Minnesota U.S. Senate Race
From:
phædrus (Jason Goray)
Date:
Jun 17 18:34 UTC
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> Al can tell a joke, but he is for real; Al's working for Minnesota
> and a United States of America we can be proud of and not the tragic
> joke that Norm and his cronies have wrought from our once noble
> dreams and aspirations.
My biggest concern with Al Franken is that the sense I've gotten of
him I have is that he's the type to insult or belittle his political
opponents. As I don't belong to a political party, I haven't been
engaged enough in the DFL primary contests to have much more of a
passing-third-hand sense of the candidate, so I'll admit to possibly
being mistaken in my perception - chances are, it has been formed
based on his opponent's propaganda. The question is, is the
propaganda valid or not?
One of the traits I most respect about the Democrat's current
presumptive nominee for president is that he's shown a great deal of
willingness and ability to listen to his opposition and consider their
arguments with as open of a mind as one would want (one doesn't want a
politician's mind so open that it lacks any courage or conviction).
I have no wish to support anyone for political office who is more
interested in party politics, hurling insults or shouting slogans than
listening to arguments and employing rational and reasoned debate. I
prefer someone who is more at home facing a reasoned opposition than
they are sitting in an echo chamber.
I'm interested in people's impressions of Franken in this regard -
preferably impressions with the support of some degree of evidence.
- phadrus (jason.goray), Minneapolis
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