Posted on 07/03/2009 9:14:36 PM PDT by newbie2008
The Wall Street Journal’s editors weigh in on Al Franken’s Senate win: The ‘Absentee’ Senator.
The Minnesota Supreme Court yesterday declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of last year’s disputed Senate race, and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman’s gracious concession at least spares the state any further legal combat. The unfortunate lesson is that you don’t need to win the vote on Election Day as long as your lawyers are creative enough to have enough new or disqualified ballots counted after the fact.
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After the awards ceremony.
Franken (D-ACORN)
That idiot isn’t intelligent enough to steal a glance, much less an election. Rather, ACORN stole that election.
A couple months too late, but I’ll take it. The WSJ may condemn the stolen election now, but it’s us Minnesotans that have to live with him for six years.
What good does that do? It is obvious to anyone who paid even the tiniest bit of attention that the counting was not done in an equitable manner in all counties.
BINGO ! It’s over . Get used to it comrades .
If he’s now your Senator, bombard him with emails, letters, and phone calls demanding that your point of view be heard and represented. Do this incessantly and demand responses.
This is now the second time Republicans have been beaten in this kind of legal street fight.
Mr. Franken now goes to the Senate having effectively stolen an election. If the GOP hopes to avoid repeats, it should learn from Minnesota that modern elections don't end when voters cast their ballots. They only end after the lawyers count them.
I have seen this happen in Venezuela, Bolivia, and Nigeria. Each time I saw this I felt contempt for a country that would allow this corruption. I have now seen this happen in my country. I do not feel contempt but great sadness and anger. My country is being stolen by political thieves.
Until Republicans get serious about local elections this is going to keep happening. The GOP focus on statewide offices and national offices, but too often doesn’t aggressively field and support candidates for the local, city and county offices and boards that are not only the birthplace of so many future national Democratic politicians, but as is demonstrated here, have enormous influence on policies that have tremendous effects.
Yep and it was done through the courts. Sheesh! The corruption of the courts keep going. Why should the everyday person believe in the judicial system anymore? It doesn’t work.
What Mr. Franken understood was that courts would later be loathe to overrule decisions made by the canvassing board, however arbitrary those decisions were. He was right.
Except that these were the same courts that rejected Coleman's attempts to stop the counting, claiming that his arguments were better suited to the contest phase.
It now appears that the game is to kick the can to the contest phase, and then in the contest phase say that it's too late because votes were counted.
-PJ
I have seen this happen in Venezuela, Bolivia, and Nigeria. Each time I saw this I felt contempt for a country that would allow this corruption. I have now seen this happen in my country. I do not feel contempt but great sadness and anger. My country is being stolen by political thieves.
The Republicans laid the groundwork for stolen elections when they allowed Mary Landrieu and Loretta Sanchez to steal elections against Woody Jenkins and Bob Dornan in 1996 or ‘98, I believe. The cowards lacked the nerve to scream bloody murder b/c the beneficiaries to the purloined largesse were WOMEN. And Coleman’s “gracious” concession to Franken is enough to make one vomit. Does our country have a chance against Marxism with this bunch of GOP cowards in Washington leading the efforts to protect the Constitution? Happy birthday to our former American republic! Bob
Remember colorful, conservative Bob Dornan from CA? Loretta Sanchez took his seat with fradulent votes about 12 or 13 years ago. Dornan insisted on hearings. I watched them, and it was obvious she cheated; the panel, headed by who else--a Repub--found that they could not call the evidence enough to overturn--benefit of the doubt, etc.
Since then, Dems/ACORN/Dem lawyers have been perfecting the steal. They are now slick and entrenched--still, you hear barely a whimper from Repubs. They sat on their useless arses and whimpered, except for FL and MN. By MN, they were unable to overcome the deluge of cheating.
vaudine
I agree. I always admired the Libertarian Party for putting up links for people who want to run in a local election. That’s the kind of grassroots we need to grow for the GOP to make a comeback.
Don’t forget when John Ashcroft gave away his stolen seat to Jean Carnahan because he was too timid to fight.
