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Ohio GOP Smears Al Franken In Press Release With Doctored Photo

thinkprogress.org — Yesterday, the Ohio Republican Party sent out a news release attacking Rep. Sherrod Brown for enlisting the support of Franken. The release said Franken compared conservatives to Nazis “who should drink poison and die.” An accompanying photo showed Franken dressed up like a baby bunny, wearing adult diapers. Both the photo and quote were made-up.

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  • MyHappyClam, on 10/12/2007, -125/+24Funny picture (it's satire) but the quote is on record. The Democrats are at it again trying to mislead the public by saying the Republicans are making things up.

    Down about halfway through the blog you can find where he said the 'made-up' quote.
    http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/gov/
    • simplicio, on 10/12/2007, -16/+56See it's in a book, IN PRINT! It must be true. That's your "logic." By that standard, I have to ask if you are at all concerned about the Eye of Mordor from Lord of the Rings and if you think this Harry Potter fella can save us?
    • dshPls, on 10/12/2007, -25/+54You probably think the bible is literal too.
    • The_Wallbanger, on 10/12/2007, -15/+91FTA: "In his book, Goldberg makes it clear that the exchange is completely fictional. "

      The dialog between Bernard Goldberg and Franken, as reported in Goldberg's book, is fiction. This is confessed by the author.

      Why are right-wing pundits so bad at reading?
    • aftk2, on 10/12/2007, -36/+5You know why I dugg you up? Because I really really want this quote to stick around so that people can read your amazingly incorrect post.
    • zigamorph, on 10/12/2007, -53/+10@simplicio

      I agree just look at the book "My Lie" I mean "My Life" by Bill Clinton, just because it is printed doesn't mean it is true.
    • EntropyMan, on 10/12/2007, -5/+36See, it's not that MrHappyClam is stupid. He just didn't read the whole interview, or the part where it's clearly made up--all of it.

      But what's stupid is that MrHappyClam, upon learning that he didn't read well and then misspoke, will not correct himself, but will instead Clam Up and pretend it never happened.
    • gharding, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15@The_Wallbanger:

      That would probably require some sort of intelligence.
    • d00ley, on 10/12/2007, -5/+25@MyHappyClam -- If you have mental frailties, I apologize in advance. However, I can't, for the life of me, figure out how you can have such a poor ability for comprehension. In the blog you posted, he is specifically making the point that, using Franken's "satirist" alibi, he can then write anything he wants. The entire point of the ensuing dialog is that it is fictional, yet you somehow not only miss that fact but then deduce from your misunderstanding that "The Democrats are at it again trying to mislead the public..."
      Sometimes, I completely lose faith in the future, if only for a lack of basic human intelligence.
    • BrianHoliday, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19Goldberg was satirizing Al Franken in the way he satires others. He lies, but as long as it is funny it doesn't matter. Goldberg was attempting to show that it isn't funny when someone turns it around on you. What I find hilarious is that someone took Goldberg seriously and quoted him. Kind of plays to the stereotype that Republicans don't have a sense of humor. :)

      BH
    • jgreene777, on 10/12/2007, -18/+3@wallwhatever - "Why are right-wing pundits so bad at reading?"

      right wing or left wing, all politicians are liars and fakes. they don't need to read anything in order to manipulate to get their way.
    • tpodr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13From the post HappyClam gave us:

      FRANKEN: Yes. I'm going to tell you a secret, Bernie, because I like you. WE ALL HATE OURSELVES -- Frank Rich, Michael Kinsley, and me. We're self-loathing nerds who can't do much except make fun of other people. Why do you think I call people "liars"? Because it makes me feel better about—ME! Bernie, I'm so SICK.

      FRANKEN: Do you like my hat? It's made out of tinfoil, you know
      GOLDBERG: Thanks again, Al.

      After reading that, there is no way I could have known it was fiction.
  • rnokkin, on 10/12/2007, -81/+10The left is now upset over a doctored photo, boo-frickin-hoo.
    • jaycliche, on 10/12/2007, -29/+32"The left is now upset over a doctored photo, boo-frickin-hoo."

