Al Franken on MSNBC just now.

[mobeau69]

Good to hear him.

Is he like a “regular”?

[JustAnotherGen]

1. I saw him yesterday evening

@ the 7 pm hour.

He was cracking me up with his McConnell impression.

[Blue Owl]

2. Might just re-read "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot" for old time's sake

[mzmolly]

4. An

excellent read. I may have to dust off my copy of the book as well.

[Blue Owl]

6. If they ever reprint any future editions...

They could update the title to "Rush Limbaugh WAS a Big Fat Idiot"

[mzmolly]

7. LOL

[malaise]

9. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Nicely played

[mobeau69]

13. LOL

[genxlib]

11. I have an Al Franken story about that

I was on search and rescue for 9/11. We were staying in the Javits Center in between grueling 12 hour shifts. I came back from the site one day and noticed the floor was overly crowded for some reason. I just wanted to find my bunk so I wound my way through the crowd and found myself face-to-face with Al Franken. I rushed up to meet him and did some real fan-boy stuff. I specifically told him how I loved that book. Especially the part where he made up a forward by Jeane Kirkpatric (although I couldn't remember her name at the time) In truth I think I sounded like an idiot because I was so exhausted.

When I turned away from him, I realized that there were all kinds of celebrities there. It was some kind of USO style visit to support the rescuers. I saw Chevy Chase, Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgewick, Sam Waterston and others. They were all being mobbed and I had found Al just sort of loitering off to the side. He probably appreciated being recognized since this was his pre-Senator time.

He was really kind to me and I have always admired him. To this day, my favorite celebrity meeting ever. Although I met Olivia Newton John a few days later and that came close.

[Miguelito Loveless]

3. He was Limbaugh's nemesis back in the day

[superpatriotman]

5. He should be in the Senate

Preparing for a stint in the White House in eight years.

[CentralMass]

8. Yes.

[Dem4Life1102]

12. Versus Kamala Harris??

Do you have a problem with a woman of color running for President?

[11 Bravo]

14. Yeah, that was CLEARLY the gist of the poster's point.

Nice job sussing that out!

[Dem4Life1102]

15. Then what is the gist?

Harris is the VP and the next in line to run for President. The poster is touting someone else instead of Harris. Why?

[11 Bravo]

16. That Franken was a great Senator, a really smart guy, and would have been ...

an outstanding Presidential candidate?
Look at a timeline of Al's demise, and it should occur to you that what the poster was saying has nothing to do with our amazing Vice-President.
Unless, of course, you are bound and determined to be offended.

[Dem4Life1102]

17. But Harris would be the Presidential candidate in 8 years

either running for her first term or re-election. So it has everything to do with Harris.

[dalton99a]

10. Very timely, indeed