Comments on: Minnesota gay groups give Franken high marks

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:18:13 +0000

Wellstone is dead, so he matters even less now than he did as a loser senator. Still he was less an embarassment than Al. Al still cracks me up though. He’s hilarious. But lately seems Reid has him hidden in the closet.

By: checatzo

checatzo — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:48:09 +0000

all that really says is he “wonders” if he did the right thing. I see no apology for that vote, nor a concrete statement that he thought he did the wrong thing.

By: Paul Schmelzer

Paul Schmelzer — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:27:40 +0000

Of course, Wellstone later wrote that he was sorry about that vote:

When Sheila and I attended a Minnesota memorial service for Matthew Shepard, I though to myself, "Have I taken a position that contributed to a climate of hatred?" Of course, I had never believed this when I voted for [Defense of Marriage Act, an effort to prohibit same-sex marriage.] But if you deny people who are in a stable, loving relationship the right to marry, do you deny them their humanity? I still wonder if I did the right thing.

By: checatzo

checatzo — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:18:36 +0000

lest we not forget that the “great” Paul Wellstone was NOT pro-equality. He voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, thus giving every DFLer cover for supporting bigoted policies.

By: katahdin

katahdin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:05:30 +0000

I wish Al Franken was my senator. He’s truly one of the good guys. It’s great that the odious stench of Norm Coleman has been cleansed from the seat of the great Paul Wellstone.

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:31:45 +0000

Just one more reason why I voted for him.

By: Progressively Queer

Progressively Queer — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:04:09 +0000

I’m glad Sen. Franken is on our side. ^_^ Keep up the good work, Sen. Franken!