Al Franken was finally declared the winner of the senatorial race in Minnesota, seven months after the election. This election, more than anything, makes me wish that the Gore campaign had fought harder in 2000. It was a tough fight, but finally the people of Minnesota received justice, which the people of Florida never did.
Really, though, the thing that struck me the most about this was the response of both candidates. I, for one, am so sick of the bitter, vitriolic partisan politics that’s been… not a PART of our political landscape, but our ENTIRE political landscape… since 1996, that I found myself letting out an audible sigh of relief when Norm Coleman bowed down like a gentleman, and Al Franken admitted that that he barely won.
Franken, especially, demonstrated the kind of humility that you never see in politics anymore. “I won by 312 votes (out of three million)… a lot of people didn’t vote for me. I have a lot to prove to the people of Minnesota.”
One thing that people have said is that a comedian has no part in government. Well, let’s see… comics… at least lasting comics like Franklin and not flashes in the pan like Andrew Clay… tend to be intelligent, thoughtful, clever and creative. These people are right, I guess. There’s no place for people like that in modern U S government.
Peace.
Randal
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