      I can see why YOU would vote right...I have some real photos of your mom that you might enjoy.
    • xenuxenuts, on 10/12/2007, -6/+20I'm not upset. I do wonder, would the right be upset if someone on the right were portrayed in a bondage suit and whipping a teenage boy in a business suit, implying kinky gay sex with pages? If not, fine.
    • PowerCow, on 10/12/2007, -2/+20i was mad when the bbc doctoers the photo of the crowsds arround the toppling of saddms statue
      i was mad when reutgers used those photos that frelance guy doctored.
      I was even upset when the ap staged some photos.
      I was mad when the senator actually added smoke to 9/11 pictures to make it look worse... like it needed it
      WHy do you think people think it is acceptible to lie, when it is one side or the other... I dont like corruptions or lies no matter what party you are in. I would bet most people here on digg would agree. They dont want a corrupted gov full of dems lying to them, just liek they dont want a gop one or an independant one, They want honest government that stays true to the particular party values or claims made when voted into office. But noone wants to be lied to, even if the lies are things they want to believe.
      I think you are making fun of fake people.
    • CanceledCzech, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10@xenuxenuts

      Hmm.... doctoring a photo of a conservative politician doing freaky bondage stuff... I smell a challenge!
    • Axim, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4man give yourself a hand you republicans can be pretty dumb
    • EtherGnat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"I'm not upset. I do wonder, would the right be upset if someone on the right were portrayed in a bondage suit and whipping a teenage boy in a business suit, implying kinky gay sex with pages? If not, fine."

      Satire (regardless of who's satirized) is wonderful as long as it is presented as such. I'm liberal but I think the doctored photo and Goldberg's "interview" are funny. When the same information is presented as truth it's no longer funny, it's just a lie. When it's done by an organization like the Ohio Republican Party it's nearly criminal.
    • canti32, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@PowerCow

      Were you high when you wrote that?

      Please use spell check, or at least basic grammar skills.
  • Linzz, on 10/12/2007, -11/+32I hope he sues the pants off the Ohio GOP, uh and MYHappyClam, you might want to read that obviously fictional exchange before accusing the Democrats of making stuff up.
    • simplicio, on 10/12/2007, -11/+62I'm sorry. You're asking faith-based republicans to do the hard work of researching before smearing? You can't be serious! These folks go with the gut. They know what's right and they construct reality to suit their needs. All you elitists with your reading and book-learning and such!
    • iceperson, on 10/12/2007, -14/+3"I hope he sues the pants off the Ohio GOP, uh and MYHappyClam, you might want to read that obviously fictional exchange before accusing the Democrats of making stuff up."

      Yeah, I'd love to see Franken suing someone for saying he said/did something that he didn't. We don't have enough examples of irony...
  • simplicio, on 10/12/2007, -14/+52The quote is made up. It was satire. You conservatives prefer la-la land to the reality-based community. La-la land is where the Iraq war was vital to our security, Teri Schiavo was healthy and needed GW to rush back to the White House, and intelligent design should be taught as science.

    The GOP is becoming synonomous with the party that just makes stuff up. So keep at it guys! The real question is, are there enough willfully ignorant religious fundamentalists to keep the Abramoff-corrupt GOP in power?
    • Cellophane, on 10/12/2007, -8/+14Yes, there are. That's what's so sad about the whole situation. And scary.
  • KitsunePaws, on 10/12/2007, -18/+4I acctually think that's kinda funny. I wish somebody would be so kind to photoshop me into a picture like that :(
  • m00kie, on 10/12/2007, -61/+12Democrats are angry and pissed off all the time.

    That's it, feel the angry, feel the resentment. It's easy to control you with it.

    Cheney / Rumsfield 2008


    The fate of the free world depends on it.
    • Kyderdog, on 10/12/2007, -11/+37Cheney / Rumsfield 2008

      You can't serve as President and Vice President from Jail
    • jaycliche, on 10/12/2007, -5/+22"The fate of the free world depends on it."

