McConnell scolds Franken for making faces from president's chair during speech

[babylonsister]

:rofl:

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/112947-mcconnell-scolds-franken-for-making-faces-from-presidents-chair-during-speech

McConnell scolds Franken for making faces from president's chair during speech
By Alexander Bolton - 08/05/10 06:00 PM ET


Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) scolded Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) on the Senate floor Thursday for mocking him while he delivered a solemn speech on Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.

The dust-up came seconds after McConnell delivered a speech on Kagan’s nomination shortly before the Senate voted to confirm her to the High Court.

Franken, who was presiding over the chamber from the dais, gesticulated and made faces while McConnell explained his opposition to Kagan, according to witnesses.

The television cameras broadcasting the speech on C-SPAN remained fixed on McConnell, missing Franken’s antics from the Senate president’s chair.

McConnell grew increasingly angry as Franken made fun of him before a crowded public gallery and Senate aides lining the chamber walls. Senate aides said they were shocked that Franken would flout the decorum of the chamber during such a solemn occasion.

After McConnell finished his remarks, he walked up to the dais and rebuked him.

“This is not 'Saturday Night Live,' Al,” McConnell said, making reference to Franken’s career as a writer and actor on NBC’s long-running comedy show, according to a witness who overheard the exchange.

A spokeswoman for Franken did not immediately return requests for comment.

Franken, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, voted for Kagan. Thirty-seven Republicans including McConnell voted against her.

[gratuitous]

1. "This is not 'Saturday Night Live,' Al"

"Yeah, and you're not nearly as funny as Chevy Chase, Mitch."

[blondeatlast]

23. ZING! nt

[glitch]

40. "This is not 'Saturday Night Live,' Al" sounds scripted.

Since Al wasn't on camera I wonder if it's really true he made faces?

[oldlib]

58. The US Senate

IS Saturday Night Live. The GOOP has made a mockery of that group for years.

[HipChick]

2. LMAO!

[hobbit709]

3. Hey McConnell, life ain't a Burger King.

you can't always have it your way.
If it was me I would have busted out guffawing at him.
:rofl:

[nosmokes]

4. Good for Al.

McConnell has made a mockery of the Senate since he's been seated in the chamber, and I doubt if he even knows the definition of decorum.

[JuniperLea]

5. "This is not 'Saturday Night Live,' Al"

McConnell is such a joke, I can understand the confusion!

[PBS Poll-435]

6. MY Senator

:loveya:

[laughingliberal]

7. MOMMMMEEEE! He's making faces at me!!!! nt

[babylonsister]

9. Hahaha! Exactly! nt

[blondeatlast]

24. This thread is full of win--of course, considering the subject matter, how could it not be?

:thumbsup: :rofl:

[LiberalFighter]

8. When McConnell stops making faces.... nt

[DearAbby]

32. He didn't listen to mommy

when she said "Keep doing that Mitch, and your face will stick like that"

[Donnachaidh]

10. here's something McConnell needs to pull his panties out of his crack

poor widdle baby :rofl:

[laughingliberal]

13. ROFL!! nt

[Gold Metal Flake]

11. Senator McConnell, go fuck yourself.

[opihimoimoi]

49. PLUS.....96879800181726354.007 Giga Votes

[deutsey]

56. Right from the "Dick Cheney Senate Decorum Handbook"

:thumbsup:

[XOKCowboy]

12. OH PLEASE let there be a video! PLEASE!!

The first thing that came to mind was Chevy Chase on Weekend Update. Seriously I'd love to see what got TurtleHead's panties in a knot.

Go Al!

[alsame]

14. I would pay to see that video! nt

[XOKCowboy]

16. I found the SNL clip! Love YouTube..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9hzRgLyB9E

:evilgrin:

[alsame]

21. ....

:rofl:

Thanks!

[XOKCowboy]

25. If that's NOT what Al did....

it should have been! :toast:

[babylonsister]

20. Per the article, cameras were trained on McConnell, not Franken,

so I don't know if there will be any.

[JackBeck]

15. Hypocrisy, thy name is Republican.

McConnell forgetting Cantor's pissy face during Obama's State of The Union?

[Greybnk48]

17. So Repugs can twitter during the SOTU and yell "you lie"

at the President, but ought to command the utmost respect from the Dems???? Riiiight. LOL! Way to go AL!!

A tiny payback for some of the shit done to us (remember when Sensenbrenner shut off the mikes and turned out the lights on a meeting headed by John Conyers about stolen elections??). I feel like John Stewart. I'm as pissed as Weiner--all the time, and I would like to see a lot more of this open lack of respect because the Repugs have more than earned it. They should be mocked, period.

[MajorChode]

22. Don't forget also

It's also OK for the reigning VP to go tell a senator to go fuck himself right on the floor of the Senate.

[Divine Discontent]

54. extremely valid points of history, thank you! makes me more glad Al did it. sure, if he did it, it

was surprising he'd do that there, but frankly, if face-making is all the moran has to worry about making his groaning pronouncements about Kagan, Al was spot on for rolling his eyes or whatever at the STUPIDITY of the speech.

[rbrnmw]

67. I would have rolled my eyes at the windbag too

[benld74]

18. Grow a chin McConnell !! Franken has more class in his little finger,

than you can ever hope to have! He delivered a solemn speech?
He delivers the mail BS for the GOP wheneer he is asked, and THAT is NEVER solemn!

