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CTyankee

(67,964 posts) Mon Jul 20, 2015, 08:25 AM Jul 2015

Is that the best you got, Joe? [View all]

Today, Joe Scar dug up an Al Franken quote from way back when he was still a comedian about John McCain not being a war hero. Like this is some kind of quid pro quo about "both sides do it."

To Harold Ford, Jr.'s credit, he said Franken wasn't in office at the time, he was a comedian and that made his remarks different from Trump's. Joe shot back "He was planning to run for the Senate."

Weak sauce, bro Joe...weak sauce...

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Is that the best you got, Joe? [View all] CTyankee Jul 2015 OP

Franken obviously treated such issues with utmost sobriety and seriousness in those days... pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #1

DId he dig up the ReTHUG convention from 2004 malaise Jul 2015 #2

I WISH someone woulda done that on the show! CTyankee Jul 2015 #3

Well, some browbeaten intern for Joe dug it up... JHB Jul 2015 #4

Who in their right mind would intern for Joe? KamaAina Jul 2015 #8

Someone who was in kindergarten back in 2001... JHB Jul 2015 #9

Anything to divert attention away from "I like people who weren’t captured." pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #5

In Al's Air America days, he interviewed McCain and was respectful to him. John1956PA Jul 2015 #6

Maybe someone will have done their homework and will reveal that on Morning Joe CTyankee Jul 2015 #7