Okay, not
literally - I'm sorry if I lured you here under false pretenses. It's just that I had to let Kossacks know about a delicious piece that Franken delivered in a recent dinner "debate" with our darling of the right, Ann Coulter, in front of an audience from the University of Judaism.
The whole piece is
here, with a little background on the event at HuffPo,
here.
Franken gives a taste of Coulter's mood in the latter:
"It was fascinating being here for the [immigrant] demonstrations this weekend," she said with a snotty Darien sneer. "I guess that's why I didn't get clean towels in my hotel room this morning."
There was an audible gasp from the Jews. Ann continued: "I haven't seen so many agitated Mexicans since the World Cup Soccer Games were in L.A." As offended as the diners were, the waiters were pissed. Ann was actually dumb enough to drink her coffee afterwards.
Ha.
But Franken's piece from the debate is a real hoot. You really have to go and enjoy it yourself, but here's a few highlights:
George W. Bush famously said that Jesus was his favorite political philosopher. Frankly, I don't get it.
I'm Jewish. Thank you. I'm not an expert on the New Testament. But I know that if you cut out all the passages where Jesus talks about helping the poor, helping the least among us, if you literally took a pair of scissors and cut out all those passages, you'd have the perfect box to smuggle Rush Limbaugh's drugs in...
I was just talking to Newt Gingrich the other day. And I said to him, "Don't you want for a gay couple what you had with your first wife? Don't you want that bond that comes with the pledge of fidelity that you had with your second wife? Don't you want what comes with that lifelong bond that you may or may not have with your third wife...
In her book Slander, Ann referred to Democrats and our "Marquis de Sade lifestyle." I've been married for thirty years. Ann, you're an attractive woman. And I know you support the president's abstinence-only sex education. I want to congratulate you for saving yourself for your one true love...
I'll have to leave it at that, but there's lot's more absolutely wonderful stuff that 's worth following the link- oh, but to have been a fly on that wall (or hell, a diner at that dinner!)
PS- of note, this piece is on a site called "Midwest Values PAC", which apparently is A PAC that Franken has formed.
He's just gotta run for senate against that stuffed shirt Coleman in '08. He'd absolutely cream the guy.