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Senator Al Franken?

post #1 of 45
1/5/09 at 12:36pm
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Senate race certification set for Monday with Franken up 225 votes

Court rejects Coleman bid to consider rejected absentee ballots

The legal battle will go on, presumably, but is anyone else surprised that Franken did so well?
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post #2 of 45
1/5/09 at 12:52pm
I am surprised, considering Al Franken is the biggest liar in America. I take that back, I'm not surprised, that is what America wants these days.
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post #3 of 45
1/5/09 at 1:23pm
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I think I'm going to reread his Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
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post #4 of 45
1/5/09 at 1:26pm
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Originally Posted by jcat View Post
Yes, I definitely think you should as you know the right is the only side that lies. Al Franken is such a joke, but whatever, Minnesota wants him I guess.
Nevada voted in that moron Dina Titus, that has voted to raise taxes about a gazillion times and voted herself a big, fat raise, but whatever, majority rules, right? Even if they don't have a clue.
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post #5 of 45
1/5/09 at 4:15pm
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Originally Posted by jcat View Post
Senate race certification set for Monday with Franken up 225 votes

Court rejects Coleman bid to consider rejected absentee ballots

The legal battle will go on, presumably, but is anyone else surprised that Franken did so well?
The third party candidate took a lot of votes out of play. With the blatant favoritism from the canvassing board, Coleman should have a decent shot at appealing it, which makes for a new vote.

i.e. In a Democratic precinct where the election night totals were higher than the recount, they opted to use election night totals. In a Republican district, they opted to use recount totals that were lower than election night tallies. Go figure.
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post #6 of 45
1/5/09 at 4:24pm
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Originally Posted by ckblv View Post
I am surprised, considering Al Franken is the biggest liar in America. I take that back, I'm not surprised, that is what America wants these days.
Both sides lie, and none more so than the soon to be former administration. So why can't we all just learn to get along and respect different points of view?
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post #7 of 45
1/5/09 at 4:45pm
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Originally Posted by neetanddave View Post
The third party candidate took a lot of votes out of play. With the blatant favoritism from the canvassing board, Coleman should have a decent shot at appealing it, which makes for a new vote.

i.e. In a Democratic precinct where the election night totals were higher than the recount, they opted to use election night totals. In a Republican district, they opted to use recount totals that were lower than election night tallies. Go figure.
Not really. To the best of my knowledge, they only opted to use the election night totals in a precinct where ballots were lost and could not be recounted.

As for the canvassing board being biased, well, here are the members:

Mark Ritche - secretary of state, democrat
Hon. Eric Magnuson - chief justice of the MN supreme court, appointed by Republican governor Tim Pawlenty
Hon. G. Barry Anderson - associate justice of the MN supreme court, appointed by Republican governor Tim Pawlenty
Hon. Kathleen Gearin - chief judge, second district, elected by the people of Minnesota
Hon. Edward Cleary - associate chief judge, second district, appointed by Jesse Ventura, then later elected by the people of Minnesota

Keep in mind too that the Minnesota Supreme Court made important decisions here. With Magnuson and Anderson abstaining, of the remaining justices, 2 were appointed by Republican Tim Pawlenty, 1 was appointed by Independent Jesse Ventura, and 2 were appointed by Republican Arnie Carlson.

Yup, those democrats are really taking over and running amok, seeing as how one single person out of the 10 who were making the decisions is a democrat


Our local media has good coverage, without the partisan spin people get on blogs:

Minnesota Public Radio
Pioneer Press - Saint Paul Paper
Star Tribune - Minneapolis Paper


Also, just cuz I can, I met Al Franken 2 years ago. Very nice guy.
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post #8 of 45
1/5/09 at 4:50pm
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Originally Posted by jcat View Post
I have an autographed copy of this book. He came to Kansas City once for a book signing tour and he did a talk then the book signing. He's actually very entertaining and while his career was in comedy, he has always stayed tight in politics.

And Minnesota voted in Jesse Ventura. Why not Al Franken? I think this must be a state with a good sense of humor.
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post #9 of 45
1/5/09 at 7:25pm
I'm just glad I don't live in MN. NC was bad enough having the bigoted Jesse Helms represent us for many years, but Franken's off the hook. He should be in jail for tax evasion, and he's probably very lucky the creditors he stiffed from Air America just gave up for the most part. Then again, he probably fits in pretty well.
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post #10 of 45
1/5/09 at 7:35pm
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Originally Posted by Misty8723 View Post
Both sides lie, and none more so than the soon to be former administration. So why can't we all just learn to get along and respect different points of view?
Oh yeah, that will be the day. I wish.

And sorry, this administration didn't lie any more or less than any other administration.

Good grief, Obama's lies are already coming out and he hasn't even been sworn in yet.
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post #11 of 45
1/5/09 at 8:13pm
I just plain don't like Al Franken. Don't think there's one thing he's done - just don't like the he gives off.
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post #12 of 45
1/5/09 at 9:17pm
When I first heard that he was running, I thought he was just a fringe candidate that would only win a few votes from the far left. I guess there was a third party candidate that played a spoiler role. As much as I dislike him if he won the election than so be it. I am not sure that the Democrats in Washington are very happy about it though. I think he may be treated like a real outsider.
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post #13 of 45
1/6/09 at 5:06am
Looks like Harry Reid left his kahoonas at home. Franken won't be seated today, as the election isn't actually certified until all legal challenges are concluded.

WTG Mitch McConnell for stepping up and reminding Reid that there's still enough Republicans to filibuster.

