Franken: Funnyman or Senator?

Maybe Mr. Franklen will be fresh air in a Senate that has lost its minds. They are now trying to change the 22amendment in order for Obama to stay in as King of America. The Senate and House better look to the people that are paying the taxes and their salary for guidance, not King Obama. The Government is going down everyday to the road of destruction and it seems no one cares if they get their piece of the pie. I cannot believe what is going on and that people actually cannot see what is being done to our freedoms. Its time for a change allright, get Obama out and the Democratic Senate before we are all on welfare and foodstamps. Obama is there to destroy American as we know it where are the intelligent people or lawyers that know how to fight the fight for the taxpayers. I can give them ideas on how to control spending, its right in front of their face and no one seems to notice. You better watch, you will be living where they tell you to, working at whatever job they tell you to, will tell you how many kids and animals you can have. The healthcare is going down as well when they take over, look at the European countries, the people die before they can see a specialist and who is going to want to become a doctor if they cannot make some money, they spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to become a doctor and then cannot make enough to pay it back. Government should be for the people, not for the government. American you better wake up and quite following the crowd.

Jesse 'The Body' can be governor and Stuart Smalley can be senator, but Bill Simmons being the T'wolves GM would be ridiculous?

It is absurd to question Franken's fitness for office on the basis of his former life as a comedian (and humor writer). At least he was a standout at what he did, which is more than I can say for the other gentlemen you mentioned, all of whom put in as mediocre a performance in their second lives as they did in their first. I'm looking forward to great things from Franken because I can look back at so many.

I am happy to see him in the Senate, especially since this now means that the Democrats are filibuster proof. I am also happy when peoples votes actually get counted the court says he was popularly elected so I can't wait to see what he does. I think that he is good enough, he is smart enough, and doggone-it people like him.

A lot of comics have to be very intelligent to consistently introduce new material. It's interesting to me that the republicans are bashing Al Franken as an entertainer becoming a politician when they love their Reagan.

I don't have a problem taking previous entertainers seriously as politicians, provided they take themselves seriously. I wish Franken luck...this was an important race because it gives the Dems filibuster proof majority. Which is a double edged sword, because they are going to have to stop blaming the country's problems on the Republicans. Also, do Democrats like Obama because he makes them laugh or do they laugh because they like Obama? I'll give you a hint: it's not the former.

Norm Coleman robbed Al Franken of six months of his term! That's no joke. Time for Al to finally make his mark in Washington.

Interesting to see that line-up of entertainers-turned-politicians. Two of them were holding guns, two of them had wicked moustaches and one of them was juiced to the point of looking like a cartoon. Good luck, Franken. You've obviously got big shoes to fill. That is all.