[Speed Gibson,
Wednesday January 31, 2007 at 11:41pm]
Al Franken
Hoping to continue the recent DFL tradition of running celebrity candidates, Al Franken is now in the 2008 Minnesota Senate Race. Rather than ruminate on his chances in the general election, Democrats would do well to think about their caucuses and the primary. Is Al Franken the best you've got?
If you boil down his many books, both political and non-political, you soon realize that Franken has one basic skill: sneering, as Dennis Prager put it. He has a tremendous opinion of himself and always prepared to list all the ways you fall short of his perfection.
Democrats should also remember that he has a temper worse than that of Mike Hatch. The danger of an inopportune slur or misplaced fist costing him the election is significant.
There are many more intelligent, more civilized, more capable Democrats in the DFL. There is no need to stoop to Franken's level.
If you boil down his many books, both political and non-political, you soon realize that Franken has one basic skill: sneering, as Dennis Prager put it. He has a tremendous opinion of himself and always prepared to list all the ways you fall short of his perfection.
Democrats should also remember that he has a temper worse than that of Mike Hatch. The danger of an inopportune slur or misplaced fist costing him the election is significant.
There are many more intelligent, more civilized, more capable Democrats in the DFL. There is no need to stoop to Franken's level.