North Korean style rhetoric

Sen. Al Franken has hired an aide. The Republican response?

"This is another shameful episode of disenfranchising voters from Al Franken, and his disrespect for the constitutional rights of all citizens. While the due process and equal protection rights of our fellow citizens are being denied, Al Franken is determined to thumb his nose at the Minnesota Supreme Court," [State GOP chair Ron Carey] said in a statement.

Kim Jong Il would be so proud.