I’m Not Al Franken
So now we know what we’ve known for the last year. Al Franken will be running for the Minnesota senate seat in ’08.
The horrible Norm Coleman is his incumbent opponent so, from this safe distance, I’m pretty much for anybody against him. Including Franken.
But I’m hardly going to get carried away as much as my Nation colleague John Nichols who is positively rapt with the notion that Al might be the New Paul Wellstone.
Sorry, but, um, I knew Paul Wellstone and I know Al Franken and let me assure you that the latter ain’t exactly the former. Wellstone was an obscure but diligent community activist who labored for little reward or or recognition during the 1970′s before becoming an equally obscure professor.
His 1990 run at the Senate was strictly an insurgent campaign, he was outspent 7 to 1 but his audacity, creativity, bold liberal stands, and pure gumption led to an astounding upset victory. During his 12 years in the Senate, before his accidental death in 2002, Wellstone often stood alone in the upper house and was as fearless in taking on his own party establishment he was in challenging the Republican right.
Al Franken, on the other hand, is a comedian. He reached his entertainment peak many moons ago and his recent re-incarnation as a political tribune has little in common with Wellstone’s legacy. Franken has spouted mostly conventional and safe Democratic positions, we was an ardent supporter of the war in Iraq before he was an opponent of it, and he isa swooning admirer of All Things Clinton.
When I wrote something critical of Air America a couple of years ago, Franken called me up to bitch and complain, challenging me to listen more closely to his show.
Unfortunately, I did. Franken was himself a terrible listener, and therefore not a very good interviewer. This often the case when one is more interested in what one has to say than what in others do. I found his daily political rants to be simplistic denunciations of right-wingers and rather uncritical and unsophisticated adulation of Democrats. And, rather frankly, he was often befuddled and confused. I heard his last couple of shows when it was confirmed he was running for the Senate and I have to say I was not buoyed by the thought that this guy might wind up sitting on some committee of real importance.
I point all this out because a) I think Wellstone deserves better comparisons and b) as much I also want to defeat Republicans like Coleman I don’t think it does any of us any good if we abandon our critical faculties.
If Franken is going to suggest he’s following in Wellstone’s footsteps, well, fine. A worthy goal. But that’s something you have to go out and earn. It’s not to be pre-emptively rewarded to you by uncritical editorialists.
February 14th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
Marc see KOS today for a rundown on Senate races in 2008. Franken will not be alone in that race and it looks like the DFL will have several challengers as Norm Coleman is considered to be next election’s Rick Santorum.
I rather liked Franken’s show, except for the horrible intro songs for his regular guests. He actually reminded me of your old show on Pacifica (I know, a low blow) with people who were really interesting even when I disagreed. And best of all he didn’t take phone calls. I’m afraid that “Talk Radio” has done nothing for me except question the maturity, intellect, if not sanity, of my fellow Americans if the callers were any indication of same!
February 14th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Also, from what I understand, Wellstone and Franken were friends and Al was outraged at what the GOP did about the memorial service and really, really, despises Coleman as a poseur and a betrayal of everything Wellstone stood for. I don’t think Franken would be in this otherwise as he could still be making a good living in comedy.
February 14th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
Just one more point and I promise I’ll be a good boy and shut up. Over at THE NEXT HURRAH Sarah goes into a little history. After Wellstone’s death an organization called “Camp Wellstone” was established to keep alive the Senator’s causes and to train activists. The directors of this organization were Walter Mondale, Molly Ivins, and Al Franken. And, according to Sarah, Molly encouraged Al to challenge Coleman when his term came up. She’s convinced that Ivins would have been there for the announcement.And backing Franken 110%
February 14th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
“Unfortunately, I did. Franken was himself a terrible listener, and therefore not a very good interviewer. ”
Your obvious schadenfreude over Air America, which pops up whenever the network seems about to go under, makes it hard to believe you really tried to listen with an open mind. The strength of his show was the quality of the guests and the fact that he really let them talk. He wasn’t a polished interviewer but he got the job done. And though his comedy career may have peaked a while ago, he’d made a big splash with his comic political books not long before the show began. He wasn’t exactly a has-been.
February 14th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
I’m afraid that “Talk Radio†has done nothing for me except question the maturity, intellect, if not sanity, of my fellow Americans if the callers were any indication of same!
