Comments on: Begich begs, so Franken adds Alaska, Hawaii to his freehand map of the USA

By: Al Franken Adds Hawaii and Alaska to his GeoTrick : Geo Lounge – All things geography

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:34:57 +0000

[...] Minnesota Independent reports on correspondence between Senators Al Franken and Mark Begich (D-Alaska). Begich pleaded with Franken to added Alaska and Hawaii to his freehand drawing of the [...]

By: Jiggle

Jiggle — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:29:38 +0000

Not to nitpick a brilliant map (I can barely draw my own home state), alas, Arkansas and Kentucky do not share a border.

By: Ed Bradly

Ed Bradly — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:06:21 +0000

The “Bitter Quitter Governor”. I may borrow that if you don’t mind.

By: Jan Flora

Jan Flora — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:25:46 +0000

Senator Al Franken (gawd, it feels good to write that) is a wonderful asset to the US Senate. I’m sure glad he prevailed. I’m proud of you Minnesotans for having the good sense to elect such fine senators. And I’m really happy that my Junior Senator, Mark Begich, browbeat Sen. Franken into including the 49th state, Alaska, (January 3, 1959) and the 50th state, Hawaii, (August 21, 1959) into his totally cool map of the United States.

Could you guys do everyone a favor and run Michelle Bachmann off? She’s almost as looney as our Bitter Quitter Governor and just as dangerous. — Kudos from Homer, Alaska

By: D Koski

D Koski — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:49:26 +0000

Great article. I sure am proud and happy to have Franken as my Senator.
Over time even the most hardened Franken hater will warm up to him. Maybe.

By: CestWhat

CestWhat — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:04:13 +0000

There are two funny poll results. In Utah, the most solidly Republican state in the Union but also the most white, 9% of self-identified Republican didn’t believe or had doubts Barack Obama was born in the United States.

While in North Carolina, which Barack Obama won about also have much larger non-White population, 9% of Republicans didn’t believe or had doubts that Hawaii is part of the United States.

I’m not sure what to do with that, but it’s odd, right?

By: mobedda

mobedda — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:57:13 +0000

@ Eric F.: Yeah, can’t fix dumb. Having an operational sense of humor is crucial to not failing life.

By: Typical Wingnut

Typical Wingnut — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:25:07 +0000

“It wasn’t until years later, sometime in the early to middle sixties, I believe, that Hawaii and Alaska became full-fledged members of the union. Please know that I have assigned a staffer to get me the hard data on this.”

Good God! This means Obama isn’t a citizen! Even Al Franken admits it!

By: Eric Ferguson

Eric Ferguson — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:02:39 +0000

Please tell me there aren’t people out there who think Franken really doesn’t know. The bit about a staffer researching it should be a giveaway that he’s kidding.

Right after I wrote that last sentence, I followed the link to Politico and yes, at least one commenter thought they needed to correct him.