From the website:
But toward the end of the day, Franken finds a way to connect. He’s at the Rum River Family House Residence, a place for recovering-addict moms. And he doesn’t even consider making a joke about the fact that it’s the world’s worst-named rehab center. Sitting around the living room, drinking coffee and eating lemon bars that the recovering meth moms have made, Franken reveals that he was “co-dependent” with someone close to him. As they tell their addiction stories, he’s perfectly empathetic, nodding and using the language of recovery like someone mistakenly doing a serious, dramatic reading of his 12-step Saturday Night Live character, Stuart Smalley. After they finish, Franken looks up and says, “Thanks for inspiring me. If I’m in the Senate, I’ll fight for this stuff. Because …” And then he stops and looks away, trying not to cry. It’s silent for a minute, and then one of the women quietly says, “You’ve got my vote.” To which Franken says, “That’s why I said it.” And at that moment, Franken is an unbeatable politician. Not because he’s funny or smart. But because all the people in the room know he understands them.
(emphasis mine)
When’s the last time you heard someone describe Norm Coleman as genuine, or empathic, or understanding?
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“When’s the last time you heard someone describe Norm Coleman as genuine, or empathic, or understanding?”
When was the FIRST time???!?
I have had the honor of meeting and having at-length discussions with Al Franken; Al Franken understands veterans issues better and more thoroughly than many veterans. Al Franken connects with people - Norm Coleman connects with donors. Well, “well-heeled” donors.
Two-Putter,
It would be interesting to see, but I believe the reason Senator Franken understands the militry better is because he has visited them way more than Coleman. He visited them not because it was his job, or for politics, but because it was the right thing to do. With a little research, it would be interesting to compare how many times Franken has been to foreign military posts compared to Coleman. This includes bases in and out of combat zones.
Take care, Alec
Gee a human being as a Senator… what a concept! Instead we have that donor-bot Norm Coleman sucking up dollars where ever he can… no matter how slimey or sleazy those dollars are. Why are Republicans like Norm so convinced that anyone who needs a helping hand is the enemy and anyone handing them a donation are upstanding citizens who only want the best for the nation.
Hubert Humphrey said “Americans don’t want a hand out, they want a hand up.” Let’s send a human being to the Senate who might understand that idea. It is time for Norm to go.