Tune in WNYC from 10 a.m. Eastern until 2 p.m. Eastern. The Brian Lehrer Show and the Leonard Lopate show run during that time in that order (you can listen online) and they’re both pretty good hosts.
February 14th, 2007 at 8:32 pm
I have less than zero interest in who is or will be a senator from Minnesota.
I do stream AL’s show in the Czech Republic, and i wonder what Marc thinks of Tom Oliphant, Joe Conasin, Howard Fineman, Norm Ornstein, and other guests on the show who do take Al seriously?
Frankly, they all sound like serious, intelligent commentators who wouldn’t waste their time with someone Marc seems to dismiss as a moron.
Michal Nedoba
Frydek-Mistek
February 14th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
Randy its not the hosts I’m talking about but the people who call in. They make me weep for the future of the country.
February 14th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
Hello Frydek-Mistek:
Howard Fineman, Tom Oliphant and Norm Ornstein are what you call bottomless fonts of convetional wisdom. Im sure they are more interesting in the Czech Republic as they are closer up… and their starring role on the Franken show amply make my point. I dont consider Franken to be a moron. I consider him to be a sometimes funny comedian who doesnt know much about politics.
Evets… thanks for the 25 cent psychonalysis. If I were in threapy it would have saved me $90 this week! Shadenfreude over Air America? Im not quite sure that’s the right word… but if you mean I bask in their pain, ok. I’ll buy that.
Ive written very clearly what my views are on it. Would u like to rebut them?
February 14th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Its not the idea of Al Franken running for “Paul Wellstone’s seat” that bothers me, or the idea that a comedian should be involved in politics.
It is the fact that his politics are not Paul Wellstone’s politics, at all. period. He is a centrist..the commenter from the Czech republic makes my point for me…when the farthest left you get is a Clintonite journalist like Conason, and mostly centrists like Ornstien and hacksl ike Howard Fineman, well….this isn’t Wellstonite at all, far as I can see.
February 14th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Jcummings,
Maybe this is off subject, but just how far left was Paul Wellstone? He ran as a member of the democratic party(and I only use this as an example) but he seemed to welcome democrats like Al Franken into his campaign. I am certainly no expert on Minnesota, but I am familiair with the American Midwest(Iowa mostly) and I have trouble believing a bona fide true left winger could be elected. Correct me if I’m wrong (and Senator Wellstone sounds like the kind of guy I’d love to run my country), but I have to wonder if his image differs from reality.
Frydek-Mistek
February 14th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
RLC,
Actually the callers are fairly savvy, too, with some exceptions.
February 14th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
Marc -
‘Bask in their pain’ is exactly what I meant. Tom Oliphant, Joe Conason and Norm Orenstein are basically left-centrist, in no way iconoclastic, but they’re knowledgeable and articulate, reasonably amusing, and, in comparison to the normal voices on political talk radio, overflowing fountains of nuance. I’m comparing the show to it’s generally tawdry competition (both right and left), not to some Platonic ideal. Against real-world competition it was a minor gem. I agree that Franken was often too much of a Dem cheerleader, but he could also be kind of funny.
February 14th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
What’s the evidence that Franken supported Bush going to war with Iraq in 2003? Doing USO shows for the troops is not the same thing as backing Bush’s arguments re WMD’s, etc.
February 14th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
The notion that Franken “doesn’t know much about politics” – implying that “somebody or other” is more politically astute (who might that be?) is my comic relief for the day…if not the week.
I can’t even get exercised about this piece of…
February 14th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
Steve,
Franken attended pro-war rallies in the run-up to the war in 2003. He specifically talks about supporting the war and then reversing his opinion once the occupation started going poorly in his book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them.
February 14th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
Steve Smith: My source is Al Franken. His original pro war stance is hardly some secret. I think it’s great that he does USO shows, seriously.
Reg: What’s ur problem? It’s beneath you to challenge the notion that Al Franken is not a political genius. Cuz he ain’t. I have no idea what the rest of ur post means.
