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I love the story. He can’t be any worse than some of the people we have elected in the past.
Written by GussSen. Al Franken?
If anyone had doubts about the seriousness of comedian Al Franken’s campaign to represent Minnesota in the Senate, his latest fundraising numbers go a long way toward showing his campaign is no laughing matter.
Or, as Franken creation Stuart Smalley might put it: Doggone it, voters seem to like him!
Franken outraised Sen. Norm Coleman (R) in the second quarter by about $300,000, banking $1.9 million to the incumbent’s $1.6 million. He raised money from all of the state’s 87 counties, and from 27,790 individual contributors. He outdistanced his main Democratic rival, attorney Mike Ciresi, in fundraising by nearly a 3-to-1 margin.
In a normal year, a comedian with a record as an unabashed liberal — as well as a lengthy history of provocative statements — would face long odds in winning a Senate seat. While Republicans have elected their fair share of celebrities to office (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sonny Bono) the only notable Democratic actor to hold a seat in Congress recently was former Georgia Congressman Ben Jones — whose résumé is topped by his immortal portrayal of Cooter on the “Dukes of Hazzard.”
But with opposition to the Iraq war running high in Minnesota, this is no normal year, and Minnesota is a state prone to electing
unconventional candidates. Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura was elected governor in 1998. In 1990, Minnesotans elected the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, then a professor at Carleton College, whose quirky, insurgent campaign was the biggest upset of the cycle.
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~J~ Says:
July 12th, 2007 at 7:57 amVisit ~J~
He’s a clown and not even a very good comic. I’m frankly tired of reading all these wonderful stories of how wonderful the Democratic candidates for every office from dog catcher on up are. I’m trying to maintain some sense of objectivity in the posts I write and try hard not to rub someone’s face in such crap as this story.
If that’s the way you want to play we can all play that game, but I would suggest we wait until election time rolls around to do it.
~J~ Says:
July 12th, 2007 at 7:59 amVisit ~J~
Don’t forget Minnesota gave us Jesse Ventura and our first Muslim congressman, so voting for Franken would make sense to them.
Guss Says:
July 12th, 2007 at 8:00 amVisit Guss
J,
You are just downright mean. Don’t forget Paul Wellstone, Norm Coleman, Walter Mondale, Hubert Humphrey, Eugene McCarthy.
~J~ Says:
July 12th, 2007 at 8:04 amVisit ~J~
Smile all you want. I’m serious. This is not the rooting section for one party or another and I’m tired of being put on the defensive for what I believe or people I support by having someone probing my mind all the time.
Remember the purpose of the blog.
Guss Says:
July 12th, 2007 at 8:08 amVisit Guss
Being put on the defense for what you believe, isn’t a very good feeling is it.
Read the comments on my post and you’ll realize, that I know the feeling well.
Just read your comments on this post.
Guss Says:
July 12th, 2007 at 8:10 amVisit Guss
The smile was meant to show that I wasn’t serious. Are we in a bad mood today?
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