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Franken And Coleman Publicly Come Together On Israel
Al Franken and Norm Coleman were able to just briefly put aside their legal fight over who actually won the U.S. Senate race in Minnesota, the Star Tribune reports, and come together on one issue: Showing support for Israel.
Both Franken and Coleman were invited speakers at a pro-Israel rally yesterday in the Twin Cities area, at which Minnesota politicians from across the political spectrum all made appearances. The two candidates even shook hands.
"You can imagine how rare it is for me to agree with everything Senator Coleman says," Franken said to laughter and applause. Then after pledging to support Israel as a U.S. Senator, Franken joked to Coleman: "That's something we might disagree on."
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Did Franken really call Coleman "Senator Coleman"?
January 12, 2009 10:24 AM | Reply | Permalink
He also referred to ex-Senator Mark Dayton (Dem) as "Senator Dayton." Bear in mind that this event was an occasion for bipartisan civility.
January 12, 2009 10:28 AM | Reply | Permalink
Once a Senator, you always retain the right to being addressed by that title, I thought. Just like you would address former presidents as "President Carter" or "President Bush". Willing to be corrected if I'm wrong.
January 12, 2009 11:28 AM | Reply | Permalink
In the case of Bush, Jr., the correct form of courteous address would be something like "pretender" or "usurper" rather than "president," since he was never honestly elected.
January 12, 2009 11:40 AM | Reply | Permalink
Heh, that's not courteous, though!
January 12, 2009 12:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
I sure am glad that our Israeli overlords have deigned to give us dominion status and even let us run our very own domestic affairs! We sure are lucky to serve under the patronage of such a blessed and incontrovertibly flawless nation. Yay!
January 12, 2009 11:23 AM | Reply | Permalink
Shit, just what we need another AIPAC stooge, knee jerk politico, with Israeli issued blinders. As long as Congress and many citizens continue to think Israel are our friends, no peace is possible in the Middle East.
January 12, 2009 11:25 AM | Reply | Permalink
I gotta say I'm very disappointed that Al Franken, an otherwise good progressive, is pledging, essentially, to give unconditional support to whatever Israel does, just like the vast majority of Congressional Dems, even if they are endorsing war crimes. Sometimes even progress seems like just more of the same:
http://www.thepersonalispolitical.com/2009/01/sometimes-even-progress-is-more-of-same.html
January 12, 2009 12:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, Israel does have the right to defend itself--just like a burglar who makes himself at home in your house does.
January 12, 2009 1:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is there any depravity or depredation that Israel could inflict upon the Palestinians that would be met with anything other than total and very vocal support from every American politician? Is it that dangerous to question Israel's tactics adn motives? Why is that?
January 12, 2009 1:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
And we were pulling for Al to win, why?
Sold out again.
January 12, 2009 2:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Of course they agree, they are both Jewish.
January 12, 2009 3:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
You are a disgusting bigot. But please, please, keep it up because Jew-haters like you make it sao much easier for my friends and me to persuade Washington decision-makers that the "blame Israel first crowd" is just a bunch of assholes.
January 12, 2009 6:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
No one seem to care about the children in this war. It is the children that are at risk and are being killed like little animals. Some one should speak out about the children and forget about the politics of it all. It is wrong, very wrong.
January 12, 2009 3:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
What is going on in our world where this type of distruction can be approved of. Do we not have any pity left. Where are the so call Christians--oh, I forgot they want the whole middle east distroyed, so that Jesus will come back.
January 12, 2009 3:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is it my imagination, or is there a perceptible anti-Israel backlash out there? If it's the latter, it's about time. The tail has been wagging the dog for far too long.
January 12, 2009 4:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Shame on Coleman and shame on Franken. Rockets fired from Gaza haven't killed anyone, but the Israeli forces have killed about a thousand, mostly women and children. To support Israel in this is shameful. To bad both of them can't lose this race.
January 12, 2009 10:05 PM | Reply | Permalink