DOES ANY STATE THAT BROUGHT US AL FRANKEN DESERVE TO WIN?

As a kid, I did not know the state of Minnesota was so screwed up. I was content watching Fran Tarkenton with only Bill Brown and momentum on his side, stage comeback after comeback with only a minute or two remaining, only to see Green Bay or Chicago stroll down the field in a few seconds to defeat the Vikings. Norm Van Brocklyn football was the dirtiest form found in either league, and the huge number of penalties levied was proof that everyone knew it, yet I rooted the team named after my ancestors unflinchingly.

When Bud Grant came along with Joe Kapp in tow, everything changed. The Vikings cleaned up their game, drafted well, began trouncing the traditional bullies, and became the team everyone would choose to have escort them down a dark alley in a bad neighborhood. The only drawback was that referees still treated Minnesota as a dirty team even though they had become the cleanest in football and Norm Van Brocklyn was little more than a memory. The Vikings went to four Superbowls during their heyday and should have gone to a fifth, but back then, officials never let anything get in the way of America's team(Dallas Cowboys)and the big game.

By the time the championship game with Dallas came along, I figure I was alone among Vikings fans, wanting them to go to the Superbowl and lose it again. Back then I had concluded that the world would end before another team went five times without a victory, thus firmly establishing the Vikings in history. Even with the loss to Dallas, I thought there was little chance that any team would go four times without a victory even if the world does not end in 2012(thanks alot Broncos and Bills). Basically, the Vikings viewed each of their Superbowls as just another game, much like Democrats view the Constitution as just another piece of paper. Of course, being out-coached all four games was a factor as well.

This past season was a bit different. To hell with history, go to the Superbowl and win it, I thought, but this was not to be. Clearly, untold millions more will be wagered on the Saints/Colts game than would have come in on a Vikings/Colts game even if you don't count the millions of dollars that will be wagered by those who scammed FEMA following Katrina. And no telling how many people who could no more find Louisiana on a map than stand on their heads and spit rubber nickles will be risking future lottery winnings on the Saints.

I've supplied you with all of my past feeble-minded rationalizations so you can bear witness to what I hope will be my last. While I did not condemn Minnesota for electing Jesse Ventura, a man who clearly did a good job hiding his manic tendencies during his campaign for governor, but electing Al Franken, give me a #^$*ing break! While I'm confident that Franken actually lost by three to five hundred votes(a margin that no democrat hadn't the power to defraud) the fact that Franken received more than a few thousand votes from those that regularly call Minnesota asylums home, is unimaginable. So, because of this, I contend that the State of Minnesota did not deserve to have the better team win in New Orleans.