Yea, that's really the difference - Al Franken does it on PURPOSE. If you read his book, all the times he uses those kind of tactics it's only to show how stupid it is.
That doesn't excuse his partisanism. He does the same thing the Republicans do in the sense that he never seems to call HIS party (in his case, Democrats) on any of the things he calls the Republicans on. But you really can't call him on his delivery - if you read his book, I assure you, his candid moments are in the name of satire.
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