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
(2,191 posts)Paladin
(28,265 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
(19,479 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
(10,303 posts)DavidDvorkin
(19,479 posts)Paladin
(28,265 posts)DavidDvorkin
(19,479 posts)The political height advantage has always upset me.
dhill926
(16,347 posts)high moral code, funny as shit. Would be a perfect foil to run against agent orange.
joet67
(624 posts)Qutzupalotl
(14,317 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
(11,257 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
(53,035 posts)He's been a very good Senator.