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It's time to bring back Al Franken

I'm not offended if you don't like Franken but your question as to whether has taken apart liberals is absurd, because he'll cheerfully take apart anybody that's being an idiot. Being a Democrat who has served his entire tenure in a Republican majority Congress, he's usually up against conservatives.
I guess, to you, that means he's a partisan hack, so by all means please name someone, anybody liberal or conservative, who you think isn't a partisan hack. I want to see your example.

Whether it's hammering out an admission from the Equifax CEO that their software tricks consumers into automatically enrolling in expensive monthly charges for a product that essentially does nothing, or exposing the dishonesty in Focus on the Family's misuse of federal studies, or shedding light on Betsy DeVos's complete and utter ignorance about public education, Al has done his job, the job he promised to do in committee.

Now, if you personally support, say for instance, the Betsy DeVos view on dismantling public education, or the banning of gay marriage, that might explain your hostility toward Al Franken.
Surely you have examples of him taking apart liberals. I mean...while he was seated he had to sit in on hearings involving the FBI, the State Department, The JD, The IRS...NONE of those ****-ups warranted "the Franken treatment"???
 
No, I didn't ask you for an example of Trump admitting assaulting women.

This is what I asked for:

Sorry about that. But I don't get your point. Are you assuming he was bragging (as in locker room talk), and didn't do such things? That's an acceptable explanation, I suppose, but despite my imprecise response, I can't figure what your purpose is in asking the question.
 
Sorry about that. But I don't get your point. Are you assuming he was bragging (as in locker room talk), and didn't do such things? That's an acceptable explanation, I suppose, but despite my imprecise response, I can't figure what your purpose is in asking the question.

I think what I'm asking for...

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Moving on...
 
Surely you have examples of him taking apart liberals. I mean...while he was seated he had to sit in on hearings involving the FBI, the State Department, The JD, The IRS...NONE of those ****-ups warranted "the Franken treatment"???

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Sure, just as soon as you show me examples of some of your RW heroes taking apart Trump and not being drummed out of the party for doing so.
 
Surely you have examples of him taking apart liberals. I mean...while he was seated he had to sit in on hearings involving the FBI, the State Department, The JD, The IRS...NONE of those ****-ups warranted "the Franken treatment"???

Do your real life friends let you get away with Gish Galloping?
 
Mine is an F50C, couldn't find a pic of a C that fit the space limitation, so I used an F50. Bought it last summer, I've been in love ever since. Played it this morning for a half hour or so, next up is my long time daily, my Maple 35 yr old Guild NJ45 212. Likely, this afternoon, my 30 yr old Taylor Claro Walnut Auditorium. Back to the Lowden after dinner. Surprisingly, the Guild is the only one of my guitars that stands up to the master tones of the Lowden, but it is a very different sound, and much brighter, nowhere near the depth.

Also a master tone guitar, my 1958 D'Angelico made by John D'Aquisto, but a very different animal, an arch top hollow body electric made from old growth American Rosewood, spruce soundboard. It is currently loaned out for display at the D'Angelico string factory in Plainview, Long Island. Impossible to compare the two. I found it in a Queens NY pawnshop in '74, dusty, dirty, but sounded good with dead strings. $180. A garage find, and no one knew what it was. It had been sitting in the same back spot for at least a decade. Other than cleaning and polishing, I rebuilt the pickups, repaired the cracked upper neck nut, and nothing else.

That same afternoon, my friend Rafael, in the same pawnshop found one of Abe Rivera's hand carved arch top f hole wonders from the 1940's. He paid $80. The two RCA internal mikes were shot, he rewired the coils himself, and it sounded brand new, one of the finest arch tops ever made. He played it for 20 years semi-professionally, until an older audience member clued him in. Today, he still owns it, doesn't touch it, but has it insured for $500k, which may be an underestimate. There are only 9 of Rivera's arch tops of 15 made known to still exist. His classical and flamenco guitars from the same period, when they hit the market, sell for upwards of $250k. There are about 300 known still extant.

