The peculiar string of events in the past decade or so is really something to behold in thoughtful retrospection.   What just happened?  If, ten years ago, Hollywood put these events in a movie, no one would believe it.  The past brief era portrayed in cinematic form would be a bizarre fiction in want of a new categorical description. The trigger event of this brief piece was the “short bench” of the Democratic Party candidates for the next presidential cycle.  Al Franken, the narrowly elected senator from Minnesota is amongst those mentioned.  Look how far we have come, or is it how far we have gone. The millennials who harvest their political knowledge from Saturday Night Live would understand and welcome the thought that this formally entertaining show would be the bullpen for the Democrats. And you couldn’t put this in a movie and have people believe it.  Which one of these persons is adored, and which one is reviled...(Read Full Post)