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

[smithonpolitics-com]

Glenn, I served with Al Franken. Al Franken was a friend of mine. Glenn, you're no Al Franken.

[IsyFleur]

Hehe...

[soupson52]

You win. Your simple hehe cracked me up! Thanks.

[LemonMeringue]

Glenn Beck is no Al Franken.

How do people like that get a job?

[ignoranceequalsfear]

(Sore) Loosers. All of them.
And dim-witted, to boot!

[MyGuyO]

They are just too cute for words. NOT.

[jimme]

Be careful, dimwit's spell losers with 2 O's.

just sayin'

[KYlawyer]

Seeing these Faux f00ls wet themselves over this only one word comes to mind.....S­chadenfreu­de!

[TovSquirrel]

No, Mr. Beck, it is no more unbelievable than electing a grade-B movie star president, twice.

[vinainor]

Glen Beck like Franken? I guess Glen Beck went to Harvard too....and I am King of Jordan.

[Berkeleylefty]

Yes Faux News. It is now Senator Franken. Deal with it...

Is it me or is Faux News slowly running out of guests? I keep seeing them interview each other a lot, but not a lot of new guest faces...th­e beginning of the end perhaps? We can only dream...

Berkeley Lefty

[freethinkergirl]

They're running out of lies:

http://www.civilianism.com/gate/2009/06/fox-news-gets-court-ok-to-lie/

Fox News Gets Court OK to Lie

FOX News has been lying to people in various ways for at least the last 10 years.

[IllinoisTexan43]

How come Faux isn't promoting the "ginormous" tea-baggin' parties this July 4th? Got burned the first time, eh?

[Totto]

The guys and gals at Fox don't compehend the difference between being a wit and being a twit.

[audadvnc]

Ding! FTW!

[polson]

I'm from Minnesota. I hope these knotheads get so worked up and apoplectic that their skulls explode.

[freethinkergirl]

Judging by some of the posts on several threads it has already started.

Trying to clean up the gray matter on my screen.

[JessWonderin]

"Republicans"

. . . more likely just the gentle hiss of hot air escaping from a small puckered hole . . . .

[crease]

Has any HACK from Faux graduated from Harvard or any decent college in this country?Guess what Al Franken graduated from Harvard>

[JessWonderin]

not yet . . . they're working on GEDs for the majority of the reporters FIRST.

[dolphy]

It will take them 5 to 7 colleges before getting through, just like their heroine from Alaskuh.

[Americanium]

From here on he is Senator Al Heartburn to me...he sure is giving some people a bad day.. and I love it

[freethinkergirl]

Pass the Tums!!!

[jeremiahos]

The only difference;
These guys could never get elected.

Franken did.

[ropadopa]

This is the bunch of people who thought George W. Bush was a genius; Proposed introducing a bill to clear the way for Governor Schwarzenegger to make a possible run at the presidency and, get this, believe that their best hope to regain the White House is Sarah Palin. At this juncture, I find it almost impossible to believe that these guys even consider what they do credible.

[Lasnoe]

Interesting coming from the left... Who think the self destructive path Obama has put this nation on is actually a good one....

[lynettema]

We aren't going to know where President Obama's "path" is going to lead for several months. I expect that we will be satisfied with the result, much to your dismay. But it is certain that we know how the last 8 years went with conservatives in charge. We voted for something different. If we wanted more of the same destructive ideas carried out, we would have voted for McC.

[audadvnc]

Lasnoe, it would have been much better if we hadn't been forced on this path in the first place, by the last 28 years of mostly Republican misrule.