Disaster: With absentee ballots counted, Franken now leads by 225 votes
posted at 8:11 pm on January 3, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Not surprising, but phenomenally discouraging.
Norm Coleman’s term as a U.S. Senator ended at noon Washington time today, and by evening his hopes of winning a second term had been dealt an expected but serious setback as state officials counted previously rejected absentee ballots in St. Paul.
Democrat Al Franken held an unofficial lead of 225 votes over Coleman, according to a newspaper tally of officials’ count of the absentee ballots. Franken had led unofficially by 49 votes going into the day and gained a net 176 votes from the new ballots…
The outcome Saturday was not a surprise, as the ballots counted came disproportionately from precincts where Franken did well on election day, according to a Star Tribune analysis. But a court challenge to the recount is almost certain to follow a certification from the canvassing board, as Coleman lawyers acknowledged this week.
Coleman will sue, of course, but his odds of winning are hanging by a thread. Exit question: What’s most depressing, the Caroline appointment, the Burris appointment, or this?
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Also be happy Georgia, you have a provision in your laws that allows for a run-off when you have a situation like the abortion that is going on in Minnesota right now…
If they had that here, Franken would have already been back in New York.
BigWyo on January 3, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Our country is becoming a cult of celebrity more and more. That can’t be good.
Paul-Cincy on January 3, 2009 at 10:25 PM
According to Real Clear Politics site, congress has an 18.4% approval rating. Can you imagine what it’s going to be like after a short while with these boneheads? Single digits for sure!
Bikerken on January 3, 2009 at 10:25 PM
So the Senate will be 59 D, 41 R.
Ouch.
getalife on January 3, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Minnesota is the new Louisiana…
elgeneralisimo on January 3, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Of course, these numbnuts already had a dreadful approval rating, and the voters rewarded them by giving them everything. Nothing seems to make any difference.
Kensington on January 3, 2009 at 10:30 PM
So which bit of socialist horror will be visited upon us first? My bet is Universal Health Care. I can’t wait until the Government starts mandating euthanasia to get skyrocketing costs under “control.”
“You all wanted this,” they’ll scold, “well this is the cost. Now be good patriots and let us kill you.”
Kensington on January 3, 2009 at 10:32 PM
How is MN any more of an embarrassment than the whole country electing Obama and huge majorities for the jokes Reid and Pelosi? The whole country is an embarrassment right now, I hope it can come back but I don’t know how without turning the American electorate into any semblance of a midly thinking people. I am sure we can count on our education system and the mighty media for that ;)
neuquenguy on January 3, 2009 at 10:32 PM
This. The others are what happens when voters are taken out of the mix in one way or another. The Franken vote was brought on us by an actual election.
TexasDan on January 3, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Kill the fat fuq.
Coronagold on January 3, 2009 at 10:48 PM
And nuke MN.
Coronagold on January 3, 2009 at 10:49 PM
For what little good this will do, here is one link for you:
Canvassing Board Partisanship
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,470892,00.html
The more votes than voters discrepancy in one precinct (being blamed on counting duplicated ballots) has been on HotAir several times.
AZfederalist on January 3, 2009 at 10:50 PM
These three situations are indeed depressing. But the most depressing happening is the corruption of the National news media, which easily gave Bambi his 6 or 7 percentage point victory. The libs have taken over C-Span as well. Corruption is their winning formula for victory.
Travis1 on January 3, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Well not to defend Obama but at least he tries to act normal and civil at least some of the time. On the other hand Franken is massively and openly dishonest, violent, self absorbed, misogynist who can’t control himself for more than 5 minutes. (Admittedly I can’t call Franken stupid since you’d have to be fairly smart to keep those lies straight.) Still, it beggars belief that some one so unprofession, a tax cheat and a guy who may have even stolen money from children could actually get close enough that he could then turn around and steal an election. “Minnesota Nuts” is all I can say from now on.
Dave_d on January 3, 2009 at 10:59 PM
This, by far. The Burris situation is hilarious. Al Franken is the most undeserving of public office around. He has a horrible attitude and hates everything good and just.
Not that Kennedy is much better, but at least more people can see that as a joke. Franken was actually voted in, supposedly.
Grafted on January 3, 2009 at 11:11 PM
Definitely more depressing in Minnesota. Bad appointments by individuals is one thing. But thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens, in spite of newspaper endorsements AND union endorsements for Coleman and Franken’s “screw you yokels; vote for me or die in a fire” campaign style … defies understanding.
