Vanity Fair: Why an Al Franken 2020 bid isn't a joke
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/02/why-an-al-franken-2020-bid-isnt-a-jokeGuilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)I could embrace that.
He makes me think, hope and... smile.
More_Cowbell
(2,190 posts)Paladin
(28,204 posts)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)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.
mwooldri
(10,291 posts)DavidDvorkin
(19,406 posts)Paladin
(28,204 posts)DavidDvorkin
(19,406 posts)The political height advantage has always upset me.
dhill926
(16,234 posts)high moral code, funny as shit. Would be a perfect foil to run against agent orange.
joet67
(624 posts)Qutzupalotl
(14,230 posts)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.
ProfessorPlum
(11,252 posts)Agent Orange wouldn't stand a chance
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)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".
BainsBane
(53,003 posts)He's been a very good Senator.