      Freer living without Habeus Corpus!
    • tsf5000, on 10/12/2007, -5/+20If you really believe it'll be Cheney / Rumsfield in 2008, you're a complete idiot.
    • Azur2, on 10/12/2007, -5/+15"Are you gonna STFU about freedom of speech, torture, and corruption - or are you a terrorist?"
    • sereth, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19What the heck does "Feel the Angry" mean?!

      Sounds dirty.
    • storm8956, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Republicans control democrats by making them angry? Man, what kind of talk is that? This is politics we are discussing, not elementary school recess. You need to have some more maturity. If you, as a Republican, want to debate, go ahead, but making people angry is just childish. If that is what half of America is about then we are in a sad state of affairs.
    • jamesfrmmaine, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8@mookie

      "Democrats are angry and pissed off all the time.
      That's it, feel the angry, feel the resentment. It's easy to control you with it.
      Cheney / Rumsfield 2008
      The fate of the free world depends on it."

      Eerily reminiscent of Emperor Palpatine in ROTJ "Good! Use your aggressive feelings, boy. Let the hate flow through you."
    • Modulo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"If you, as a Republican, want to debate, go ahead, but making people angry is just childish."

      Exactly! well said storm8956, well said.

      Also, m00kie is an ARTARD ASSCLOWN who should STFU and DIAF.

      /irony
  • alanspach, on 10/12/2007, -9/+20Desperate
    • philgmo, on 10/12/2007, -8/+20True that. The GOP is toast in Ohio this election cycle.
    • BigBaRay, on 10/12/2007, -15/+3Maybe someday Ohio can really just break away and become their own little Socialist Union. Where everyone can pay for everyones problems. Where is the opt out check box for my tax dollars headed into Ohio? LOL
    • Kyderdog, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1>Where is the opt out check box for my tax dollars headed into Ohio?
      Why not just move to Texas, you should be happy there...
    • bigdavediode, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Big:

      >Maybe someday Ohio can really just break away and become their own little Socialist Union. Where everyone can pay for everyones problems. Where is the opt out check box for my tax dollars headed into Ohio? LOL

      Here's the funny part -- actually Ohio, along with the blue "rich" states, subsidize the red states in the south. So it's the Democrats tax money that flows to subsidize the red ("parasite") states.
  • UGM2099, on 10/12/2007, -6/+19Twisted psuedo-underage erotica coming from the GOP...

    I used to think something like that would be hypocritical on their part but lately it's just par for the course.
  • schabrat14, on 10/12/2007, -13/+2That pic is sooo hawt rarrrrr LOL JKJK
  • toasty168, on 10/12/2007, -8/+10Wow, I simply can not believe how low the GOP is going. It is absolutely unbelievable.
    • jaycliche, on 10/12/2007, -15/+3"Wow, I simply can not believe how low the GOP is going. It is absolutely unbelievable."

      Yeah, Karl Rove is a genius. In fact, wonder why Southpark never did anything about him? (cause they have his member in thier mouths?)
  • LoneRanger85, on 10/12/2007, -28/+10Get a sense of humor. I've seen liberal portrayals of President Bush that were far worse. You liberals can dish it out, but you caaaan't take it.
    • Aard88, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13Actually I would bet that Al thinks the photo is kinda funny. The intentional use of a fabricated quote, I would imagine, he is not very happy about.
    • Chebyshev, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10But from the party establishment in a state and not some random blogger or other internet moonbat?
    • tsf5000, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1I'd say its the other way around.
    • UGM2099, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Who can't take it? I think the photo is funny the only thing is that it's coming from an official GOP source not a message board or blog which makes this GOP campaign look desperate and childish.
    • marmaduke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6This is official GOP literature, being spread around the state, not some random stuff off of a website.
    • Card, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Liberals, yes. The DNC, no.
  • motionb, on 10/12/2007, -31/+8HAHAHA, thats hilarious !!!
    Franken is such an idiot, that picture is a perfect representation of him!!

