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The First
Jewish President?
He's good enough,
he's smart enough, and
doggone it, we like
him. So why shouldn't
he be president? Why
not, indeed.
If you're a political
junkie and tired of the
truth-is-stranger-than-fic-
tion shenanigans of the
past year, you may want
to get your laughs from
the make-believe, but still
hilarious, rise and dizzy-
ing fall of the Al Franken
presidency. Franken, of
course, is the comedian
who first made his mark
on network television on
"Saturday Night Live."
He is the best-selling
author of Rush Limbaugh
Al Franken: His campaign pledge? Eliminate ATM fees.
looked at them, I said to myself, 'Hey,
I can do that!' "
Is a Big Fat Idiot.
The anti-Semitism in Christhaven
He traces his path to becoming
was as plain as the swastika on my
the first Jewish president of the
forehead," says Franken of an incident
United States in his political satire
that happened in grade school. As the
Why Not Me? The Inside Story of the
little boy scrubbed the Magic Marker
Making and Unmaking of the Franken
from his forehead, he
Presidency (Delacorte Press; 523.95).
swore that he would not
Using personal cam-
let "small-minded bigotry
paign diaries, confiden-
or widespread prejudice"
tial staff memos, press
stop him from fulfilling
clippings and media
his destiny.
transcripts, Franken pre-
"I wouldn't restrict my
sents a tongue-in-cheek
sights to the traditional
account.orthe process
'Jewish' professions of
of becoming the leader
medicine, law, accounting
of "the world's only
and dentistry. I would
remaining superpower."
The iris e tory of the
Making an 'Unmaking
make my mark in a sphere
Born the "son of the son
cif the Franken Presidency •*:...s
of endeavor previously
of immigrants and the
regarded as off-limits to my
son of a daughter of a
people: show business.
son and daughter of
As the first Jewish presi- ,
immigrants" in
dent of the United States,
Christhaven, Minn.,
he
writes,
"...I
will have demolished a
Franken, the character, lampoons the
stereotype:
that
a Jew lacks what it
Beltway mentality almost as well as the
takes to be president. That we're too
real players skewer themselves.
insecure, too guilt-ridden, too obsessed
In the first chapter, "Daring to
with food and eating. All the lies that
Lead," the authorized campaign auto-
have been used to suppress us ever
biography, Franken reflects on the
since we made the mistake of killing
influences that inspired his presiden-
Jesus
Christ."
tial run: the Franken family tradition
VOWS to battle anti-
Franken
of public service which began when
Semitism in all its forms, whether it be
Uncle Ntoishe left his village in Russia;
manger scenes or movie theaters that
his own personal pledge to leave
stay open after sundown on Friday
behind a better planet for his children;
night. That, he says, "is the legacy of
and the examples of recent candidates
Herman Franken," his dad. "Herman
Lamar Alexander, Ross Perot, Alan
taught his son that he could be any-
Keyes and Morn , Taylor. "When I
"