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January 27, 2004
Salon.com
Tired of several ranting detractors trying
to shout down Howard Dean at a New Hampshire rally on Monday,
Al Franken cleared the air by knocking them down. Not rhetorically,
mind you. He aimed himself at one of the cacophonous critics
and charged. "I was a wrestler so I used a wrestling
move," Franken said.
The New York Post details the brawl, which
makes Howard Dean's "I Have a Scream Speech" look
like a Dennis Kucinich peace-in. "The tussle left Franken's
trademark thick-rim glasses broken, but he said he was not
injured. Franken -- who seemed in a state of shock and out
of breath after the incident -- was helped back to his feet
by several people who watched the tussle. Police arrived soon
after. 'I got down low and took his legs out,' said Franken
afterwards."
Franken says he body-slammed the heckler --
a Lyndon
Larouche supporter -- in the name of freedom of speech.
"People should be able to assemble and speak without
being shouted down," he said.
Special thank to John M. (a mediocre and
extremely sardonic supporter of Al Franken For Senate 2008)
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