It's pretty easy to appear to be witty by cococting misinformation to set up your punchlines. The funniest things, to me, are true. I'm sure Franken was out of his depth, if you say so, but Limbaugh will not even try to hold his own with anyone, he must control the whole court. I feel confident even an average guy like me would kill him in a head to head. So what. I'd rather read an essayist who'd done some real homework. There has always been a radio guy in Limbaugh's vein, even before there was radio, I'm pretty sure. Like pidgeons, when one goes, another takes the spot. I've seen and heard him and don't see the great wit--found it boring and depressing, but not entirely without a sad fascination. Franken does alright, sometimes, but has a juvenile streak that doesn't always work for me. The best political humour doesn't have an agenda, crackpot or otherwise.