When was the last time you saw Franken quoted here as if he were some sort of insightful political guru, with an admonishment to the board to "Read the rest" as if without such coaching we'd only loo…
Miller is a comedian. His business is to entertain, not to enlighten. He writes and speaks to make money, not to influence political thinking. It's really in your best interests not to get that confused. The fact that he's doing some schtick involving Koffi Annan has absolutely zero meaning in the real world.
Don't get me wrong, I think Miller is often hilarious. He does a bit called "The Five Stages of Drunkeness," or something to that effect, that always slays me. But I never mistook it for a treatise on alcoholism.