Comments on: Early Morning Swim: Sen. Al Franken vs. Hudson Institute Propagandist on Medical Bankruptcies http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/21/early-morning-swim-sen-al-franken-vs-hudson-institute-propagandist-on-medical-bankruptcies/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:03:10 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Phoenix Woman http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/21/early-morning-swim-sen-al-franken-vs-hudson-institute-propagandist-on-medical-bankruptcies/#comment-2000528 Phoenix Woman Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:14:43 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=46186#comment-2000528 I like how he then drew a freehand map of the US on her forehead after he was done eviscerating her comments. I like how he then drew a freehand map of the US on her forehead after he was done eviscerating her comments.

]]> By: OldFatGuy http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/21/early-morning-swim-sen-al-franken-vs-hudson-institute-propagandist-on-medical-bankruptcies/#comment-2000433 OldFatGuy Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:27:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=46186#comment-2000433 Huh, I don't have to do that. I had to the first time after the "changes" but now it works like a charm. Now accessing The Seminal is a different matter altogether..... LOL, we're all having different hiccups. God I'm glad I'm not a techie. I can't even imagine how impossible it must be to get all this stuff to work right on the gazillion different types of configurations and browsers and etc. etc. etc. Being a techie must be a life long headache. Hope they have help with that. Drugs seem like a good choice. *g* Huh, I don’t have to do that. I had to the first time after the “changes” but now it works like a charm.

Now accessing The Seminal is a different matter altogether…..

LOL, we’re all having different hiccups. God I’m glad I’m not a techie. I can’t even imagine how impossible it must be to get all this stuff to work right on the gazillion different types of configurations and browsers and etc. etc. etc.

Being a techie must be a life long headache. Hope they have help with that. Drugs seem like a good choice. *g*

]]> By: NCGal http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/21/early-morning-swim-sen-al-franken-vs-hudson-institute-propagandist-on-medical-bankruptcies/#comment-2000432 NCGal Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:26:26 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=46186#comment-2000432 Senator Franken & Rep Grayson are both very intelligent, articulate, & genuinely funny. Many people still seem to assume that Franken will be a buffoon, but he knows his facts better than most. And I get a kick out of Grayson's wardrobe. If anyone thinks only an idiot would go to Congress in pink shirts, loud ties, & cowboy boots, they're mistaken. Always better to be underestimated... Senator Franken & Rep Grayson are both very intelligent, articulate, & genuinely funny. Many people still seem to assume that Franken will be a buffoon, but he knows his facts better than most. And I get a kick out of Grayson’s wardrobe. If anyone thinks only an idiot would go to Congress in pink shirts, loud ties, & cowboy boots, they’re mistaken. Always better to be underestimated…

]]> By: slippytoad http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/21/early-morning-swim-sen-al-franken-vs-hudson-institute-propagandist-on-medical-bankruptcies/#comment-2000430 slippytoad Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:11:01 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=46186#comment-2000430 I think what scares repugs about Franken most is that, because he's not from the Villager school of politics, he actually looked at the popular description of what a Senator does and bent himself seriously to the task of doing so . . . reading bills before he talks about them, understanding and researching the issues, asking difficult questions . . . whereas a your typical wealthy speedbump-worthy Senator shows up with nothing but a smile and some vague notions about what's supposed to happen, and a sense of entitlement so huge it can't fit through the doors. I think what scares repugs about Franken most is that, because he’s not from the Villager school of politics, he actually looked at the popular description of what a Senator does and bent himself seriously to the task of doing so . . . reading bills before he talks about them, understanding and researching the issues, asking difficult questions . . . whereas a your typical wealthy speedbump-worthy Senator shows up with nothing but a smile and some vague notions about what’s supposed to happen, and a sense of entitlement so huge it can’t fit through the doors.

]]> By: KarenM http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/21/early-morning-swim-sen-al-franken-vs-hudson-institute-propagandist-on-medical-bankruptcies/#comment-2000429 KarenM Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:05:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=46186#comment-2000429 a center in a school of medicine a center in a school of medicine

]]> By: LindaR http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/21/early-morning-swim-sen-al-franken-vs-hudson-institute-propagandist-on-medical-bankruptcies/#comment-2000428 LindaR Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:48:04 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=46186#comment-2000428 In the Hudson Institute's defense, nobody is used to Congress asking actual questions. In the Hudson Institute’s defense, nobody is used to Congress asking actual questions.

]]> By: Cellar47 http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/21/early-morning-swim-sen-al-franken-vs-hudson-institute-propagandist-on-medical-bankruptcies/#comment-2000427 Cellar47 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:16:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=46186#comment-2000427 Such a <em>suave</em> bitch-slapping! Such a suave bitch-slapping!

]]> By: helzapoppin http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/21/early-morning-swim-sen-al-franken-vs-hudson-institute-propagandist-on-medical-bankruptcies/#comment-2000426 helzapoppin Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:58:40 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=46186#comment-2000426 I don't know what was hotter. . . Franken's brilliant grasp of detail and his thorough smackdown of Ms. Furchtgott-Roth, or the staffer sitting behind him. I don’t know what was hotter. . . Franken’s brilliant grasp of detail and his thorough smackdown of Ms. Furchtgott-Roth, or the staffer sitting behind him.

]]> By: phastphil http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/21/early-morning-swim-sen-al-franken-vs-hudson-institute-propagandist-on-medical-bankruptcies/#comment-2000425 phastphil Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:49:03 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=46186#comment-2000425 Al was a math major at Harvard. Opponents would be smart not to pick a statistics based battle with him. Al was a math major at Harvard. Opponents would be smart not to pick a statistics based battle with him.

]]> By: demi http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/21/early-morning-swim-sen-al-franken-vs-hudson-institute-propagandist-on-medical-bankruptcies/#comment-2000424 demi Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:52:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=46186#comment-2000424 What kind of academic environment? What kind of academic environment?

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