{"id":15747,"date":"2010-09-03T17:26:37","date_gmt":"2010-09-03T21:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=15747"},"modified":"2010-09-03T17:26:37","modified_gmt":"2010-09-03T21:26:37","slug":"tgif-al-franken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2010\/09\/03\/tgif-al-franken\/","title":{"rendered":"TGIF: Al Franken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3jG2Vp9XKDc<\/p>\n<p><em>SNL alum <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al_franken\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Al Franken<\/a> challenges a representative of the Hudson Institute during the recent health care reform  hearings on her claim that reform will lead to more medical  bankruptcies.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is our Friday comedy slot.\u00a0 But it&#8217;s also a good occasion to see what happens when a very funny man becomes a senator whose primary interest is serving his constituents rather than big business.<\/p>\n<p>After the jump, Al Franken uses humor to show up someone who only <em>thinks <\/em>she is funny, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ann_coulter\" target=\"_blank\">Ann Coulter<\/a> &#8212; although her ongoing effort to rehabilitate her &#8220;hero&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_McCarthy\" target=\"_blank\">Joseph McCarthy<\/a> is chuckle-worthy.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=susZ2ceEHwk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3jG2Vp9XKDc SNL alum Sen. 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This is our Friday comedy slot.\u00a0 But it&#8217;s also a good occasion to see what happens when a very funny man becomes a senator [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[155,165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tgif","category-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>TGIF: Al Franken  - The Educated Imagination<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2010\/09\/03\/tgif-al-franken\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TGIF: Al Franken  - The Educated Imagination\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3jG2Vp9XKDc SNL alum Sen. 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