We cats are sad to see Al Franken leave the Senate. Every time we start to fume that he got railroaded — Roger Stone's fingerprints are all over this one — we remind ourselves of that photo on the plane coming back from the Middle East. We love Al, but we would not have liked to have been the woman in that photo, and we've already said as much.
That said, with the mantle of the US Senate off him come January 2, we're hopeful that not only will Al Franken not go away, we'll see a new Al, unleashed. Unlike the last eight years, he won't have a staff warning him, "Okay, that's for inside the car." For Al Franken, everything will be outside the car. Which could be a good thing.
His farewell speech today reminded us that we need his voice now more than ever. Note to Senator Franken: Think about new ways to use that voice. Just no more silly pictures, okay? We cats PURR.
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