Evets.. u think Norm Ornstein is center-left? That would be Norm Ornstein from the American Enterprise Institute, by the way. I won the Society of Professional Journalists award for Best Journalism about Journalism when I exposed Ornstein as a shallow quotemiester… a guy who since 1988 has been in the Golden Rolodex of every lazy reporter looking for an immediate callback and some innocuous and predictable quote. Most editors have caught on and poor Norm doesnt quite the calls he used to. Franken, on the other hand, would make a fool of himself every week during his embarassingly titled ‘Stormin’ Norman” segment in which broad swaths of airtime would be turned over for transmission of Ornstein’s warmed over pablum. Franken must be the last man standing to take Ornstein seriously. Unless you’re also on that list.
My comparison of Franken”s show was not to a Platonic Ideal. I was comparing it to good radio. And it came in second. Millions of non-listeners agree with me.
February 14th, 2007 at 10:32 pm
I know Orenstein’s from AEI, but having listened to him for awhile on Franken’s show, blissfully unaware that you’d already exposed him as a hollow quotemeister, I came to the conclusion that he was center-left on most political issues. And I’m sticking to that conclusion despite your prize-winning expose.
February 14th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
I know there’s better radio around, but not much better partisan political talk-show radio. Let’s face it — it’s a matter of taste. You’ve expressed a liking for Chris Matthews. I find that deeply questionable.
February 14th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
> If I were in therapy it would have saved me $90 this week!
Clearly you are NOT — or you’d know he saved you at least $140.
February 15th, 2007 at 12:34 am
Mark.. or u can at least carbon date me when I was!
Evets.. what do u mean it’s questionable? Are we playing 20 questions? Spit out your question, man.
Matthews is immensely more entertaining than Franken. He’s certainly no daffier. He understands beltway politics infinitely better than Franken who has a pain-by-the-colors partisan reflex approach. And apart from the spurious objections of some liberaloid bloggers, absolutely NO brdcst talking head has been so relentllessly tough against the war. If you took the time to watch him you’d see how he mercilessly grinds the spinners. yes, sometimes he goes off on his urban Catholic conservative schtick and can be disagreeable. When he does, guess what? I disagree. But ur not gonna tell me that Franken understands party politics better than Matthews, are you? A former aide to Tip O’Neill. Don;t make me laugh.
Anyway, what’s “questionable?”
February 15th, 2007 at 2:17 am
Could anything be more predictable than Marc Cooper panning Al Franken? Evets has it right: schadenfreude. Air America is if not the best, certainly among the best, sources of radio political commentary anywhere outside public radio.
I challenge Marc to come up with something better, we all know he can’t and won’t.
Franken’s book “Fair and Balanced” is a masterpiece of investigative journalism, commentary and satire. Given all that makes it great, the lapses into polemic excess should be forgiven as just that, lapses.
The truest cliche in journalism advice is “show don’t tell.” Franken’s book is packed with clever examples. My favorite is the one where Franken challenges National Review’s Rich Lowry to a fist fight.
Lowry had apparently written that liberals suffer from “feminization” and have abandoned the manly values that won World War II, or somesuch. It would be easy enough to either ignore Lowry’s monumentally small-minded comments or to deliver a withering verbal rebuttal. But Franken chooses to show rather than tell. He calls the guy up and challenges him to a fight, repeatedly forcing Lowry to concede the point by SHOWING that his talk about machismo was 100 percent empty rhetoric.
Franken takes a similar approach to exploding the RNC/right-wing nonsense about abstaining from sex as a response to the spread of HIV and as a birth control method. He searches, in vain, for a right-wing bloviator that’s willing to talk about being an abstainer or to even admit to having abstained in the past. Hilarious and devastating to the bloviators.
But the best parts of the books are the factual exposes of lying in the right-wing noise machine. For that, he got help from something like 15 volunteers at the Kennedy School of Government, where he had a fellowship. Great stuff!
Franken is exactly what the Democratic party needs.
February 15th, 2007 at 5:28 am
I love it when Christpher Hitchens pals start throwing around litmus tests. “He called me up to Bitch and complain, told me to listen more carefully next time…”
Hmm… now in Franken’s books, no matter how overtly silly the tone, the reader is always given the details of the dispute in question, so you can size up the beef for yourself. Here Cooper doesn’t tell us anything except it was all a bitching complaint… draw your own conclusions about who had their facts stright.
“Pro War stance?” Well, he fell for the Colin Powell rope a dope. That seriously calls into question his fitness for office. Should he have it lorded over him by Lindsey Graham fans who had no moral problem with the war? Questionable….
