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  • Mark Ritchie's Communist Party Connection Exposed; Trevor Loudon's Mark Ritchie File 5

    11/30/2010 6:14:49 AM PST · by unspun · 18 replies
    Gulag Bound (New Zeal blog & other venues) ^ | November 30, 2010 | Trevor Loudon
    Mark Ritchie File 4 hereMinnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie is regarded as a "non-party friend" by the Communist Party USA. So highly does the Communist Party regard Mr. Ritchie, that he has been allowed to attend an high level "not to be publicized" Party meeting in Minneapolis. Some of the Communist Party members at this meeting, later supported Ritchie in his Secretary of State election campaigns. One of them, labor leader Mark Froemke, went on to support two of Ritchie's Democratic - Farmer - Labor - Party colleagues - Al Franken and Mark Dayton in their respective election campaigns....
  • Dayton (D) lead less than a half point with 99% of pcts. in

    11/03/2010 3:33:27 AM PDT · by LiveFreeOrDie2001 · 38 replies · 2+ views
    Star Tribune ^ | 11/3/2010 | By DENNIS J. McGRATH, RACHEL E. STASSEN-BERGER and BAIRD HELGESON, Staff Writers
    The Minnesota governor's race is so close it has come to this: another recount appears almost certain. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, DFLer Mark Dayton leads Republican Tom Emmer by less than one half of 1 percent -- 43.67% to 43.24%. For any race where the margin is less than one half of 1 percent, there is an automatic recount, as happened two years ago in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race. "It looks like it's recount part II: And this time it's personal," said state Republican Party Chair Tony Sutton.
  • Voter Fraud Alleged In Crow Wing County (MN)

    11/02/2010 11:24:28 AM PDT · by ButThreeLeftsDo · 9 replies
    WCCO.com ^ | 11/2/10 | AP
    Crow Wing County authorities are investigating an allegation of voter fraud in which the ballots of two mentally ill voters were filled out by their minders. The Brainerd Dispatch reports that 29-year-old Monty Jensen of Crow Wing Township filed a formal complaint on Monday about what he saw at the courthouse on Friday. Jensen says he saw what appeared to be staff members of a mental health facility fill out a client's ballot and tell another client who to vote for during absentee balloting.
  • ? Does anyone have any stats on what percentage of Dems commit voter fraud compared to Republicans.

    01/07/2010 10:34:53 AM PST · by april15Bendovr · 25 replies · 984+ views
    1/7/10
    I remember Sean Hannity reporting on air at Fox News Hannity and Comes that it was near 80-90% of Democrats convicted during a past election. I have been searching for graphs or stats but cant find anything online. Please post. Thank you
  • Minn.'s Pawlenty orders review of state ACORN ties

    09/16/2009 5:20:53 PM PDT · by markomalley · 40 replies · 1,900+ views
    WQOW ^ | 9/16/2009
    A left-leaning community organizing group says it has no contracts with Minnesota that would be impaired by Gov. Tim Pawlenty's directive to cut off state money. Pawlenty on Wednesday ordered a review and suspension of public contracts with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, known as ACORN. The potential 2012 presidential candidate says no state money would go to ACORN unless legally obligated. ACORN is under fire after a hidden-camera story alleging illegal activities by some of its workers. ACORN deputy political director Kevin Whelan says there are no present contracts that would be affected in Minnesota. Whelan...
  • Franken Declared Winner

    07/01/2009 7:07:41 AM PDT · by 2nd amendment mama · 68 replies · 2,587+ views
    HumanEvents.com ^ | 7/1/2009 | Connie Hair
    Just when you thought things couldn’t get more farcical in our nation’s capitol, the Al Franken Circus heads to town. Franken was declared the winner yesterday of the long-contested Senate race by the Minnesota Supreme Court with a razor-thin margin of 312 votes out of over 2.9 million votes cast. Norm Coleman chose to bow out of the race rather than continue the contest taking the fight to the federal courts. It is estimated the two camps have spent more than $1.7 million in legal fees through March, the end of the last FEC reporting period. Rumors abound that Coleman...
  • MINNESOTA VOTE FRAUD: 2,812 Dead Voters

    06/04/2009 7:59:46 AM PDT · by james.richardson · 190 replies · 13,578+ views
    Redstate ^ | 6/04/09 | James Richardson
    A review of Minnesota’s statewide database of registered voters revealed at least 2,812 deceased individuals voted in last November’s general election, according to a new report by the “traditional values” advocacy group Minnesota Majority. After obtaining the list of voters who participated in November’s election, the group hired an independent firm who specializes in “death suppression” for direct mailing lists to review the data. The process, which involved matching names and addresses to state death records, bore troubling results. According to Minnesota statute 201.13, the commissioner of health is to report monthly the name, address, date of birth, and county...
  • Panel to declare Franken winner of Senate race

