Empty victory for a hollow man How Norm Coleman sold his soul for a Senate seat.

Salon.com ^ | Nov. 7, 2002 | By Garrison Keillor

[Doctor Raoul]

Well they won't have to feel it for long. NASDAY has called Dr. Kivorkian.

[victim soul]

Empty victory for a hollow man ... and I thought he was talking about Bill Clinton!!

[John Lenin]

Funny that he says nothing about Lautenburg. Pulling out old fossils from the democrat party almost worked. Coleman was justice for Lautenburg.

[Shooter 2.5]

Sex life? No, I don't recall anything like that.

We did have threads about perjury and lying to the American People if that's the one you're writing about.

[F.J. Mitchell]

"How did Lautenberg get into this discussion?"

How indeed ? Lautenberg is no more capable of back pedaling than he is of raising his body temp to match room temp on a cold winter day when the furnace is broke, or showing a heart beat during a cardiogram.

He just unconsiousely flowed to the Senate, like a t*rd to the septic tank when the commode has been flushed.

[Inkie]

Sounds like Garrison's kind of guy would be the one who made up his mind about everything at the age of 20 and never entertained another piece of information, lest he have to change it.

[Libertina]

Keillor has really become very political. It makes it increasingly difficult to enjoy Prairie Home Companion. I've heard that he even polarizes his live audiences by subjecting them to nasty anti-conservative/Bush comments. Not smart for an entertainer, and such a disappointment in so talented a man.

[Exigence]

Consider the source. And, to think, I once liked listening to this guy. But, like too many other liberals, he lost his ideas and now he just sounds shrill and didactic.

[Bedford Forrest]

"I went to Minnesota once to work. My Dad told me the good news was that Minnesota was home to some of the most feminine women in the world. The Bad news was it is home to the most feminine men in the world too. "

Right on. Ever notice what a tiny nose has ol' Garrison? I've heard it said that guys with such short noses sometimes have a problem with the ladies - course ol' Garrison is such a raging narcissist he probably doesn't care when the gals laugh at his collateral.

[redhead]

"Garrison is right about how small St. Paul is."

St. Paul is "small?" No. Montgomery MN is "small"--2400. I guess I'm just too provincial. I always thought St. Paul was pretty big. Of course, to me, 100,000 is big. Is this considered "small?"

[poindexter]

At least he wasn't singing.

[CARepubGal]

Garrison who?

[gremu]

Bump - to all those that are just now finding out what an idiot Keillor is.

[The Person]

Remember Keillor's story about slaughtering pigs (or was it chickens?). It was all about how solemn the occasion was; how there was no joking around; how unseemly joking would be for the solemn act of slaughtering animals; how it was a lost tradition; etc. His tones were those of high moral seriousness--the death of a living thing is no laughing matter.

He should re-listen to that old taped story and remind himself how decent, ordinary people act out of respect for death--even the death of an animal. The Democrats didn't even show the respect for Wellstone that the people Keillor grew up with (in Marine-on St.-Croix) would have shown for a pig or a chicken.

But what would you expect of a DFL?

Keillor should be ASHAMED of himself.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Thanks for posting this - a fascinating insight into the liberal mind.

I pick out this line:

To choose Coleman over Walter Mondale is one of those dumb low-rent mistakes, like going to a great steakhouse and ordering the tuna sandwich.

First, there is the breathtaking elitism. He literally thinks people are too "dumb" to make the right choice.

Beyond that, there is the complete absence of any acknowledgement of the importance of political philosophy. Even if what he said about Coleman were true, I would still have voted for him because I disagree so strongly with what Mondale stands for.

[Southack]

"By Garrison Keillor Nov. 7, 2002 | Norm Coleman won Minnesota because he was well-financed and well-packaged."

BZZZZT. No. Wrong answer (as usual, what else would any educated adult expect from ideologues). Norm Coleman won because he didn't dance on Senator Wellstone's grave at the memorial service while Mondale, Gore, Clinton, McAwful, Harkin, and Daschle did dance on said grave.

[MainFrame65]

"The man is funny, and I love his radio voice. "

He can be, when he is telling stories or doing skits on his show. But I have tried to read a couple of his books and they are uniformly neither interesting nor amusing. And bad to the point that I did not finish either one, a rare omission for me.

[mountainfolk]

Please define "everyone".

[NormsRevenge]

Norm Wins!!! WoeBeGone!

[mikeb704]

Written like a man who's given a few thou to Demos over the past few years.

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