The defence of the hapless Chris Matthews is really all you need to know here. Now spinning madly for Rudy, the factualy challenged Matthews would discust anyone with a serious respect for journalism. Given his recent sexist insults of Hillary Clinton (do Cathlics get some sort of pass on this?) you have to call into question the mantality that finds this “entertaining.”
February 15th, 2007 at 7:50 am
Wellstone was a sort of European social democrat, in a broad sense…he wasn’t a leftist at all, but he was about as left as a liberal/social democrat can get in electoral politics. I admired him though, not because he was as left as he should be, but because he was truly principled…and at the time of his death wa actively opposing Bush’s imperial agenda.
February 15th, 2007 at 7:52 am
Re Franken supporting war – one of the few times I heard his show he talked about how he supported it and was duped….
I saw Franken backstage at a Phish show in New York in the late 90s. He seemed to be enjoying himself. I hope he doesn’t get too many questions baout his lifestyle.
February 15th, 2007 at 7:57 am
“masterpiece of investigative journalism”
I hear Sy Hersh, Robert Fisk, Patrick Cockburn, Laura Rozen and others go to late night seminars with Al Franken. Its true.
February 15th, 2007 at 7:58 am
From Franken’s declaration of his candidacy: “My political hero is Paul Wellstone. He used to say, ‘The future belongs to those who are passionate and work hard.’ I may be a comedian by trade, but I’m passionate about the issues that matter to your family because they mattered to mine, too. And I’m ready to work as hard as I can to help us build a better future together.”
Marc uses a passing reference to a John Nichols blog post as a springboard for attacking Franken – framing his comments with the Wellstone picture and an “I’m Not Al Franken” headline to imply that Franken is attempting to assume Wellstone’s legacy on the cheap. Marc then proceeds to take cheap shots at Franken. Franken’s respect for Wellstone’s legacy is clear and he commits himself to working hard to earn the right to carry it on.
Beyond that, Marc pretty much excuses himself from meaningful commentary on Franken’s seriousness in the realm of politics with his later comment praising Chris Mathews.
Applying the same sense in which Marc defines “politics” here, one could justifiably assert that Howard Cosell knew more about boxing than Muhammad Ali.
For the record, John McLaughlan – who pretty much invented the broadcasting genre that Chris Mathews has helped make pedestrian – has been much tougher on the war than Mathews. He even persists in reminding his viewers of the number of Iraqis who have died, using the “John Hopkins” numbers as his reference.
Also for the record, Norm Ornstein drafted the McCain-Feingold bill. And he did a running gag on the Daily Show parodying pundits such as himself analyzing opinion polls. That he’s a quote-machine for lazy deadline reporters hardly needed to be “exposed”. You note his having been in the Golden Rolodex since 1988 which is nteresting, since a fairly exhaustive Washington Monthly piece on this very subject dubbed him “The King of Quotes” back in ’86. That said, I find Ornstein less of a drag and considerably more insightful in his numerous media appearances than the Andrea Mitchells, Joe Kleins and Gloria Borgers that Mathews rounds up for his Sunday morning ping-pong game.
In the light of all this, Marc’s general point that it is dangerous to abandon one’s critical faculties is well taken.
As a final note, although I think the reference was mostly sleight of hand to find a hook for dissing Al, any concerns that John Nichols, an obscure Nation columnist, can summarily “award” anybody anything in the realm of mainstream politics aren’t well-founded. I doubt that Nichol’s Nation blog has gone to Franken’s head.
February 15th, 2007 at 8:56 am
Marc -
What I meant was your taste is questionable, since I don’t share any fondness for the show. Matthews does sometimes expose the spinners, but he’s also persistently unfair, usually willing to substitute snide shorthand for actual analysis. I
find his whole ‘urban Catholic conservative schtick’ colossally irritating. Given his socio-economic status, the pretense that he sees the world through the eyes of an Irish beat-cop is just plain offensive, the worst kind of reverse condescension. The guy’s just a phony. To the extant that he’s an iconoclast it’s knee-jerk, sacttershot iconoclasm, no more interesting than knee-jerk partisanship.
