The media is informing us that the U.S. Senate race in Minnesota is now official, and that the incumbent, Norm Coleman, has been bested by the third-rate comedian, Al Franken. On the surface, this should be embarrassment enough for Mr. Coleman. However, he was more thoroughly humiliated a few years ago when the British MP, George Galloway, came to Washington to respond to charges Coleman had made against him. Galloway all but undressed Coleman before a Senate committee, leaving the Minnesotan a mumbling bowl of jelly. It was an interesting commentary on the pathetic state of American politics that, during his subsequent speaking tour of this country, Galloway was repeatedly asked if he would consider moving to a U.S. state to run for the Senate!
Minnesotans can expect the same kind of gurgling nonsense from a Sen. Franken that they heard from the erstwhile Sen. Coleman. Now, however, the comic relief will be coming from a man professionally trained to deliver it!