I don’t care how much you loathe Coleman. Franken is an imbecile, a brute, and a blowhard. First rule of voting: do no harm.
sulla on January 3, 2009 at 11:15 PM
There will be no election necessary in 2012. We can just roll over and die and let the Dem/Coms pick and choose.
Seriously, this happened in Washington in 2004. Why do we let these people STEAL elections like this?
Because it is an American tradition to CHEAT.
We certainly are what we do…nothing.
klickink.wordpress.com on January 3, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Fighting words! You can root for the Packers and Bears to enjoy watching the Vikings playoff game, and well, when the non-roiding Twins get to next year’s World Series (no I haven’t started drinking yet) they can enjoy that too!
Grafted on January 3, 2009 at 11:19 PM
So, 1/100th of the upper house of our legislature will be comprised of an absolute dirtball (franken)…
Well, I guess he found his niche.. He s*cked a ‘comedian’ and Err america tanked big time… now he can help marx jr really screw up our country…
unless…. coleman can work some magic in the courts. I’m hoping the GOP pours money into this to choke things a bit.
bullseye on January 3, 2009 at 11:23 PM
I think it shows that Republicans had better start concentrating on getting hold of state houses and other state- and local-level offices again. Minnesota today, but North Carolina and Virginia are not far behind in the moonbat sweepstakes.
ddrintn on January 3, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Two years of the dimwit-crats in charge and we’ll do fine in 2010. We sometimes forget the power of reality.
Mojave Mark on January 3, 2009 at 11:26 PM
With King Barry, Princess Caroline, and Stuart Smalley, court jester, we’ll have a complete court! I, for one, welcome our new overlords and look forward to using the phrase “Al Franken Democrats” as often as I possibly can. Cheer up and prepare for 2010!
Fallen Sparrow on January 3, 2009 at 11:27 PM
You bunch of fools in Minnesota deserve this.Anybody with 1 gram of a brain who voted for this jerk off Frankin deserves whats coming .Why not invite Keith Olbermann to move to Minnesota and he can run for Gov.Maybe we can sell Minnesota to Can.
thmcbb on January 3, 2009 at 11:28 PM
Whatever a Democrat accuses a Republican of,, the Democrat in fact does. They have been accusing Republicans of stealing elections for years. That, of course means, and is again proven, it is Democrats that actually do it.
America is being lead by thugs, morons, liars, traitors and thieves. They call themselves Democrats, progressives and environmentalists,, but they are in fact nothing more than thugs, morons, liars, traitors and thieves.
I think it is going to be a very long winter.
JellyToast on January 3, 2009 at 11:36 PM
Especially when the guy isn’t even really a Minnesotan. (The first chance he got he left the state and stayed away for nearly 40 years. He only came back so he’d be there barely long enough to qualify for the seat. Does anybody really believe he’s going to spend enough time in state to find out what his “constituents” are concerned about? Really now, he’s going to spend as much time as he can get away with in DC.) If the guy was a fixture of Minnesota culture at least it’d be somewhat understandable but this makes no sense at all.
Dave_d on January 3, 2009 at 11:43 PM
I will never pay attention to politics or the news again. Obama, Caroline, Franken, Pelosi, Reid?
Screw the country. Let it rot. I’m out.
Tom Blogical on January 3, 2009 at 11:50 PM
If he packages that as a campaign promise, he may hold the seat for life.
sulla on January 3, 2009 at 11:51 PM
It is absolutely unbelievable to me that anyone in their right mind could vote for that freak show. What an embarrassment for that state.
Unbelievable!
HoosierCon on January 4, 2009 at 12:05 AM
So true on that, The scum of Hollywood is seeping in the cracks. Cannot believe that piece of shi* is now a head. This is a bunch of crap. I hope Coleman does protest this and takes it to court.
sheebe on January 4, 2009 at 12:10 AM
Even if you accept Lott’s conclusions, the number of ballots affected is small compared to the margin. You can’t pin the swing in votes in the recount from Coleman to Franken on the committee’s decisions; even if you switched the votes in question to Coleman the swing would have happened.
