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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 "