Al Franken...is this for real?

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Originally Posted by sugarpop

Hey, Jesse Ventura pulled off being governor, why not Al Franken as a senator?

Look at Jesse Ventura's early career for why he really pulled it off; being a SEAL tends to get you pretty solidly grounded. Al's got nothing of the kind in his resumé. Too, I think being a former SEAL is also why Jesse Ventura was a one-term Governor. He did not morph into a slickster of a politician, and I bet he didn't acquire much of a taste for it.