Let’s not forget that Dino Rossi(R) for the Wa. Gov. race was ahead after a 2nd recount. But the King County ‘Rats dredged up some homeless votes and the election was certified for Gregoire(D). Pox on them all ..thieves!
Republicans, as usual, roll over befor the fight is done. If he stole the election, they should have gone to the Supreme Court.
The cowards wouldn’t help Dornan because they wanted to suck up to the ‘latino community’, and Dornan was running against Loretta Sanchez. Dornan had evidence that community organizer Nativo Lopez had organized illegal voting to help Sanchez win, but the GOP led Congress wouldn’t investigate.
It’s useful to know that Nativo Lopez was just charged this last June 25th with four felonies involving voter fraud in a different election. Thank God it didn’t require any help from the cowardly GOP to file the indictments.
Yes, the Ashcroft capitulation came later. I lost respect for Ashcroft over that. Bob
I commiserate with you over the leftists you have to deal with in California.
And the Republicans have NO ONE TO BLAME but themselves.
Ever since they let Bob Dornan lose his seat, the GOP has let the left grab more and more seats.
COWARDS!!!!!!!!
Today’s sterile Republiacans lack the stomach to fight for their own children’s liberty. So sad. Bob
The “notion”? The NOTION it was stolen??
I don't think the GOP leaders are cowards, I think they are simply corrupt. I really don't believe that men with the personal morals of an alley cat somehow become all honest and pure when it comes to their jobs as political leaders.
**WSJ: Franken Stole the Election**
Now find out how ACORN, Soros and Obamanation did it.
I believe there are Universal Laws and those who violate the gatekeepers (aka prime directive) laws will pay a great price.
Jesus Christ paid the ransom for those of us who repent and are sincere and are not deliberate!
We heard of the saying “Justice is blind” it matters not who deliberately maneuvered prime directive laws (or goes against the light).
Those who manipulate to get gain and go against these Universal Laws intentionally will in the scheme of things paid the price beyond this realm earth, same with Obama if he too obtained that position in like matter.
Meaning when the world breaks down in its duty these things become subject to the courts on high.
Eph 1
21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
Col 2
Beware of deceit by traditions of men
8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
What was violated here is under subjugation beyond the powers of this world
When it gets as bad as we hear from over in Iran, will we be willing to Lock & Load?
He should have fought this to the death, for years if necessary.
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Screw LGF, Chuck is an atheist Christian-hater.
Franken didn’t steal the election - the state government stole it for him. They need to keep that straight.
“I don’t think the GOP leaders are cowards, I think they are simply corrupt.”
Nobody could be that cowardly and stupid by accident. They are in on the game.
Reminds you of old wrestling matches where the bad guy pulls out a hammer from his britches and cold cocks and pins the good guy, who then buys him a beer afterward.
“I don’t think the GOP leaders are cowards, I think they are simply corrupt.”
Nobody could be that cowardly and stupid by accident. They are in on the game.
Reminds you of old wrestling matches where the bad guy pulls out a hammer from his britches and cold cocks and pins the good guy, who then buys him a beer afterward.
Drat these double posts.
The Minnesota Supreme Court yesterday declared Democrat Al Franken the winner
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The Minnesota Supreme Court now has a vote in the Senate
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The Minnesota Supreme Court Stole the Election
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The Minnesota Supreme Court should be impeached
The election was shortly after the $700 Billion Bail-Out Coleman voted for, that’s why Franken got votes, Franken said he wouldn’t have voted for it
Alan Stuart Franken, poster child for “Be careful what you wish for...you might get it.”
Franken is a stone liar.
The Minnesota Supreme Court screwed Coleman only in giving him the rope to hang himself. There is no basis in Minnesota law for candidates to review rejected absenetee ballots, particularly in the recount phase. Indeed, that is strictly reserved for the contest phase, with judicial review.
Coleman's team relied on the absentee ballots, when they should have been focusing their attention on the rejected ballots (the ones which were initially rejected because could not discern voter intent). Only by doing this could he have won.
What happened was, Coleman tried to take the High Road. He took a knife to a gun fight.
The GOP will never learn.
-PJ
Yes I saw that. Why couldn’t he just cite the WSJ instead of advertising for Chuck?
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