Posted on 03/16/2011 8:34:26 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
When Republican Rand Paul was elected to the Senate in November, he received a congratulatory call from an unexpected source: U.S. Sen. Al Franken.
That 30-minute phone call -- the only one Paul received from a Democrat after Election Day -- has sparked an unlikely friendship between the Kentucky Tea Party conservative and an unapologetic Minnesota liberal. Franken attended Paul's party after he was sworn in as a senator, and Paul asked Franken to be his Democratic Senate mentor.
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Thanks.
I probably would have seen that....
...if I watched Letterman.
;-)
Bingo. Yours is the only post so far that correctly explains the weird Franken and supposed conservative Rand Paul alliance. The two Pauls, like father like son.
Libertarian IS NOT Conservative.
Shrug, no different than Conservatives joining Libs to grow gov't to keep us safe.
I'll take a Libertarian over a compassionate conservative.
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) recalls his close personal friendship with Ted Kennedy.
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