Video: Lanny Davis and little green men
posted at 1:50 pm on November 12, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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Yesterday, my good friend and NARN colleague John Hinderaker of Power Line appeared on Hannity & Colmes to square off against former Clinton lawyer Lanny Davis about the election shenanigans in Minnesota’s Senate race. For some reason, Davis appears obsessed with Martians as he attempts to dismiss concerns about the odd changes in vote totals for Norm Coleman and Al Franken over the past few days:
Davis wants to paint all questions about the tabulation and transmission process as a belief in little green men. Did Davis treat them so cavalierly in 2000, when Florida had didn’t have troubles in reporting its vote? I don’t recall Lanny Davis sitting quietly, laughing at Democratic objections to ballots designed by Democrats and invoking Marvin the Martian on national television.
The allegation that all of these changes fall within the statistical expectations of error is simply erroneous. As John points out, that would require the changes to exhibit roughly the same characteristics as the total vote itself. Instead, all of the “corrections” went inexorably in one direction. How likely is it in a 42/42/18 race that 100% of the changes favor one candidate?
Given the failures that we’ve already seen — including a massive failure in county that holds almost 25% of Minnesota’s population — it doesn’t take a faith in little green men to wonder whether we’re seeing a corruption of the process.
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Yes, I concur. We must look to Martians to understand the vote tabulations in the Coleman/Franken race. Reasoned explanations are no good. It’s Martians.
Paul-Cincy on November 12, 2008 at 1:54 PM
Lanny Davis embodies SLIMY LAWYER.
marklmail on November 12, 2008 at 1:57 PM
I saw this last night and wanted to climb through the TV and grab Lanny by the collar and say…”Say my collegues blog one more time…”
portlandon on November 12, 2008 at 1:57 PM
“Doo dee doo doo, doo dee doo doo…”
“Picture if you will…”
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on November 12, 2008 at 1:58 PM
OT: Everybody go to http://www.blogtext.org/naturalborncitizen/
The NJ case to make the Sec of State certify the eligibility of the candidates as per state law is being sabotaged by Stay Clerk, Danny Bickel. He mislabeled the case so it won’t be sent to Justice Clarece Thomas.
We need to write to Justice Thomas and Chief Justice Roberts ASAP. PLEASE do this. The Constitutional definition of “natural-born” as per US v Rhodes is a person who has never owed allegiance to another country. Has nothing to do with Obama’s birth certificate. Has everything to do with his dual citizenship.
PLEASE, PLEASE go to that site and then write. My letters are in the mail right now.
Thanks!
justincase on November 12, 2008 at 1:59 PM
wont watch anything with that schmuck (davis) on it…period…
twiggman on November 12, 2008 at 1:59 PM
If you didn’t vote for Franken, you’re a racist.
Bishop on November 12, 2008 at 1:59 PM
All that time he spent with Bill and Hillary has fried his brain.
Poor man…
kingsjester on November 12, 2008 at 2:01 PM
According to the Federation Encyclopedia….
Limerick on November 12, 2008 at 2:01 PM
Exactly … I can’t watch the dude
he is like Carl Cameron in terms of his rodent rating
joey24007 on November 12, 2008 at 2:02 PM
Franken and Davis have a direct line to the men from Mars. They just can not identify their sources. Someone is filling in ballots for Franken and came up just short and they are trying to catch up as much as possible.
jerseyman on November 12, 2008 at 2:02 PM
Seeing Martians? That’s a side effect from the Obama Kool-aid.
DJ from MA on November 12, 2008 at 2:03 PM
I think the little green men stole away with Lanny’s brain.
HornetSting on November 12, 2008 at 2:05 PM
And if you did, you’re an idiot.
Can’t win.
HornetSting on November 12, 2008 at 2:06 PM
What are we going to do about this stuff? This can’t stand. We went through it in Washington state, and they are pulling the exact same thing in Minnesota – it’s a blatant power grab.
Part of the problem is that Republicans don’t fight back with any real vigor, and we are losing our voice. What can we do now? Take to the streets?
capitalist piglet on November 12, 2008 at 2:08 PM
Lanny Davis is a inspiration…….because if a complete dolt like him can be successful, then there is tremendous hope for me!
AZDREAMER on November 12, 2008 at 2:10 PM
Hornetsting -
The Troll we spoke of yesterday was banned by Ed first thing this morning.
Thought you would want to know.
kingsjester on November 12, 2008 at 2:11 PM
Lanny Davis was one of Predator Bill’s biggest
staying on point,talking point cheerleader on
all most every issue that got ‘Slick Willy’ in
a pile of stinkin doo doo!
