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Saturday, October 21, 2006

Shock and awe in Northeastern Ohio

According to a local newspaper, The Twinsburg Bulletin, Al Franken brought the splendor of his high powered persona to the University of Akron last week, in support of Democratic candidates. One thing you should know about Northeastern Ohio, they love their football here, and they love college football even more!

Picture a large stadium filled with cheering fans…picture the parking lot… a sea of cars…now, picture Franken’s audience, filling…the band section! Yes, according to page 22 of the Twinsburg Bulletin, Al Franken spoke to “More than 250 people…” at the University of Akron.  250! Wow!

Colleges are full of impressionable young minds, mostly liberal. Sir Winston Churchill was quoted as saying, “If a man is not a liberal when he is 18, he has no heart.” (Sagely, Sir Winston went on to say, “If a man is not a conservative by the age of 30, he has no brain!”) Still, on a campus of enthusiastic and exuberant, liberal leaning youth, barely a corporal’s guard shows up to hear what Franken had to say.

Kinda gives you hope for the future, doesn’t it?

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250...that’s like 50 more people than listen to his radio show every day.


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Rob on October 21, 2006 at 07:20 pm

Usually when someone like Franken shows up they get thousands if not tens of thousands of free publicity.


What’s going to happen to US industry when the global warming extremists like John McCain double the price of electricity?  I would think all these factories will close and set up in countries where they aren’t scared of technology.


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The Whistler on October 22, 2006 at 04:25 am
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Rob: Half his audience was there, the other guy couldn’t make it!

Whistler: The only publicity I heard for this event was on p.22 of a newspaper they give away for the circulation…

(and a picture of him with puffy cheeks like that Limbaugh fellow used to have...)



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Proof on October 23, 2006 at 11:14 am

Oh, I would think that if Weirder Al were to come here he’d get a front page pre-story in the paper.


What’s going to happen to US industry when the global warming extremists like John McCain double the price of electricity?  I would think all these factories will close and set up in countries where they aren’t scared of technology.


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The Whistler on October 23, 2006 at 11:17 am
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