That Sound You Heard Was O'Reilly Turning Over In His Grave: How The Far Right Elected Al Franken
by Steve Young | July 2, 2009 - 1:14pm
"I don't know if we've ever had an opponent who is so disliked by Republicans as Al Franken," said Minnesota Republican Party Chair Ron Carey. "It's one thing to lose to an honorable opponent, but Al Franken is not considered an honorable opponent by Minnesota Republicans."
If Mr. Carey and the rest of the Republicans would like to see how they've come to realize their - as well as Bill O'Reilly's worst nightmare - they need only look in the mirror.
When I sat down in 2002 to speak with Franken about how seemingly adversarial conditions played a positive part in his life for my book, "Great Failures of the Extremely Successful," he had no idea that some of his greatest adversaries would help him to become a member of one of America's most exclusive clubs∑the U.S. Senate.
Back then I brought up the possibility of Franken going in to talk radio, but he intimated it was probably the last thing he would do. Funny, it ended up becoming just that, right before he ran for the Minnesota senate seat held by Republican Norm Coleman.
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