re: #87 tradewind

The term Liberal has been hijacked. It used to denote a principled position, not a knee-jerk leftist.
If Al Franken’s really your idea of the ’ gold standard of liberalism ‘, then you were right to apologize first.

Actually I would agree with James on this. Franken is a policy wonk who isn’t afraid to call the right wing on their noxious crap. That’s what I want in Congress on either side. People who live and breathe policy and call the other side out when they’re being stupid.