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Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (10869)	4/29/2003 5:09:17 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Respond to of 14610

Al Franken Goes Fox Hunting at Correspondents Dinner The increasingly unfunny Al Franken blew a gasket Saturday night at Washington, D.C.'s White House Correspondents Dinner, where he accosted a table full of Fox News Channel personalities, causing a scene that threatened to erupt into physical violence. "He saw Shepard Smith and Alan Colmes and he came over to incite," "Fox & Friends" morning host Brian Kilmeade reported Monday. "He said he didn't like the way Alan challenges Sean," the top morning cable talker said, referring to FNC's hit nighttime team "Hannity & Colmes." Kilmeade said Franken's behavior was so deranged that some thought he was drunk, but that wasn't the case. Still, the obstreperous comedian got so out of line that Kilmeade asked him to leave, saying, "I personally thought we'd end up coming to blows." According to Internet scribe Matt Drudge, when witnesses spotted the liberal ranter later he was bleeding from the chin. But Kilmeade said the altercation stopped short of throwing punches. At the same gathering, Franken was heard to shout in the direction of Assistant Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz - "Clinton's military did pretty well in Iraq, huh?" Wolfowitz's response? "F*** you." The incident isn't the first time Franken has come gunning for Fox News personnel - and he seems to have a particular problem with "Hannity & Colmes." Earlier in the year, after Franken's name came up as a possible star attraction of a Clinton-backed liberal talk radio network, Hannity told his radio audience that he once had to call security on Franken when he refused to stop haranguing him after a guest shot on "H&C" - following the TV talker down the hall until guards interceded. Perhaps Fox News Channel honcho Roger Ailes needs to get a restraining order against the belligerent and uncontrollable left-wing comic. newsmax.com