I did a quick search on HotAir for the voter discrepancy issue and didn’t find it. Maybe I’m looking for the wrong keywords, but please send me a link or two.
tneloms on January 4, 2009 at 12:28 AM
Sore Loser[cole]man
benny shakar on January 4, 2009 at 12:40 AM
Pffft…no more so than Algore and his bevy of moonbats.
ddrintn on January 4, 2009 at 12:48 AM
Senator-elect Franken kinda looks like he’s doing a sarah palin wink in this pic!
benny shakar on January 4, 2009 at 12:49 AM
Wink? Looks more like oral flatulence.
ddrintn on January 4, 2009 at 12:58 AM
Ban worthy.
The Race Card on January 4, 2009 at 1:01 AM
FIFY.
platypus on January 4, 2009 at 1:03 AM
What is over is any hope for the residents of Minnesota to salvage a single iota of respect from real Americans.
csdeven on January 4, 2009 at 1:04 AM
+1 to both of you
people actually voted for this bastard? and conservatives actually voted 3rd party in protest of Coleman’s moderate positions on some issues?
unbelievable, honestly
funky chicken on January 4, 2009 at 1:09 AM
Oh, and I’m all for paying Canada to take MN. Maybe they will take North Dakota too?
funky chicken on January 4, 2009 at 1:15 AM
This would make me feel better if I had any confidence that the American people had the slightest grasp of what reality really is. Between the revisionist education and indoctrination in our public schools and the total BS from the media, I fear we are royally scre*ed for a very long time.
pannw on January 4, 2009 at 1:16 AM
Y’know… I was thinking about this and it occurred to me that this is the same tactic that was used in Washington, Florida in 2000, and almost in Ohio in 2004.
50/50 votes of this nature (with the difference of hundreds of votes out of hundreds of thousands of voters) why possible are not probable.. and certainly not FOUR times in nearly 4 consecutive elections that ended up being hotly contested with Democrats initiating the recounts all 3 times and winning 2 of the 3 using nearly the same identical tactics. (select counties your party controls and then magically find more voters or reinterpret what counts as a valid vote)
I don’t like it.
I don’t like it a lot.
Skywise on January 4, 2009 at 1:46 AM
Thanks for nothing all you idiots in Minnesota who voted for Frankenstein. Anyways, I live so close to Minnesota and I am seriously kicking around the idea of running against this tard. If he can win, I am sure a young member of society can too. Screw him, I heard he sucked in the debates. This is what you get when morons get to fill in the ballot-I bet they can’t even stay in the line when they color.
theboss on January 4, 2009 at 2:14 AM
I honestly don’t understand the “legal” context of this constant, inconsistent, interminably long one-sided recount process. This has been going on for TWO MONTHS!!! And each time some votes are manufactured, found or discovered to push Franken closer to a “win” he never won! How is this good for our democracy in general, let alone for the nation or for Minnesota? This basically means elections are NOT won by who CASTS the votes — they are won by who COUNTS the votes!!!
EasyEight on January 4, 2009 at 2:18 AM
Good. We deserve him, Caroline, Burris, and all the rest of the poisons in the mud. Give them the microphones and the ink pens and let the games begin.
Limerick on January 4, 2009 at 2:25 AM
Get this: My Dad, a lifelong DEMOCRAT, is a poll worker. In heavily Dem Seattle where he live, there are no Republicans at his poll- But, one (R) poll worker is required (to keep it all fair, dontcha know). Guess who the registered Republican poll worker is? Yup, my lifelong Dem Dad. I trust my Dad, he’s fair, but come on!
gmoonster on January 4, 2009 at 2:57 AM
Baby Jesus.
I weep for us all.
Mr. Joe on January 4, 2009 at 3:23 AM
Burris and Sweet Caroline are a gift.
This is a disaster.
Mr. Joe on January 4, 2009 at 3:25 AM
Recounts always go to Democrats, and it’s not a coincidence.
Gore failed in 2000 for two reasons, 1) it wasn’t as close as all that, and 2) he jumped the gun on recounts.
The “MSM reality” is that Bush went to courts to steal the election the “real reality” is that Gore went to court to steal the election and fumbled it.
And no matter how much evidence you pound them with, lefties cling to the “MSM reality” like their lives depended on it.
Even when you get them to admit that they’re wrong, a week later they’ve forgotten the omission.
They’re nuts, that’s why.
Merovign on January 4, 2009 at 3:25 AM
This is the product of vote fraud, and it must be fought tooth and nail. It is not enough not to like it. It must be fought. Left wingers are invested in vote faud, which is criminal, and pulled out the stops to get Franken in the Senate. Franken should be always treated for what he is — an aider and abetter of criminal conduct. The time is long past when Republicans and conservatives can play nice.
