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Wa****ngton Post Shreds Al Franken’s ****
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
A Wa****ngton Post columnist has ripped Democratic Senatorial candidate
and comedian Al Franken for his “****-O-Rama!” article in Playboy
magazine, calling him a “vulgarian at the gate.”
Michael Gerson, George Bush’s former chief speechwriter, declares in
his Post column that “****-O-Rama!” is “a modern campaign do***ent
every voter should read — the Federalist Papers of lifestyle
liberalism.
“It has the literary sensibilities and moral seriousness of an awkward
adolescent nerd publi****ng an underground newspaper to shock his way
into campus popularity. But, in this case, the article was written in
2000 by a 48-year-old man.”
In his article, Franken wrote that it is an "exciting time for
****ographers and for us, the consumers of ****ography."
The Internet, he stated, is a "terrific learning tool. For example, a
couple of years ago, when he was 12, my son used the Internet for a
sixth-grade re****t on bestiality. Joe was able to download some
effective visual aids, which the other students in his class just
loved."
Franken also used several crude or X-rated words in his Playboy piece.
But the article is far from the only instance in which Franken
resorted to vulgarity or bad taste. He once proposed a television
sketch about a female CBS re****ter being drugged and raped, Gerson
noted.
At an event hosted by the Feminist Majority Foundation in 1999,
Franken said: "Why don't we focus on what Afghan women can do? They
can cook, bear children and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our
grandmothers."
Gerson equates Franken’s political “satire” with the “vulgarity” of
“The Jerry Springer Show” or misogynous rap music, saying it
“generally expresses contempt and cruelty.”
And he observes: “Franken is not content to disagree with Karl Rove;
he calls him ‘human filth.’ He is not satisfied to criticize Ari
Fleischer; Franken terms him a ‘chimp.’ The objects of Franken's humor
— including political opponents and women — are not merely mocked but
dehumanized. His tra****ness is also nastiness.
“Rather than lampooning the emptiness and viciousness of our political
discourse — a proper role for satire — Franken has powerfully
reinforced those failures.”
The flap over Franken’s Playboy article and other disclosures
evidently does not sit well with voters in Minnesota, where Franken is
matched up against in***bent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman.
A SurveyUSA poll taken last week after press re****ts about the Playboy
article found Coleman leading Franken by a margin of 52 percent to 40
percent — the largest lead Coleman has held in any recent poll.
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