Al Franken is ripping Beauregard a new face.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

LOL

[Angry Dragon]

1. a little more information would be nice

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Beauregard claimed a larger role in prosecuting voting rights cases than what was justified.

Franken is showing Beauregard's commitment to voting rights is iffy at best.

[Angry Dragon]

4. Thank you .............. my Senator

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. Sessions prosecuted voting rights activists.

one of Sessions’s signature efforts as a prosecutor was an attempt to convict three voting-rights activists on charges of fraud for assisting elderly voters in filling out ballots

excellent article now in The Atlantic on Session's mis-deeds and deeds here in Ala. back in teh day.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/sessions-kkk-case/512600/

[vi5]

3. Why is Franken not a more prominent face/voice in our party?

He's so great, so sharp, so well informed, and so damned funny. How is he not the public and prominent face of the current Democratic party? Especially over many of the...ahem....less than engaging people we have out there now.

[a kennedy]

5. Gotta work up the chain I'm assuming.......he's in his 2nd term, and really

no power to speak of.......but then there's Elizabeth Warren. Hmmmmmm, I don't know. Smart, smart guy.

[japple]

6. I don't know either. I love Al Franken. On a scale of 1-10, with PBO being the

funniest president ever, I'll bet Al would be at least a 9. I almost peed myself when I saw Al mocking GWB when he landed on the deck of the Lincoln and declared "Mission Accomplished."

[vi5]

11. Uh....

Not just Warren, but wasn't Obama a first term senator when he became president?

[smirkymonkey]

7. I've always been very impressed by him too.

He seems to have a great deal of integrity and backbone. I wish he would come out of the shadows more often.

[uponit7771]

8. +1, I do understand some people are front people ...

[oasis]

12. When Franken was first elected, he said he could be of better service

to his constituents and the Democratic Party if his kept a low profile. He wasn't one to be popping up on late night shows or political talking head cable.

[vi5]

14. I hope he changes his mind...

We need him now more than ever.

[Mike Nelson]

9. Al was the best...

...generally, it's a loving confirmation hearing. Bottom line, Sessions says he will follow all the laws because they are the laws, not because he agrees with them. He will find laws against voting and human rights and the Trump team will provide new ones, too...

[Mike Nelson]

10. ...also...

...Al does not "do" the news talk show circuit regularly. He will appear only occasionally. He's no John McCain, who must be seen more frequently than Lucille Ball.