To: an amused spectator
I just about blew a gasket today. Try Googling "former senator Norm Coleman".Technically this is correct. The term to which he was elected has expired, and no one has been elected to take his place. He was a Senator, and he is not (yet) a Senator, so he is 'former Senator Norm Coleman'.
160 posted on
02/04/2009 7:05:29 AM PST by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
("men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters." -- Edmund Burke)
To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Holy smokes! A newsie got something right!
Thanks for the explanation. You can always learn something new at Free Republic.
Are you signing on to the Al Franken Tax Recount drive? ;-)
162 posted on
02/04/2009 7:19:32 AM PST by
an amused spectator
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