Suggestions in this thread here that vote fraud does not explain it are false, intended to lull people to the vote fraud.
Phil Byler on January 4, 2009 at 3:28 AM
Where do you come from, Democratic Underground?
Ban the violent troll.
sulla on January 4, 2009 at 3:32 AM
I would add (3) Lieberman wasn’t on message, and bucked his side’s lawyers by saying military absentee ballots should count. (if you’re suing on the concept of “count all the votes,” Lieberman’s concession was more consistent than the lawyers’s.) It was an act of honor, one which apparently the KosKids have never forgiven him for.
sulla on January 4, 2009 at 3:34 AM
The one and only bright spot will be seeing Bill O’Reilly’s reaction to Frankenfraud winning.
darwin-t on January 4, 2009 at 6:01 AM
sulla:
If Gore had carried his home state, he would have won in 2000.
But Tennessee and Minnesota are different places. For one thing in Minnesota they had a third party candidate who actually won some votes and they do not have a run off provision. Franken won the same way Clinton won in 92. I do not know when people will figure out that third party=Democrat win.
Terrye on January 4, 2009 at 6:54 AM
I think we could call this the Unholy Trinity.
abcurtis on January 4, 2009 at 8:15 AM
Perhaps a little breeding between close relatives?
….thanks Minnesota, heres hoping the Philadelphia Eagles kicks your sorry ass!
try again later on January 4, 2009 at 8:20 AM
His heads is gonna explode. LOL…..need to go get me some popcorn.
harry on January 4, 2009 at 8:34 AM
This, all the way. I can’t imagine being represented by Al Franken. Yuck.
Aronne on January 4, 2009 at 8:50 AM
I moved to GA not too long ago. And I was surprised at the level of taxation here. Income tax is 6%. Higher than Taxachusetts, Double the rate in Illinois. Sales tax in most counties is 7%, 8% in the city of Atlanta. Utilities are very expensive, in part due to taxation. Car registration is obscenely expensive.
Taxes are lower in GA than NY or CA. But nothing close to the extent some people think.
angryed on January 4, 2009 at 9:11 AM
I moved to GA not too long ago. And I was surprised at the level of taxation here. ***
angryed on January 4, 2009 at 9:11 AM
I live in Ohio and enjoy a 5.5% state income tax rate, 2% city income tax rate, 7.75% sales tax, and an average of an 80-mill effective real estate tax rate.
Anyway, I have two exit questions regarding this debacle:
1. When elections are decided by less than 1.5% of the popular vote, what percent of the time does the Democratic candidate emerge victorious? I have a funny feeling that, despite the 2000 Florida election, Democrats overwhelmingly win the “really close” races — a testimony to the power of the Democratic machine to stuff the ballot boxes.
2. If we answer question #1 “yes,” shouldn’t conservative activists in every state in the country push for the adoption of run-off election laws or a re-vote procedure? From a public policy standpoint, I think recounts vs. run-offs are fairly evenly matched. (The problems with re-voting include (a) they encourage strategic voting, esp. to knock off third candidates, and (b) they don’t necessarily solve any problem, since it’s possible that the run-off result could be within the same margin of error as the initial vote). But if the rule net-benefits Republicans, ought we not be pushing for it?
Outlander on January 4, 2009 at 9:22 AM
It bothers me as well. I have never seen so many close votes like this,, and they are all happening where Dems can control the outcomes. It would not surprise me if the actual stolen votes were in the thousands or more.
JellyToast on January 4, 2009 at 9:30 AM
That’s a very ironic result, Terrye, given that the overwhelming majority of third parties are leftist. (greens, socialists, etc.) And don’t forget that Anderson in 1980, until he cratered in his September debate against Reagan, drew enough support from Reagan to possibly cost the Republicans the victory then!
Outlander on January 4, 2009 at 9:31 AM
How long is it going to take for Stewart to decide to punch another senator in the face? He has a very nasty temper and a primo arsehole personality, and a vulgar mouth. It really hasn’t yet been out on full display on the national stage. It could be quite a show on the senate floor.
JonRoss on January 4, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Way OT but no other place to post it.
WOW, just on CNN. Jon Bon Jovi is holding a fundraiser to help pay off Senator Clintons…campaign debt?
