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Franken pushes his lead over Coleman to nearly 250 (150 votes for Franken counted TWICE!)
Star Tribune ^

Posted on 12/19/2008 2:04:58 PM PST by Chet 99

The intense scrutiny of "voter intent" resumed today by the five-member board charged with directing Minnesota's recount in the U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democratic rival Al Franken, and the day's rulings turned the challenger's slight deficit into a triple-digit lead.

Also today, the State Canvassing Board sidestepped the Coleman team's proposal to prevent as many as 150 ballots from being counted twice. Talking about instances when a ballot couldn't be run through a voting machine, requiring a duplicate to be made, the Coleman camp said that such ballots should be counted only if an original could be matched with its copy.

However, board members ruled that the duplicates should not be addressed by the board but in "another forum," said Board Chairman Mark Ritchie. But it will consider the ballots if there are questions about the intent of the voters who cast them, the board said.

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


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To: Hot Tabasco
Once the circus began, that was a given...............put a bullet in Franken's head, thats the only way justice and fairness will be served up there.

I fear that our country my descend into that if things keep on going the way they have been...

The left wants to turn America into Latin America.

21 posted on 12/19/2008 3:06:14 PM PST by Bon mots
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To: Wolfstar
“If only there was a way to organize and publicize a genuine tax revolt by tens of millions at one time,”

You would think that in the age of the Internet it would be fairly easy. Though if things deteriorate any more people may be more focused.

22 posted on 12/19/2008 3:06:30 PM PST by TalBlack
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To: Chet 99
Maybe once the Franken is in office, we will get his pearls of wisdom, giving us lots to laugh about... it's entertainment vs. sane leadership. I'd prefer sane leadership, but that's all we've got. We've got Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Boxer, two of the brightest bulbs on the tree.
23 posted on 12/19/2008 3:15:02 PM PST by HondaCRF450
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To: TalBlack
You would think that in the age of the Internet it would be fairly easy.

It would cost serious money to organize and publicize a tax revolt successfully. The internet is one tool that could be used, but by itself, it's a total random, scatter-shot approach.

24 posted on 12/19/2008 3:26:10 PM PST by Wolfstar ("My 80% friend is not my enemy." Ronald Reagan)
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To: Chet 99

Liberals know all about intentions. Theirs are always good and ours are always bad.


25 posted on 12/19/2008 3:39:34 PM PST by relictele
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To: Wolfstar
While I'm aware of how hard it would be to have a successful tax revolt, It would be preferable to an armed revolt, and we are headed in that direction. We ought not HAVE TO PAY FOR CORRUPTION!
Our election process has become a damn joke and we are funding it.
26 posted on 12/19/2008 3:39:40 PM PST by Quickgun
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To: Yankee; Dr. Ursus
The good news is that my Rep.Peter King is running for the Senate seat of Clinton in 2010. He was my congressman too when I lived in Bethpage. I used to like the guy before he came out against impeachment of the rapist.

And, he was all for these bailouts right from the get-go. Saying he was for the bailouts before he had the chance to read the bill!!!

God help us if that phony wins a senate seat in NY.

And yes, I live in NY.

28 posted on 12/19/2008 3:47:17 PM PST by JohnG45
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To: TenthAmendmentChampion
"Isn’t there a court to oversee this madness?"

There's only one problem with our constitution, it is unenforceable.

29 posted on 12/19/2008 3:51:30 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: juggernaut

Pawlenty has shown himself to be a lightweight. This is good information to know for 2012, even though he was never on my short list.


30 posted on 12/19/2008 3:54:56 PM PST by Azzurri
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To: Quickgun
It would be preferable to an armed revolt, and we are headed in that direction.

I don't agree. Such talk occurs only among a very small minority of people, and no amount of effort by that minority to convince millions to join in an armed revolt would be successful; 1776 will never come again.

The vast, vast majority of people are complacent followers. They are go-along-to-get-along types who want to be law-abiding. It's what government and, for that matter, a civil society counts on.

Armed revolt is an adolescent-level pipe dream. A tax revolt, on the other hand, is doable with enough money to organize and fund the necessary huge public outreach, and the right leadership to put out a convincing message.

31 posted on 12/19/2008 3:58:19 PM PST by Wolfstar ("My 80% friend is not my enemy." Ronald Reagan)
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To: JohnG45

You better move to the South or Texas,because that’s the only areas that will have Republicans in 20 years.


32 posted on 12/19/2008 5:25:32 PM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: Sarah Barracuda

It’s not how many votes that are cast it’s how many votes are counted.


33 posted on 12/21/2008 10:58:33 AM PST by halfthenotes (is you is or is you ain't)
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To: Calpernia; Amityschild; hoosiermama; darth; Liz; backhoe; Certified Horticulturist; mlocher; ...

And now Franken leads and they are ready to send him to Washington based upon thousands of fraudulent absentee ballots.

THERE WERE MORE VOTES COUNTED THAN VOTERS IN 25 PRECINCTS!!!

Are the good conservative Minnesotans going to allow this fraud to stand to overturn this election for Franken the Fraud???

How can this possibly be acceptable in the ethical and moral state of Minnesota I used to vacation and fish my summers away.

I am absolutely appalled!!!


34 posted on 01/06/2009 4:55:01 AM PST by HowardLSmith.ô¿ô
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