    01/04/2009 6:15:32 PM PST · by gondramB · 217 replies · 9,289+ views
    CNN ^ | Sunday January 4, 2009 | Chris Welch
    MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) -- A state election board on Monday will announce Democrat Al Franken has defeated Republican incumbent Norm Coleman in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race, state officials told CNN Sunday. The canvassing board on Monday will say a recount determined Franken won by 225 votes, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie told CNN. However, Coleman's campaign, which contends the recount should have included about 650 absentee ballots it says were improperly rejected in the initial count, has indicated it will challenge the certification. Coleman campaign manager Cullen Sheehan said his team believes the recount process was broken and that "the...
  • Disaster: With absentee ballots counted, Franken now leads by 225 votes

    01/03/2009 9:57:20 PM PST · by RobinMasters · 84 replies · 2,949+ views
    Hot Air ^ | January 03, 2009 | ALLAHPUNDIT
    Not surprising, but phenomenally discouraging. Norm Coleman’s term as a U.S. Senator ended at noon Washington time today, and by evening his hopes of winning a second term had been dealt an expected but serious setback as state officials counted previously rejected absentee ballots in St. Paul. Democrat Al Franken held an unofficial lead of 225 votes over Coleman, according to a newspaper tally of officials’ count of the absentee ballots. Franken had led unofficially by 49 votes going into the day and gained a net 176 votes from the new ballots…
  • Coulter: MINNESOTA BALLOTS: LAND OF TEN THOUSAND FAKES (Franken following Obama's ACORN example)

    12/10/2008 2:30:32 PM PST · by Syncro · 57 replies · 3,597+ views
    AnnCoulter.Com ^ | December 10, 2008 | Ann Coulter
    MINNESOTA BALLOTS: LAND OF TEN THOUSAND FAKESDecember 10, 2008 What is the point of having a hand recount of ballots in the Minnesota Senate race if the Democratic secretary of state is going to use the election night totals in precincts where it will benefit Democrat Al Franken? Either the hand recount produces a better, more accurate count, or there was no point to the state spending roughly $100,000 to conduct the hand recount in the first place. But that is exactly what the George Soros-supported secretary of state has agreed to do in the case of a Dinkytown precinct...
  • More uncounted ballots found in Minneapolis

    12/05/2008 10:04:26 AM PST · by Chet 99 · 38 replies · 1,845+ views
    More uncounted ballots found in Minneapolis by Curtis Gilbert, Minnesota Public Radio December 5, 2008 Minneapolis — Minneapolis election officials are still searching for 133 ballots that city officials believe to be missing, as they finish the recount in the U.S. Senate race. During their search this morning in a Minneapolis warehouse, they found a thin plastic bag that could contain uncounted overseas military ballots from another precinct. Minneapolis elections director Cindy Reichert says it's "clear the ballots were mishandled." The Secretary of State's office has asked counties to finish their recount of the Minnesota Senate race by today, although...
  • Air America Continues Ratings Slide

    07/28/2006 1:19:40 PM PDT · by new yorker 77 · 82 replies · 5,053+ views
    News Busters ^ | July 28, 2006 | Matthew Sheffield
    After being plugged relentlessly by the New York Times and other "objective" media outlets, the ratings for Air America continue to drop. Brian Maloney has the details: Like an ice cream cone left in the hot July sun, Air America Radio's ratings are melting in some key (read: liberal) regions of the country. Based on fresh ratings data released Thursday evening, the "progressive" radio network has lost strength in three cities where it had previously found the most listener support: Portland, Seattle and Denver. Representing the spring 2006 Arbitron reporting period, these results provide one of the two most important...
  • Air America losing altitude in New York

    08/10/2006 4:45:34 PM PDT · by new yorker 77 · 43 replies · 1,434+ views
    NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- The liberal radio network Air America is moving to a weaker AM signal in New York due to down ratings and shaky finances, the New York Post reported. The talk radio network failed to renew its two-year lease with the owners of WLIB (1190 AM), forcing left-wingers such as Al Franken to broadcast from WWRL (1600 AM) -- which has a weaker signal -- beginning Sept. 1, the newspaper said. "Air America" executives had previously run into trouble at WLIB after the station's owners -- Pierre Sutton and his father, former Manhattan Borough President...
  • Al Franken Getting Celebrity Support (for Senate run)

    07/29/2006 8:02:13 AM PDT · by Mr. Brightside · 38 replies · 1,709+ views
    AP ^ | 7/29/06
    July 28, 2006 Al Franken Getting Celebrity Support By FREDERIC J. FROMMER ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) - The list of contributors to comedian Al Franken's political action committee reads like a celebrity who's who: singer Barbra Streisand, writer-director Nora Ephron, actor-writer Larry David and actor Jimmy Smits. Franken, who hosts a radio show on the liberal Air America Radio network, is considering challenging Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., in 2008. Franken moved his show from New York City to Minneapolis earlier this year, fueling speculation of a possible bid. His leadership PAC, Midwest Values PAC, raised $500,000, according to a review...
  • ANN COULTER to debate Al Franken at Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles on MONDAY (3/27)

