Al Franken swung by campus today. As did the Governor. And some other semi-important folks, all for a college dems convention. Yeah, I don't know what's up with that either. But the Gov and ex-Gov are both at the Bow' a lot. And I think the Governor declared today as College Dems day? Honestly, I had no idea what was going on during his Franken introduction. Though I had to work out to stifle violent laughter when he commended the College Dems on their work with Habitat for Humanity. If I recall correctly, last year they kept on trying to bump out a group of our volunteers so they could volunteer during convention weekend. And this year, they definitely didn't work with us. So maybe they're the lying liars telling the lies? Franken was all right. The standing ovation he got definitely wasn't the same as the one Paul Rusesabagina got, but hey, not everyone can save their countrymen from genocide. I was looking for him to be funnier and less political- not because I don't like his politics, but because I was sick of agreeing with him. I didn't want to smile snidely as he told me how the government is wrong, I wanted him to be hilarious. He did draw one huge laugh though, when he was talking about how his trial (sued by FOX News) was so ludicrous that folks in the courtroom were peeing from laughter, and peeing so much that they needed to lay down plastic sheeting. Consider the past week's events, the pee joke was especially amusing.
Gov: You know Al, we do this so often (referring to how often he has introduced Franken lately), I could go on tour with you.
(Pauses for a second and turns to Franken, expecting laughter from the audience.)
Al Franken: (Waits for Gov to turn back to the audience, then just shakes his head, mouthing 'no.')
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