Lanny is the best in not answering any question
posed to him!
And now it looks like Hopey is going to put American’s
through another Clinton administration with all these
appointments!
—————————————————-
Last week on CoastoCoast,some ufo nut,spent about a half
hour on how he hopes Lanny presses Obama on dis-
closure of what the government knows about UFO’s!!
canopfor on November 12, 2008 at 2:12 PM
Only the people of Minnesota can fix it. Same with any other state where there are voting problems. I don’t want to be an elitist but how frakking hard is it to put ballots marked ‘A’ in the ‘A’ pile and ballots marked ‘B’ in the ‘B’ pile?
Until a State tells the feds to suck on an ear of corn we are going to have lawyers instead of accountants tabulating the ballots.
Limerick on November 12, 2008 at 2:14 PM
Christoph….Oh happy day!
HornetSting on November 12, 2008 at 2:17 PM
When he said there was no corruption, no conspiracy, blah blah. I couldn’t really watch, but I wonder if he said the same thing about Florida in 2004.
elifino on November 12, 2008 at 2:17 PM
Well remember … the state of Minnesota (at least the dems) is actually running Franken for senate so ..
joey24007 on November 12, 2008 at 2:20 PM
Would you buy a used car from that man?
sdd on November 12, 2008 at 2:23 PM
I wonder if liberals go home at night knowing they lie through their teeth or if they really do believe their own crap.
Grafted on November 12, 2008 at 2:24 PM
This really is outrageous. Even in Florida in 2000, when they did the first machine recount Bush picked up some votes even though Gore picked up more.
rockmom on November 12, 2008 at 2:25 PM
All subject to FEDERAL election laws.
Screw the Fed. Screw the lawyers. If the Fed decertifies the results then Minnesota should decertify the Fed.
Limerick on November 12, 2008 at 2:26 PM
We are either a country of laws or we are not. All this crap that ACORN has pulled and there is no legal authority left in the United States to ensure the validity of our election process?
………………. Revolutions have started this way.
Seven Percent Solution on November 12, 2008 at 2:27 PM
What gets me, is why would Minnesotans want to elect somebody totally unqualified for Governor?
Lord knows we would NEVER elect somebody like that for President.
Hold on. Wait a minute…
I’ll go put my nose in the time-out corner now.
kingsjester on November 12, 2008 at 2:28 PM
Just great,now the Liberals have organized
and registered ‘little green men’ as Democrats!
Makes me wonder about the timing of the Mars
lander,it went silent a few days ago,what I
like to know is, how NASA got the registration
forms back to earth!!(Sarc,and Snark!):)
canopfor on November 12, 2008 at 2:29 PM
And we need to have a way to cry out against this BS.
I just got a call from the other person in town who sometimes writes conservative letters to the editor of our small-town newspaper. He praised my last letter and wondered why I hadn’t put any in more recently. Truth is, I had one about Obama’s documented membership in The New Party. The editor had it for 3 weeks and would’t print it. This guy also had sent in 4 letters that were never printed. He’s friends with the editor and in one of their sidewalk meetings he asked what he has to do to get published. The editor answered, “Write something that won’t get me sued.”
The last letter I had written included info about Missouri’s law enforcement “truth squads”. I noted that Kansis City, MO is less than 2 hours’ drive from here, and this would be coming to a theater very close to home. I didnt think it would be this fast though.
The lead story in the paper today was about some townspeople, including our school principal, meeting with Nebraska Appleseed. One google and I found out that group is a George Soros group.
When there were the immigration demonstrations in LA and elsewhere, my next-door neighbor, a Latino, said “They told us to fly the flags of our countries and even provided flags for people.” I wondered at that time who “they” was. I guess I know now. George Soros. He’s bought even the small towns in America. Mobs For Rent courtesy of George Soros.
Guys, what has been said about Obama turning America into a thug-ocracy is not hyperbole. It’s right here in my small town Nebraska. We need everybody on board to disqualify this guy. Please go to http://www.blogtext.org/naturalborncitizen .
I’m going to talk to the owner of the paper, with whom I am friends, and find out who told the editor that he could be sued for printing documented facts that happen to be uncomfortable to Obama. Of course, once that person is exposed, who would ever print it so people could know?
God help us!
justincase on November 12, 2008 at 2:29 PM
Lanny Davis is a shameless left wing political hack and has zero credibility.
Irvin88 on November 12, 2008 at 2:35 PM
ACORN won’t rest until Senator Butthead is elected……
SDarchitect on November 12, 2008 at 2:40 PM
So what are we going to do once it becomes undeniable that our eloctoral processes have been hijacked and the Dems are in power in perpetuity?
