Politics and religion.

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You tried to minimise, and possibly insult, Mr Murphy's accomplishments by calling him a "song and dance man" when he was clearly much more. Where as Mr Franken is first and fore most a very talented satirical comedian, comentator, and writer. Ild include politician to that list but Ill wait and see how his satire helps his new career. I do have to commend Franken for his work with the USO over the last 10 years.

Where did I say that being a song-and-dance man was a bad thing?

You asked the question whether it was sad or ironic that a comedian is now a senator - (I would consider that to be just as minimizing/insulting as you seem to imply I have been toward Senator Murphy).

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Where did I say that being a song-and-dance man was a bad thing?

You asked the question whether it was sad or ironic that a comedian is now a senator - (I would consider that to be just as minimizing/insulting as you seem to imply I have been toward Senator Murphy).

You didnt answer the question though, you redirected then like you are redirecting now.

ETA: TO answer my own question I think its ironic as most politicians are a joke, and Franken might actually do a better job then most of them.

Jello Biafra once ran against [EDIT]Quentin Kopp[/EDIT].

His platform included unconventional points such as forcing businessmen to wear clown suits within city limits, erecting statues of Dan White all over town and allowing the parks department to sell eggs and tomatoes with which people could pelt them, and a citywide ban on cars (although the latter point was not considered abnormal by many voters at the time, as the city was suffering from serious pollution problems). Biafra has expressed irritation that these parts of his platform attained such notoriety, preferring instead to be remembered for serious proposals such as legalizing squatting in vacant, tax-delinquent buildings and requiring police officers to keep their jobs by running for election voted on by the people of the neighborhoods they patrol.