Sen. Franken Brings Theatrics to Debt Debate With ‘Welcome Terrorists’ Sign
- Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:59pm by
Tiffany Gabbay
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For a moment Wednesday, Al Franken looked like he was back on the set of Saturday Night Live and not on the floor of the U.S. Senate.
In a speech explaining that there would be no money to pay for military and security personnel if Congress doesn’t pass a bill increasing the debt ceiling by Aug. 2, Franken unveiled a large poster in the chamber that said, “Welcome Terrorists.”
Franken aimed his theater of the absurd at those who believe the U.S. doesn’t have to raise the debt limit to avoid economic catastrophe.
He couched it as black humor, but certainly not as comic relief in a House and Senate deadlock that economists say puts the U.S. at risk of a financial meltdown.
“Now before we default, we could have time to make this sign for all points of entry…”
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Comments (244)
KickinBack
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 1:54amNice to know he’s taking this seriously.
Report Post »robert
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 4:46amThe only place that sign would fit would be on the southern border.
Report Post »menotyou
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 6:16amI can think of one more place I would like to stick that sign….
Report Post »RichNGadsden
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 6:23amPicking up where Alan Grayson left off.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 6:30amDoes the democratic party just appoint an idiot (like Alan Grayson) to do these stupid analogies?
Report Post »chazman
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 6:39amHey, you lousy politicians wanna save some BIG bucks? Then get rid of illegal aliens and secure our borders!!
Report Post »48
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 7:09amThere are many of us here in MN that are very embarrassed to say he’s one of our senators. Can it get any worse?
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 7:40am@chazman
Report Post »Totally agree. What were the figures, each illegal alien sucks up $1500 a month PER child PER month? Even if they only get the SSI amount of close to $700 a month, it’s too much. My husband doesn’t even get $1500 a month in military retirement. Cut out ALL benefits for illegals, and they’ll go home. Only give emergency care, not care to those who show up in the ER with a cold, and once you discover they’re illegal, deport their butts back to where they came from. And none of this we’ll take you back in an air conditioned bus….ship them to the border and cut them loose. They managed to get in with no problem, let them figure a way to get back.
yougottabekidding
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 7:49amOnce a clown always a clown!
Report Post »Must be something in the water out there. Wrestlers and clowns.
moonfish
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 8:01amTerrorist, Hobbit… Name calling seems to be a trait of the democrats. :)
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 8:02amjust when you thought ot couldn’t get any sillier along comes franken.
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 9:01amGee, I thought they knew that they were welcomed here. There leader is our leader. Looks llike the commy muslim al franken is their spokesman
Report Post »Miguelito
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 9:31amWhat a joke!
Report Post »Mike Z4000
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 10:22amAl Franken is sick!!! Talk about hatred!!!
Report Post »bobbo1179
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 11:23amMan, vote me into Congress…the current reps are all clowns. I’ve never had long outstanding debt. Always had cash to cover any purchases. Successfully balanced my checking account, my wife’s cecking account, savings account and successful returns on my stock accounts and never cheated on my taxes. I may not have ever run a business but, neither has the president. So far I may be more qualified than most state reps. Erase every BS program and start from scratch. What are they scared of? They can start with horrendous programs like this:
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akTRIMrNL7o
David F. Maas
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 12:42pmAl Franken is full of BOVINE EXCREMENT. What can you expect from a failed comedian and failed radio talk show host. As a former Minnesotan, I am perplexed at the intelligence of the Minnesota electorate for having put this moron in office.
Report Post »vtxphantom
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 4:36pmHe should take his signs down to the Arizona border with Mexico. Terrorists know it open, but a little more advertising always helps.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 5:21pmI saw a special about SNL from back in the Al Franken days and the amount of drugs and alcohol every one of them consumed is just stagering. His brain has been fried and he probably thinks that he’s still doing SNL skits and does not think any of this is real.
Report Post »DeliverUsFromEvil
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 8:16pmIn the words of Wild Cherry, “Play that funky music, white boy.”
The beginning of the end was when this clown was “elected” to the Senate.
