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Al Franken on "CBS Sunday Morning" (Original Post) mucifer May 2017 OP
People magazine has a nice piece on Al and his family this week as well. Boomerproud May 2017 #1
Al Franken is, by far, my favorite politician. dchill May 2017 #2
+1 eom LittleGirl May 2017 #5
He's my favorite Senator not from my state (OR) MurrayDelph May 2017 #6
how could anyone not enjoy his humor juxtaposed May 2017 #3
I wish we has a senator like Al. progressoid May 2017 #4
Al Franken Is A Smart, Hardworking Leader Who Happens... TomCADem May 2017 #7
Love him. Smart, capable, articulate, & sense of humor. His wife is lucky. Honeycombe8 May 2017 #8
I grew up watching his SNL bits! wolfie001 May 2017 #9
Good man, one of the best people we have in Congress, IMO BeyondGeography May 2017 #10

dchill

(38,472 posts)
2. Al Franken is, by far, my favorite politician.
Sun May 28, 2017, 11:58 PM
May 2017

I have never seen such brutal honesty, intelligence and brilliant humor all at the same time in any politician.

MurrayDelph

(5,293 posts)
6. He's my favorite Senator not from my state (OR)
Mon May 29, 2017, 02:11 AM
May 2017

followed closely by
Warren,
S. Brown
Whitehouse, and
Sanders

TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
7. Al Franken Is A Smart, Hardworking Leader Who Happens...
Mon May 29, 2017, 02:27 AM
May 2017

...to be a former comedian. People lose sight of the fact that he is a smart dude given his entertainment background.

Still, he is in his 60s and will be 70 in 2018.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
8. Love him. Smart, capable, articulate, & sense of humor. His wife is lucky.
Mon May 29, 2017, 09:09 AM
May 2017

Wish I could have found a man like him. Unfortunately, I went for inferior men.

(but I'm not dead yet)

BeyondGeography

(39,369 posts)
10. Good man, one of the best people we have in Congress, IMO
Tue May 30, 2017, 11:42 PM
May 2017

Fearless, principled and funny is a great combination.

K&R

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