And if you’re interested in interviewing style, in letting good guests have their say, who’s worse than Matthews? At least Mclaughlin can be amusing when he talks over people. (And he doesn’t pretend to be a beat-cop, just an angry priest, which at least he once was). Matthews is just boorish. He creates an atmosphere where it’s impossible for anyone to think, much less develop an idea.
February 15th, 2007 at 9:25 am
The Nation writing a cheerleading puff piece on Al Franken… shocking!
February 15th, 2007 at 10:20 am
I am a Minnesotan. I have worked indirectly with Franken and found him to be a bit arrogant and narcissistic (like many successful entertainers), and not particularly nice to the people with whom he works. I met Paul and Sheila Wellstone outside a local video store when he parked next to my truck, which had a Wellstone bumper sticker. He thanked me for my support and we chatted for a few minutes. I found this second-term U.S. Senator as genuine, warm, open, and down-to-earth as anyone I’ve ever met in my life–and I’ve never heard of anyone who worked with him report anything less. When you add to that his passionate, hard-working love for the dispossessed and his rock-solid integrity—well, let’s just say his death was a monumental loss for Minnesota and the country.
Having said that, I’d vote for Al Franken in a New York minute. No, he is no Paul Wellstone—not even close. But he is right or close to right on most of the important issues, and the hard fact is, there is no emptier suit in all of Washington than Norm Coleman. I saw through Coleman when he was running for mayor of St. Paul as a Democrat. He’s a slimy, hypocritical phony who is interested in one thing only: the aggrandizement of Norm Coleman. If Al can beat him, fine. He’ll have my support and some of my money. If someone else has a better chance, then give me that person. A cardboard mock-up as Senatorial place-holder would better serve us than Norm Coleman.
February 15th, 2007 at 10:21 am
A couple of points on Franken:
Re Norm Ornstein: According to Sarah at NEXT HURRAH he and Franken were classmates at a St Paul High School and have known each other for years. So maybe that is why he was on the show. Also anyone who listened to Norm there knows that he didn’t toe the AEI line at all and was a big proponent of political reform in Congress. See his book on the subject. And Marc, as a person who writes under the aegis of Pajama Media there is something about stones and glass houses that you should heed.
As to Franken’s knowlege or lack thereov of politics I think it compares well with the writer of this blog who, in his days as a radio host on KPFK used to have Pat Cadell on regularly. And I remember the two of you, during the Lewinsky “Scandal” intoning – in all seriousness – that this would doom the democrats in the ’98 off year elections and lead to huge GOP gains in Congress. I’ll let the readers here decide if that happened. So I think Al’s views have shown at least as much credibility.
jcummings seems to think that Paul Wellstone couldn’t have been a progressive since he ran as a “gasp!” Democrat. Sorry but Che Guervera wasn’t available at the time.
February 15th, 2007 at 10:56 am
I said nothing about Wellstone not being a “progressive” or about his being a Democrat. I have nothing but admiration for Wellstone. He simply wasn’t a leftist – a progressive perhaps – but in no way in favor of, say nationalizing industry, workers’ control, etc. Leftist (anti-capitalist) and Progressive are two different affiliations…though progressive was often how Popular Fronters and Wallace supporters identified themselves against the thugs and sellouts in ADA, etc….
As I said, I admired him, especially for his sadly interrupted opposition to Bush’s imperialism. He would hve been a welcome voice during the last few years.
I’d like to know where RLC gets that I insulted or demeaned Wellstone.
February 15th, 2007 at 11:04 am
Oh, and on Che…..
Give it a rest. I have defended Cuba from the Miami-style perspectives of some folks but I am not an admirer of the Cuban model at all.
You want to know whwat cold war boogiemen I admire? Tito, Gorbachev, Allende, the Bandung crowd…etc. I think Che was a great revolutionary, but his later methodology was not intelligent at all. Giap was a far better guerilla warrior, but not handsome enough for tshirsts Iguess.
February 15th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
i’m from mn. i’ll be voting for franken simply cus coleman is a fuckin douchebag. end of story.
February 15th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
I’m a liberal and I really have never been able to take Franken seriously even as some dope peddling a “Lincoln Medallion.” More still as a legislator he is going to have to be able to deal with a lot of different types of people and from what I’ve seen of Franken, when he’s not among his adoring fans, he comes off as rather… dysfunctional. I don’t think we need anymore of that type in congress.
