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To: Dr. Ursus
I don't think the Senate can appoint someone but they can refuse to seat him. If Reid refused to seat Coleman I guess it would be up to Minnesota to either send the secondplace finisher Franken, or hold a new election. Either way I would hope the Minnesotans would have the selfrespect not to send up a tainted polluted 'rat.
18 posted on 11/29/2008 9:06:55 AM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: hinckley buzzard

Yes,I think you right.Thanks


19 posted on 11/29/2008 9:09:08 AM PST by Dr. Ursus (( commander of the simian host))
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To: hinckley buzzard

If this is true, why couldn’t the RATS simply refuse to seat any Republican?


31 posted on 11/29/2008 9:19:51 AM PST by Conservativegreatgrandma (When the righteous rule, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule the people mourn. Proverbs 29;2)
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To: hinckley buzzard

“If Reid refused to seat Coleman...”

That Nevada punk won’t even try it. He’s just making noise on behalf of Franken’s lawsuit. Trying to make it seem legit.

Folks that know Minnesota law have said those bad absentee ballots won’t stick in court anyway.

Coleman has hired a superb election lawyer just in case and signaled he will not lay down to the Franken puss.

And I’m confident that the results will now hold. And you know what, it couldn’t happen to a better guy. For Franken to lose like this is sweet poetry.

He’ll go down crying and classless the whole way. It’s exactly who he is and he so deserves it.

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45 posted on 11/29/2008 9:47:33 AM PST by romanesq
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To: hinckley buzzard

The senate has rarely used the act of refusing to sit elected senators...the last time I can recall that this came up...was right after the civil war. For several years...it was a common tactic to simply refuse to sit the fairly elected senator.

Other than refusing to sit a guy...thats all that Reid can offer to do. I would imagine that a good twenty senators of the current senate would basically go on “strike” and refuse to cooperate with any senate hearings or votes. It would attract unnecessary attention to Reid and he’d likely appear foolish if this was the tactic.

I think in this case....where absentee ballots were loosely thrown to the public...you see what happens. I don’t think anyone other GI’s or hospital-bound folks...ought to have the absentee ballots. Its simply too difficult for most folks to grasp and use.


50 posted on 11/29/2008 10:21:08 AM PST by pepsionice
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