MANLY LIBERAL

Because he's good enough, he's smart enough, and doggone it, he'll kick your ass:

EXETER, N.H. - Wise-cracking funnyman Al Franken yesterday body-slammed a demonstrator to the ground after the man tried to shout down Gov. Howard Dean.
The tussle left Franken's trademark thick-rim glasses broken, but he said he was not injured.

Franken - who seemed in a state of shock and out of breath after the incident - was helped back to his feet by several people who watched the tussle. Police arrived soon after.

"I got down low and took his legs out," said Franken afterwards.

Franken said he's not backing Dean but merely wanted to protect the right of people to speak freely. "I would have done it if he was a Dean supporter at a Kerry rally," he said.

Is someone gonna tell Rich Lowry? He's lucky, that coulda been him!

Apparently the guy he bodyslammed was a Larouche supporter. Why does that make it so much sweeter? It's too bad the guy didn't hit Franken back: he could have been arrested and thrown into prison, so that way he could have consulted with his candidate or choice.

(needless disclaimer, since lyndon calls himself a "democrat": I'm all for third parties, but until such steps are taken as the implementation of instant runoff voting (or a national second-ballot system), and a federal election holiday (or weekend elections), a left-leaning third party has no practical use other than to throw elections to the right.)

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