By: Anne Schroeder Mullins

RedState.com picked up on a Politico story about Al Franken saying he’s "cautiously optismistic."

But RedState points out:

In Al Franken’s 2005 book, "The Truth (With Jokes)", Franken aptly defines the term "cautiously optimistic" with this blurb:

Cautiously optimistic? That’s not good. That’s an optimist’s way of saying, “We’re screwed.” I’ve instructed my wife that if a doctor ever tells her that he’s “cautiously optimistic” about my test results, she is to pull the plug immediately. (Source: “The Truth (With Jokes)”, p. 12)

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