Heard the One About Al Franken Senate Candidate?

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I don't like this. I am using this example because it is current, but what the hell does Al Franken's jokes have to do with his ability to represent the people of MN?
It is because of attacks like this that we get the opportunity every election to vote between a giant douche and a turd sandwich. Attack what he thinks about issues, about votes he made (if he is an incumbent.)
The whole campaign process makes me sick, and I'm tired of it before it has started.

Firefighters Vs. Giuliani

It's ads like these that make people cynical of the election process. When you see attack ads, you have to assume that they are full of lies or at best half-truths.

The union representing New York City firefighters is running a misleading video blaming former Mayor Rudy Giuliani for the deaths of more than 100 firefighters at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. We agree that Giuliani bears some responsibility for the widely documented failings of the fire department's radio communications on 9/11. It is true that the effective functioning of the fire department is a major responsibility of any mayor, and Giuliani had been in office since 1994. However, the video goes too far when it implies that bad radio communication was the only reason that 121 firefighters failed to clear the North Tower of the Trade Center after the first tower collapsed. To the contrary, the 9/11 Commission stated in its final report that the technical failure of fire department radios "was not the primary cause of the many firefighter fatalities in the North Tower." Other aspects of the video are misleading, including:
an allegation that Giuliani "blamed the victims" for not following evacuation orders, when his comments were in response to a question about heroism on 9/11;
a statement that Giuliani pulled firefighters off recovery efforts, when he had reduced, not eliminated, the number of workers;
a claim that Giuliani had protesting firefighters arrested, when arrests were minimal and most charges were dropped, as requested by the mayor