Wellstone, Dayton, Ventura now Franken.
Strange things keep happening in Minnesota, where the disputed recount in the Senate race between Norm Coleman and Al Franken may be nearing a dubious outcome. Thanks to the machinations of Democratic Secretary of State Mark Ritchie and a meek state Canvassing Board, Mr. Franken may emerge as an illegitimate victor.
Mr. Franken started the recount 215 votes behind Senator Coleman, but he now claims a 225-vote lead and suddenly the man who was insisting on “counting every vote” wants to shut the process down. He’s getting help from Mr. Ritchie and his four fellow Canvassing Board members, who have delivered inconsistent rulings and are ignoring glaring problems with the tallies.
And that’s just politics, not to mention professional sports. At least in this case we can rightfully claim he’s not a Minnesotan.
At the risk of setting off a firestorm of criticism, I wonder if anybody can explain why Minnesota has had such a run of transplanted Easterners – members of a particular minority faith at that – as senators?
Rudy Boschwitz, Al Franken, Norm Coleman, Paul Wellstone.
Seriously, the former-NewEngland-Jewish population of Minnesota must be numbered in the dozens. What are the odds they’d have a lock on a senate seat? Aren’t there any Andersons or Johnsons, any Lutherans who could serve?
It’s enough to make a conspiracy nut break out the tinfoil.
There, that ought to divert attention from AC’s antics with his Stuart Smalley doll.
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Didn’t Boschwitz convert to Christianity when he was young?
Cause real Minnesotans are dumb and lazy, Nate.
So, AC, is Franken not a “real Minnesotan”?
I’ve run circles around you logically.
Dude, you’re just running around on the ground like Curly from the Three Stooges.
Angryclown doesn’t give a rat’s ass whether Franken’s a “real Minnesotan.”
Of course. Angry Clown probably voted for “lifelong Yankees fan” Hillary Rodham Clinton. (twice) He likes carpetbaggers.
Which makes her, allegedly a former Cubs fan, either a liar or a traitor. Nobody from Chicago roots for New York. I’m pretty sure it’s against the law there. Not that anyone in Chicago particularly cares for the law, of course.
True, Bike Butthead, Angryclown lacks the inferiority complex displayed by you far-right Midwestern kooks. Carpetbaggers move to places like Minnesota. Moving to New York just shows you’re ready for the big leagues.
Dean Barkley was Jesse Ventura’s campaign manager and thus was instrumental in bringing Minnesota to the center of the national comedy stage, as laughingstock.
Then he got himself appointed as Senator, so we could reprise the role.
Now he acted as spoiler in this election, and brought us Frankensenator. Here we are again, pantsless in front of the nation, with Stuart Smalley.
Somebody get SNL on the line – they’ve GOT to get this guy on board!
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Yeah, the “big leagues.” You mean like Eliot Spitzer or his (also whore-mongering) replacement, Mr. Patterson? Or do you mean like all those Wall Street investment firms whose bad investments triggered the housing collapse and a recession? Dang lot of good those Ivy League degrees did for them.
You want to make a case for the superiority of the minors, you’re doing a great job, AC.
“Moving to New York just shows you’re ready for the big leagues.”
Joe Buck with floppy shoes.
People who consider themselves superior to others because of where they are from or where they live, rather than what they have done, have problems with feelings of inferiority, Angry Clown. You can look it up.
Coleman just announced that he’s filing an election contest. The audacity, asking that votes get cast once, and then only by people who actually exist.
Sore winner.
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Yeah, Nate. No reason he should lose the Senate seats just cause he got fewer votes than the other guy. Republicans are entitled to win elections. And if they don’t, they whine and litigate. No reason Minnesota needs two senators over the next several months.
Sore losers!
AC, Franken is not the winner. I’ve just voted for Coleman 300 times here in my Volcano hideaway.
What’s Franken going to do? Whine about my votes not being legitimate?
A shame you didn’t get those votes in before the election was certified, Blofeld. Your guy has less claim to a Senate seat than Roland Burris.
And you know, Clownie’s going to, you know, get a, you know, intelekshual heavy hitter, you know.
“Sore losers!…You lose! Ungh…ungh…You lose!…ungh…oww…ungh…..You…ungh…Lose!”
You’re gonna bust the head off that thing Clown…give it a rest.
Certification is a mere technicality, AC. You’re off your talking points. The phrase is “count every vote!”, not “Count every legally cast, certified vote!”
Sorry, you’ll be held to your 2000 arguments. Too bad Coleman’s dad didn’t appoint half the Minnesota Supreme Court, eh? (Too busy banging hookers?)
So Bush’s dad appointed half the supreme court?
Is Souder a Republican?
And weren’t ‘your’ 200 arguments ‘count every vote!’?
If the rules consist of ‘I win every time’ no one will play with you, AC. You’ll have to play with yourself.