Word: frankener
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...unclear what exactly Franken is ridiculing in this political satire, but the results are certainly funny. The book's 289 pages chronicle Franken's fictitious run for the democratic presidential nomination in 2000. He hires Norm Ornstein (fellow at the American Enterprise Institute), Dick Morris (political consultant) and Dan Haggerty (Grizzly Adams) to build a highly successful campaign around eliminating ATM fees. Perhaps he's mocking the American voter, or the election system, or even himself. Whatever his point, doggonit, it's sharper than making fun of 12-step gurus...
...hope to see Jim Siegelman ['73], who blackballed me, shake his hand--and ask him if he's still writing obscure books on cults," Franken jokes...
...loved it here," Franken says. "I talk to a lot of my classmates all the time. They're friends for life...
While he's here, Franken says he will be searching the crowds for the 1973 editor of the Lampoon...
Siegelman says it is "tempting to retaliate" but declined to comment on Franken's challenge...