February 15th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
Bunkerbuster: Maybe you should then spend more time reading Franken’s investigative journalism and spend less time posting here. Consider.
RlC: I love your newest line about me. First, I should learn about politics from Matt Stoller who has accomplished so much in the world. And today, let’s see, I should be humbled by Franke’s greater political credibility. At least, you make me laugh.
As to the rest of the hissing and snarling in defense of Franken… all I can do is continue to laugh. If someone had told me in 1975 that Al Franken was gona be a totem of progressive change 30 years down the road I would have joined the YAF. If you’d told me some ding-a-ling was gonna classify his insta-book as “investigative journalism: I would have taken up plumbing.
Grow up, folks. And learn to be more critical of your paper tiger heroes. Your supine partisan fawning is unbecoming.
P.S. Thank you, at least, Kevin for injecting some reality into this discussion (which by the way I strated off by saying Franken would be better than Coleman). Anyone who actually LISTENS to Franken, as I have regularly, and who is being honest with him or herself, would have to admit he’s often befuddled, confused and NOT listening. When he doesnt get something, being a comedian, he resorts to some or another defensive joke or wisecrack. Which is fine. Fine, if you;re not in the Senate on the Intel Committee. I honestly cannot believe that anyone’s who listened is really comfortable with Franken as someone who has a firm grip on matters of life and death.
February 15th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
That’s right… how CAN you take him seriously? Why, in 75, your favorite progressive Gov. was still 7 years away from his breakthrough in “Conan The Barbarian.”
February 15th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Marc we can agree to disagree on the question of political astuteness. All I’m saying is I don’t think Franken has shown a level of political unawareness that would disqualify him from a run at the Senate. But lets leave it up to the good people of Minnesota to decide that. You don’t like him. Fine. I promise I won’t stalk you and harrass you until you do. But alll I can say is listening to his show I found a person who was intelligent, aware, and witty. Did I agree with all his positions? No. But I certainly wouldn’t call him a lightweight.
February 15th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
And here is the point that I didn’t make as clear as I should have above. I don’t know enough about the people running for the Democratic Nomination in MN (other than Franken) and I suspect you don’t know either. I’m sure that will all come out in the primary process as it should. I do know that Norm Coleman is total cipher and legislative lightweight and anybody that runs against him would be better.
February 15th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Speaking of Wellstone, there’s an excellent chapter in Franken’s book on the right-wing noise machine’s hatchet job on the senator’s funeral.
Franken compellingly weaves his personal involvement in Minnesota politics, Wellstone’s career, what really happened at the funeral and how lies about it spread from talkradio to Fox to the “normal” mainstream media.
No one’s saying Franken’s the next Sy Hersch or Cockburn or Fisk. Al has a far more idiosyncratic style and a narrower, more partisan agenda. He’s also funny, sometimes hilarious, in the way Hitchens can be when he isn’t on one of his increasingly frequent ideological mercenary missions.
Comedy is superb training for the U.S. Senate, as is the kind of expose Franken has been doing in his books and on his radio program.
It’s a shame Marc can seem to shake the chip off his shoulder when it comes to liberal commentators, leaders, candidates, etc.
February 15th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
I meant to type “can’t shake the chip off his shoulder” or cuda been one of those Freudian typos…
February 15th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
Speaking as a conservative, I couldn’t be happier with Franken challenging Coleman for a Senate seat, unless Natalie Maines decided to challenge Kay Bailey Hutchison in Texas.
February 16th, 2007 at 12:28 am
zhombre: can’t say I admire your courage on that call. Remember: Minnesota pulled the statewide lever for Jesse “The Body” Ventura and for Wellstone, so it’s not like a showbiz lefty is categorically a long shot by any means…
February 16th, 2007 at 5:09 am
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February 16th, 2007 at 8:56 am
The natives are certainly restless over your post, Marc. Basically I have nothing to say about the topic, which ought to be good news to all here, except I have no dog in this fight, and I mean dog. Hope to commune with all y’all another time soon.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
Bunkerbuster: Yeah, and electing Jesse The Body Ventura sure worked out real well for Minnesota.
February 18th, 2007 at 4:41 am
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March 24th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
I’ve never given this a try, but I think it’s about time I do.
June 4th, 2009 at 8:02 am
Once again an excellent written post from you. Keep it up!