Al Frankens moment of backsliding with picture

[rbrnmw]

http://upcoming.current.com/items/2135768_al-frankens-moment-of-backsliding.htm

It was one of those moments Al Franken seems to work hard to suppress.
The comedian-turned-politician has kept a mostly straight face through his first year as a senator — listening seriously to hours of committee testimony and posing pointed questions with only the flicker of a smile crossing his face.

Read more: http://upcoming.current.com/items/2135768_al-frankens-moment-of-backsliding.htm#ixzz0vrhcPO4Y

[babylonsister]

1. He's thinking, 'did I just hear what I thought I heard?' nt

[rbrnmw]

2. I don't know why Mitch threw a fit over that look wtf?

[tridim]

5. No kidding, that's what Al always looks like.

:shrug:

[surrealAmerican]

18. I should think he sees that look from everyone who actually listens to him...

... as opposed to those who smile and nod while ignoring him.

[BootinUp]

3. Oh geez, there must be better pics of this out there somewhere!

Someone is holding back!

[Donnachaidh]

4. I'm surprised at Al's composure this long -- I'd be pulling faces too

Sister Mary McConnell and her crowd of constipated *lords* need to be laughed at publicly. They have done NOTHING to merit any sort of *decorum* and *honor*.

[hootinholler]

6. That photo appears to be from a committee meeting

Not from the dais behind McCrybaby.

-Hoot

[hootinholler]

7. Link to original article

here.

-Hoot

[Tx4obama]

8. No video of the event.

From the link above:

"He swiveled his head from side to side, threw his head back and showed other signs displeasure during McConnell’s 10-minute speech, the aide said."

Btw, they said on the news last night that the c-span cameras were not focused on Franken so there's no video of what happened.

[PufPuf23]

9. 21st Century America - Our Comedians are our best Statesmen, our Pols clowns

I wish Carlin and Hicks were POTUS and VPOTUS.

Franken replace Reid as Senate Majority Leader after a winner take all Roast in Las Vegas on pay per view.

[Ken Burch]

10. This is from a committee hearing, not the situation McConnell bitched about.

(Still, this almost makes me wish that Chevy Chase had been sitting NEXT to McConnell and doing the "silly lips" thing he always used to do when he co-hosted WEEKEND UPDATE with Jane Curtin...the bit where he'd always somehow stop just before Jane was able to look over and catch him doing it).

[Nictuku]

21. Not Jane Curtain, but funny!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9hzRgLyB9E
(Weekend Update from SNL 1975) a very young Chevy Chase making faces while during a discussion of the energy crisis circa 1975)

[spanone]

11. i love that look on sphincters face....bwahahahahaha

[misanthrope]

12. But screaming at the POTUS during a speech is kosher? OK, got it**nm

**

[Hissyspit]

13. Now, now. You will take the hypocritical double standards and you will LIKE IT.

Joe Wilson was trying to save us all... or something.

[spanone]

14. you're right, it's not like al called him a liar or anything

fuck these fucking fucks

[gratuitous]

15. Remember, these are the same pearl-clutchers who got so upset by Al Gore's sighs

They will try to make a fight about anything. But their own boorish behavior ("You lie!" and "Go fuck yourself") goes largely unremarked and certainly can never used against them.

[Orsino]

20. ...and excused Cheney's "go fuck yourself."

Franken outclasses them all.

[TheCowsCameHome]

16. Mounting Specter's head on his desk displays poor taste.

You're better than that, Al.:rofl:

[lumberjack_jeff]

17. But the empty cranium makes a convenient pencil holder. n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

19. Hehe. Very true, or a two-handled coffee mug