Al Franken
Alan Stuart " Al " Franken ( born May 21, 1951 in New York City ) is an American author, comedian, radio presenter and politician. His appearances on Saturday Night Live made him popular. He is one half of the comedy duo Franken and Davis moderated and The Al Franken Show on Air America Radio. Since July 7, 2009, he is a member of the U.S. Senate for the state of Minnesota.
Al Franken grew up in a suburb of Minneapolis and graduated from Harvard University.
The title of his book, Lies And the Lying Liars who tell them - a fair and balanced look at the right is fair and balanced inspired the television channel Fox News Channel to the slogan. The sender would like to emphasize with this slogan that his coverage was fair and balanced. Like many other critics who see Fox as a very conservative and republikanerfreundlichen news channel, Fox throws francs before, just to operate the opposite of a fair and balanced reporting. The main aim of his criticism here are the presenters Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity, and author Ann Coulter. Because of this Title, a process has been performed, but which was won by Franks.
On 14 February 2007 Franken announced that he would run in Minnesota for a seat in the U.S. Senate. In June 2008, he was named the official Democratic candidate in Minnesota ( DFL). After a bitter election campaign parted Franken and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman in the choice of only a few hundred votes, a lengthy recount of votes made necessary by the provisions of Minnesota. This resulted in a projection franc of 225 votes over Coleman. Coleman then appealed. The review by a district court and the evaluation of additional letter votes resulted in a projection franc of 312 votes. After this result was also confirmed by the Supreme Court of Minnesota on 30 June 2009, Coleman told the waiver of further appeal and congratulated Franken on his election victory. After the signing of letters of credence by Governor Tim Pawlenty Franken was sworn in on 7 July 2009.
In the Senate, Al Franken is a member of the health, education and labor committee, the Justice Committee and the Committee on Indian Affairs.
On August 5, 2010 saw francs for a small scandal when he whose remarks commenting using gestures and grimaces during the speech by Mitch McConnell, the minority leader of the Republicans to nominate Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court; Franks headed to this time, the Senate session. McConnell declared against him later: " This is not Saturday Night Live, Al. " Franken continued then a handwritten apology, in which it indicated McConnell have the right to have one of the meeting prominent senator his speech, listening respectfully.
Works
- Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right ( ISBN 0-452-28521-6 ), available in German under the title " capital liar " (ISBN 3-570-50054-3 )
- I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me: Daily Affirmations with Stuart Smalley ( Dell Books, 1992 ) ISBN 0-440-50470-8
- Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations ( Delacorte Press, 1996 ) ISBN 0-385-31474-4
- Why Not Me? ( Delacorte Press, 1999 ) a parody -journal of the fictional "Franken campaign" for President ISBN 0 - 385-31809 -X
- Oh, the Things I Know! A Guide to Success, or Failing That, Happiness ( Plume Books, 2003 ) ISBN 0-452-28450-3
- The Truth (With Jokes) ( Dutton Books, 2005 ) ISBN 0-525-94906-2