Hey, I am not on the verge of bankruptcy, well I mean, until now I'm not.

Cardmember agreements, it works for them.

His politics aside, Al Franken does not have the gravitas to be a United States senator.

I'm ashamed to have the same name as him.

His politics aside, Al Franken does not have the gravitas to be a United States senator.
I'm ashamed to have the same name as him.
Posted by: Al

I'm certain he feels the same way about you, troll.

Yes Al, it's much better to have leaders with "gravitas" -- such as, say, a vice president who tells lies every time he opens his mouth and who privately masturbates to descriptions of torture. Yeah, that's much better.

I have a lot of hope that Al Franken will follow in the footsteps of another former wrestler who became a Senator from Minnesota. Paul Wellstone's life was cut tragically short and we need another 20 like him in Washington.

He has intelligence, wisdom, passion, and the correct views on most issues, which is more than I can say for most senators.

Dear Editors,

It is a New Year, in Washington we're preparing to welcome a new president. Yet you continue to supply us with broken down trolls who spout ancient talking points. We, the readers, demand that you supply us with fresh, interesting trolls or we shall sit in the corner and sulk.

Sincerely,

The Readers

Depending on the person, a stand up comedian that knows street savvy stuff, when done with good will, eventually will move the emotions of the electorate.

A very powerful political tool as evidenced by more and more high visibility persons including Smucks like Limbaugh that hide behind satire when the heat turns up and they know they are wrong with deception. Lets hope Al Franken is up and up.

I’m on the same page with Hilzoy, but for me it will be interesting to see what fresh ideals are presented till Al Frankan is apostatized by Congress and the media.

The Apostasy, or abandonment by Senator Reid of Blagojevich is in progress too, but for under lying reasons. All officials in public office have leveraged the media. Like MSNBC can not see until they get caught. There is a powerful force along with them or behind them. In Blagojevich’s case, for me there is speculation that the entire file of the governor’s office is open to his lawyer. The very powerful and likely more powerful Legal team is working in the background. They have made their deal and he made his…

To be sure, also working in tandem and scaling back in time with a gold mine of hindsight into Fitzgerald in his govenor Ryan’s prosecution. Something in this case always made me wonder why Jessie White does not share a cell next to Ryan in his indictment. Now Jessie has a conscious and will not sign one certification for a sitting Senator. Its Ironic that Fitzgerald could not find some or one unsigned licenses for sale with this Secretaries hand during this Ryan license scam investigation. For me this is a real block buster Fitzgerald missed.

Just as obvious that Fitzgerald with held information in the Valarie Plame case that resulted in a lame conviction of Libby, Illinois now has a media circus created characterized and fouled up by Fitzgerald.

I would say second it takes one to know one.

Dear Editors,

It is a New Year, in Washington we're preparing to welcome a new president. Yet you continue to supply us with broken down trolls who spout ancient talking points. We, the readers, demand that you supply us with fresh, interesting trolls or we shall sit in the corner and sulk.

Sincerely,

The Readers

Dear tAwO,

The only way to get new trolls is to kill off the old ones. Old trolls are not employees; they cannot simply be fired, and exporting them to a foreign country (Texas, for example) could incite an international incident.

By the way---the answer was, is, and shall always be "orange."

Whoa!, Not yet. MN state law bars the sealing of Al Franken's win until all legal barriers (meaning law suits) are removed. Sen. Colman is prepared to fight this to the bitter end so Al Franken may not be available for the seat for some time.

There might be a Senate decision as to who is the Senator if there is a dispute over the votes. This and the Burris affair will distract the Senate and enhance the partisan split slowing down any business of the Senate for some time.

Of course, that is exactly what the Republicans want.

I know there is not way to not have trolls, but frankly Al (by whatever name, written by whomever) is getting boring. I just don't see the point I truly don't. It's not like people aren't on to the game and respond seriously. You tend to get posts like this wanting a better class of troll - which is a bit boring too.

Of course the credit card companies know that people can't repay. They don't want them to repay. They want the fees and penalties and finance charges to keep accumulating indefinitely. People don't have to be be able to pay off their balances in order to make the cards profitable - it's better for the companies if they can't and remain indebted indefinitely, straining to make the minimum payment each month until they die, when the company will liquidate any assets that might be left. This is called peonage and it's what the bankruptcy laws were supposed to prevent - and did, until 2005, when a Democratic-controlled Senate (with Joe Biden in the lead) rewrote the law to make the world safe for predatory lenders.

Guys, Al is a parody and has been for years. The "gravitas" bit was sly and funny.

I guess I'm the only one who thought Senator Franken had some reasonable chops back in the day, not to mention well toned.
Wonder if any other senators have similar talents?

Thanks, shortstop @11:04, for confirming my suspicions. "Al" wasn't on the Carpetbagger, so I'm less familiar with him but I just cannot believe that someone who writes so well and uses language so precisely (not to mention hilariously) could, possibly, be a Repub... Ain't in their DNA.

Makes Hilzoy's post even more a propos, no? Wonder how all those dry sticks will take to Franken.