PHOTOS It's Smile Time: Senator Al.

[Jackeens]

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Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn, poses with Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn, and former Vice President Walter Mondale after his ceremonial swearing-in

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[polichick]

1. A long-awaited and GLORIOUS sight! nt

[Pacifist Patriot]

2. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!

[SCantiGOP]

3. don't show this to O'Reilly

it could be considered assault and battery. On second thought, I'd like to sear the image into his tiny little brain.

[Cha]

4. Congratulations Senator Franken..

I get a sense that he has a really sweet wife.

[alsame]

9. I briefly worked with Franni in the early 80s. She was

very pregnant at the time and left soon after I arrived for an internship. But I remember her being very nice and very funny (no surprise!)

[Cha]

10. I saw her smiling and communicating

with her eyes at the presser after coleman conceded..and her standing next to Senator Franken now.

That's pretty cool that Franken has someone like her by his side..he's a lucky dawg!

[alsame]

11. I predict she will be among the most well-liked of the

Congressional spouses! :-)

[Cha]

12. I hear

ya!:)

[Eric J in MN]

5. Walter Mondale was the replacement candidate when Norm Coleman...

...won his one US Senate term in 2002 (Senator Paul Wellstone died right before the election).

[hileeopnyn8d]

6. WoooHoooo!

That's so good to see!

Walter Mondale looks pretty good, I had to look up his age when I saw the telltale gigantic old guy glasses.

Born in 1928, same age as my Dad, who passed last year. :(

My Mom somehow managed to convince my Dad to abandon the oversized glasses for a pair a little smaller. I have a pair of his larger frames, they make me smile, I used to tease him so much about those glasses. He didn't care, father of girls (west wing episode) he was used to it.

Okay, back to Senator Al Franken!

[flakey_foont]

7. Thanks for posting these

[midnight]

8. They saved the best for last. Welcome Sen. Franken.

[Kahuna]

13. Wonderful! Another great photo thread, Jackeens!

:loveya:

[LynneSin]

14. I love #5 - Two legendary dems posing with 2 rising stars in the party

:clap:

[Lifelong Protester]

25. My fave and my thoughts exactly!

[Jennicut]

33. I love that one too. Franken is one of the happiest people to be in the Senate

right now, for sure. :)

[tilsammans]

15. Wow! A feel-good moment.

Thanks, Jackeens! :yourock:

[calimary]

16. Love it, Love it, LOVE it! The Next Al Franken Decade finally begins!!!!!

SWEET!!!! Thanks for posting, Jackeens!!!!

:toast:

[myrna minx]

17. We have Wellstone's seat back - and Al will blaze his own trail too.

:cry: This is so moving for me.

[Aristus]

18. What book did he swear his oath on? Senator Franken is Jewish, right?

I wonder if it's the Torah or a Hebrew book of prayer. Or a book of law, maybe? Just curious, but really, who cares? Welcome to the Senate, Senator Franken!!! :woohoo:

[NYCGirl]

21. I read on another thread that it was a bible (Old Testament), owned by Paul Wellstone.

[Aristus]

22. Cool!

R.I.P. Mr. Wellstone... :patriot:

[Jennicut]

32. Yes, it was Wellstone's bible

Love that Al.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

27. "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot: And Other Observations"

Or not. :P

[blogslut]

19. Yes! K&R!

Dancey dance dancing!

[NYCGirl]

20. Thank you so much. What a glorious sight! Al worked so hard for this, and he's

going to be a brilliant Senator!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

23. Rock on, Al and Frannie!!

Damn, I voted for Mondale back in the day, for VP!

Did I get old?

[Wednesdays]

24. K&R

:kick:

[Sugarcoated]

26. Seeing this thread is a great way to end my day

I love Al.

Suck it Repubs!

[Orsino]

28. The Republicans are aghast at a comedian being seated in the Senate.

I'm aghast that the Senate has descended so far into ruin that a comedian has become the Senate's last, best hope.

Go, Al!

[blackbooks]

29. Blessed are the cracked

for they shall let in the light. -Spike Milligan

[blackbooks]

30. With Klobuchar and Franken in the Senate

And Ellison and Walz in the House, Minnesota has some pretty impressive -- and young -- legislative depth. It's like seeing a team full of rookies who you know are going to be hall of famers.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

31. Awwww!! I love this guy

cute, funny, integrity and damn frikken SMART!

[MoonRiver]

34. SWEET!!

:loveya: AL!!! :bounce::woohoo::bounce:

[babylonsister]

35. Awww, thanks! Warms my heart, finally! nt