The first line of the Jimi Hendrix song goes “If you can just get your mind together”.

It looks like Amanda Terkel of ThinkProgress couldn’t, when she wrote:

Franken has had experience with the filibuster dating back to before he was even seated as a U.S. senator. As Republicans attempted to drag out the recount process in Minnesota (even though it became clear that Franken was the winner of the election), the GOP promised to filibuster any attempt to seat Franken early.

He “has had experience with the filibuster” because Republicans “promised to filibuster any attempt to seat Franken early” (even though no filibuster actually ensued)?

By that kind of logic, you lose your virginity the first time someone promises to have sex with you. Not being an expert on this kind of logic, I cannot say for sure, but it may also be possible to lose your virginity multiple times.

Besides, I’m still struggling to understand why seeing Mr. Smith Goes to Washington at an impressionable age — as Al Franken undoubtedly did — doesn’t count as having had experience with the filibuster.