Franken Goes

Al Franken just said that he is resigning in "the coming weeks".  Good!  I don't say that because Franken was a boor or a sexual harasser.  I say that because the departure of Franken from the Senate raises the political intelligence level of that body.  Anyone who ever listened to Al question a witness at a hearing understands that.  Just think of the question Al Franken asked of Jeff Sessions about meetings with Russians.  It was a rambling monologue with no clear question that left Sessions (and everyone else) a bit unclear what Franken was actually questioning.  It was also typical of the many questions of this sort that Franken has asked in committees over the years.  But it wasn't just Franken's inability to ask a coherent question that mattered.  It was also his problem with staying with the truth and even sticking to the realities that America faces.  It will be good to see him depart.

Normally, it would be customary to wish Franken well and thank him for his service.  For the man who allegedly only got to Congress in a hotly disputed election due to voter fraud in Minnesota, and for a man who accomplished absolutely nothing positive after many years in the Senate, however, all I can say to Franken is, "Don't let the door hit you in the rear on your way out."