"started running away from his own record the moment he saw the whites of Al Franken’s eyes."

[rodeodance]

te he.

http://wealthyfrenchman.blogspot.com/search?q=Frank+Rich



In the Senate, even the rumor of a tough opponent is proving enough to make some incumbents flip overnight from rubber-stamp support of the White House’s war policy to criticism of the surge. Norm Coleman of Minnesota started running away from his own record the moment he saw the whites of Al Franken’s eyes. Another endangered Republican up for re-election in 2008, John Sununu of New Hampshire, literally sprinted away from the press, The Washington Post reported, rather than field questions about his vote on the nonbinding resolution last week.

My own guess is that the Republican revolt will be hastened more by the harsh reality in Iraq than any pressure applied by Democratic maneuvers in Congress. Events are just moving too fast. While senators played their partisan games on Capitol Hill, they did so against the backdrop of chopper after chopper going down on the evening news. The juxtaposition made Washington’s aura of unreality look obscene. Senator Warner looked like such a fool voting against his own principles (“No matter how strongly I feel about my resolution,” he said, “I shall vote with my leader”) that by week’s end he abruptly released a letter asserting that he and six Republican colleagues did want a debate on an anti-surge resolution after all. (Of the seven signatories, five are up for re-election in 2008, Mr. Warner among them.) ..........

[Jacobin]

1. I still have a mental picture of Normie melting down

when Galloway castigated his silly ass in a senate hearing.

:bounce:

[rainy]

2. that was an all time spectacular event and I will always remember it with complete

satisfaction and awe.

[Jacobin]

3. His face was so pale

He was stammering and muttering, I thought he was literally going to faint, being confronted with actual truth from someone who was not going to back down.

They cut away for a 'twenty minute recess' and NEVER CAME BACK

:rofl:

[malaise]

4. That was a classic moment

:rofl: :rofl:

[rainy]

9. A classic to be sure. I have it saved. I fell in love that George Gallaway

[Beelzebud]

5. I hope there is a Coleman/Franken debate.

I can't wait to watch Al Franken destroy this guy's political career. :D

[mzmolly]

6. I was just about to say something to this effect.

:evilgrin: Coleman is a snidely asshole, but Franken won't take a dime's worth of shisa from that fool.

[Donnachaidh]

11. and PLEASE let Cspan air it NATIONWIDE

I want to see Stewart Smalley morph into Ninja Democrat and serve up some Minnesotan sushi. I'll even make fresh popcorn for the event. :bounce:

[rocktivity]

8. Yep, defeating Coleman is as easy as playing that audio.

Franken in a cakewalk!

:headbang:
rocknation

[Beausoir]

10. The Teeth From Brooklyn got taken to school by Galloway.

It was classic.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. They're Like A Windsock In A Tornado

I'm surprised we don't have an epidemic of whiplash on Capitol Hill.
The Professor

[The Magistrate]

12. Indeed, Sir

"Where are the people? I must hurry there and lead them!"