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So there you have it. No hard proof about a zipper problem, but I've heard enough, and from credible people, to know that it is probably true. Their marriage is unconventional, at best, but again I wouldn't be surprised to hear that it is actually Clintonian in nature. Sorry to disappoint.

Thank you for your post which I took to be an attempt to outline the facts as you know them. It was complete in this respect and it acknowledges that you have "no hard proof" Let's compare Keillor:

Norm got a free ride from the press. St. Paul is a small town and anybody who hangs around the St. Paul Grill knows about Norm's habits. Everyone knows that his family situation is, shall we say, very interesting, but nobody bothered to ask about it, least of all the religious people in the Republican Party. They made their peace with hypocrisy long ago. So this false knight made his way as an all-purpose feel-good candidate, standing for vaguely Republican values, supporting the president.

Keillor has something to insinuate but nothing to allege "his family situation, shall we say is very interesting". What the hell is that supposed to mean? He has no proof but, rather than acknowledge that omission, he blames its absence on "religious people in the Republican Party" who are "hypocrites" for not "asking about it" and presumably providing the proof which he assures us "everyone knows" anyway.

This is a vicious kind of smear made all the more malevolent because Keillor has marketed himself as such a folksy down home way which dissarms critical analysis by unsuspecting listeners to his publicly supported radio program. His reference to "religious people in the Republilcan Party" borders on despicable anti - christian religious bigotry and should not be condoned.

Keillor is an unfortunate example of the mean spiritedness to which his pary has descended. Shame on NPR.

St. Paul is a small town and anybody who hangs around the St. Paul Grill knows about Norm's habits. Everyone knows that his family situation is, shall we say, very interesting, but nobody bothered to ask about it, least of all the religious people in the Republican Party.

Hard as it may be to believe, it is actually possible, even in today's world of loose morals, to be seen eating in a restaurant with a woman not your wife, while your wife is out of town, and to not be dishonoring your spouse. I am blessed that my wife does not jump to dirty conclusions are Keillor does. It would be gross and disgusting for the "Republican Party" to "ask about" Coleman's "family situation."

However, this won't stop me from listening to APHC on the car radio. It sure beats the rest of radio nowadays.

I try to keep in the habit of asking myself why someone has written any article that I have just read. What point was the author trying to make, and why did the author think it was important to make that point?

In the case of this screed by Keillor, I read it and could conclude only that Keillor is a bitter little man. He had no point to make - - he just wanted to slime somebody.