The prospect of Al Franken as a United States Senator worried many, not only because he had no qualifications for the job but because he is temperamentally unsuited to high office. A bitter, angry man, Franken has a long history of confrontations and fisticuffs. He hasn't yet made much of an impression in Washington, but on Thursday his hostile, hyper-partisan temperament was on display.
The Senate Democrats invited Boone Pickens to address their weekly policy lunch on the subject of energy. With one exception, the Democrats treated their guests politely. The exception, of course, was Franken... |