review: Jason Mattera Tackles Liberal Media Bias in 'Obama ... In Jason Mattera's new book "Obama Zombies" the Young America's Foundation media spokesman takes on, and takes down, the liberal machine that brainwashed a ...
newsbusters.org/.../jason-mattera-takes-liberal-media-bias-obama-zombies

Here is who Jason Mattera is:

Jason Mattera Jason Mattera represents Young America's Foundation committed to freedom, conservative ideas, the Republican platform and traditional values.
www.jasonmattera.com

[SDuderstadt]

2. Read the comments to the video...

I haven't read one yet that doesn't think Mattera isn't a idiot. Talk about backfiring. I hope he keeps it up; he'll drive voters to the Dems in droves. What a moron.

[stlsaxman]

10. After reading your subject line (and before the message portion) i did just that- amazing!

Rated 1 1/2 stars, too!

NOBODY thinks this guy's cool.

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

3. This individual is not a reporter. He's a jerk with a camera guy.

This is a reporter:



This is a media whore:



Reporters actually want answers. They are not the stars of their stories.

[SDuderstadt]

13. I'll take Amy Goodman over Jason Mattera anyday...

I'd love to see this idiot go up against Olbermann or Matthews. They'd clean his clock.

If you read the comments on the Franken video, I have yet to find one that doesn't roundly condemn this idiot.

[Bleacher Creature]

18. "Reporters actually want answers. They are not the stars of their stories."

Really, really good line.

[mucifer]

5. you can change the title of the video after you find it. You have to put in

the correct title at first. But, right before you click post message you can change the title. You can also change the title during the time period you have to edit the post.

BTW thanks for posting this. I love the idea of billions for programs like midnight basketball and "jungle gyms". I'm glad it's in the bill. They clearly edited out his answer. Asshole!

[Tx4obama]

9. Thanks, BUT I didn't mean the title on my OP, I meant the title on the YouTube video ;)

Btw, you do not have to type in the original title -- the only place you have to do that here on DU is in the Late Breaking News section ;)

[baldguy]

7. Can I be Al's security for a day?

I'm thinking guys like this need to be tackled & left hog-tied at the bottom of the stairwell.

[Magleetis]

8. It takes a sack full

to confront someone with double your IQ. Mattera just likes to hear himself talk.

[onehandle]

11. Al kicked his ass. He couldn't even edit this to save himself from embarrassment. nt

[kenfrequed]

12. Heh

The daily show has to pick this up and finish the Job Franken started in swatting this idiot.

This should probably be taught in every high shcool media class of "How not to interview someone."

[barbtries]

14. what an asshole.

is he with fux?

[underpants]

15. Kicking for later

[90-percent]

16. This twerp

This punk addressed Senator Franken as "Senator Smalley".

An act of deliberate disrespect. I'm happy Al ignored it totally.

fuckstik? douchenozzle? o'keefeinator? gay hermaphrodite?

What would be an appropriate term for this waste of skin with a camera man?

-90% Jimmy

[Bleacher Creature]

17. Paul Krugman descibed this as Beavis and Butthead politics last year.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/what-should... /

What should government do? A Jindal meditation

What is the appropriate role of government?

Traditionally, the division between conservatives and liberals has been over the role and size of the welfare state: liberals think that the government should play a large role in sanding off the market economy’s rough edges, conservatives believe that time and chance happen to us all, and that’s that.

But both sides, I thought, agreed that the government should provide public goods — goods that are nonrival (they benefit everyone) and nonexcludable (there’s no way to restrict the benefits to people who pay.) The classic examples are things like lighthouses and national defense, but there are many others. For example, knowing when a volcano is likely to erupt can save many lives; but there’s no private incentive to spend money on monitoring, since even people who didn’t contribute to maintaining the monitoring system can still benefit from the warning. So that’s the sort of activity that should be undertaken by government.

So what did Bobby Jindal choose to ridicule in this response to Obama last night? Volcano monitoring, of course.

And leaving aside the chutzpah of casting the failure of his own party’s governance as proof that government can’t work, does he really think that the response to natural disasters like Katrina is best undertaken by uncoordinated private action? Hey, why bother having an army? Let’s just rely on self-defense by armed citizens.

The intellectual incoherence is stunning. Basically, the political philosophy of the GOP right now seems to consist of snickering at stuff that they think sounds funny. The party of ideas has become the party of Beavis and Butthead.

(SNIP)

And BTW, doesn't encouraging kids to exercise reduce health care costs? And doesn't study after study show that breast feeding leads to long term health benefits? These guys are just plain sad.

[yeswecanandwedid]

19. Way to go Al, this guy was a douchebag if there ever was one. L2Interview. nt

[Yavin4]

20. Conservatives Are Good At Coming Up With Pithy Quotes That The Mainstream Media Loves

Conservatives know full well just how lazy our mainstream media is, so they provide them with pithy quotes like "$8 billion for Jungle Gyms", which gets into the mainstream media without any fact checking or investigation.

IOW, they make shit up and then give the media a ready-made headline.

[opihimoimoi]

21. Disparage Al by Badgering ain't gonna work ..Dude,,,,Al PWNS YOU

Its a asetup...he did it to othewrs too...bully tactics

[ericinne]

22. WHAT A FRAUD!!

OK, did anybody happen to spot something here?

I believe the new law is hr3962 if I am not mistaken. This guy was trying to make it sound like that's the new law he is referring. The one HE is talking about, is hr3590. Look close at the clip. :57 into it and pause.

So the question isn't
"Does Al Franken even know what was in the health-care bill he voted for? "

The REAL question is, "Does Jason Mattera even know which health-care bill the Senate voted on?

[90-percent]

24. ericinne

nice detective work, there!

I'm impressed.

-90% jimmy