He’s not my senator any more than Barack is your President.
Look, you’re the one who’s portraying my state to be something that historically it really isn’t. We unfortunately keep giving our Presidential electoral votes to Democrats and we conservatives here are trying to change that.
But if you look at the record you’ll see that Minnesota elects candidates of many different political stripes. Would I like to see us elect all conservatives (or nearly all conservatives, since you still have Austin) like you folks in Texas? Sure.
But judging us for Franken is like us judging you for Sheila Jackson Lee. And you don’t see me doing that.
I understand your angst...but you appear to think just because you and a minority of your state prefer that Minnesota would be a conservative state that it is, the simple facts are it is not. Just stating that it has a majority of republicans doesn’t say much for conservatism since we all know all republicans are not forged from the same conservative metal. I’ll give you it is probably better than it use to be but it is not conservative by a long shot!!!! And you are spot on about Austin....even we have our crosses to bear. And like Franken I consider Sheila Jackson Lee a great embarrassment....but she was elected in a black minority neighborhood....not by more than half the state...so your analogy breaks down.