Rise, Fall…

By Andrew Belonsky September 10, 2008 at 8:34am

Saturday Night Live alum Al Franken won the Senatorial primary in Minnesota. Meanwhile, former Real World star Kevin Powell lost his Congressional primary here in New York. [Yahoo!]

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3 Comments*

Alacer

It’s a good day for politics when Al Franken moves ahead in the political sphere.

September 10, 2008 at 10:12am
seitan-on-a-stick

Don’t really get the Queerty relevance of Kevin Powell because Towns is not homophobic. Is it just that Queerty’s level of intellect is Reality TV? Al Franken is the true Maverick!

September 10, 2008 at 12:13pm
greybat

I do love Al Franken….perphaps we could start discussing Al as our candidate (or perhaps first laddie?) in 2012?

September 10, 2008 at 2:06pm

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