{"id":23082,"date":"2017-07-14T01:10:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T01:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=23082"},"modified":"2017-07-14T01:10:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T01:10:25","slug":"doh-theres-also-al-franken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=23082","title":{"rendered":"D&#8217;oh! There&#8217;s also Al Franken"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Al_Franken_official_portrait_114th_Congress.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23083\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Al_Franken_official_portrait_114th_Congress-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Al_Franken_official_portrait_114th_Congress-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Al_Franken_official_portrait_114th_Congress-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Al_Franken_official_portrait_114th_Congress.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have committed an error of omission.<\/p>\n<p>In a previous blog post noting the possible entry of two entertainer\/political novices into politics, I forgot to mention one of the more notable former entertainers who&#8217;s actually making a name for himself on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Al (Stuart Smalley) Franken has served in the U.S. Senate from Minnesota and has become arguably one of the upper congressional chamber&#8217;s most eloquent progressive voices<\/p>\n<p>Franken was elected initially in 2008, defeating Republican Sen. Norm Coleman.<\/p>\n<p>Franken&#8217;s original claim to fame? He was a comedy writer for &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; and then assumed the character &#8220;Stuart Smalley,&#8221; the guy with that strange sense of self-awareness.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s also written some political books and was a radio personality on Air America, the left-wing broadcasting network; he quit Air America to run for the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Has he performed well in the Senate? In my view &#8230; yes! Then again, I&#8217;m aligned with him politically.<\/p>\n<p>I suppose Sen. Franken can be a positive example of how someone who&#8217;s never run for or held public office can rise to the occasion. Franken has done so.<\/p>\n<p>I regret omitting him in that previous blog post. My bad, man.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/2017\/07\/kid-rock-for-senate-oh-my\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have committed an error of omission. In a previous blog post noting the possible entry of two entertainer\/political novices into politics, I forgot to mention one of the more notable former entertainers who&#8217;s actually making a name for himself on Capitol Hill. Al (Stuart Smalley) Franken has served in the U.S. Senate from Minnesota &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=23082\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">D&#8217;oh! 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