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15. He was on CNN this morning

Reply to ghostsinthemachine (Original post)

Sun Feb 12, 2017, 10:37 PM

Feb 2017

I think it was State of the Union.

Tapper (I think) asked him if he was going to run for President because he's good enough, he's smart enough, and doggone it people like him. Franken kept a straight face through it then chuckled.

The best Stuart Smalley segment was with Michael Jordan.

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