Report Post »Obama Been Lauding
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 6:22amLos Angeles county alone paid out over $600 Million to “Illegal Aliens”, in entitlements, in one year!!!!!
Report Post »Add up all the rest of the “FREE” stuff, like education, health care, etc., and it soon balloons to “BILLIONS”, PER YEAR.
It is estimated, all combined, local to federal government, that $1-$2 TRILLION a year is spent on these infiltraters. Not to mention, the jobs that they have, that could be given to U.S. taxpayers.
“Anchor Babies” should be a thing of the past!!! For every “Anchor Baby” we, the U.S. taxpayer, not only pay for the delivery of the baby, but that is a foothold for the mother. Which means we are supporting them from then on. Along that line, there are those who say that families are being divided, because of our immigration policy. They want the whole family here!!!!! Meaning, if they make it across our border, and get that foothold, they have won the game, and “deserve” to be taken care of by taxpayer moneys.
This is not just one party playing this game!!!! Both political parties want to be the one that allows these people to be able to vote for them!!!!! This is russian roulette for all of us!!!!
Stop it “NOW”!!!!
tifosa
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:25pmWell, ya know, who are holding the country hostage and willing to crash the US economy?…the Teahadists, the TeaAliban, that’s who! (Happy to oblige :^)
Report Post »BigDaddyRamFrog
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:21amOnce a moron, always a moron.
Report Post »bigfisher123
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 1:54amThis is the freak that my beloved state of Minnesota sent to Washington!!!! Well, maybe they did it just to get him out of there. Everyone should read his book and see what the judge made him include in it because of the way he treated one of him employees who died with Lyme’s disease! It takes all the humor away from this dog.
Report Post »ILUVJESUS
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 3:30amDon’t be so sure that the votes were not faked.
Report Post »freedomofspeech
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 4:17amI really tried to read one of his books to be fair and balanced, couldn’t make it past the intro
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 1:52amEnd entitlements,
Close regulatory agencies,
Get Unions out of Government (try them for treason for shaking down the American people),
End Union protectionism,
Bring our troops home to defend against threats to our actual country (using Letters of Marque and Reprisal to take care of rogue threats based in other countries),
End Federal taxation of individuals (returning to the Constitutional taxation of the states),
End the Fed (returning to a commodity-money system, like gold, silver, etc.) so government can’t play favorites with the value of our money,
End the Progressive Income Tax because it creates classes where there were none.
Ron Paul 2012!
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 1:54amAlso end all subsidies and protectionism.
Report Post »noah2854
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 3:38amwhat about the illegals .
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 4:24amEnding all entitlement programs would solve part of this problem.
Illegal “immigrants” are trespassers, and as such, they do not fall under federal immigration laws. Rather they are invaders, and each state has a right and duty to protect their citizens – as does the Federal government, whether it chooses to do its job or not.
Report Post »PASSIONFORCHRIST
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 5:34amI couldn’t have said better. IMPEACH for TREASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 6:07amAlso its time to become energy dependent. We are one step away from total darkness if all hell breaks lose in the Middle East. But what are the chances of that happening?
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 6:12amMake that energy “independent”. We’re currently dependent on the Arabs and Hugo.
Report Post »ScreaminEagle
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 7:49amAl Frankin, worried about borders? Now there’s one for the BS hall of fame. MN aren’t you embarrassed by him, I feel embarrassed for you whenever I see him. Oh DOCTOR I agree with you on The Federal Reserve. Madoff and Ponzi were jailed for the same thing. It’s time to end this garbage now. The sooner Congress says NO to these commies, the sooner the world sees we are not going to let them take us down, and the sooner we start to recover. TEA party style not Dem. or Rep.
Report Post »BeingThere
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 1:47amYou mean it’s real? Al Franken really is a senator? I thought it was a nightmare!!!
Anagram: SENATOR = TREASON
Strange forces at work there, eh?
Report Post »aguynameddave
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 4:52amspooky
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 1:47am^____^____^
Ummm he left out its on HIS BOSS who does and doesnt get paid! The money is there but Emperor O decides where the money goes; how convenient that the left leaves out that part out! You silly dem… socialists you think you are soooo smart dont you!?
