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The Al Franken Ignorance Tale

By Erick Posted in 2008 | Al Franken | Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them | Minnesota | Norm Coleman — Comments (7) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

You may think that’s an odd title for a blog post about comedian and Senate candidate Al Franken, but those are his words. In his book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Franken attempts to paint anyone who disagrees with him as a liar or worse. Ironically enough, this book has put the failed radio host on a path of lies and deceit, due to his failure to pay for workers’ compensation while the book was being written and researched.

Franken’s defense…ignorance. While this may apply to Franken in most cases, it is a hard sell in this instance. In order to believe Franken’s claims of ignorance on his corporate governance problems you must believe totally disregarding reality:

•     Franken claims he never knew about his New York problems because he moved to Minnesota in April of 2005. To believe this you must also believe these additional Franken claims:

1.       Franken never received, or knew about, any of the dozen notices sent to him by the state of New York regarding his failure to pay worker’s compensation insurance

2.       Franken never received any notices or heard from the collection agency hired by the state of New York to collect the workers’ compensation insurance premiums Franken failed to pay

•    To believe Franken’s claims of ignorance you must ignore the following facts:

Read on . . .

1. Franken listed his New York City apartment as the mailing address for Rep. Tammy Baldwin’s campaign to send a refund check to in November of 2005

2. Franken still owns his New York City apartment

3. Franken voted twice in New York City elections in September and November of 2005

4. Franken’s New York address was listed on campaign donations to the DSCC in October of 2005

5. Franken lists his New York City address in the 2008 Harvard Alumni Review

6. Franken neither paid nor, according to him, should have paid taxes to Minnesota in 2005 (the year he claims to have moved to the state)

Additionally, it has been revealed that Jason Gauthier, who Franken and his campaign have refused to divulge, is most probably the doorman and signer of a certified letter sent to Franken’s home alerting him to his failure to pay worker’s compensation insurance. Franken could have, at any time since March of 2008, confirmed who it was that had signed for and delivered his mail. Of course, once caught in his lie, Franken has been insistent in sticking by his lie.

It will be interesting if Franken intends to blame the doorman for his problems – and, if he has already communicated to the doorman to stay quiet.

Warning to the doorman: Franken has already thrown his CPA under the bus by blaming him for failing to pay taxes in 17 states over the past five years. That CPA’s reputation is being destroyed by a client who will take no responsibility for his own actions.

And, now after all the silence, lies and leaps of faith Franken is asking of the public and press, he has the audacity to raise money for what he calls “The Truth Fund.” Unfortunately, this fund will not go towards uncovering the truth about Franken’s many misdeeds, but instead with be used in an attempt to distract from the problems that have sent his campaign into a nose dive.

Al Franken is quickly learning the meaning of the old saying “What a tangled web we weave when others we try to deceive.” His campaign’s foundation of lies and deceit is crumbling below him and soon Franken will be able to add failed Senate candidate to his lackluster resume.

And that’s the truth.