Al Franken - Playboy article hubbub

[cynthia]

I heard about this one on the local progressive radio station and looked it up on Huffington Post




GOP Targets Al Franken's Porn-o-rama article (from ABC News online)

"Al Franken is a funny man, but Minnesota voters might not see the humor in a column that the former Saturday Night Live star -- and current candidate for the United States Senate -- wrote in Playboy magazine in 2000.

On Thursday, the Minnesota Republican Party released a letter, signed by six prominent GOP women, including a state senator and state representative, calling on Franken to apologize for his "demeaning and degrading" article."



Boy, the Republicans in this state must be getting scared. This is a poor choice for attacking Al - someone who has been happily married for his whole adult life to the same woman!!!!!!

[Echotrail]

1. GOP hypocrites!

The stories about Coleman, whose lingerie model wife lives in California, are legendary.
When will we start seeing press releases from these women?

[Minnesota Raindog]

2. The Norm Coleman Family Album

[SomeGuyInEagan]

3. Lots of stories online about the the GOP letter ...

... no links to Franken's actual article.

Has anybody read it?

[USA_1]

4. "a poor choice for attacking Al "

True.

Nobody died because of his article.

Over one million died because of Bush's war which Coleman heartily endorsed. That should be the issue in this campaign.

[lojasmo]

5. This is an EIGHT year old article.

Newsflash! Franken also wrote books....LOTS of them. Also, acted funny on the teevee.

[dflprincess]

6. Betty McCollum's comments in today's Strib were not helpful.

I know she was a Cirese supporter, but geez, he is out of the race - get over it Betty.

She should have refused to make any comment on the article and jumped right into asking how a some blue humor in a magazine that has printed interviews with the likes of Billy Graham compares to supporting an illegal war.

[MnFats]

7. the GOP should take care about tawdry, unsavory tales concerning the opponent.

that is a can of worms Normie does not want opened.
can you say Bluefin Bay?

[dflprincess]

8. Bluefin Bay?

Do tell!

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

9. I agree with dflprincess.

Do tell.

[cynthia]

11. we're waiting

give us a hint or two....

[MnFats]

12. maybe just a rumor.....but

normie is supposed to have been seen...during the off,off, off season on superior, strolling BB with a young fluff and being very affectionate.
again, i have no direct personal knowledge that this happened! so nobody sue me, please.

[dflprincess]

13. Sounds like our Normie

You'd think someone would have taken some pictures. Maybe if they keep pulling this "holier than thou" crap someone will come forward about Normie's extracuricular activities.

[cynthia]

14. This Coleman guy really represents Minnesota values!!!!

Sorry but I don't get how the R's can be blind to it!

[Mnpaul]

10. Al did a pretty good job on "At Issue"

He blew right past Tom Hauser's question and dealt with real issues. Even Hauser admitted that the Coleman campaign gave a "no comment" when asked about it. Al turned every question into a Norm smackdown.