Franken-fied: Make way for (another) clown; Update: Coleman statement added
It’s official. The Senate gets another buffoon. Don’t worry, Al. Bozo the VP Joe Biden’s shoes won’t be that hard for you to fill:
It is U.S. Sen. Al Franken.
The Minnesota Supreme Court today decided that Franken, a Democrat, won the highest number of votes in last year’s U.S. Senate race and deserves a signed election certificate.
The court said that Republican Norm Coleman didn’t prove that a lower court made mistakes requiring a rehearing of the case. Coleman had asked the court to order thousands of rejected absentee ballots counted. He had hoped the counting would allow him to overcome Franken’s 312-vote lead.
The court’s decision brings to an end the seven-month state fight over the Minnesota Senate race. Franken has had a lead since January and a trial court decided in April that he won the highest number of legally cast votes.
Showtime!
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Update:
A STATEMENT FROM SENATOR NORM COLEMAN
ST. PAUL – Senator Norm Coleman today made the following statement at his home in St. Paul:
“Ours is a government of laws, not men and women. The Supreme Court of Minnesota has spoken and I respect its decision and will abide by the result. It’s time for Minnesota to come together under the leaders it has chosen and move forward. I join all Minnesotans in congratulating our newest United States Senator – Al Franken.
“Just a few last words about my legal challenge. Sure, I wanted to win. Not just for myself but for my wonderful supporters and the important values I have always fought for. I also thought it was important to stand up for enfranchising thousands of Minnesotans whose votes weren’t counted like the others were. After all, issues and politicians come and go, but voting is fundamental.
“It is the essence of democracy so I knew we needed to do everything we could to get it right.
“I am forever grateful and humbled by the people of Minnesota who have given me the honor to represent them – and even more grateful for their wisdom, courage, patience and understanding over these past several months.
“The path that I take in the future is not nearly as important today as the path that we must now — all travel on together — to strengthen our state and our nation.
“I have never believed that my service is irreplaceable. We have reached the point where further litigation damages the unity of our state, which is also fundamental. In these tough times, we all need to focus on the future. And the future today is we have a new United States Senator.
“I congratulate Al Franken and his victory in this election. He now enjoys the advantage that our Congressional Delegation has over the other 525 people on Capitol Hill: he represents Minnesota.
“I know the great ideas, the amazing work ethic and the historic ability to come together to get things done in this state will help him greatly, as it has me.
“Speaking of which, I think we all should take a moment to thank Amy Klobuchar and her staff. They have done a great job of carrying the burden of two Senators these last six months. She is an extraordinary public servant.
“I don’t reach this point with any big regrets. I ran the campaign I wanted. I conducted the legal challenge I wanted. And I have always believed you do the best you can and leave the results up to a higher authority. I’m at peace with that. As to my future plans, that’s a subject for another day.
“We live in a great country and a great state. We can all have confidence that by some path we don’t yet know – one which we can all come together to lay out – we will arrive at the better future we all seek.
“Thank you and may God bless Minnesota and America.”
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bring in the clowns…..
I hope they play “Send in the clowns” when this idiot arrives in the Senate. I do NOT think this is the kind of person the Founding Fathers had in mind governing the country. It just goes to show how far the Democrats will go to steal an election, which says volumes on their character-or lack of it.
Don’t bother, they’re here…
I’d ask what’s wrong with Minnesota…
… but I’m in California. At least theirs can be funny. My two are just scary.
This guy will fit right in with the dc bunch. Acorn did a bang up job with this one getting this ‘person’ elected!
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So another Dill Weed in the jar, whats new.
The year 2008, the year the least experienced President ever was elected, and a comodian was elected Senator.
A sad year for politics.
Unreal. Speechless.
Hey Minnesota, thanks so much. What are you people thinking?
Appologies to Ed Morrissey and others there who are not responsible for this.
Just another sign post on the road to hell.
Congrats Minn for overtaking Illinois, California and Vermont as the laughingstock State in the Country.
