Sit down and Shut Up!
by The PerfessorTags: Al Franken, Joe Lieberman, John McCain
Forget Comedy Central, for some good-hearted fun, we want to watch C-Span. Doubt us? Well in a fun bit of entertaining drama on the Senate floor yesterday, Sen. Al Franken (D, Mn), cut off Sen. Joe Lieberman (I, CT) during a speech, angering Lieberman's good friend Sen. John McCain (Who cares).
Here's what happened; Lieberman was giving a ten-minute speech on health care reform. Franken, who was presiding over the Senate, cut him off when his ten minutes were up. When Lieberman requested unanimous consent for an extra few minutes to finish his speech, Franken, in his capacity as a senator from Minnesota, objected. And, in his capacity as presiding officer, Franken honored the objection.
Now that’s entertainment!
The Perfessor
December 18th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
What Franken lacks in intelligence he makes up for with ego. But then again, he won a bitch of a recount, so he should be feeling his oats.
December 18th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
Yeah, he does seem to have a big brass set, doesn’t he?
The Perfessor