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Vanity Fair: Why an Al Franken 2020 bid isn't a joke (Original Post) ghostsinthemachine Feb 2017 OP
Simply put, he is seriously intelligent, inherently compassionate and classically witty. Guilded Lilly Feb 2017 #1
I love this 2010 speech by him More_Cowbell Feb 2017 #2
He's my top pick for 2020. Paladin Feb 2017 #3
He's 5'6" DavidDvorkin Feb 2017 #4
But his hands are bigger than #45's ? nt mwooldri Feb 2017 #9
Surely! DavidDvorkin Feb 2017 #10
By the time trump's reign is over, a 12-inch-tall Democrat will be electable. (nt) Paladin Feb 2017 #14
I hope you're right DavidDvorkin Feb 2017 #15
media savvy, intelligent, compassionate... dhill926 Feb 2017 #5
I could support that. joet67 Feb 2017 #6
It might take a comedian to beat a clown. Qutzupalotl Feb 2017 #7
considering what Franken did to Bill O'Reilly's sanity and "calm" ProfessorPlum Feb 2017 #8
I love that ghostsinthemachine Feb 2017 #13
I like Franken BainsBane Feb 2017 #11
Al is one of few that would be respected by the progressive and business wings of party yurbud Feb 2017 #12

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)
1. Simply put, he is seriously intelligent, inherently compassionate and classically witty.
Sun Feb 26, 2017, 12:44 PM
Feb 2017

I could embrace that.
He makes me think, hope and... smile.

Paladin

(28,204 posts)
3. He's my top pick for 2020.
Sun Feb 26, 2017, 01:26 PM
Feb 2017

Very intelligent, highly experienced, even temperament, good sense of humor, liberal outlook, sane. In other words, every thing we don't have in the White House right now.

DavidDvorkin

(19,406 posts)
4. He's 5'6"
Sun Feb 26, 2017, 01:51 PM
Feb 2017

That shouldn't matter, but it does. A lot -- enough to make him unelectable.

He'll also be too old, in my opinion, but 69 is apparently okay with most voters.

dhill926

(16,234 posts)
5. media savvy, intelligent, compassionate...
Sun Feb 26, 2017, 01:51 PM
Feb 2017

high moral code, funny as shit. Would be a perfect foil to run against agent orange.

Qutzupalotl

(14,230 posts)
7. It might take a comedian to beat a clown.
Sun Feb 26, 2017, 02:15 PM
Feb 2017

Perhaps the most important quality to run against Trump is the ability to think on one's feet. With the right amount of ridicule, Trump would lose it.

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)
13. I love that
Mon Feb 27, 2017, 11:31 AM
Feb 2017

O'lielly never saw it coming. That is how the left SHOULD HAVE behaved during the election. " Sorry, but that is a LIE, and heres why".

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