The Importance of Electing Al Franken
Before you jump to the conclusion that I have taken leave of my sanity, please know that the above headline is meant entirely as humor, with tongue firmly planted in cheek.
I came across this article by the acclaimed political theorist, Alec Baldwin. So naturally, I had to devour every word. I very rarely venture into the dark world of leftist journalism and this piece reminds me why.
I’ve posted it only to have some fun at the Left’s expense. It is no wonder that those of on the right think that liberals must have come from another planet.
~~John Cronin~~
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alec-baldwin
/the-importance-of-electin_b_105849.html
Coleman becoming a US Senator from that great state was a travesty. Now the time has come to correct that mistake. Coleman, who makes Mitt Romney look like a visionary, is so far from the best that state has to offer, it is unbelievable to imagine that he is even in the running for reelection. An uninformed and weak-willed apologist for this awful administration is being challenged by one of the best progressive minds of his generation. I don’t care how much ribald and salty humor he has dished out during is entertainment career. Judge Al Franken by what he stands as today: a searingly intelligent and abundantly caring son of Minnesota who has returned home to attempt to lend his voice to our nation’s political discourse on the most formal of levels. No blogging. No books. No comedy sketches. Putting his career and his opinions on the line on behalf of serving the people of Minnesota.
Voters of Minnesota, your choice could not be simpler. Coleman is a pathetic hack who will do as little as possible in a US Senate office other than cover his own a** [Editor's note: vulgarity deleted] and protect his power. Meanwhile, Al Franken is everything you could hope for in a candidate to represent your state in the world’s most august deliberative body. Smart, caring, brave. That’s the choice. Mitt Romney light. Or a return to someone special in the US Senate from the great state of Minnesota.
June 8th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Whew. For a second there I thought McCain had chosen a VP…
June 8th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Oh wow, only now did I actually read it. What a delusional man. Mitt Romney-light? They should be so lucky…
June 9th, 2008 at 3:04 am
A ringing endorsement from the ranting father (Alec Baldwin) who called his then 11 year-old daughter, Ireland, a “rude, thoughtless little pig who doesn’t have the brains or decency as a human being…”
Al and Alec - dare I say stupid and stupider? Yes. Stupid and Stupider.
June 9th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Comic’s have no reason to run for office. I mean this on both sides of the aisle. They need to stay with what they do best, so those of us that find them offensive and vile, can simpley flip the swtich and our life is uneffected.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:11 am
The odd Romney fixation is probably because Baldwin thinks Mitt is from Minn. rather than Mich. Seems about right for this dope.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:27 am
While the rest of you get a good laugh at this, living in Minnesota, I wince. First the befuddled people of this great state gave us Jesse “the Mind” Ventura, and now this. I’m losing credibility up here, and certainly losing faith in the Northstar electorate. Will we remember the hard lesson learned, or are we doomed to repeat past mistakes?
Coleman has been a great representative of Minnesota. Furthermore, the “Mitt Romney Light” moniker is actually a compliment up here (something an out of state and out of touch pundit would not understand) as the commanding caucus win for Governor Romney proved. And Mitt Romney Light is infinitely better than the vapid, self serving, tax dodging Al Franken, an erstwhile native son, but as out of touch as Mssr. Baldwin (I do not relish the national party meddling in our local affairs this election cycle).
Thus, it befalls me to embarrass and shame anyone that is taking Franken’s candidacy seriously by pointing out how silly and naive this makes us look on the national stage. “They are not laughing with us…” This will only turn out to be a “second” Ventura term. We roundly rejected the Entertainer in Chief Huckabee, and we certainly don’t need to send his liberal clone to the Senate to fecklessly labor on our (his) behalf.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:29 am
Thanks for letting me vent
June 9th, 2008 at 10:36 am
copp, a brilliant Baldwin observation!
Frozone, well-said and you have my sympathies!