    Oh yea, and quit acting like the Dems dont pull crap like this too
    • philgmo, on 10/12/2007, -6/+15How, exactly, is that a perfect representation of him? And what "crap like this" have the Democrats pulled exactly?
  • timbug, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15The question should not be whether the quote or photo are real, but whether the Republican (or Democratic) Party should be engaging in this sort of meretricious campaign. Shouldn't we expect more for the Republican Party? What do Al Franken and bunny costumes have to do with the real issues facing the people of Ohio?
    • tpodr, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7"expect more for the Republican Party?"
      No, this about par for the course.
    • fredkreuger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The Democratic candidate in Ohio is pushing for new regulations requiring bunnies to wear pants.
  • wintermd, on 10/12/2007, -17/+7What happened to Air America, Als big show.

    Did it go under?
    • philgmo, on 10/12/2007, -5/+15Air America and Franken's show are both still on the air.
    • jaycliche, on 10/12/2007, -10/+8Yeah, unlike alt.binaries.neocons.love.pediporn
      Very sucessful.
    • zeeeej, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Nope.

      http://www.airamerica.com

      p.s. You don't seem particularly well informed, so I'll let you know that Air America is a "network." Al Franken's show is called "The Al Franken Show."

      Confusing, I know. If I watched Fox News, I'd be confused too.

      Air America filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but they aren't "under" any more than Delta Airlines is.
    • carapi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1So.."very successful" means filing for bankruptcy after years of "surviving" only from huge grants from individuals?

      The network and his show, have never been profitable. They have never survived on their own merits. Not even for one day.

      Very successful?

      And zeeeej..they aren't under...but only because a few indivudlas are funding them. They are not successful at all. Again, never made a profit. Not once.

      But don't worry about Al. He is a movie star. Remember that great role as "baggage handler #2" in Trading Places! He line "It my turn to drive" was delivered with such grace.
  • TheToecutter, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1Sad...yet funny at the same time.
  • FAT_PIGGY, on 10/12/2007, -32/+6***** al franken.
  • trenchcoat, on 10/12/2007, -16/+12I've never gone to thinkprogress but does every story they post on their blog get frontpaged on digg? You'd think digg was the public relations arm of thinkprogress.
    • GabrielS, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10The answer to your question is No.

      Some Think Progress stories end up on the front page thanks to the efforts of Think Progress readers. There is nothing to stop them from all digging every single TP story.

      My only gripe with their Digg posts is that they are frequently entered under the wrong topic. However, Digg users need to be responsible for administering the site. If something is in the wrong topic, and enough people mark it that way, then the story will get buried as it should.
    • trenchcoat, on 10/12/2007, -9/+5So thinkprogress users are gaming the system?
    • GabrielS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5To: trenchcoat

      The Digg system, as it currently stands, almost rests entirely on "gaming" it. Digg encourages sites to add Digg code to their posts so that readers can share the posts with people that read Digg. That's kind of the guts of the Digg system right there.

      Yes, it is possible to take a large number of readers of a blog or any site really, and make every single story a frontpage story on Digg. These sites get thousands of page views a day. With a small digg button and some code, they can make a frontpage story on their site a frontpage story on Digg.

      I don't know if that's a good system, but that's the way Digg works.
  • FAT_PIGGY, on 10/12/2007, -18/+5all democrats and republicans suck they just pull America apart futher every day.
    • jaycliche, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3Yes, let's all agree...that is what democracy is about. One vision.
  • VTmruhlin, on 10/12/2007, -12/+5Man, I'm glad Think Progress exposed this photo as a fake. When I got it in the mail, I was shocked to see that Al Franken wears adult diapers and loves teddy bears. I've been had!
  • seizures, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8They probably got the pic from Mark Foley's stash of teenage boys, and just put Franken's face on it.
  • brishchik, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10May be that's how GOP Jesus-loving fags and pedophiles fantasize about Al.
  • minorthreat, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10hmm.. it makes me wonder... Did an Ohio GOP member actually put on a diaper and take that picture, just so they could photoshop Franken's head in?
    • Azur2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6You're not suggesting that the GOP has violated copyright law by modifying and distributing porn without the consent of the photographer, are you?
  • Azur2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6How low can you go?
    What'll it be for the presidential election, photoshopped gay porn or beastiality?

