Time to Bring Al Franken to Justice, GOP!

Oh, and about that ACORN voter fraud...

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In the Minnesota Independent’s coverage of former Sen. Norm Coleman’s latest push for a “do-over” election, they also point to our recent coverage of GOP chair Michael Steele’s obnoxious and absurd fund raising email to GOP members:

Actually it’s surprising Republicans would even consider letting Franken off with a simple do-over when they’ve got the goods on him. According to a Monday fund-raising letter from RNC Chair Steele, Franken is “stealing Norm Coleman’s U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota.”

Well, that’s a good point, isn’t it? With Steele, the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Republican National Lawyer’s Association, and all of their affiliated wingnuts claiming over and over that Franken is “stealing” the election (as we detailed and linked in our report), why aren’t the Republicanists calling for criminal charges to be brought against him?

It does seem rather gracious of them to allow Franken to compete in a “do-over” for a U.S. Senate seat which they claim to have evidence of him trying to “steal” in the first place, no?

Are the wingnuts just nice that way? Or are they just full of shit? Hmmm, tough call.

(BTW, with all of those charges by the Republicanists, before the election, of ACORN committing massive “voter fraud,” shouldn’t Coleman and the Republicanists have brought forward their evidence for that during this important election contest trial, since they seem to have lost by only about 250 votes? Especially in MN, where ACORN helped to register more than 42,000 new voters prior to last year’s election? With all of those fraudulent ACORN voters, and with Coleman’s team having gone over every single vote cast with a fine-tooth comb, you’d think the GOP could have offered evidence of at least one case of “voter fraud” committed by ACORN in MN, no? Apparently not.)

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Time to Bring Al Franken to Justice, GOP!

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    Larry Linn said on 3/6/2009 @ 3:01pm PT: [Permalink]

    So, currently Minnesota only has one Senator? All of the children are above average? Franken wrote a couple of books with academic foot notes in connection with Harvard. What has Coleman published? I can only assume that Minnesota is “below average”.

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    72dawg said on 3/6/2009 @ 9:10pm PT: [Permalink]

    The Senate should simply seat Franken. Let the Republicans sue, I agree wholeheartedly. Everyday that Minnesota is without one of its Senators, the state is damaged. I suspect that Minnesotans are so disgusted by now, Franken might win by a landslide. Who would vote for the losers?

    I disagree with Larry Linn in this one way: the only thing in Minnesota that is “below average” is Coleman.

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    the zapkitty said on 3/6/2009 @ 11:54pm PT: [Permalink]

    … 72dawg said…

    “The Senate should simply seat Franken.”

    After state election law has run its course.

    “Let the Republicans sue, I agree wholeheartedly.”

    Yes! … at the federal level.

    “Everyday that Minnesota is without one of its Senators, the state is damaged.”

    Careful, that way lies the excuses used for
    Bush v. Gore… let state election law run its course.

    “I suspect that Minnesotans are so disgusted by now, Franken might win by a landslide. Who would vote for the losers?”

    Republicans?

    “I disagree with Larry Linn in this one way: the only thing in Minnesota that is “below average” is Coleman.”

    Well, his legal team has also been way below average… and they’re in MN right now 🙂

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    Ancient said on 3/7/2009 @ 4:00pm PT: [Permalink]

    Right oh Brad. I mean I was for a full legal recount and FOLLOWING STATE LAW, but ENOUGH! SEATED FAIR AND SQUARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The cry babies should now go home and reflect on their shared infamy.

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    blubonnet said on 3/7/2009 @ 4:00pm PT: [Permalink]

    The arrogant, mendacity of these R people are flabbergasting. And what’s also mind-blowing is the base that mindlessly agree. This is a case of useful co-dependence for the R politicians, and the obliging Replican-Republican-Roboticans that actually parrot and vote for them. Repulsive!

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    NYCartist said on 3/8/2009 @ 2:32pm PT: [Permalink]

    As I have noted: the Republicans are doing one heck of a job keeping a Democrat out of the US Senate for as long as they can. Not bad for a minority party, eh?

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    Jay S. said on 3/9/2009 @ 11:33am PT: [Permalink]

    Hey Brad! Team Coleman did present evidence of at least one case of voter fraud! Oh wait, that was a Coleman voter. Sorry. Carry on. Nothing to see here. Carry on.

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    anon said on 3/10/2009 @ 6:33am PT: [Permalink]

    Oh yea! It’s our liberal turn now to get them back ! Folks this is all just divide and conquer tactics. Keep you busy putting out all these small fires while the real issues, banking usury, zero military financial accounting, zero education funding, factual news suppression in the mainstream media, etc. Everything you type here is used as one big focus group to package and sell you the next lie. We have a rare opportunity to all focus on ONE thing and push it through right now – Closing the Federal Reserve and stopping usury. Dedicate your efforts to that and most if not all of the worlds ills will dissipate.

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