{"id":34875,"date":"2013-03-07T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T18:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=34875"},"modified":"2013-03-07T09:41:38","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T15:41:38","slug":"al-franken-profile-in-courage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=34875","title":{"rendered":"Al Franken, Profile In Courage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not quite like Then-Senator <del>Messinger<\/del> Dayton closing his Senate office back in 2005 and fleeing to Minnesota, leaving his staff and the rest of Congress to toil away under threat of terrorist attack.<\/p>\n<p>But one wonders now a Minnesota native like Al Franken can show his face in public after his performance yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota&#8217;s junior Senator closed his office yesterday in the face of one of this season&#8217;s array of &#8220;Snowmageddons&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?attachment_id=34876\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34876\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-34876\" title=\"frankenclosed1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/frankenclosed1-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/frankenclosed1-1024x764.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/frankenclosed1-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/frankenclosed1-401x300.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>Lights out!<\/p>\n<p>And from what was Senator Franken protecting his staff?<\/p>\n<p>This bit of wet, icy hell outside:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?attachment_id=34878\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34878\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-34878\" title=\"frankenweather\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/frankenweather-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/frankenweather-1024x764.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/frankenweather-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/frankenweather-401x300.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<em>Politico\u00a0<\/em>reporter Byron Tau had photo of the sloppy carnage elsewhere in the District:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?attachment_id=34879\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34879\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-34879\" title=\"TauSnowmageddon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/TauSnowmageddon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/TauSnowmageddon.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/TauSnowmageddon-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Somehow, I doubt Norm Coleman would have closed his office for this.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not quite like Then-Senator Messinger Dayton closing his Senate office back in 2005 and fleeing to Minnesota, leaving his staff and the rest of Congress to toil away under threat of terrorist attack. But one wonders now a Minnesota native like Al Franken can show his face in public after his performance yesterday. 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