Al "Franken warns that GOP Congress would bring 'truly dangerous agenda'"

[Clio the Leo]

Let me suggest that if you're the type that NEEDS SOMEONE ELSE to fire you up, and you're NOT getting that from the President, then get it from John Boehner and Darryl Issa.

Franken warns that GOP Congress would bring 'truly dangerous agenda'

By Bridget Johnson - 07/25/10 09:48 AM ET
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), addressing a convention of liberal bloggers and activists Saturday evening, implored the left to fight to stay in power in the midterm elections.

"If Republicans take back Congress they'll implement a truly dangerous agenda," Franken told the Netroots Nation gathering in Las Vegas. "Everything is on the table from repealing healthcare reform to privatizing Social Security."

Franken singled out two Republican Senate nominees: Rand Paul in Kentucky, for his questioning of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and Sharron Angle in Nevada, "who can't stop bringing up the prospect of armed revolt."
Franken warned the liberals that Joe Barton, who apologized to BP CEO Tony Hayward in an oil spill hearing, would become chairman of the Energy committee should Republicans take back control of the House, and said "Darrell Issa is promising to double his staff and embark on a witch-hunt in the hopes of bringing down the Obama administration." Being in the majority, Democrats currently have twice as many staff as Republicans on the Oversight Committee.

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Franken said he understood frustration among the left as not all agenda items were being pushed with the vigor they'd like, but told the activists "no matter how frustrated you are, you can't check out now."

"We have seen what happens when Republicans take control of Congress with a Democratic president and it ain't pretty," the senator said.

Franken said the country was "teetering on the brink of a double-dip recession" and criticized Republicans for eschewing the idea of another stimulus package. "They hide behind big talk about deficits as if deficits suddenly appeared at noon on Jan. 20, 2009," he said.

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