Palin/Broun 2016 (not that it would matter)!
Akzed on November 12, 2008 at 2:42 PM
If they didn’t vote for Franken, they’re antisemites. Oh wait, Norm Coleman’s Jewish.
eaglewingz08 on November 12, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Seeing Martians? That’s a side effect from the Obama Kool-aid.
DJ from MA on November 12, 2008 at 2:03 PM
Its not Kool-Aid,
they are smoking Hopium. :-)
hanoverfist on November 12, 2008 at 2:47 PM
That is what my martian friend told me last week. They confiscated some ballots. Took them up to Mars. Then they planted them in trunks of cars, under door mats. that is why they sabotaged the Mars Rover. So no one would see on video! Sounds good to me. :))
do I get the imaginary prize?
sheebe on November 12, 2008 at 2:55 PM
Hannepin county today, your county tomorrow. City halls, courts, police commissions, state commissioners, all will be getting ‘elected’ officals who are the most lawyered-up.
The liberals do not understand that there is a line. One day soon a Hannepin, or Tarrant, or Wasach county is going to have enough of those lawyered-up BANDITOS unless we citizens get a handle on them now! Not tomorrow, not wait and see what happens, now!
‘But we all have jobs’ is the BS argument that we keep telling ourselves. That is why we don’t go vocal. That is why we don’t march (and I don’t mean with pitchforks). If you want to lose your ability to control your own government then stay silent and stay home. Put a couple of million fists in the air and watch how fast the lawyers and politicos cut and run.
The more people who stay home the more likely everyones worse fears will come to haunt them. Do you WANT the U.S. to break up? Then STAY QUIET AND STAY HOME. Do you want to fix it? Then give Uncle Sugar the finger and tell him to sit down and shut up.
Limerick on November 12, 2008 at 2:59 PM
they can’t find anybody else but lanny davis? ya know, the clinton impeachment was just human error, too. perjury? human error. 900 fbi files? human error. travelgate? human error
did they have enuff lysol to cleanup the slime trail in the studio after davis left?
billypaintbrush on November 12, 2008 at 3:27 PM
In support of Mr. Hannity’s contention that it smells funny to have ALL the votes going for the clown. . This is from an article on the 2006 elections and the quote is from a Democrat:
Jonathan Simon, co-founder of Election Defense Alliance, “so ‘the fix’ turned out not to be sufficient for the actual circumstances.” Explained Simon, “When you set out to rig an election, you want to do just enough to win. The greater the shift from expectations, (from exit polling, pre-election polling, demographics) the greater the risk of exposure–of provoking investigation. What was plenty to win on October 1 fell short on November 7.
Nov. 17, 2006; OP Ed News Election Fraud in America
IlikedAUH2O on November 12, 2008 at 3:50 PM
Nah, Lanny has been hanging out with Dennis Kucinich (I saw a UFO) too long.
Webrider on November 12, 2008 at 3:52 PM
If you like Christian music with a bite, go search youtube for the song little green men by project86 trust me it holds true with this article
Christiangothkitty on November 12, 2008 at 3:57 PM
OT: I clicked your handle there and looked at the couple pieces of work you have up. Beautiful!
I only really draw anymore for my character studies to model/sculpt but like you art has always been a passion. Picked the military over it, but I’m getting ready to open a studio after retirement. There are actually quite a few of us on this site that are artists or wannabes.
As far as Franken goes, he has the D in front of his name. That makes him okay with the press. And really since he is such a freaking left wing loon, I think the media would especially enjoy rubbing our nose in getting him in. Yes, even aside from the filibuster proof Senate. But you know if the tables were turned and the Republicans were coming up with “extra vote” out of thin air, the media, Lannie Davis and all of Hollywood would be on the offense.
Has the National Republican Party just given up?
hawkdriver on November 12, 2008 at 3:58 PM
Mentioned elsewhere in the comments before, the tool you need to answer that question is available here – you just need to put the appropriate numbers in!…
ironman on November 12, 2008 at 4:54 PM
It does not matter how certain table suggest this or that or trends going this way or that way in the end all the will matter is Frankin will have stolen the state and the GOP will just stand there shaking its head. This entre election process has been a crock from day 1 and will continue until the last vote (Democrat) has been counted.
Irvin88 on November 12, 2008 at 5:08 PM
And Sean looked dumb swapping spit with Davis while Hinderaker was trying to intelligently speak to this important issue.
mrmurph on November 12, 2008 at 5:56 PM
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