Liberals…
You rail about the children of the world starving. You rail about our failing schools needing even more money. You all live in mansions and ask us to open “our” wallets to the homeless. You ask us to check the air in our tires to save gas while you fly to your next cause de jour in your private jet. You even beg for funds for abandoned pets while we struggle to take care of our own responsibly. Yet, restoring Senator Clintons vast wealth is your number one 2009 fundraising priority? You ask us to sacrifice every step of our modest lives. Hillary wanted that office, let her campaign debt be her sacrifice. I don’t know why you’re even worried, I hear she plays a pretty mean cattle futures market.
You are a bunch of rich, selfish, self-absorbed fakes who only want power and your petty little issues fulfilled. Everything else you preach about is necessary to exist in the world for you to be successful in your next election. Is there a single truth to your soul that is genuine?
Excuse me, but this evil Conservative Republican is off to Shaw Road here in Fayetteville to check in on the families we sponsor.
hawkdriver on January 4, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Good thoughts. With the Clinton’s now worth over $100 million, with millions more flowing in every month, this grubbing for funds that they could write a “small” check for is amazing. And they, along with Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Kennedy, ad nauseum, give far less to charity than many of us who incomes who are only 1/100th of theirs. I just don’t undertand the mentality.
JonRoss on January 4, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Exit Answer: This.
One is a gift. One is a joke. But, this one is a crime.
5u93rm4n on January 4, 2009 at 10:13 AM
Okay, seriously, if this doesn’t warrant violence and riots, we’re f00ked.
We keep saying that we can just vote and make things right, but not when the vote can be stolen like this. There’s nothing left but revolution at some level.
No, I’m not kidding. The recount may have gone Franken’s way, but the fraud ‘found votes’ that illegally adjusted the starting point *before* the recount was nothing but vote-stealing.
From this point on (before this, really) no vote of yours matters. Don’t bother; if the outcome isn’t what ‘they’ want, they will simply ‘fix’ it.
But Republicans and Americans in general will tut-tut and wag their tongues a bit,then get right back to taking it, as usual.
Is this what our Armed Forces are serving for? This is pathetic, and a betrayal of what the country is supposed to be about. And… we’ll do nothing about it.
R.I.P. United States.
Midas on January 4, 2009 at 10:16 AM
I have just lost all respect for Minnesotans.
pullingmyhairout on January 4, 2009 at 10:19 AM
I dunno, Perot certainly got Clinton elected (twice) – Nader got Bush elected, though. Third parties can certainly be spoilers, but not defacto a Dem win, imo.
Midas on January 4, 2009 at 10:19 AM
A buddy on another board just posted this re: this franken thing:
“It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.” – Stalin
I can’t attest to the reliability/accuracy of the quote.
Midas on January 4, 2009 at 10:21 AM
The American “free election” system has been compromised!
This is the story… Will any news outlet have the guts to investigate and report on this story which has the President elect sitting at the same table with ACORN…
Senator Al Franken… Our government wants no part of such an investigation. Our government wants no part of “government by the people, for the people, of the people.” Our government wants complete control over the people! Just watch as our government raises taxes on our energy to further weaken our economy, thus having more power over us all.
Keemo on January 4, 2009 at 10:24 AM
hawkdriver on January 4, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Excellent example of the hypocrisy that Liberals live their lives by; it’s their religion…
Keemo on January 4, 2009 at 10:27 AM
It’s not like it’s the first time. What is it with MN, anyway? Why the fascination with electing buffoons?
rightwingprof on January 4, 2009 at 10:34 AM
Nuke the state of Minnesota. Nuke it into the Stone Age. Screw all you morons in the Goofer State for letting this happen. Especially you so-called conservatives who sat on your fat butts and did nothing while Franken stole the election. Why aren’t you sorry sucks marching in the streets in protest?
Percy_Peabody on January 4, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Why should anyone be surprised or shocked? Same state gave us Jesse Ventura. You have to admit though, Minnesota-ins have a great sense of humor….
…and by the way the Vikes suck!
jbh45 on January 4, 2009 at 10:46 AM
This is about a filler buster proof Senate nothing more. Really Stuart Smalley is going to Washington…I see a SNL skit in there somewhere.
