Cutting words not only from Coulter

source please

 

http://www.lyingliar.com/lies/jesus.htm

"In an odd way, I blame Linda Tripp and Ann Coulter for 9/11"

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- Al Franken. The O'Franken Factor. April 2, 2004. Context: in reference to the attention placed on the Lewinski scandal (accusations of sexual misconduct, lying under oath, etc) being at fault for 'distracting' Clinton during the years that the 911 terrorist attacks were being plotted.​

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"When the U.S. talked to Sudan, there was no such offer. The U.S. pursued every lead and tried to negotiate. Nothing." Al Franken in his book "Lies"

The fact is (summed up by Rich Lowry) that: "Sudan offered to give bin Laden to Saudi Arabia, which would have meant his demise. But the U.S. didn't push the Saudis to accept, so bin Laden went to Afghanistan instead, giving him the safe sanctuary that would be crucial to his 9/11 plot."

And ABC News even reported that Janet Reno too turned down the 911 mastermind (my emphasis):

"Federal agents seeking bin Laden had developed a plan to have a plane fly in and attack a compound in Kandahar, Afghanistan, where the terror leader was believed to have been holed up back in 1998 — three years before the devastating attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. But when the plan went up the chain of command for approval, it was killed by then-Attorney General Janet Reno. 'They came to the decision that this plan was probably too dangerous, that the loss of life on the ground would have been significant,' (former FBI agent Jack) Cloonan said. 'There was concern that people around the bin Laden compound would be killed.'"

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Is this the Al Franken you defend?


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Satire 101
There are several types of satire, and Franken's political humor falls into none of them:
Diminution: Reduces the size of something in order that it may be made to appear ridiculous or in order to be examined closely and have its faults seen close up. For example, treating the Canadian Members of Parliament as a squabbling group of little boys is an example of diminution.
Gulliver's Travels is a diminutive satire.

Inflation: A common technique of satire is to take a real-life situation and exaggerate it to such a degree that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen, and thus satirical. For example, two boys arguing over a possession of a car can be inflated into an interstellar war.
The Rape of the Lock is an example of inflation.

Juxtaposition: Places things of unequal importance side by side. It brings all the things down to the lowest level of importance on the list. For example, if a guy says his important subjects in school include Calculus, Computer Science, Physics, and girl-watching, he has managed to take away some of the importance of the first three. The Rape of the Lock is also an example of juxtaposition.

Parody: Imitates the techniques and style of some person, place, or thing. Parody is used for mocking or mocking its idea of the person, place, or thing.
Monty Python is an example of parody.

How can he be a 'satirist' then?
When co-hosting on CNN's Crossfire, Tucker Carlson introduced Franken by saying: "filling in on the left is political activist and writer Al Franken." Why didn't Franken correct him by saying "Well, I'm really a satirist"?
Franken gets away with his vicious personal attacks laced with profanity and crude, insult hate speech because he says he's writing 'political satire.' What exactly is satire? Political satire? Well, its text book definition reads differently than what most people think it is. The term 'satire' brings to mind Saturday Night Live, The Onion magazine, Alice in Wonderland, Gulliver's Travels. - But Al Franken? The previous works are all fiction. Satire is socially defined as being synonymous with fiction. But the real definition?

1. A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit.
   1. The branch of literature constituting such works.
2. Irony, sarcasm, or caustic wit used to attack or expose folly, vice, or stupidity.

This is how Franken gets away with being a 'satirist' when he is really an activist. Franken found a unique way to smear people and not be accountable for it.

You can spot left leaning reporting when any news reporter or columnist calls Al Franken a 'satirist' instead of the more accurate title of 'activist & writer/author'. Applying the term 'satirist' to Franken is misleading. Says Bill O'Reilly:

Attempting to smear and destroy the reputations of those with whom you politically disagree is not satire. If that were the case, Richard Nixon's Watergate plumbers would all be writing for "Saturday Night Live."

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Attacking people personally and smearing their integrity, as long as its with jokes, is technically 'satire' and thus Franken tarnishes the word while tarnishing reputations.

"But it's all a joke!"
All quotes I've heard: "Why would anyone go after an Al Franken book?? The guy is a comedian! Don't you people like to laugh? Can't you take a joke??" Sure. I can take a joke just fine. But Franken's political books aren't playful. They're vicious. Franken mixes things he makes up with real accusations of serious charges that smear peoples reputations. ​

"But it's all a joke"? No it's not. Said Alex Jones, the former New York Times reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner who is now the center’s director:

“I would not have allowed a book that I consider frivolous,” Jones explained. “What Al Franken had in mind was a serious book. It has a skin of humor, but it is a thoroughly researched book.” Besides calling him a 'satirist' - “I take him seriously,” said Jones.

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And plenty of others do to. That is the point. Franken WANTS you to take his book seriously as a serious indictment of serious liars who seriously lie about serious things. The fact that the arguments are presented with jokes around them doesn't make ok.​

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If you are refering to the cartoon with "suply side Jesus" in it. You are right it is blasphemous. However that is a cartoon by Al Franken. I did not present that in a favorable light nor do I care for it. And neither would the SBC. I am certain that those who defend Franken as a satirist on this board do not care for that blasphomous cartoon as well.

 

Probably a good topic for another thread. However in this thread it is off topic.