The following exchange took place just outside protein wisdom headquarters, at ~12:47 PM:
me: “So. What do you think about Al Franken’s decision to run for Senate? Do you think it appropriate that the man who has spent the last decade getting rich off of hyperpartisan vituperation has decided to trade on his name recognition for a bid to join an exclusive body of lawmakers? That is, doesn’t he represent the very kind of divisiveness that his ideological fellow-travelers—and he himself—have complained is the hallmark of Republican politics in general and of the current administration in particular?”*
little neighborhood boy with snow shovel: “Got me. Personally, I always thought that Tom Davis fella was the funny one. Now, do you want me to shovel your driveway or don’t you? Baseball cards don’t pay for themselves, you know.”
Developing…
Your lucky he’s not into yu-gi-ho or you’d have Nancy Pelosi on your front porch demanding more tha minimum wage pay!
I’d love to see the Franken-Steyn debates.
Only if John Kerry is the moderator. Or Algore.
I live in Michigan. Spent my entire life here. But, I think I will go to Hackensack New Jersey and run for the senate.
I dont freaking get these people (Hillary, Al Frankenstein) who just show up as a carpet bager somewhere and run for senate there. And shame on the locals for electing them instead of a person who is a true representative from that area.
Actually, baseball cards do pay for themselves. It’s not collecting. It’s investing.
Stuart Smalley’s “Daily Affirmation” for would-be Senator Al Franken:
“You’re obnoxious enough, you’re partisan enough, you’re smarmy enough, and gosh darn it, Minnesota
liberals might be fool enough to vote for you!”
Send the kid over to my house (somewhere in hell or better known as Cleveland). I have a fresh 2 feet of snow he could shovel.
tw: volume88
Not quite 88 inches, but quite a volumeof snow nonetheless.
Running for Senate?!
Franken found the only job in America that would be a step down from his current gig.
Oh and Jeff, keep an eye on those 6 year olds, they are not to be trusted. The next thing you know he’ll be sled riding in an empty armadillo shell.
Is Norm Coleman still a Jew?
the asterisk is intriguing
Al Franken is expected to announce his engagement to Barney Frank.
Is there supposed to be a hyperlink with that aserisk?
Kids don’t buy baseball cards anymore, he will probably just use the money for drugs or booze.
What is the over/under on number of people that ol’ Al assaults during the campaign?
TW: start37 may be a tad high
Carpet badger?
Carpet bagel.
The Al Franken decade was over decades ago. But for liberals still stuck in the 60s, it’s the future, so maybe he’s got a shot.
Yeah right. For your hypothethical snow shoveling kid to even know who I am he would have to be really into older SNL trivia, or 40. It also seems most people collecting baseball cards are in their 40s too.
Leave me out of this. I made Franken. He was a parasite back then. The Senate is a perfect place for a douchbag like him.
Mark–you mean that blood tests aren’t required?
Saliva tests, maybe.
I live and work in St. Paul. If you’re smart, you’ll buy stock in the liquor companies right now, because I’l be sending them a LOT of cash over the next couple of years.
“And doggone it, people like me . . . “
really bite.
Ever see “Franken and Davis at Stockton State College”?
No?
Lucky.
Please do Chris! But be forewarned, unless you’re running as a (D), you may as well save your money and time.
Carpet booger?
Carpet banger.
God, what a bunch of maroons.
Heh.
No, really !!!
The carpet-bugger…er would fit right into the senate.
3/4 of them are clowns.
I’ve never been so proud to be from Minnesoduh
Damn that was whiny.