11 Responses to No Joke – Senator Al Franken

1. Teddy Partridge January 3rd, 2009 at 4:34 pm «

   Digg is open
2. Elliott January 3rd, 2009 at 5:58 pm «

   you did ask nicely.
   Give it up, Norm.
3. MadDog January 3rd, 2009 at 6:21 pm «

   Well…almost. *g*

   Per the Minneapolis Strib:

   …Under state law, an election certificate formally naming a winner cannot be issued until all legal disputes are resolved…

   And the AP concurs:

   This coming week, Minnesota’s Canvassing Board will declare what everyone’s been waiting for in the state’s prolonged U.S. Senate race: A winner.

   Well, sort of.

   Once it rewards a last batch of votes from 933 improperly rejected absentee ballots, the Canvassing Board is expected to declare either Democrat Al Franken or Republican Norm Coleman as winner of the recount. But Minnesota law lets the losing candidate file an “election contest” that would throw the whole race into the courts, effectively blocking final certification of a new senator…

   …State law requires that a trial start within 20 days of a lawsuit being filed. The burden of proof would fall on the candidate who filed the challenge, who would have to provide evidence that the Canvassing Board declared the wrong guy the winner of the recount…

   And since winter has another 3 or more months to go here on the tundra, we’ll have something else to chew on instead of just blubber.
4. bonkers January 3rd, 2009 at 6:26 pm «

   Damn, that’s a good ad. Cannot wait for some of this talk from the Senate floor:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..re=related

   I personally like it when Al gets worked up. Passion is something that’s been sorely lacking from our Senators for quite some time.
5. joelmael January 3rd, 2009 at 6:27 pm «

   Schadenfreude much? Can’t wait to watch O’Reilly choke on his spittle trying to enunciate SENATOR Franken
6. Prairie Sunshine January 3rd, 2009 at 6:28 pm «

   Maybe it’s time for the loud voice of Minnesota voterdom to raise up and ask, nicely of course, that Coleman hold himself to his own standard…and just STFU and go home to that newly renovated little mini-palace and contemplate his….
• bonkers January 3rd, 2009 at 6:42 pm «

  Norman’s Blown&Gone.
7. Teddy Partridge January 3rd, 2009 at 6:49 pm «

   Someone said we should chip in to put a staffer in Al’s office whose sole duty, every single day, would be to call Bill O’Reilly and say, “Senator Al Franken’s office calling for Mr O’Reilly!”
8. MadCabbieJan January 3rd, 2009 at 7:40 pm «

   Ohhhh…I’d do that job for free, Teddy! LOL!
9. neurophius January 3rd, 2009 at 8:04 pm «

   Senator Al Franken

   I like the sound of that
10. JoeBuddha January 4th, 2009 at 6:47 am «

    Can’t wait to watch O’Reilly choke on his spittle trying to enunciate SENATOR Franken
    Remember the pain and suffering entailed by having to call Sen. Clinton “President Clinton” when she took her turn at the gavel? Good times!