Originally Posted By skinnerbox One of my fave American humorists, Garrison Keillor, is stumping for Democrat challenger to Bachmann, Tarryl Clark: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/30/garrison-keillor-michele-bachmann-embarrassing_n_746083.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...083.html</a> "Legendary humorist and radio host Garrison Keillor has come out swinging against Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) in her campaign for reelection, calling Bachmann "embarrassing to me and a great many Minnesotans" in a letter disseminated by the campaign of her opponent, Democrat Tarryl Clark. Tea party favorite Bachmann, who infamously suggested in the run up to her 2008 reelection that the media investigate whether members of Congress are "pro-American or anti-American," has spent too much time pontificating on similar issues and not enough time working on behalf of her constituents, Keillor charged. "It's embarrassing to me and a great many Minnesotans that Michele Bachmann, a politician who is so busy grandstanding and giving interviews on Fox News that she doesn't have time to serve the people who elected her, represents the 6th District in Washington," wrote Keillor, the longtime host of radio show "A Prairie Home Companion," who says his fictional Minnesota town of Lake Wobegon falls squarely within Bachmann's district. "Minnesota's 6th District has some of the highest foreclosure and unemployment rates in the state, but in an interview with the St. Cloud Times, Congresswoman Bachmann was unable to name any "substantive" legislation she had passed," Keillor added."
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Good for him! The funny thing about him, and his show, was that it's very popular in conservative, Evangelical and Fundamentalist households. I grew up in one, and we always listened to the show. It's like how "The Sound of Music" is the epitome of family entertainment in those circles. Maybe those people who didn't know or care about Garrison Keillor's political leanings, will now listen to him...I hope.
Originally Posted By DAR Humorists always strike me as being not particularly LOL funny but more like Ha Huh.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Yeah, I'll agree with you, DAR. I think that's the polite way of defining the difference between "comedian" and "humorist". One makes you LOL, and the other makes you chuckle & possibly think.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I'd be embarassed to call myself a "Minnesotan". Was that the best they could come up with?
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "It could be worse you could be a Cheesehead." DA BEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Okay, now we have a "hate-off" to figure out if SPP or DAR hates the Vikings more. Back OT, I'm glad someone with some local MN visibility stood up and said that Bachmann is the embarrassment that she is. I was always amazed she got elected from MN in the first place, though I admit I don't know much about that particular district.