Oh and the blame Bush thing is beyond old at this point. Do they really think Americans will fall for it outside of those with their handsout?
This guy is a disgrace to the US Senate and if there are any ANY large terrorist attacks (seeing that we have had several small ones no thanks to them) on US soil my finger as well as the rest of Americas finger of blame will be pointed at all of DC. They are all responsible at this point.
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aguynameddave
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 4:55amObama is not the senate’s boss!!!
Obama is not the senate’s boss!!!
Obama is not the senate’s boss!!!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 1:45amLets see…“Welcome Terrorists” on a sign by a Democratic Senator in the Congress? Is he refering to his own members of the Left? Or to himself and the adminsitration in addition to the Left?
Report Post »Dustin75
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 7:29amNo he’s refering to the tea baggers that are trying to bankrupt this country. When Bush (how I like) came ibto.office the country had a surplus, we he left the country was in $14 trillion in debt. Now they want to act lile fiscal conservative when they spent like druken sailors for 8 yrs.
Report Post »Encinon
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 7:44amThe country was 14 trillion in debt when Bush left huh ? Wow, since we are 14 in debt now apparently there has been no spending the last 2 and a half years. No stimulus just for starters in your world? Also, although i voted for Obama, doesn’t congress control the purse strings. Might explain why the first 6 years of Bush we didn’t rack up huge deficits but last 2 ( Dem controlled congress )we sure did.
Report Post »Carolina Infidel
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 8:28amObama has already spent 40% more than 8 years of Bush in 3 years.
Report Post »I am telling you, this country is lost. The majority is either stupid, misinformed, uninformed, or blinded by ideology.
I swear we would all be better off if the whole thing broke up into regional governments. The sucky thing about that though is the conservative half of the country would get stuck defending the other half while they were getting high on government money and enjoying socialist healthcare. There would be no socialism if there weren’t free people to defend their lives and borders.
National Patriotism will be the death of us all.
JLGunner
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 9:33amI think this is a new angle to promote multiculturalism.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 9:49amThe surplus was mostly on paper, and only existed because the republicans were in charge of house and senate and crammed savings down Clinton’s throat.
Report Post »jkwinters64
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 1:45amWhy are safety and security the FIRST things Dumbocrats believe should be the first things on the chopping block? How many people in real life put their safety and security issues to the side in a budget crunch so that they can afford their luxuries? Couple this with idiots who think that the conservative point of view on the budget should be censored by the media. We need to take our country back, peacefully if possible, by force if necessary.
Report Post »1proudAmerican
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 1:34pmThey are always using fear tactics to get their gullible followers to raise a stink.
Report Post »Ron_WA
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 1:34amI took his “Welcome Terrorists” sign as the design for his new welcome mat & an invite to his residence – hopefully they will take him up on it w/ a suicide bomber in the lead …
Report Post »christianUSA
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 1:22amNot funny scare tactics but what is scary is more Trillions of dept and socialism their pushing!
Report Post »Quagmir
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 1:33amHe is so right, there is no where we could take money from to make sure SS, Military, police and so on is taken care of. WE MUST not pay soliders so the EPA can run at full steam. We certainly wouldnt want to defund them and have terrorist and a bad water supply!!! we need the terorists to have clean air, food and water to drink. This is so obvious, I am not sure why it was needed to be brought up……
And only white people can be Racists, So this really kills to birds with 1 stone. Clean air and no more whitey.
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 1:51am@ Quagmir,
Did you see the new ad by the EPA? They’re claiming that they saved innocent babies from harmful chemicals in their baby food jars. That is beyond ridiculous, because how in the world did babies survive before “the waste of space” EPA was deemed necessary?
If the debt ceiling is not raised, these Federal agencies should be shut down first:
The EPA
The Department of Education
The National Labor Board
NPR
There are many more unnecessary and unneeded Federal agencies that are taxpayer funded.
Report Post »DRB
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 1:17amClassy!!
