Franken's Critics Agonize Over Senate Victory (VIDEO)

Yesterday, Al Franken, after a protracted Hundred Years War with Norm Coleman that played out in front of every legal body in the state of Minnesota, finally became Senator Al Franken, giving the Democrats a 60-vote caucus and a new set of challenges as to how they will manage to excuse disappointing their constituents going forward. You may ask yourself, "Huh, I wonder how all of Franken's opponents in the media are taking it?" Not very well, as it turns out!

You can watch for yourself, if you like, in this video mashup from Media Matters! Sean Hannity: he still BELIEVES, Y'ALL, that Coleman won! Glenn Beck says it's the equivalent of Glenn Beck being made Senator! Even that brown-haired dude from Fox And Friends, ol' what's his face, has a sad about it! Yes, Al Franken is the New New Reason Democracy Has Died, thus ending the reign of the Huffington Post's own Nico Pitney.

From where I perch, it's like a whole new set of Americans now are angry at the way a recount was decided, and are worried over their belief that Minnesota is represented by a crazy person. There's another group of Americans who know what that feels like, I think! So really, isn't Al Franken just bringing the whole country together, in empathy? Probably not!

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Comments

[Churchi11]

08:40 PM on 07/09/2009

the main difference between beck & Franken is that one has a political science degree form Harvard, and one graduated from high school.

guess which is which.

oh also one is on his second marriage and is a drug addict & alcoholic, and one is a senator from Min. on his first marriage (23 yrs. together).

[gakabani]

12:27 AM on 07/04/2009

The media is full of idiots, give them a microphone and the spit garbage from their mouths.

[discourse jockey]

05:04 PM on 07/02/2009

Glenno handily wins by comparing his pitiful self to someone of Franken's intellect and integrity.

[Dragline]

03:45 PM on 07/02/2009

to Glen Beck,

I know Al Franken. Al Franken is a friend of mine. And, you sir, are no Al Franken.

[blaising]

07:45 AM on 07/02/2009

Are your rear ends feeling sore, republics?

Hey republic b|tches...­my house needs painting!!

[barra]

02:44 AM on 07/02/2009

Franken will fit in perfectly with the mindless liberal lemmings following Dear Leader off the cliff and into the abyss of socialism, the utopia of the underachie­ver.

[Tomasyn]

05:35 AM on 07/02/2009

someone's cranky....

[MjaFla]

08:08 AM on 07/02/2009

Project Much?

[Rubyone78]

01:30 AM on 07/02/2009

Hip, Hip Hooray, Senator Al Franken! I'm proud to say I voted for you!
Suck it fox.

[Ohsnap]

01:27 AM on 07/02/2009

The joke's on you, Fox and Co.

[Avanti2]

01:07 AM on 07/02/2009

It will be interestin­g to see what jokes and skits he brings to the Senate floor and televised Committee Meetings. Then we will learn the liberal point of view plus have a few laughs.

[AntiSheep13]

01:12 AM on 07/02/2009

I have a feeling that Al will know how to act like a profession­al.

[Weirdwriter]

01:19 AM on 07/02/2009

Sen.Al Franken will have the class that so many of the GOP clowns do not.

[proggirl]

01:29 AM on 07/02/2009

"The liberal point of view" is that people are as important as corporatio­ns, if not more so. Al Franken is going to help us usher in an age of real social reform.
Go ahead, keep underestim­ating him based on his career in entertainm­ent. Dems did that with Reagan. We'll have a few laughs at the expense of Repubs when he starts voting, and these great ideas of Obama's- health care reform, job growth, energy reform, and goods manufactur­ed in America- become law.

[Lefty83]

02:03 AM on 07/02/2009

The only thing Franken and Reagan have in common is that they're both in the entertainm­ent industry. Reagan was both a lackluster actor, horrid governor and a failure as a president.

[AntiSheep13]

12:53 AM on 07/02/2009

Glenn Beck is the perfect example of why people should not abuse alcohol.

[smchp]

12:51 AM on 07/02/2009

Luvin every minute of it!

[macjon]

12:50 AM on 07/02/2009

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SENATOR Al Franken!!!
.
it will be fun to hear BOR and KKKanity use this term.
.

[realpolitic]

12:50 AM on 07/02/2009

Conservati­ves miss the days when they could fix elections so easily!

[teron678]

12:48 AM on 07/02/2009

LMAO @ Glen the D0uche comparing his self to Franken .......

[teron678]

12:58 AM on 07/02/2009

himself*

[MyGuyO]

12:40 AM on 07/02/2009

I can't stand these people. Please!