[cheers and applause] mr. Franken werent they great . I told james, who played bernie , he has to start at a higher level and ramp it up. Wow. It is great to be here, isnt it, at politicon . People all over the ideological spectrum, left, right, farleft, farright, the nutcase left, the nutcase right, and there are even people here from nutcase middle. David brooks is here. [laughter] mr. Franken wrote another great column in the New York Times about how there arent enough americans like him, and it was very, very balanced, i have to say. I know a lot of you might be wondering what i have been up to. Well, when i left the senate, i was going to give up my seat, but not my voice. Thank you. [applause] mr. Franken i have spent a lot of time thinking about how to do that, and how best to make a difference, so i have been spending the last few months going around the country, making speeches, about politics, health care. I have been raising money for organizations that do great things, like
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7488000. Independents 2027488002. You can also make your comments via social media cspanwj. Go to facebook to you want to participate that way. Finally, you can send an email to journal cspan. Org. From Time Magazine american sniper screenwriter jason hall says i bled for this thing. American sniper may be quickly stealing the title of the most politically controversial film this oscar season, but screenwriter jason hall maintains he just penned a portrait of a beleaguered soldier, not a political statement. The biopic of chris kyle whorkt navy credits with the most kills in American Military history, broke january records with a whopping 90. 2 million at the box office over the weekend in spite of or perhaps because of critics who say the film glorifies a murderer, not to mention a war america never had any business fighting in the first place. People see the movie poster and its got a good in the American Flag and they know Clint Eastwood directed it, says jason hall, so they think i
Ignorant, i think. And i want to add to that. My colleague had said change is no the a valid Foreign Policy doctrine. Hope and policy is not going to guide us to anywhere positive or successful. Thank you. First of all, i think the panel is excellent. Thank you very much. Its a reflection, i think, certainly of my views and i think the assessment of many here the policy and why its misguided and illadvised. My question is a practical one. Considering it is the policy now and i think the ambassador talked about what the president should do with respect to foreign leaders. Im not holding my breath. I dont think he will do that because the policy already reflects i think a fundamental misunderstanding of the realities of cuba. So from a practical stand poicht and ill count myself as not in the obama camp. We have a republican majority. Im a republican, for the record in congress. What he can what can we do for the next two years knowing the reality is around the edges we can do certain th