Al Franken shows incompetence of Tea Party leaders, how they help Obama

The attached video shows U.S. Senator Al Franken discussing Obama healthcare with a group of his constituents at the Minnesota State Fair. At least one person is wearing a "Taxed Enough Already" t-shirt, and some or most are presumably from a tea parties group.

On the video, Franken shows just how incompetent the leaders of the tea parties are: he completely rolls over his opponents, giving what amounts to a lecture on the topic and handily answering the questions they have.

If I had my way, instead of a group of tea partiers asking him questions, just one or two people who are familiar with "interrogating" people - such as trial lawyers - would press him and other politicians on questions like these.

The leaders of the tea parties haven't been suggesting things like that. Their plan was simply to send people to events and have them express their feelings. Whether those leaders knew or didn't know that almost all the questions their followers would ask would be very weak isn't known, but either way it doesn't speak to their competence.

The proof is in the pudding, and Alex Koppleman of Salon (link) and several other Obama supporters are quite pleased with Franken's performance. And, the tea party followers have their leaders to thank for that.

UPDATE: Before or after p0wning the tea partiers, Franken drew an outline map of the 50 states: link, via this. I have trouble believing that anyone could do that without lines already on the paper or some sort of reference, but then again I can't even draw a squiggly line.

Sat, 09/05/2009 - 10:52 · · Importance: 4