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<title>Al Franken, Email Master</title>
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<p>Senator Al Franken is not only a strong support of Net Neutrality, but he&#39;s also an awesome user of email. Franken&#39;s email subjects are that of legend, and the former SNL star definitely ads a bit of whimsey to every piece of electronic mail he sends to his supporters.</p>





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<title>The Gospel Of Supply Side Jesus</title>
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<p>In the spirit of the holiday shopping season, I bring you the seldom told Gospel of Supply Side Jesus.</p>





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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:47:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Al Franken Calls Out Anti-Gay Group For Lying</title>
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    <p>&#8220;I frankly really don&#39;t know how we can trust the rest of your testimony.&#8221; Amazing. FYI, this is from Senate hearings about the repeal of DOMA and the guy he&#39;s talking about is from the anti-gay Focus On The Family group.</p>

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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:45:05 -0400</pubDate>
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    <p>While Al Franken is continuously kicking ass at freehand cartography, Saxby Chambliss, Republican Senator from Georgia, struggles to tell us where the mountain rectangle should go.</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:09:35 -0400</pubDate>
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    <p>Now these are some politics we can all agree on.</p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:48:28 -0400</pubDate>
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  	<p>The courts finds that &#8220;Al Franken received the highest number of votes legally cast and is entitled under Minn. Stat. &sect; 204C.40 (2008) to receive the certificate of election as United States Senator from the State of Minnesota.&#8221; This means that when Franken is ultimately seated, the Democrats will have 60 seats and be able to beat any Republican foes.</p>

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  	<p>In continuing Minnesota Senate Recount Madness, the Canvassing Board deemed &#8220;Lizard People&#8221; to be a real person, while a ballot for Brett Favre was judged a fake vote.</p>

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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:47:14 -0500</pubDate>
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    <p>Stephen Baldwin, the mailman from Cheers, and a handful of actors I&#8217;ve never heard of want Minnesotans to think twice about electing Al Franken to the senate.</p>

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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:35:07 -0400</pubDate>
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