[marmar]

19. Al hurt Mitchy Mouse's feelings....

[Hubert Flottz]

65. Mitch is soooooooo sensitive

If mitch ain't making an ugly face 24/7, he sure is ugly.

[BootinUp]

26. Franken is just what the stuck up Senate needed. nt

[spanone]

27. oh yes it is mitch, you're one funny sonofabitch

[burning rain]

28. Fuck McConnell & fuck the Senate's traditions.

Tired of these harrumphing, do-nothing fuddy-duddies. If McConnell can't take it, let the old twat retire to Kentucky and sit around with a Mint Julip watching the horsies run.

[deutsey]

57. I love watching the British Parliament when they're debating something

All the jeers, the catcalls...oh, and the prime minister who actually has to come into the chamber and match wits in unscripted debate.

[eleny]

29. Not to worry, Al. Just tell them you had gas!

[LatteLibertine]

30. Every time

I see McConnell I think of child molesting priests. That's one creepy looking fellow.

[4lbs]

31. Yet, it was OK when someone in Congress yelled out "You Lie!" in front of the world during Obama's

SOTU speech? I see that Congressperson still has a job and hasn't been forced to resign because he flouted the decorum of the chamber during such a solemn occasion.

[pepperbear]

33. "you mean I'm a clown, I amuse you?"

[SidDithers]

46. +1 for Joe Pesci...nt

Sid

[cal04]

34. ROFL

good for Senator Franken

[KamaAina]

35. Sen. McConnell was taken to Bethesda Naval Hospital in the

[northoftheborder]

36. McConnell is just jealous because he has NO expression on his face ever. It is like a plastic doll.

[monmouth]

37. If McConnell was in the front, how did he know Al was making faces?

Eyes in the back of his head or...how does that work?

[Ikonoklast]

38. Because ever since Turtle was a kid, people made faces behind him.

Even his mom did it.

[Dappleganger]

39. I'd make faces at Chicken Face, too.

Because looking at him gives me heartburn.

[lpbk2713]

41. The GOP corrupted Congress' dignity years ago

There is nothing left of it thanks to all those assholes in the rethuglican party.

So if Franken wants to have a little fun, I see no harm. What's to lose?

They obviously never were concerned with decorum anyhow.

[blogslut]

42. Pics or it didn't happen

You know the rules Mitchy.

[underpants]

43. Supreme dust up: Franken apologizes to McConnell

http://www.startribune.com/politics/100069754.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

To some Republicans, it was like the return of Stuart Smalley.

With debate winding down on Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, and freshman Sen. Al Franken presiding, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell took to the floor Thursday afternoon to deliver his closing statement against confirmation.

“The Leader thought I was disrespectful while he was giving his speech on (Solicitor) General Kagan,” Franken said in a carefully-worded statement. “He is entitled to give his speech with the presiding officer just listening respectfully. I went directly to his office after I was done presiding to apologize in person. He wasn’t there, so I’ve sent him a handwritten note.”

McConnell spokesman Josh Holmes confirmed that the note arrived. “Senator Franken apologized and that's a perfectly appropriate way of handling the situation,” he said.

[nosmokes]

47. I hope the note said: *sorry* I didn't make a face as funny as yours!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

44. You Lie is OK, but silly faces mock decorum.

Mitch, Go Cheyney Yourself.

[EFerrari]

51. . . .

[SalmonChantedEvening]

55. :)

:rofl:

:hi: :hug:

[mitchum]

45. Well, McConnell is certainly ill-equipped to rake it on the chin

[trotsky]

59. BPoTT

Best Post of The Thread
:rofl:

[Vickers]

48. You lie!!! Go fuck yourself!!!

:eyes:

[opihimoimoi]

50. I agree :o)

[AsahinaKimi]

52. I bet Republicans

Have been waiting months to use that line...

[Warren DeMontague]

53. At least he didn't shout out "Baby Killer!!!" or some such gibberish.

Yes, today's Republican Party-- The Nation's Civics Decorum HQ. :eyes:

[azul]

60. Yay. Change that I can believe in.

When some reprehensible old fart gets laughed off the senate floor.

And can contemplate his ridiculous uselessness until he resigns or is trounced in the polls.

[bullwinkle428]

61. McConnell's been doing "Yertle the Turtle" for years, and no one

seems outraged by that!

[mzmolly]

62. It may not be SNL but I want to see the video of Al's performance.

:)

[TBF]

63. lol @ Al - love him. nt

[Blue Owl]

64. I thought turtles had harder shells, Mitch

what a fopsweating nincompoop.

[rbrnmw]

66. the comments are so stupid over there I guess decorum only applies

if it isn't a republican tool yelling "you lie" at the POTUS during a national broadcast of the State of the Union Address

[Permanut]

68. Admirable restraint

by Al; I would have thrown tomatoes and eggs.

[Cleita]

69. Since the Congressional whores have lost all dignity

after selling themselves to the highest corporate bidder, they should have to expect no respect with a comedian in their midst. The more they are made fun of, the better because they might think twice about the stupid things about to come out of their mouths. Also, it should be pointed out that when they block a future Supreme Court judge who is qualified, they are not acting in the best interest of their country but that of their corporate masters and it seems almost treasonous to me. It will be the only way to turn the tables on them I'm coming to the conclusion.