So the guy lived in Minnesota from about 1955 to 1969? That still gives me no reason to believe he know diddly about the state or it’s people today. He might as well have visited the Mariana Trench. The time frame is about the same.
I said this in the other thread, but these guys just don’t get it. It’ll be an uphill battle to get beyond the perception that we Minnesotans are just the tool to get him political accolades, a stepping stone.
And don’t give me the Coleman bio, we don’t much like him either. And Wellstone paid his dues before running.
Give Franken 15 years of polite citizenry, he would have a very good chance, especially against Coleman. !5 months isn’t enough.
You speak for all of Minnesota on the issue? Heck, why aren’t you running, if you’ve got such a feel for the pulse of your state?
But you elected him anyway, so shouldn’t that fact shed some light on Franken’s chances?
Which is exactly as it should be.
But he spent his entire political career as a public buffoon.
Well, I guess you’ll be able to find out whether you can trust him to know what he’s doing and speak for you in the Senate during the next 15 months. Gosh, it’s almost as if you can learn about the candidates during the time between now and the election.
1)Too many skeletons in my closet.
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I wouldn’t subject my family to unending scrutiny and speculation.
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I don’t have a lot of tolerance for people who like to get their undies in a bunch all the time. That pretty much eliminates most of politics.
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I am missing a significant strand of the tact gene. I think the first time I told someone to go fuck themselves with a rusty rapala, I would severely hamper my chances for election.
Coleman had 8 years under his belt as Mayor of St. Paul. Not sure he would have won against Wellstone, although Paul was in the midst of trying to break his promise of only serving two terms, the only thing I ever didn’t like about him. Mondale was a last ditch effort at just name recognition, his heart wasn’t in the election, he was doing his duty as a good Dem.
No, there is no need - I understood you perfectly. It means you have no idea what has been happening in Minnesota politics for the last four years at least. I am using that in my assessment of how seriously to treat your opinion of Franken.
Sorry.
Regards,
Shodan
Nice attempt to dodge the question. Allow me to repeat it.
You’ve dismissed Franken as a comedian, not a politician. Does this mean that you did not vote for Reagan? Would you have voted for Schwarzenegger?
I’m not going to drop this until you answer- it’s that simple.
Similarly, since you’ve mis-used a dash in your post, I’m going to ignore everything you say on political issues.
Hell, it might just make you a shoo-in. 
By which I mean, if that’s not clear:
The Senate is half of our national legislature. I want my senators thinking first and foremost at all times of what is good for America, not what is good for Florida. And I should hope you would feel the same way about senators from Minnesota.
Huh. Well, last time I looked, most Senators tend to campaign on what they can do for their state constituency. Maybe it’s a regional thing. We’re kinda backwards here, you know.
I think it’s really mixed: Senators are supposed to help their constituents, but they’re also supposed to help the nation as a whole. Kind of a balancing act, in a way.
Oh, c’mon, you’re Minnesotans, not Dakotans! 
As a Minnesotan, this is one of the more appealing things about Franken to me - that he does have a national perspective. I think we have too many congresscritters who are busy trying to bring pork into their districts - and too few saying “what is good for the country as a whole?”
Especially on a Senate level, I think a national perspective is much more valuable than understanding the needs of people in Hibbing. 'Cause it wasn’t getting “Iron World.”
And I was never a Ventura fan - didn’t vote for him, was embarrassed when he got elected. But I’ll admit he actually did a pretty good job. I particularly admired him for getting into office and almost immediately saying “it doesn’t work like I thought it did, I’m going to change tactics.” He was adaptable - and I think if he could have gotten over his weird “don’t like it when I’m criticized, need to be in the limelight” personality he’d have made a good second term governor. Better than Governor Hockey Hair. (I didn’t like what he did with education, but almost everything else he did policy wise showed, in my opinion, a surprising amount of sense.)
Oh, I agree that a US congressperson needs to be able to look at things from a national perspective. But they also have to have a connection with the state that elects them. If all that matters is the national view, then I might as well be voting for the honorable senator from Delaware, and not the person that is supposed to represent me and my closest 5 million friends.
Why not? The people of New York were stupid enough to elect Hillary. Why shouldn’t the people of Minnesota be allowed to show how stupid they can be?
Twice. 
But Hillary ain’t no liberal, she’s a false-flag DLC DINO just like Bill. Franken is the real deal.