Me, Senator Al Franken
Posted by Ron Coleman on May 11, 2009
Back when I was the new Yid in town, I knew great things, as well as awful things, might lay ahead. But I never 
dreamed that the Al Franken Decade could actually occur. And yet, it seems, that grisly reality begins now.
Senator Al Franken. I preferred his earlier, funnier bits. Ok… earlier.
Chicago Boy Mitch Townsend finds a silver lining, namely, that it could be worse:
Here is some encouraging news: “On April 29, 2008, Franken released a statement noting that he will pay about $70,000 in back income taxes in 17 states dating to 2003″ (link). Since Timothy Geithner had to pay only $34,000 in back taxes, Franken is about twice as qualified as Geithner to handle the fiscal affairs of our country.
Senate Appropriations Committee, here comes a fellow who knows which end of a calculator is up, if not much more. Maybe someone can teach him what those symbols on the buttons mean.
Stretching it, yes. But one needs something to cling to in order to keep going on.
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