Good thing this happened, IMO. I can't handle the drama from Burris AND Franken on the same day.
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post #14 of 45
1/6/09 at 5:47am
I'm an Al Franken fan, but that's just because I'm a raving loony DFL loyalist Well, not that much of a loyalist - I was planning on being a delegate to the state, possibly national convention, but I got bored at the county level and left before we voted
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post #15 of 45
1/6/09 at 9:15am
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Originally Posted by Denice View Post
When I first heard that he was running, I thought he was just a fringe candidate that would only win a few votes from the far left. I guess there was a third party candidate that played a spoiler role. As much as I dislike him if he won the election than so be it. I am not sure that the Democrats in Washington are very happy about it though. I think he may be treated like a real outsider.
One can only hope.

I am very opposed to any political party having a fillibuster proof Congress.
That is just to scary for words.
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post #16 of 45
1/6/09 at 9:19am
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Originally Posted by jcat View Post
The legal battle will go on, presumably, but is anyone else surprised that Franken did so well?
He didn't "do so well." A lot of people who voted for Obama didn't vote for him, for example.

However, this IS the same state that elected Jesse Ventura. Turned out great, didn't it?

Did you know he wrote a novel about becoming President?

"Why Not Me?"
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post #17 of 45
1/6/09 at 9:22am
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Originally Posted by jcat View Post
You know that a number of his statements in this book have been shown to be at least incorrect, and some seem to be purposely misleading? Of course, that's the stock in trade of the political humorist, satirist, or whatever he may claim to be today (other than Senator).
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post #18 of 45
1/6/09 at 9:29am
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Originally Posted by mrblanche View Post
He didn't "do so well." A lot of people who voted for Obama didn't vote for him, for example.

However, this IS the same state that elected Jesse Ventura. Turned out great, didn't it?

Did you know he wrote a novel about becoming President?

"Why Not Me?"
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Originally Posted by mrblanche View Post
You know that a number of his statements in this book have been shown to be at least incorrect, and some seem to be purposely misleading? Of course, that's the stock in trade of the political humorist, satirist, or whatever he may claim to be today (other than Senator).
I'm quite aware that he (like Limbaugh and Coulter, or Moore) misrepresents and exaggerates, which is why I'm surprised he did so well. I mean that literally - I didn't expect him to come close to winning the election.
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post #19 of 45
1/6/09 at 9:33am
I was surprised, too, but I suspect giving him 6 years in the Senate will either make him or break him. He will have to abide by the Senate's rules of talking about other senators. That will be tough on him, at least at first.

It ought to be interesting.

And my point about not being factual was not just facetious. He made some statements in the book which, if he actually wrote it (and who knows, these days?) showed an amazing lack of research where it counts. Simple stuff, that's easy to check.
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post #20 of 45
1/6/09 at 9:35am
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Originally Posted by mrblanche View Post
He didn't "do so well." A lot of people who voted for Obama didn't vote for him, for example.
Minnesotans aren't afraid to split the ticket. We voted in a democrat for senate in 2006, while re-electing Rep. Gov. Tim Pawlenty. Nothing new there.
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post #21 of 45
1/6/09 at 9:36am
Minnesota politics are nothing if not experimental and individual.
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post #22 of 45
1/6/09 at 11:18am
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Originally Posted by Denice View Post
When I first heard that he was running, I thought he was just a fringe candidate that would only win a few votes from the far left.


I can't help but think of his SNL days. When asked why he should be elected I can picture him saying "Because I'm good enough, I'm smart enough and doggone it, people like me."
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post #23 of 45
1/6/09 at 11:21am
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Originally Posted by mrblanche View Post
Minnesota politics are nothing if not experimental and individual.
We did elect the first muslim to congress, my man Keith Ellison. Go Keith! I actually met Al Franken at the Ellison rally before election day in 2006. Unlike Jesse Jackson, who was too busy to talk to the pleebs, Al took the time to pose for pictures and chat with people.
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post #24 of 45
1/6/09 at 1:52pm
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Originally Posted by neetanddave View Post
Looks like Harry Reid left his kahoonas at home.

Believe me Neet, he never had any.
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post #25 of 45
1/6/09 at 8:35pm
I'm sure he'll fit right in with the rest of the imbeciles in Congress.
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post #26 of 45
1/7/09 at 8:04am
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Originally Posted by mrblanche View Post
Minnesota politics are nothing if not experimental and individual.
That's the best part, really... This is why Minnesota is awesome.
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post #27 of 45
1/7/09 at 6:11pm
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Originally Posted by mrblanche View Post
Minnesota politics are nothing if not experimental and individual.
IMO, what I would call Minnesota politics is a joke. An idiot like Franken for Senator and didn't they have Jesse "The Body" Ventura as Governor?
I mean, really, how can that state even be taken seriously?
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post #28 of 45
1/9/09 at 4:13am
I don't know...remember, I'm in Texas, one of only two states (I believe) who have actually elected Libertarian politicians, and Kinky Friedman DID run for governor last time.
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post #29 of 45
1/9/09 at 5:07am
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Originally Posted by rahma View Post
We did elect the first muslim to congress, my man Keith Ellison. Go Keith! I actually met Al Franken at the Ellison rally before election day in 2006. Unlike Jesse Jackson, who was too busy to talk to the pleebs, Al took the time to pose for pictures and chat with people.
That would be the Ellison who's currently under fire for having the MAS pay for his recent hajj trip?

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009...ics-extremism/

Shame on him.
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post #30 of 45
1/9/09 at 5:44am
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Originally Posted by neetanddave View Post
That would be the Ellison who's currently under fire for having the MAS pay for his recent hajj trip?

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009...ics-extremism/

Shame on him.
Until there's actual evidence and a conviction in the court of law, we're innocent until proven guilty. Gotta love america
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