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...Franken, though, seemed to have ignored the suggestion. The self-proclaimed "mushball Democrat" took several jabs at the Clinton administration (he quipped that Attorney General Janet Reno was offering lap dances for $20 at various Inaugural balls) but spent most of his time skewering high-profile Republicans...

Author: By C.r. Mcfadden, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Al Franken Humors Model Congress Session | 1/21/1997 | See Source »

...young man had one simple question for Al Franken '73, the former "Saturday Night Live" script writer and author of Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot: "How should I do it without becoming violently...

Author: By C.r. Mcfadden, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Al Franken Humors Model Congress Session | 1/21/1997 | See Source »

...know how to put your head up your ass?" Franken responded without missing a beat, drawing thunderous applause from the 1,200 high school delegates in the audience...

Author: By C.r. Mcfadden, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Al Franken Humors Model Congress Session | 1/21/1997 | See Source »

...respect for its viewers' political intelligence. Rather than barrage us with easy laugh getters, like images of earnest delegates showing off Dole hand puppets, CC's commentators worked hard at the convention, managing to extract humor from sources as unlikely as Congressman John Kasich, who talked to correspondent Al Franken about his fondness for Alice Cooper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: BOB DOLE IS SO OLD THAT ... | 8/26/1996 | See Source »

...part of its InDecision '96 campaign coverage, the cable network paired the liberal Franken with gazillionaire conservative columnist Arianna Huffington for reports from the convention floor. Close friends despite their differences, Franken and Huffington offered the perfect blend of goofiness and good manners. If there was big news to come out of this convention, it was that the often-reviled Huffington is an affable wit indeed. Asking absurd questions of her compatriots (to Missouri Senator John Ashcroft: "Have you ever paid for a meal at this convention?") she metamorphosed into a finishing-school version of Howard Stern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: BOB DOLE IS SO OLD THAT ... | 8/26/1996 | See Source »

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