Marginal joke candidate Al Franken (who should never have been placed within 300 miles of an actual ballot) has apparently been confirmed by the Minnesota Supreme Court as winner of the 2008 Senatorial election. I’m sorry, I like Al Franken. He’s a funny guy. But it was ludicrous for the DFL to nominate someone with absolutely no qualifications whatsoever for such an important contest. Virtually any other candidate would have whipped Norm Coleman like a runty dog and spared the state this kind of humiliation.
(Possibly) Good News
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I agree. I absolutely hate this trend of actors and entertainers being elected to high office. It sends the perverse message that mere popularity or name-recognition are sufficient credentials to serve.
My problem is with ANY candidate who BARELY manages to eke out a 312 vote win in a state Obama carried by 300,000 votes