DanMcQ
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Post by DanMcQ on Jan 31, 2007 19:40:23 GMT -5
Who's next, Bill Maher?However, given the state's past selection as governor, they're just as likely to vote for him as the next guy. 
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Post by TBird41 on Jan 31, 2007 19:41:50 GMT -5
Who's next, Bill Maher?However, given the state's past selection as governor, they're just as likely to vote for him as the next guy. If he wins, he'd be the second U.S. Senator to graduate from my High School--Mark Dayton being the other. |
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Post by williambraskyiii on Jan 31, 2007 19:51:26 GMT -5
speaking of no one's lookin.......
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Boz
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Post by Boz on Feb 1, 2007 11:19:36 GMT -5
I'm no fan of Al Franken, and I certainly do not want him to win this election, but I do have to give him credit for putting some skin in the game.
I'm not sure if he really wants to serve or just wants a platform to talk about his issues (seeing as how his radio network ain't doing so well), but he's putting his (and other people's) money where his mouth is and I respect that, even if I respect little or nothing else that he espouses.
How's that for backhanded compliment?
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Post by nychoya3 on Feb 1, 2007 22:32:53 GMT -5
I thought most people didn't like "career politicians." You know, the guys who just climb the ladder from state assembly to state senate to the house and then the senate. Maybe they started as a federal prosecutor or something...
Look, you don't need any experience to serve in the Senate or any other legislative body. You got staff to brief you and explain procedure. You just need a couple ideas and the ability to communicate them. I don't love Franken or anything, but his history offers no reason to think he couldn't handle the job.
Experience is HUGELY overrated in politics by some people around here. Life experience covers just about everything that matters.
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Boz
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Post by Boz on Feb 2, 2007 9:10:05 GMT -5
Life experience covers just about everything that matters. OK, you stole that from 'The Pursuit of Happyness,' didn't you? 'Dead Poet's Society'? 'Waiting To Exhale'? 'Stand And Deliver'? ......'Team America'?  - (not sure if the smiley's necessary - you know I have to be joking here, since everything I write is stolen from something else.) |
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- (not sure if the smiley's necessary - you know I have to be joking here, since everything I write is stolen from something else.)