    (Incidentally, Goldberg's a hack. Satire is supposed to be sharp and witty, not dull and repetitive. Why the hell aren't there any intentionally funny right-wingers? I know there's smart right-wingers, why are there no funny ones?)
    • tsf5000, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Its hard to be funny when you've got a huge stick up your ass.
    • anastrophe, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1christopher hitchens can be hilarious. but i suspect you have to have a measureable IQ in order to understand the humor.
    • upsidedork, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ben Stein's pretty funny. It pains me to admit it, because he's had some nasty things to say about the gays lately; but it's hard to deny that his schtick was, at least for a few minutes in the 80s, genuinely funny.
  • diggreader1963, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2I guess the GOP has a lot of free time for on their hands for stunts like this, with the Iraq adventure going so well and all.... In October there have been 96 U.S. troops killed.
  • SpamHater, on 10/12/2007, -17/+4So, the quote is fictional???

    http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/gov/

    Even if it's supposedly "satire" on franken's part, the point is, he's joking about the Republicans drinking poison and dying.

    He's joking about suicide.

    Given how Democrats get all worked up when Rush Limbaugh calls out a celebrity for exaggerating the symptoms of a disease, you'd think getting upset over someone joking that you should drink poison and die would be right up their alley.
    • Azur2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Yes, the quote is fictional and made up by _Goldberg_, not Franken.
      That's _Goldberg_ joking about suicide.

      Hey, I said he was an unfunny hack.

    • dime, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Do you mental midgets realize you keep linking to a site that is pointing out the fact that Franken never said that?
  • Koosebane, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6First of all....has this "press release" actually run anywhere?

    Second, could we have a bit of evidence on its origin, please?

    I don't readily believe everything I read. This article and a PDF of some text with no picture attached is entirely unconvincing.
    • GabrielS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I've asked Think Progress editors if they have any confirmation or denial that the this in fact an authentic press release.

      TP is quoting the Cincinnati Enquirer's blog. Therefore, I doubt they tried to confirm anything. But even the Cincinnati blog is confusing. They don't seem to provide any confirmation that the press release is authentic either.
    • zephc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2http://www.ohiogop.org 's News Release section has a dropdown list - one entry is listed as just 'email' and links to a blank news entry - that entry might be the culprit, but Google cache reveals nothing, and the Wayback Machine had no time to archive it, so unless someone cached it or took a screenshot, it's lost forever.
  • everfalling, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3ha ha. oh wow. franken must be having a laugh over this.
    • firebush, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Yes and no. On his show, he found it funny, but was sad to see how low people will sink to smear someone.
  • ManHammer, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2...looks good in a diaper ;)
  • airship, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9Once again, Steven Colbert has it right: That fake quote and fake picture of Franken have the FEELING of 'Truthiness' to the neocon nutjobs, so they can present it as 'truth'.
    • Azur2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Or like Rush Limbaughs talk about Fox: he _knows in his gut_ Fox is exaggerating, and he sticks by that regardless of facts or what people like Parkinsons Foundation say, because he _feels it is true_.
      He actually used words much like that. Truthiness at its finest; who'd have thought Limbaugh was a Colbert fan?

    • Koosebane, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1That's a bit ironic you brought up the 'truthiness' concept.

      This thinkprogress report may contain some 'truthiness' to you, but those of us who don't buy stories without sufficient proof need a bit more to go on.
    • Koosebane, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1It appears either 'truthiness' only applies to certain people....OR it really stings to have it thrown back in the face over such a blatantly obvious case.
    • Modulo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Newsflash, koosebane. Not knowing that someone isn't lying is not equal to knowing that someone is lying.
  • greenvortex, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6There is no trick too dirty this election season. The Republicans are so desperate, they are resorting to blatant lies. And the Democrats are so fed up with having elections stolen from them, they have adopted Karl Rove's tactics. Both sides learned the Swift Boat lesson: even if your attacks are flagrantly false, keep attacking your opponent and the lies will stick. Such a sorry time to be an American. If it weren't for our free ketchup packets, superior plumbing, and wide-aisled grocery stores, I'd leave the country. [Seriously, those are the only things I miss about the U.S. when I'm overseas.]
  • anastrophe, on 10/12/2007, -7/+4of course, the lefties *never* do stuff like this. i mean, they never took a photo of bill clinton and joe lieberman, then colored it so that lieberman looked like he was in blackface. just plain didn't happen. i mean, the photo was pulled within minutes, and there was no hue and cry in the popular press about it, so it's simply not possible it happened, right? and anyway, it's always okay for lefties to issue offensive slurs, cuz they're the good people. lefties never do bad things. like that recent digg video of police demonstrations, with overlaid images of the nazis. that's okay! because they're the good guys!

