A truly bizarre exchange on the Senate floor, and in my view, indicative of a Democrat caucus so divorced from democratic principles, that its become difficult for them to even maintain a pretense of deliberation.

I've always said that the left thinks free-speech is reserved solely for themselves, but its disturbing to see a U.S. senator shut-down someone he disagrees with by appealing to his authority as the Senator from Minnesota. It appears to have completely escaped his notice that Joe Lieberman is also a popularly elected Senator from a U.S. state--and he didn't need to stuff a ballot box to do it.

I've met a lot of nice people from Minnesota over the years, but the state has some of the weirdest politics in the country. I don't think there is anywhere else in the country that would elect a clearly disturbed individual like Al Franken to be a dogcatcher, much less a U.S. Senator.

Franken is not alone though. When McCain properly objects to an unprecedented abuse of power, Carl Levin quickly rises to defend the practice in the interest of legislative efficiency--meaning of course, to ram health-care legislation down the throats of Americans who clearly don't want it. This is Democrat party policy folks. The concentration camps can't be far behind.

On the other hand, its just hugely bad politics. If there is one guy the Democrats don't want to alienate, its Joe Lieberman, but apparently the freshly appointed neo-Nazi from Minnesota didn't get the memo. Look for Harry Reid to keep Franken away from the gavel.