Rules are for suckers......
Whatever it takes.
And Republicans will just take it, lying down.
Cowards.
Why is this ‘stunning’, considering Obama’s blatant stealing of the election? It just proves dems think the entire electoral process/system is their private sandbox. The only question is...how do we ever get it away from them?
Franken is a POS.
Sore Loser POS.
Did he say the same thing about Virginia tossing absentee ballots on a technicality?
I didn’t think so.
Wow, just amazing. I guess they have to do what they have to do to win. Why not just refuse to seat any Republicans while they are at it?
Interesting precedent. Under perfectly valid state law, Coleman is certified was the winner. The Senate, however, in violation of the state’s law, recounts, applying its own standards, and seats the looser. Well........OK. In the last two elections the Reps lost some seats by very slim margins. It will happen again to both parties. Will the Senate re-open those elections to apply standards that violate state law? Why don’t WE do this?
If Chambliss wins his race in Florida and Reid does this, then the Republicans should (but will not of course) tell Reid that every bit of Senate business will be ground to a halt until Coleman is seated.
Reid should shut up before he makes a bigger fool of himself. If Coleman is certified the winner by 200+ votes, the RAT Senate is not going to proclaim Franken the winner. It might want to, but it doesnt have the nads to put up with the criticism and derision.
It does have the audacity to spend the next couple of years patting itself on the back for not intervening.
Your thoughts?
I don’t believe the Republicans would ever take an action like this, to refuse office to the candidate who received the most votes. This is intolerable and smacks of totalitarianism.
Bring it on. Reid will regret it.
Reid can eat sh*t and die.
If Coleman is still leading after the recount and after the challenges are heard, I don’t see how the people of Minnesota could stand for the U.S. senate coming in and intervening in a state election. What is the logic? (Beyond hyper-partisan Democrats wanting to win at any cost). Reid is not winning ANY friends in the U.S. senate by these tactics.
I don’t care what Reid says. If Coleman leads after the recount and the challenges (which is likely), he will be sworn in. I can’t believe the people of Minnesota would allow the U.S. senate to overturn an election.
Later Wednesday afternoon, Reid opened the door for Senate intervention into the Minnesota election processing, saying: "Today's decision by the Minnesota Canvassing Board not to count certain absentee ballots is cause for great concern." Reid made the statement in a release from his official U.S. Senate office. "This is a stunning admission by the Franken campaign that they are willing to take this process away from Minnesotans if they fail to win the recount."
The Minnesota Circus
(Democrat Senate may overturn election result favoring Coleman)
American Spectator
Posted on 11/25/2008 3:43:01 PM PST by Chet 99
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138344/posts
State Recount: Franken Loses in Bid to Add Ballots
Minneapolis Star Tribune | November 26, 2008 | Kevin Duschere and Bob Von Sternberg
Posted on 11/26/2008 8:04:46 PM PST by justiceseeker93
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139041/posts
[Minnesota] Recount gives us stunning view of voters and their wily ways
Minneapolis Star Tribune | November 20, 2008 | JAMES LILEKS
Posted on 11/27/2008 8:19:58 PM PST by rhema
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139412/posts