Dr Evil on January 4, 2009 at 10:48 AM
Franken is a sicko, another inmate to run the asylum. Gubmit is becoming a bad joke.
petefrt on January 4, 2009 at 10:48 AM
It’s not like it’s the first time. What is it with MN, anyway? Why the fascination with electing buffoons?
rightwingprof on January 4, 2009 at 10:34 AM
It’s probably in the water, of which we seem to have more than our share.
Or I suppose it could be an overflowing Twin Cities urban population of Hmong, Somalis and assorted immigrants who flock here to partake of one of the most generous welfare systems in the nation.
Then again it could be the white liberals who populate the city lakes region, the same ones who forced the financial boondoggle, toy choo-choo train on us so they could feel like big city New Yorkers.
Or perhaps us embattled conservatives out in the exurbs are simply surrounded by crazies.
Bishop on January 4, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Why should anyone be surprised or shocked? Same state gave us Jesse Ventura. You have to admit though, Minnesota-ins have a great sense of humor….
We only gave ourselves Ventura, we didn’t inflict him on the nation. We gave the nation Wellstone, Ellison, Dayton and Klobuchar.
Trivia question: Who was the RNC candidate who lost to Ventura in the mayoral race?
(hint: the name starts with Norm and ends with Coleman).
Bishop on January 4, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Between Ventura and Franken, Ed’s state wins the a-hole contest. I’m feeling kinda proud about Caroline now :)
JiangxiDad on January 4, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Doo, doo, doo, Lookin’ out my back door.
There’s a giant doing cartwheels, a statue wearin’ high heels.
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
A dinosaur Victrola list’ning to Buck Owens.
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.
Won’t you take a ride on the flyin’ spoon?
Doo, doo doo.
Wond’rous apparition provided by magician. – lyrics by ccr
Or you can just watch any upcoming episode of c-span
dave264 on January 4, 2009 at 11:14 AM
I thought I was depressed in November, but now I really know what depression is. I can not for the life of me understand how the people of this country can elect the idiots that are running congress now. what is it? Is it that the republican party is just made up of older, more patriotic people who truly want what is best for the country? Or is the younger generation finally taking over with the kumbyya crap and they truly believe that the government of the United States of America is going to take care of them? I am truly embarassed, and now I can only try to work to get honest, god-fearing, partiotic REAL Americans voted in. I am too old for this, but it seems we are so screwed, and the media is the biggest culprit of all. Do people realize that there are no, none, nada, zero, zip REAL reporters alive in the world today? What a sorry state of affairs America has become. I think I will go read my old ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ books for the next 4 years. *sigh*
clinker46 on January 4, 2009 at 11:18 AM
Dems have got this down to a science. Count, recount, recount again until they win, then stop. Seems to work well while GOPers watch with their thumbs stuck up somewhere.
Skipper50 on January 4, 2009 at 11:21 AM
Minnesota, the land of 10,000 lakes and 10 million dummies. They voted for the whacko, they deserve whatever he does. Actually, with all these nuts things might get very amusing. Barry is going to have his hands full.
UnEasyRider on January 4, 2009 at 11:23 AM
I live in MN, as Bishop and others do. I am absolutely bored and tired of you people ripping Minnesota and wishing us all disease and death. Many of us voted Conservative, we protested, we marched, we knocked on doors, I worked as an election judge, I worked the recount…. I write in papers, call the radio stations… I rant and I rave. but, NO, you can’t get through your collective Neanderthal heads that we were beaten to a pulp by those people that Bishop has succinctly listed. I don’t need you cowards and fat assed typists to fight the battle we have now in MN. We few will go it alone. With jerks like some of you here, who needs Democrats.
MNDavenotPC on January 4, 2009 at 11:25 AM
MNDavenotPC,
Calm down Dave, the venting taking place is not directed to the good people who are fighting the righteous battle. My wife and I fought the same battle in California for decades before finally throwing in the towel and taking our family out of that Liberal hell hole.
What is currently taking place in Minnesota, has also taken place in several other States. Look at what happened in Washington a few years back. Our free election system is under attack, and is currently being compromised by thugs and crooks (Democrat operatives) right under our noses. These thugs are sticking their finger in our chest and telling us “I dare you to do something about it chump.”
This is why you are witnessing such venting… Nothing personal to the good folks fighting the righteous battle.
Keemo on January 4, 2009 at 11:43 AM
This is what happens when Republicans sit around and do nothing. On the morning of Nov. 5th Coleman should have had 100 lawyers ready to file suits wherever necessary to stop this madness.
