[Heff]

The guy is a Brooklyn boy who became a left-wing student radical at Hofstra University with hair down to his shoulders, organized antiwar marches, said vile things about Richard Nixon, etc

Wasn't it Churchill who said, (paraphrasing a bit here) "Show me a man younger than 25 who is not a liberal, and I'll show you a man with no heart. Show me a man that is older that 35 that is not a Conservative, and I'll show you a man with no brains".

Norm, you are forgiven. We are glad yo came to your senses!

[correctthought]

I guess I didn't have a heart

[stands2reason]

No, I guess all of us former college lefties weren't supposed to grow up.

[mel]

You are absolutely on target there, and to show you how stupid we can be when we were young, I can remember listening to Prairie Home Companion. I was really young and foolish. Now, he repulses me

[GUIDO]

The guy is a Brooklyn boy who became a left-wing student radical at Hofstra University with hair down to his shoulders, organized antiwar marches, said vile things about Richard Nixon, etc

Wasn't it Churchill who said, (paraphrasing a bit here) "Show me a man younger than 25 who is not a liberal, and I'll show you a man with no heart. Show me a man that is older that 35 that is not a Conservative, and I'll show you a man with no brains".

Norm, you are forgiven. We are glad yo came to your senses!

My sentiments exactly. I was also lost but now I am found. For awhile there I thought he was talking about me. hehehehe Hey, been there done that, you know. But believe me having children, buying a home, paying taxes, insurance, electricity and water bills, etc.. certainly WAKE YOU UP. So this guy needs to GROW UP!!!

[Howlin]

Heck, I said vile things about Richard Nixon, didn't you?

[algop.com]

A popular myth - Churchill never said anything like that, and in fact his political journey was in the opposite direction.

[ladydem]

I attended Hofstra at the same time as Norm Coleman and knew him fairly well. He WAS a leftist, but was never really willing to follow through on anything difficult (like real student activism) as he was always afraid that if he got arrested, it would hinder his future plans to be a lawyer and politician. Frankly, we all used to laugh at that, as it was obvious that reputation was more important to him than values.