    • greennomad, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5I don't think the proper response to someone caught stealing is to say that other people steal too. If someone does something bad, it's wrong. If a group of "lefties" transformed a photo so egregiously, I'd say that was wrong too.
    • anastrophe, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1you're familiar with the difference between breaking the law, and simply doing things that aren't terribly honorable? the former is, well, against the law. the latter is simply part of life. nobody ever said life was fair, and people do stuff like this all the time.

      which is more offensive - lefties calling lieberman clinton's *****, or showing al franken in diapers?

      and yes, that photo really was created and posted on the huffington post. that it barely raised a blip on people's radar is not surprising. it should have been Evening News noteworthy - just as noteworthy as that idiot politician who referred to a guy taping him as 'makaka' or whatever it was. the latter was front page above the fold. the lieberman photo? mentioned on a few blogs, never made it to mainstream press.

    • ketemphor, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Let's see if I can help you out on a little something. The Huffington Post is a blog. Ariana Huffington's blog. This news release was put out by the Ohio Republican Party. Individual liberal ... state political party ... individual liberal ... state political party...

      Yeah, no difference there ...
    • anastrophe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Let's see if I can help you out on a little something. The Thinkprogress entry this digg story links to is basically a blog. That links to, as it's source, the cincinnati.com blog. This purported news release was purportedly put out by the Ohio Republican Party, but there are no actual factual citations in that blog that actually support the existence of this purported news release. never mind that news release/press releases are rarely, if ever, actual news, but rather information from businesses, political parties, and frankly any hack with a fax machine and the ability to type "DATELINE CINCINNATI" at the beginning of whatever they write.

      hope that clears it up for you.
  • carapi, on 10/12/2007, -11/+4To smear Al Franken, all one needs to do is say "He's Al Franken."

    That's the biggest insult you can give him.
    • enki25, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Kinda like Bush. In fact, to insult anyone all you have to do is call them Bush. The only difference being, one is a journalist / comedian, one is the leader of the free world.

      Way to go wingnuts!
  • HarryBauzonia, on 10/12/2007, -6/+4...and thinkprogress.org never never ever ever does anything like that.
  • carterman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4We know they used an AP photo of Franken for the doctored image (his head).

    I'd like to know where the Ohio Republican Party got the bottom half of the photo?
    • Koosebane, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7I'd like to know where thinkprogress got this report and why they think they can post it without providing actual sources.

      I'd like to know why there are so many posters in this thread who aren't asking for the barest bit of verification.

      I'd like to know why we're all supposed to mindlessly buy this story.
    • Azur2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2FFS, stop burying Koosebane, he's absolutely right: until the press release is verified it's quite likely a hoax. The image is so crude it's hard to imagine a campaign pro sending out something like that. Burying Koosebane is shooting the messenger.
    • Modulo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1comment broke - ignore
  • dnaspydir, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3i'm just wondering which GOP party member posed for the original photo...
  • jellygraph, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4you know the GOP is scared stiff of losing when they resort to immature and immoral behaviour like this... party of values... lol!
    • Modulo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1that's also how you know it's a day of the week that ends in "day"
  • psyduck, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Anyone that would go out of their way for a Franken endorsement would lose my vote in a heartbeat. Anyone he endorses is not what the nation needs, we need people that will work together to solve problems, not idealogues.
  • FalsePretense, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1The GOP... lied? No.... NO!! There's no reason to live..... Where's my kayak?
  • floridacracker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The picture's been around a long time.
    http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2006/02/worlds_unfunnie.html
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