Al Franken was sworn in as Minnesota senator yesterday. What an interesting life he has had. College graduate, writer and performer for Saturday Night Live. Author of several bestselling books , radio talk show host and now U.S. Senator. Al has cited Paul Wellstone as an inspiration and I like that. Al's talk show on Air America was revolutionary. It really pushed the political left to the forefront. In a country where the rich right gave George W. Bush the red carpet and suppressed any dissidence Al Franken was a beacon. Now I hope that Al is not bought off by the health care lobby and the drug lobby and the tobacco lobby and all the rest. Hopefully he will continue in the Wellstone -Kucinich tradition and do what is right by the "people" of this country. The old school Democrats are the new Republican Lite. I'll support Al until he pisses me off, just like Barack Obama. I still believe the two-party system is a complete failure, but I'm stuck with my own conscience and the lesser of two evils......for now!
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