July 7 at 1:51PM
It's Official! Al Franken Is a Senator!
Did you feel that? Like something very… odd has happened to the universe? Something that changes it at its very core and will make it impossible for things to ever go back to the way they were?
Yeah, I did too…
Comedian-turned-senator Al Franken was sworn in to office today by Vice President Joe Biden following an eight-month fight for the seat against Republican Norm Coleman. Franken defeated his rival by 312 votes after a lengthy and expensive legal battle.
I'm sorry, but it just never gets less weird to see a guy who couldn't not make us all laugh no matter how hard he tried elected to such a high office.
And to watch him swear in a hack like Franken is even weirder.
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Weird and wonderful. I agree with you, Roland, that this is nothing new. Ahnold rules in California where Ronnie reigned before him, fresh outa Hollyweird. I hope Sen. Franken serves well in his post, coz even won by 312 votes, it's still a win.
We no longer want leaders. We want officials who gives up goodies out of a bankrupt public chest. In exchange, we become less a government by the people, and for the people, but wards of the state.
It's typical for politicians to play around with their names to get more votes. It would have been crazy for Al Franken to run a campaign under his real name since not many people know him with that name.
What I couldn't believe is that in 2000 the most unqualified person ever, Geroge W. Bush, was (almost) elected and placed in the highest ranking office of this country. THAT'S WHAT I CAN'T BELIEVE! Franken is well-educated and might do some spins around the crop of crap we currently have in the Senate!!
Oh come on! You're all so upset that someone with a Harvard education and as qualified any anyone to run for office, actually got elected. He's as funny a comedian as were Arnold and Ronnie actors…that is utterly mediocre. But that certainly does not mean he can't do a good job, it just means that you're conservative xenophobes who don't understand that it isn't 1955 anymore. The world has moved on and we need to change to play the game. I don;t even like the guy. He tortured live animals on SNL for fun and I've had it out for him since. If I lived in Minnesota and voted for him, it would solely be to limit Republican power.
GOD HELP US ALL!!!
What makes this whole situation so weird is that a free people are electing officials who are openly communistic in their ideologies. We are so ignorant as a nation. It seems as long as the politicians are willing give out bread and games the people are willing to enslave themselves. Stupid Americans! Welcome to the ObamaNATION. As long as I got my beer, the Superbowl and free health care I don't giva-damn bout anything else.
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What is one more clown added to the bread and circus?
I'm thrilled to see such an intelligent and caring man elected to the Senate (WITH a sense of the ridiculous).
The writer of Rush-Limbaugh-Is-A-Big-Fat-Idiot is now a Senator. There is a God.