Considering Rafael's collection of about 80 guitars keeps him busy, he doesn't miss playing the Rivera.

Very interesting post. Thank you.

I have an O32C that I bought new in 2000. Had to have one after listening to Pierre Bensusan and Alex DeGrassi. Now I’m getting old and my hands, especially my fingers, dry out and crack, especially during winter. I used to play everyday, but not anymore.

Thanks again for your response.
 
Very interesting post. Thank you.

I have an O32C that I bought new in 2000. Had to have one after listening to Pierre Bensusan and Alex DeGrassi. Now I’m getting old and my hands, especially my fingers, dry out and crack, especially during winter. I used to play everyday, but not anymore.

Thanks again for your response.

I heard a young fellow test driving a used F50 at Fretted Instruments in Staten Island. Tried it myself, and I was in lust. It was the only they had and he bought it. Don't know who he was, but he deserved that guitar. He made it sing.

You're welcome. For your hands try rubbing a small amount of Aquaphor into the skin (better known for preventing diaper rash, safe for baby, safe for you). About 8-10 hours later, and once a day, rub a small amount of lanolin skin cream into your hands. Within a month or so, no more dry skin, no more cracks, just keep it up and you can enjoy the beauty of your Lowden everyday again and make music. I started having the same problem a few years ago, learned about using both from two of my nieces, both nurse practitioners. One works pediatrics, the other geriatrics. They use the same stuff on both, lanolin even as a nipple cream for nursing mothers. Simple, inexpensive, a bit greasy for an hour or so afterwards, but they offer relief. Best place for lanolin creams, Amazon.

I'd give up sex for my guitars. Don't tell my wife I said that. Life is rough enough.:)

Enjoy.
 
Oh, I didn't miss his locker room talk, but that's not what the comparison is all about.

Do you seriously want to compare apples and oranges? shrug... Go ahead. Heck, it might even get Franken elected if you have enough useful idiots believing you.

A celebrity bragging about committing sexual assault on women without their consent is not locker room talk, especially when it's not in a locker room
 
Laura Litvan

@LauraLitvan
Senator Orrin Hatch was asked how he thought senators would react if it turns out that what Kavanaugh's accuser has alleged is true.

"If that were true, I think it would be hard for senators not to consider who he is today," he said.

11:33 AM - Sep 17, 2018

Republicans will make any excuses necessary if it's THEIR guy.

Bring Al Franken back...NOW PLEASE.
 
Bill Maher - NEW RULE: Bring Back Al Franken

It's time to get Al Franken off the bench so he can come back to doing what he does better than any other Democrat: taking down right wing blowhards. #BringBackFranken

All thoughts, bouquets or brickbats, welcomed.
By "welcomed" I simply mean, "I can't stop you from trashing the thread with partisan hackery but I admit that this IS a partisan thread to begin with, so all's fair."



"We need someone who can shred Trump like a stand up takes down a heckler. Because Trump is a heckler. And to fight him, we need a comedian. It would be a great idea if Al Franken got back in the game.

You know what? America always overreacts and then has buyer’s remorse. We did it with 9/11, and Janet Jackson’s nipple, and bird flu, and Bill Clinton’s blow job. And certainly, the all-time overreaction was ‘Al Franken: sex predator.

What’s been forgotten is that while Al was always careful to say women should be heard, he never said, "Yeah, I did it."

I believe Al, I believe that’s still my right as an American to say. Women should be heard and we should always keep in mind the vast majority of women reporting serious abuse are truthful. But women also didn’t completely lose the ability to lie in in 2017.
Again, our president now is Joan Crawford. Are Democrats really going to permanently send away one of of our ablest warriors for being a waist-grabber?

We can have #MeToo and Al Franken. They’re not mutually exclusive. It’s time to get Al off the bench so he can come back to doing what he does better than any other Democrat, taking down right-wing blowhards. I want to see Al Franken debate Donald Trump, and you know what? So do you."

All it took the first time, was a "suddenly discovered" PILE OF VOTES "in a car trunk", AFTER THE ELECTION. Iow..typical Sleazoceat criminality....
 
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