Isn't it great that America has people like Al Franken whose principles are clear and universal? The NY Post reports that Franken brought the full force of his principles to bear in defense of the civil right of mean Dr. Dean to speak freely. He did so by tackling one member of the assemblage who was engaged in the despicable act of... speaking freely. The nerve!
"I got down low and took his legs out," said Franken afterwards. He added, "I'm neutral in this race but I'm for freedom of speech, which means people should be able to assemble and speak without being shouted down." So I guess he's for freedom of speech if you have a microphone so that you don't have to yell to be heard. A pity the man didn't have a megaphone which undoubtedly would have dissuaded Franken-stein's "body-slam."
"I was a wrestler so I used a wrestling move," Franken said. Hey, wasn't that the defense used in the Lionel Tate case? "Tate has said he accidentally killed Eunick while he was imitating pro-wrestling moves he had seen on TV."
The Post reporter informs us, "The tussle left Franken's trademark thick-rim glasses broken, but he said he was not injured." No word on the condition of the contemptible "shouter."
Posted by JohnGalt at January 27, 2004 09:14 AM