[MattAMiller]

What exactly was the joke here? Was it just some "let's laugh at the squares" sort of thing?

I know Franken has become a conservative whipping boy, but he can be a funny guy. I would have thought this juvenile stuff was beneath him.

[Greg Luzinski]

I'd call Franken more "clever" than "funny" (with obvious exceptions like the "Trading Places" gorilla scenes). I'm reading the book, and (despite my right-leaning politics), it's pretty good. To tell the truth, I don't know how Ann Coulter can defend herself against the examples he cites (remember that conservatives aid the Al Frankens when we act in ways we should not).

Anyhow, I'd like to think that anyone in a position as important as Ashcroft's would be clued-in enough to recognize the text of Franken's letter as obviously not serious.