Al Franken Lays Out The Welcome Mat For Terrorists

Is this an example of the degenerate level of debate that Debbie Wasserman-Schultz was talking about?

Yesterday, Minnesota Senator Al Franken (D) addressed fellow members of the Senate with the help of a rather striking visual aid.


While explaining to his fellow politicians that, if a bill to increase the debt ceiling isn’t passed by the August 2nd deadline, there would be no money for veterans, students or federal agents fighting terrorism, Franken elected to really drive his point home by unveiling a large blue and yellow sign reading “WELCOME TERRORISTS.” We think we saw a welcome mat with that same inscription in a Sky Mall catalogue:

When was the last time that Al Franken gave a damn about border security? 

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I can only imagine the tortured, navel-gazing, years-long national discussion we'd have been subjected to if a Republican senator had held up a "Welcome Terrorists" sign to protest Barack Obama's vote against Bush's debt ceiling hike a few years back. Happily for Al Franken, membership has its privileges.