    03/21/2006 8:16:06 PM PST · by RonDog · 214 replies · 14,145+ views
    From www.uj.edu: 2006 Public Lecture Series   Monday, January 30John Edwards & Newt Gingrich    Monday, February 27Colin Powell   Monday, March 27Al Franken & Ann Coulter   Monday, April 24George Stephanopoulos interviews Wesley Clark, Tom Ridge & Natan Sharansky   Tickets go on sale, Monday September 19, 2005 • Series Subscription: $225 • 310 440-12467:30pm at the Gibson Amphitheatre (formerly known as Universal Amphitheatre)
  • AT ANY COST -- Al Franken's Defenders Push Credibility Limits

    02/10/2006 11:56:19 PM PST · by chuckpez · 3 replies · 374+ views
    The Radio Equalizer- Brian Maloney ^ | February 11th, 2006 | Brian Maloney
    With their unending devotion to Al Franken, why have so-called "progressives" chosen to paint themselves into a corner? For their followers, why must he be portrayed as eternally perfect? While also not free of flaws, one sustaining quality in the conservative movement has been a willingness to cut loose damaging characters (even if sometimes a bit late). Though the right cherishes individualism above nearly all else, only occasionally does it get caught up in the cult of personality. For any political faction, why is that a mistake? Because it must successfully advance values and ideas, rather than promote imperfect people...
  • FRANKEN-PUSHY -- No Wonder Fluff Media Doesn't Challenge Him

    02/06/2006 10:26:20 PM PST · by chuckpez · 5 replies · 727+ views
    The Radio Equalizer- Brian Maloney ^ | February 7th, 2006 | Brian Maloney
    Remember push polls? Emerging just before elections, they pretend to desire the opinions of voters. Then, to those foolish enough to remain on the telephone, they proceed to shove political propaganda right down unsuspecting throats. In a variation, Al Franken has introduced the art of "push interviews", where in theory he's there to be asked questions. Pity the reporter, though, who believes it's anything other than Al's latest manipulation: an overbearing effort to persuade the other party his very line of inquiry is wrong. If Franken had his facts straight, that would one thing.....................snip...........................
  • SILENT AL (Franken) No Response To Investigation, Socialist Gets Contribution

    02/02/2006 10:09:15 PM PST · by chuckpez · 6 replies · 478+ views
    The Radio Equalizer- Brian Maloney ^ | February 3rd, 2006 | Brian Maloney
    While it may not seem easy to keep Al Franken quiet on virtually any subject, we may have found a way: on national television, expose his outrageous compensation demands and watch him instantly clam up. One week after our report appeared here and was discussed on the O'Reilly Factor, Franken, his fellow staffers and Air America Radio itself haven't said a word about it. Nor have nonstop FOX-bashers such as David Brock's Media Matters even mentioned our documented findings. Included were revelations Franken made an increasing series of demands of the liberal radio network, at the same time it was...
  • AIR AMERICA: THE SAGA CONTINUES (Al Franken Makes Outlandish Salary Demands)

    01/25/2006 1:50:20 PM PST · by PJ-Comix · 82 replies · 5,878+ views
    Michelle Malkin ^ | January 25, 2006 | Michelle Malkin
    Last year, I was privileged to work with Brian Maloney of The Radio Equalizer on an ongoing blog investigative series about beleaguered Air America radio's finances. Brian has continued to dig and dig deep on the story. He has a new report here and will discuss it tonight on The O'Reilly Factor. Brian asks: "Did Al Franken's outrageous salary demands hamper Air America's ability to repay the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club in 2005?" Excerpt: During the same mid-to-late 2004 period when Air America parent Piquant LLC was quietly considering how to resolve the still-undisclosed scandal, Franken was demanding...
  • FRANKEN-SENSELESS - Plus: Ratings Claims Questioned

    01/19/2006 10:54:51 AM PST · by chuckpez · 7 replies · 545+ views
    The Radio Equalizer- Brian Maloney ^ | January 19th, 2006 | Brian Maloney
    From the Billings Outpost, here's an Al Franken quote to quite possibly top them all: Quote of the week “Right now, money is being stolen, and that is killing our soldiers. That makes me furious. I’m very sad about where my country is going, and I love my country.” - Author/comedian Al Franken, talking about the Iraqi Coalition Provisional Authority in a live Air America radio program broadcast last Friday in Missoula. Quote of the week? How about year, at least? ..............................snip...................