The Capital Times slobbers over Al Franken

Of course, I don't think there is anyone that would be surprised to hear that the Capital Times is rolling over like a puppy waiting for a belly rub from Al Franken, but I am a little surprised at the way they choose to do it. They open their editorial by lavishing their praise on the late Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone. That's fair. While I don't think there was ever an issue that I agreed with Wellstone on, the man had some substance, and I can grudgingly respect that. But then they transition to their Franken slobbering with this:

So it is that, like a great many Minnesotans, we are looking for a suitable replacement for Wellstone to stand against Coleman in the 2008 Senate race.

One of the most intriguing prospects, Al Franken, the comedian, author and social commentator, is in Madison today to present his Air America radio show. And we welcome him as an eminently suitable contender.

I find it odd that I, a conservative Republican, have to point this out, but the Capital Times is disgracing Wellstone by bringing him up in the same sentence as Al Franken. Franken may be as far to the left as Wellstone, but he is a buffoon who has no substance whatsoever. You can tell what position Franken has on any issue by looking at the biggest lefty conspiracy theory currently attached to the issue. Wellstone, dislike him or love him, was a leader on the left. Franken is follower, and seriously angry and disillusioned one at that. If Al Franken is the new Paul Wellstone, then we really are in the middle of a generation of Republican leadership in Washington because Franken couldn't hold Wellstone's jock strap.

(I know I'm going to get the "Wellstone sucked" comments. That really isn't the point here. The point is that Franken is an idiot)