Not So Funny

Do all those old jokes work against Al Franken in his race for a Senate seat in Minnesota? You betcha

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Rogers (pop. 7,000) is one of the more conservative towns in Minnesota, but that makes Al Franken just more excited to parade the hell out of the place. He's in a parking lot, standing near floats for a pro-life organization and two different Christian youth groups, and he is bouncing and clapping like Ali before a fight. Once he is given the signal to march, he's at it full force. When he catches someone looking him over, he throws both hands in the air, does a funny foot-flail-in-place thing, turns around and jogs across the street until he's in...

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