June 9th, 2008 at 11:24 am
OK, I can’t let this go…
I’m happy to report that I have never watched an episode of 30 Rock, and now find myself with no desire to do so. In our day of oversaturating media choices, anything that eliminates an option sure makes my life easier. Thanks Alec.
When celebrities misuse their “celebrity”, they shrink their audience, and end up surrounding themselves with like-minded, myopic simpletons. This creates a reinforcing, negative feedback loop since they never hear a contrary (or rational) viewpoint. I’m sure Mr. Baldwin feels he has posited a very compelling argument, but it is more truculent anti Bush than anti Coleman, and much more a calumnious diatribe against the current administration than an endorsement of Franken.
And the real victims here are my weak minded, liberal friends. I feel sorry for them as they thrash and rail, never knowing the real and only issue is their debilitating cognitive dissonance. They blindly follow these “celebrities” who espouse an unattainable utopian ideal that only big government can provide, celebrities who encourage us to live green and be wise stewards of the environment (I agree with this, by the way), but these same celebrities whose hypocritical lifestyles of opulent largess include driving gas guzzling SUV’s from their “carbon neutral” Mansions in Bel Air, flying private jets to romps all over the world (you can never have too many “second” homes), but whose only real contribution to or sacrifice for the betterment of the world they play in comes in the form of the “espousal of ideas”. They expect the rest of us to lead lives of careful abstemiousness to offset and and pay the price for their unchecked consumption.
No wonder liberal Democrats are angry all the time: The rational mind simply cannot reconcile this incessant dissonance. No matter how conditioned they are, in the party of the polyglot, with its unending chorus of discordant voices, Democrats will never be able to resolve their mental unrest. Obama and Franken have tapped this angst, but offer nothing substantive to deal with the underlying problem. That is something that worries me above all else: we are blinded by celebrity to make irrational decisions based on hope.
Give me results, and a proven history of accomplishment.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Did ya ever notice that Alec Baldwin just calls people names and villifies them without really saying anything.?
He is not really too well informed and he is way to general in his speech. He has to be one of the most unkind people who get any kind of air or paper time. He sure loves the word “hack”. Well, I read his blog ( ? ) and most all of the comments. It is easy to see who frequents Huffington post, a bunch of very liberal nincompoops that really don’t seem to have a very good handle on certain realities. How odd.
Frozone, you have been on a roll today! I am sorry you are feeling you are losing credibility. It is not true in the sensible circles. Those far left goofies are truly without credibility…. keep up your wonderful posts. I like them and I love your vocabulary (”phraseology” to quote “The Music Man”)….
At least the comments on here are sensible. You cannot say that for the Huffingtopost comments on this particular blathering by Alec Baldwin…. or much else for that matter
June 9th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
I miss the old gang (KKSM…), and welcome the new (2thepoint…). It’s nice to find a group that actually thinks about the issues.
Thanks for humoring me
June 9th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Am I part of the old gang? I thought I was new. I actually kind of stumbled onto this site on day when I was depressed over Mitt dropping out. It was sometime afterward, but I was having a bout of real concern for my country, looking on the net whining… that was just a couple of months ago.
I thought 2thepoint was older than me (to the site I mean).
Thanks for recognizing me and talking to me! KKSM
June 10th, 2008 at 6:57 am
Well said Frozone. Well said.
June 12th, 2008 at 11:15 am
If you find a way to wake up the electorate in Minnesota, please let us know down here in South Carolina. We were supposed to be a part of the gateway for “President” Romney. Instead the McCain-Huckabee tag team made us look foolish (and they were right). Hang on folks. We’re in for a bumpy ride. - P
June 12th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
NO, THEY MADE THEMSELVES LOOK FOOLISH OR MORE ACCURTATELY SHOWED JUST HOW FOOLISH THEY REALLY ARE AND THEY BADLY AFFECTED AMERICA. TIME WILL TELL US WHAT ALL THE OUTCOMES WILL BE. I REMAIN HOPEFULL