He’s Good Enough, He’s Smart Enough, and Goddamnit It Was About Fricking Time
In late December I blogged that all I wanted for Christmas was to hear Bill O’Reilly say “Senator Al Franken”. Looks like I will finally, finally get my very late Christmas present:
Al Franken, a satirist known for his biting political humor, is headed to the U.S. Senate, the survivor of an epic legal struggle that opponent Norm Coleman finally conceded he couldn’t win.
Franken’s triumph followed a 5-0 decision Tuesday by the Minnesota Supreme Court declaring him the winner and a quick concession by Coleman. Franken, a Democrat, could be sworn into office soon after the July 4th holiday.
“I don’t know if it has really sunk in,” said Franken, appearing at his home in Minneapolis shortly after receiving a congratulatory call from Coleman, a Republican. “He said it was a very hard-fought campaign. I said, ‘Norm, it couldn’t have been closer.’
“It was a nice way to end this.”
Read on, happily.