Tonight is the night of the Al Franken/Ann Coulter debate

[CatWoman]

Anyone know of a way to listen on-line?

[ncrainbowgrrl]

1. No, but if you find out, please post the link!

This could be SO funny!!
:rofl:

[Kerry fan]

5. this it?

http://www.uj.edu/Content/ContentUnit.asp?CID=235&u=5083&t=0

[CatWoman]

6. here

http://www.uj.edu/Content/ContentUnit.asp?CID=235&u=5083&t=0

[KyndCulture]

10. There is a radio station listed..

http://www.scpr.org/

Wonder if they are going to carry it.

[okieinpain]

11. wow a whole site dedicated to getting air america off the air

why? if they don't like it, don't listen. interesting.

http://boreamerica.com/

[CatWoman]

14. looks like someone needs to come out of his basement

and get some fresh air.

[KyndCulture]

15. LOL no kidding!

[Scout1071]

20. Interesting they had a link to a pro-Lieberman article.

Those Republicans sure get each others backs.

[NYC Liberal]

16. Hmmm is there a way to listen?

[Maat]

21. This is off-topic, NYC Liberal, but

about that picture of the Booooshes. It always makes me laugh, but I'm not sure I'm getting the point. It makes me laugh because there are these two old meglamaniacs in front of some woman showing off the bustline. Am I getting it?

[NYC Liberal]

22. That was a screenshot I took of the TV just after the Astros

lost the World Series. Nothing more than the hilarious/terrifying expressions on their faces. (It was so much so that I HAD to capture it. ;))

[Maat]

25. Cool!

But it's kind of funny for other reasons too (the gal in back of them)! HeeHee.

[KyndCulture]

2. for real???? Damn that would be a scream.

Where is being held?

[CatWoman]

4. I'm still searching

BTW - one of my search results gave me this story and pic:



Conservative Ann Coulter traded barbs with hecklers at Indiana University recently.
Herald Times photo

That has to be the most unflattering picture I've ever seen of her.

http://www.tmnews.com/articles/2006/03/02/sections/opinion/opinion07.txt

[ClintonTyree]

7. ANY picture of it is unflattering..........

and it wonders why it can't find a "good man". Traditionally, "good men" don't like shrill, anorexic, lying harpies. Go figure! :shrug:

[okieinpain]

8. wow, a picture into the soul. interesting

[immoderate]

3. IIRC, this is not the first time.

I think they debated before. Anyone remember?

--IMM

[Gabi Hayes]

9. from their debate in Hartford, two years ago

May 15, 2004
By TARA WEISS, Courant Staff Writer

The evening was titled "A Conversation Between Al Franken & Ann Coulter," but it was more a verbal schoolyard brawl, where even the teacher attempting to break it up got a bloody nose.

"I'm going to try to keep it fair, keep it moving, and I should have brought my body armor," said commentator Steve Roberts, moderator of the Connecticut Forum at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts on Friday.

It would have come in handy. Neither Roberts nor the audience were spared the punches thrown by the acid-tongued conservative commentator Coulter and comedian-turned-liberal talk radio host Franken.

Although they're frequent critics of each other - Franken even devotes several chapters of his recent book to bad-mouthing Coulter - it was the first time the political foes appeared together on the same program.

The evening's tone was set early when Roberts asked which political figure each would most like to be. Coulter said she would answer with who she believed had the most fun. Her response: Sen. Joseph McCarthy, because he got to remove "communist spies from the government."

That elicited loud booing from the sold-out audience, that made its political leanings obvious with frequent applause and jeers.

Franken's response: "Hitler."

The audience roared with laughter.

Roberts, a former New York Times reporter who is married to National Public Radio political correspondent Cokie Roberts, asked relevant questions of the two, but didn't always get relevant responses.

Roberts: Do you think the Bush administration did anything wrong in regard to the war in Iraq?

Coulter: "When we won the war in a few weeks with amazingly few casualties, all the liberals had to complain about was some broken pottery. Any college student who was ever forced to gaze at Mesopotamian pottery was relieved."

Roberts: The Massachusetts Supreme Court voted to allow gays to marry there. How do you feel about gay marriage?

Coulter: "Have they read the Constitution? It's a short document. It doesn't say anything in there about gay marriage. We need to get them looking for Osama Bin Laden, because if they can find gay marriage in that document, maybe they can find him."

The audience reacted audibly, as it did many times. (In some cases the outbursts prompted Coulter to address the crowd which she seemed to view as mainly liberal. Go ahead and continue to be rude, she said, "it keeps getting Republicans elected.")

http://www.alfrankenweb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=132593#132593

[cynatnite]

12. There is no way I would ever listen...

Coulter deserves no attention for her hateful vile that she continues to spew. As much as I like Al Franken, I won't do a damn thing to give Coulter one more audience member.

[Gabi Hayes]

13. spinsanity calls her just another lying liar, basically

http://www.spinsanity.org/columns/20031023.html

on her "corrections" of all the lies she told in Slander

Coulter's corrections do little to correct her numerous misrepresentations and distortions. Nor does she deal with the flawed methodology that she used for a number of claims based on results in the Nexis news database. The trivial number of corrections to Slander, as well as Coulter's refusal to engage her critics on most of the substantive issues they have raised, suggest that she's more interested in advancing her political agenda than factual accuracy.

[BRLIB]

17. Is Al Franken nuts? Giving legitimacy to these SOBs?

He also tries to make "El Rushbo" legitimate now by striving to find "what Rush meant" instead of what he actually said, in order to appease his Tera-ditto-head friend. It wastes valuable time when there are so many issues to hit on and also makes Franken appear to be "down the food chain" from OxyContin Rush. Does Rush similarly do the same for Franken or is Franken just giving a blow job to Rush expecting nothing in return?

[donco6]

18. But . . . but . . . that's the Democratic way.

Our entire party is based on the concept of non-reciprocal blowjobs. :sarcasm:

[tlsmith1963]

19. Give Her Hell, Franken!

Can't stand that anorexic, fascist witch.

Tammy

[ovidsen]

23. Maybe the LA papers will have something tomorrow?

One can hope. I know they've sparred before, and I don't expect anything shocking, but I am curious!

[Cleita]

24. Guess we'll have to wait for Franken's show tomorrow.

He will no doubt talk about it and air some clips.