Okay, I’ll admit it: when Al Franken was finally announced as the winner in that clusterfuck of a Minnesota Senate race last year, I was skeptical. I mean, the U.S. Senate is filled with Herculean incompetents. Hell, some of them can barely wipe their own ass and remain lucid during a ten-minute speech (I’m looking at you Robert Byrd!), but something about Franken’s election just seemed so ridiculously laughable to me. Nowhere near as laughable as Minnesota electing an ex-pro wrestler as its governor, but still, very laughable. But with each passing day Franken is becoming perhaps my favorite person in the entire dysfunctional body. Case in point: this complete evisceration of a conservative think tank person who made the claim that universal health care would lead to an increased number of personal bankruptcies.
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I agree, Senator Franken is no pushover. He really knows his facts and statistics and is quick to stand up to the opposition when challenged. Did you notice how forlorn that woman looked by the end of that exchange? She knew she lost that argument!