But then again look at the top of the ticket. When you have John McCain telling supporters at HIS rally that Obama is a good man….well shit, what more can you expect.
angryed on January 4, 2009 at 11:49 AM
MNDavenotPC on January 4, 2009 at 11:25 AM
Eh, I’ve gotten used to it now. I suppose we get more than our share of coverage because Ed lives in Minnesota and has a chance to expose the stupid things which happen here.
If he were from Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Illinois, California, Oregon or any of the other 57 states we would probably get a highlight of the dumbkopfs they elect.
Notice that those who spend the most time berating Minnesota as the preeminent hellhole of the nation always fail to mention where they are from, and for good reason; because it would give us Minnesotans a chance to return the favor.
Name a state that hasn’t elected a dimwit or porker or spineless Pubby….they can’t. Sadly we are just the current whipping-boy for the malaise of the electorate. Still, Minnesota didn’t provide Obarfy for the White House, that is all on the backs of the Illini.
Bishop on January 4, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Bishop,
Yeah every state has its freaks. Having a Franken or a Ventura or a Wellstone or a Humphrey or a Mondale is one thing. Having all of them…that’s just freaky.
angryed on January 4, 2009 at 12:02 PM
There is no evidence to suggest Nader got Bush elected in 2000. There is, however, a huge amount of evidence to suggest that Perot DID steal votes disproportionately from Bush 41 and elect Clinton. But in a way, the Perot phenomenon was caused by Bush 41’s tax increases and unwillingness to rein in spending. Perot ran on fiscal responsibility and balancing the budget — issues that should have been a Republican staple. But I digress.
With respect, Coleman did have 100 lawyers and did go toe-to-toe with Franken in terms of filing vote challenges. Coleman did this precisely because Nick Rossi in Washington state didn’t, and it’s generally understood that Gregoire was able to steal the Washington governorship by winning frivolous challenges and other legal wranglings. Coleman learned that lesson. But the reality is that the fix was in shortly after that election when all these reports came in of “extra” ballots, and all that silliness. We’ll never be able to prove it, but I’m willing to bet money that the election was stolen before this recount even began.
Outlander on January 4, 2009 at 12:30 PM
And this one as well.
Again more Far Right violence just like the Far Left crap from DU.
Ok, so people voted and you don’t agreed so we are supposed to act like Sadaam or Chavez and kill ‘em all and let Allah/God sort them out?
Don’t think so.
Unfortunately the people in MN voted and you get what ya get. That’s democracy.
AprilOrit on January 4, 2009 at 12:35 PM
Good old hope and change Dems. HOPE you can find enough phoney ballots to CHANGE the election. I work the polls in Az. and I still can’t imagine how they could possibly count spoiled ballots and guess what the voter was going to do. Mind boggling. I sure pray for a Republican with brass ones to suddenly appear in our midst. Thats the change I hope for. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!!
concernedsenior on January 4, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Well admittedly we’ve got our own freaks here in Massachusetts. Currently we have Barry lite as Gov. (Just as vapid and pointless.) Heck, the only reason we had a run of Pubs as governers is that we had the dictator of BU run as the democrat candidate. He basically told old people to drop dead instead of sucking up medical resources and flipped out on a reporter in an interview. (That’s the level of craziness you need to pull off to actually lose as a dem here.)
Dave_d on January 4, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Hey it looks like all those ACORN votes are starting to pay off.
kanda on January 4, 2009 at 12:48 PM
Definitely this
ToddonCapeCod on January 4, 2009 at 12:55 PM
I’m laying odds that Franken either does something to self-destruct, or something else comes out about his criminal background that forces him to resign the Senate. He has no clue how to conduct himself as a professional public servant.
He’ll probably do all kinds of stupid stuff like going back on Saturday Night Live and making an ass of himself. Mitch McConnell will have GOP staffers trailing him and YouTubing him to death. He’ll be the poster child for the new Democratic Idiocracy. If I’m running the NRSC, I have ads in production connecting every incumbent Democrat to the idiots Franken, Kennedy-Schlossberg, and whoever ends up with the Illinois seat.
Sucks if you are an actual resident of Minnesota, but Franken stealing this Senate seat could be a blessing for the Republicans nationally.
rockmom on January 4, 2009 at 12:55 PM
Oh goody! Another possible appointment that Dingy Reid can reject.
Knucklehead on January 4, 2009 at 1:16 PM
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