Al Franken is the Democratic nominee for US Senator

[Eric J in MN]

...from Minnesota.

News here:
http://mnpublius.com/2008/06/the-liveliest-live-blog-in-rockchester-day-2

Donate here:
http://www.alfranken.com

[Puglover]

1. Woot!

I'm so glad. He is going to kick Normies butt.

[BlooInBloo]

2. WOOT!!!!

[Dollface]

3. I hope he wins. Think what it will do for C-Span!

[zeemike]

4. Good for him...I have always like that guy

He is funny but also a humanitarian and will make a good senator.

[MNBrewer]

5. so he survived the Playboy "scandal"?

[Truth2Tell]

17. "Playboy scandal?" Is that related to this?

[MNBrewer]

19. LMAO!!!!

[napi21]

6. FANNNNNNNtastic!!!!! I was worried yesterday when I read about

some bad press he was getting. OH MAN, I sure hope he kicks Coleman's a**!

[SeattleGirl]

7. Congrats, Al!

:toast:

[MiniMe]

8. The timing of the crap that came out is interesting. Typical Repuke MO

[Cleita]

9. Congratulations Al but watch your back.

Wellstone's enemies are now your enemies.

[dorktv]

31. I think he relishes the chance to take them on. I have the impression that

he really cared about Senator Wellstone.

[Rhiannon12866]

35. Paul Wellstone is one of his great heroes,

so I think that assuming his seat is very personal for Al...:-)

[dorktv]

36. and when you care enough, you win.

[opihimoimoi]

10. KICK his swarmy ass

[colorado thinker]

22. And his smarmy one, too!

;-) ;-)

[opihimoimoi]

23. LOL.......Watch for the boots coming out smelly.....

:toast:

[DFW]

11. Senate debates would get a LOT more quotable if he sent Coleman packing

I'll bet C-Span is contributing the max to his campaign--viewership would double
overnight if he were on the Senate floor every day!

[Dr.Phool]

12. I hope he can write better lines for Harry Reid.

[mzmolly]

13. Yoooo and

hoooo!

[Diane R]

14. Oh! Thank goodness! After listening to Ed Schultz yesterday, I've been worrying about Al.

[DrZeeLit]

15. Awesome! Now on to the GE and go get 'em, Big Al!

[barbtries]

16. good news

i'd read the other night that there was some bullshit smear campaign going on. glad the voters saw through it. i like that guy a lot, he is interested in the truth.

[MNBrewer]

20. It was certain MN Democrats who were bitching the loudest, really.

[Eric J in MN]

18. Quotes from Al Franken's acceptance speech...

...posted by me here:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/6/7/152658/1893/100/531793

[MNBrewer]

21. "...I'm not a perfect person...but I'll tell the truth."

That's good enough for this Minnesotan!!!!

[VP505]

24. I never cared much for Franken's humor,

but he is one smart man and I sure wish him a successful campaign. We need intelligent people with integrity that care about others in Washington, he is all of that and will make a good Senator IMO.

[EFerrari]

25. Good! Congrats, Al!

[orleans]

26. great news. he's a smart, fair thinking guy (with a dry sense of humor)

--we'll need some of that for this fucking tight ass senate. purrfect!

congrats al.

[pleah]

27. Good, good, good!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[ThomWV]

28. To my way of thinking this one is well worthy of an Out Of State Donation

We don't do it often, but in this case it is certainly well justified. It would please me very much for Al Franken to be able to serve in the Senate and if my few bucks can help that become so then I'll be happy to send it.

[K8-EEE]

29. I'm on an quarterly auto-donation for Al., I'm in CA

I'll always be grateful to him, Michael Moore, Tim Robbins -- all the people in the public eye who were the first ones to speak out when there was overwhelming pressure not to.

[AzDar]

30. Hurrah!

:patriot:

[XOKCowboy]

32. That is sooo cool. I remember when it was just a joke about him running..

on his Air America show. It was that show (I was listening from day one) that showed me that he was much more than a comedian. He had a solid political knowledge, knew what the people wanted and a passion for progressive causes.

I hope he buries Norm Coleman. What's the prognosis from Minnesota?

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

33. And of course, he IS the author of "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot"

AND "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them"

Where he takes on the entire Faux Media and talking heads like O'Reilly, Coulter, etc.

I can't wait to hear Bill O'Reilly go completely apeshit over this - as well as Limbaugh. And Franken will take them apart. I hope he kept his research team together for his race.

I used to have to secret dream jobs:

1. I wanted to be the person who pushed pins into maps to indicate infectious disease outbreaks for the CDC, or

2. Work as a research assistant for Al Franken

[Rhiannon12866]

34. He sure will make watching C-Span a whole lot more entertaining!

I can't wait!:rofl:

[bdamomma]

37. yes, that is good news.