Report Post »EZDOZIT
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 1:16amHow can the heros that brought down the plane in Pennsylvania on 9-11 rest in peace? They gave up their lives for their country and now these socialist and communist have taken over it. To bad it didn‘t complete it’s mission to take out the House of Representitives. They thought they were doing the right thing. Some times it’s best to hit the restart button and start over.
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 1:46amIt’s target was WTC #7
Report Post »staythecourse
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 8:57amRegarding the plane in PA…. you know of course that the entire memorial is an islamic design and that it points to mecca. Take a close look at it. With its islamic design features it becomes a monument to the terrorists….not those who died by fighting them.
Report Post »EZDOZIT
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 12:48pmAfter Clinton bombed the alQaeda camps in Afghanistan, Bin Laden said“I will kill 200 americans for every one of my fighters Clinton killed”. There were 200 killed, do the math, that’s 40,000 american deaths. Bin laden was going for at least this number, more god willing,his words not mine. Thats 50,000 in the 2 towers;about 20,000 at the Pentagon and about 2500 at the house,counting staff and lobbiest. The 5th pilot was not allow in the country, he was to hit the White House. He wanted to cripple our government on 9-11. I think if that Pennslvania plane had succeeded it would have had the opposite affect. To say he went to all this trouble to take out WTC#7; what would you choose to take out a 7-11 or the House of Representives ?
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 3:14am9/11 was a false flag operation.
Report Post »Al J Zira
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 1:08amThank you Minnesota for electing such a fine example of a human being.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 1:33amI,being from Minnesota am truly ashamed.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 1:47amWelcome Terrorist to the wonderful State of Minnesota. al Franken will be your personal guide on how to dismantel the US Constitution. al Franken is our equivilent of al Qaeda here in the US. al Barak Obama is al Frankens boss and all Progressives welcome you to just walk on over our Southern border and take whatever you want. al Franken will even use the DOJ to ship you all the guns and fire-power that you need to do whatever you need to do to make sure that al Barak Obama is re-elected for another 4 yeasrs. This is the only way to ensure a Global Islamic One World Government.
Report Post »Sincerely yours,
al Franken
AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 1:05amNothing more amusing than a hypocritical dumbassclown. Keep up the good work, Al.
Report Post »No_Comment
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 12:57amThis guy “Al Franken” wasn’t funny on SNL, He “Al Franken” is even worse now. lol
Report Post »Jettboston
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 12:56amCan’t take it amy more….please ingore this guy!!
Report Post »GWillie
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 12:55amStill using his old writers from SNL I see
Report Post »BlkWdow
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 12:53amWow! I can’t imagine the outrage their would be if a Republican did this. Not only would we have been called racist but they’d have countless lawsuits on their hands.
Report Post »Edct
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 12:56amFrom a hippocrite dim political whore who just pushed to let in the brown cockroaches from mesico and refuse to secure our borders….they are all just whore actors.
Report Post »MUDFLAPS
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 12:51amThis is what the government has come to.
Report Post »MUDFLAPS
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 12:51amThis man is a total joke and a bafoon. An idiot of the first order.
Report Post »xoke
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 12:49amBe proud Minnesota, be proud. I cannot believe your state elected this ass hat. You want my advice? Leave…come down south, the weather is better, taxes are lower, and this guy wouldn’t have a snowballs chance in hell of being dog catcher, let alone Senator.
Report Post »DYNA
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 9:12amI’m from Minnesota. I still do not believe Franken was elected, because of the way the votes were recounted, and because of the lack of enforcement against voter fraud.
Report Post »Akbarjonnie Shaheed
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 12:49amThey are on the way to your house to practice!
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 12:49amProof that franken’s head is filled with PIG SNOT.
Report Post »SMarino
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 12:48amI would think we have plenty of theatrics already. We needed more?
Report Post »poppinbeaners
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 12:48amAnd this guy’s how old?! Grow up, man!
Report Post »Jake Wilde
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 12:45amThis guy makes me think I could run and win.
Report Post »EZDOZIT
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 1:24amTo qualify to run as a democrat, you need only say you hate Bush and the Teaparty is racist. That’s it.
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