Minnesota

You've got to love this state nestled in the northern netherland. Have they gone stark raving mad?

First, the city of Brooklyn Park (population 56,000) elected Jesse Ventura (born James George Janos) as it's City Council's mayor-at-large for a one year term.

Second, some political operative thought at first that it would be a good joke to get Jesse (who has an ego the size of my back porch) to buy into the idea of a run for the governor's office. Well history will reflect that the proud, hard-working citizens of the land of ten thousand lakes elected a larger than life buffoon named Jesse Ventura to be their chief executive.

For those Americans that may live in San Francisco, he was a former seal in our armed forces, but was mainly renowned for being a professional "rastler". He frequently paraded around in cute little boas, and basically acted like a fool. The crowd hated him. They knew this character as Jesse "The Body" Ventura.

Third, the good but seemingly myopic people of the great state of Minnesota recently threw out the incumbent Senator Norm Coleman (who did his duty in serving the hard-working people with honor and dedication between the years of 2003-2009.)

Fourth, the very astute and far-sighted people of the great state of Minnesota recently were dishonored when the high court thought that everything in the senatorial election was above board and that there was no reason for keeping Al Franken out of the senate. This courageous ruling was despite wide spread election shenanigans that would make O'Leary's cow in Chicago blush. The skullduggery included but was certainly not limited to finding and then counting ballots that had been placed in someone's automobile trunk for several days).

Al recently quipped ... that his actions will speak louder than his words. Well those people who have followed Franken's laughable career are ready to see his action, or inaction. Al Franken is without a single peer in the annals of senatoral history. He is the real deal; he is the full package; he is the full Monty. He is without a doubt the full and complete horse's buttocks.

The visionary people of the great state of Minnesota will now get what they so richly deserve.
We can all bless the silent majority (within the borders of Minnesota) who chose to stay home rather than exercise their right to vote. I'm quite certain that their food doesn't taste as good as it once did.

My final observation which may shed some light on this issue of voting for persons that are not qualified for historically honorable positions is this: maybe the people of Minnesota have decided that the exhalted position of Senator IS NO LONGER a position of honor! Ergo, then why not elect the tail end of a horse, or jackass to go to the senate and rub elbows with the likes of Teddy (drive your Chevy off a bridge in Chappaquiddick, and then go climb into a friend's parked car to sleep it off) Kennedy, Senator (please don't call me maam, I've worked hard to get where I am) Boxer, Dianne (as the head of the military appropriations/spending committee, lets funnel some contracts to my husband's firm) Feinstein; or Arlen ( oh yes a magical bullet could have done what we say it could, and Kennedy was assassinated by a lone gunman) Spector, or affectionately called Arlen Spectacle or Arlen Turncoat.

Maybe I see their point. If they truly believe that the Senate is a dishonorable place then why not Franken? Franken is going to show the country what many of us already know. However, the country and of course the people from the great state of Minnesota oftentimes need to have their nose rubbed in dog shit to know that it is dog shit.