Franken-senseless to speak at Minnesota Dem convention

Air America mid-day host, for now, Al Franken, aka Franken-senseless, is acclimating himself to life in Minnesota by accepting an offer to be the keynote speaker at the Minnesota Seventh Congressional Democratic slating convention in Bemidji on Saturday.

The state Democratic Party in Minnesota is known as the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.

Earlier this year, Franken moved to Minnesota. He grew up in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, but hasn't lived there since the 1970s.

Because his Air America gig is plagued by low-ratings and shaky financial support, it's probably best Franken keeps his eyes open for a new employment opportunity--for several years Franken's been making racket about running for the Senate in Minnesota in 2008.

However, as Franken wanders around the state, he might discover--if he's listening--that the Minnesota of the 21st century is more conservative than that state he left in the early 1970s, when Walter Mondale and Hubert Humphrey were representing Minnesota in the Senate.

But he's probably got deaf ears on that subject. Like many baby-boomers, Franken is still living in the late 1960s and the pre Nixon-resignation 1970s.

Oh, I almost forgot. The book I'm currently reading is Pants on Fire: How Al Franken Lies, Smears and Deceives by Alan Skorski.

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