Wed, 09/10/2008 - 8:10am — lambert
Al Franken, a comedian and former liberal radio talk show host, won the Democratic nomination on Tuesday to run for a U.S. Senate seat from Minnesota.
In the November election, he will face incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and the Independence Party's Dean Barkley, who also won their nominating contests, according to returns from the state's primary election.
Franken, who once starred on the late-night sketch comedy program "Saturday Night Live," outran six opponents, taking 66 percent of the vote, with more than half the returns counted.
Good.
The comedians are the only ones who are making sense of all this.
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"Lies and the Lying Liars" was such a breath of fresh air
A reality-based blast when we sorely needed one.
I'm still waiting for the sequel he facetiously promised: "I Fucking Hate
Those Rightwing Motherfuckers!"
If it came out in time, I'd send copies to Obama and Biden to see if it could get a rise out of them. If only we could hear them talk like this: http://www.correntewire.com/why_does_al_franken_hate_the_unity_pony
I Hope I'm Not The Only One
But, Franken all too often comes off as needlessly nasty and personal. It's always been so hard for me to look past that when he talks about politics.
But, we've always been at war with Eastasia...