I’m waiting for his first fist fight on the Senate floor. You know he can’t control his temper. Who will be his first victim?
Oh, boy… just in time for cap and Trade…
Hey tre, if “comodian” is a typo, oops. If it was intentional, brilliant!. Commode-ian fits very well!
Commodian, I think we have a winner here.
Are we sure Minnesota is a real state?
I hope coleman challenges it to the US supreme court. We have 4 patriot conservatives there and if he can convince Kennedy, we will have a whole new ball game. Keep Franken out for as long as possible.
Norm….please kick it up to the federal courts. We need another loooooooong pause in the insanity!
Make way for the grand illustrious pooh-bah, his royal average-ness, protector of the absurd and warmer of the senatorial chair. Elbows and kneecaps below his contemporaries. I think we are going to hear great things from this man. . . . .things like “Great balls of fire, what the hell has he done now”?. . . and “Great Caesar’s ghost, he did WHAT”?
Hmm.
1. commedian-failed
2. talk show host-failed and station bankrput
3. ran for senator-didn’t get enough votes and sued
-court approved Jackass won.
-we need more failures running the country.
Future prospects…
4. National disgrace
5. Returns to commedy because NBC now works for the Government.
-People forced to laugh or else. Recall Farquat from Shrek.
I wonder how many votes Coleman would win by if Minnesota voted today?
On June 30th, 2009 at 2:41 pm, swede said:
Yeah, the country’s definitely in the toilet.
The best face and the new head of the DimoRat party –
How much more evidence do we need to prove that this Republic is lost forever? Words fail me.
(stolen) Elections have consequences.
They are perfecting their methods. If we don’t get honest people with integrity to conduct and monitor elections, this travesty will replay over and over.
Worst, before they go, they’ll be saddling us with nanny-state and windmill tin-foil–car “green” programs that will never be rid of, just like social security.
James Greenidge
Queens NY
Are the residents of Minnesota really dumb enough to elect this disgrace? It’s amazing that he could get more than 5 votes. Who’s next Sen. Garofalo? Rep. Rosie O’Donnell?
Hey, I hear what you’re saying. Just check out these weird women from Berkeley. You know, the ones that wear strange clothes and yell outrageous things. Keep in mind, having been admitted to Cal, these are deemed to be some of the Smartest Women in California.
California is soooo doomed.
BTW, the student body at Cal is 20% Asian women, you know, smart, accomplished, mostly conservative…Michelle Malkin types.
Clown? Assclown maybe.
He also looks like he just might be the result of genetic fiddling…
Errah, That’s just great. As soon as GM builds them the Obamamobile, they’ll have something to ride around in.
Mayor Sean Penn? Alderman Ed Asner? Councilman Alec Baldwin?
**gak**
I’ve made meself a bit ill.
lol!
Clown? This guy is a three-ring circus unto himself! Careful, don’t step in the elephant poop.
Every time I think things in Washington can’t get worse I am jerked back to reality that with Dems in control of our government things can (and will) always get worse.
Errah is Michael Moore running (walking)for anything; besides a twinkie??!!
I meant what I said. His “comedy” comes from the toilet.
I’ve never liked vulgar “comedy.” I like it just plain funny.
As much as I dislike Franken, I also do not like the idea of a federal court interfering in a state election. If there are even grounds for such a thing, I would be concerned about the precedent this would set.
If you have to ask you just don’t get the joke.
The historical parallel to a very corrupt dictatorial Rome is now complete.
Caligula was the mad Emperor.
He made his horse a Senator.
Now, we have THE ONE.
His party has made a horse’s asp a Senator.
Great…
A commodian…how apt. One of the majority of commodians in the Senate.
Me too but I’m in Maine.
Jabba The Hut? Or has he graduated to Jabba The Bungalow…?
I think he’s holding out for the Czar over the Ministry Of Information…
I’m not going to pass judgment on his legislative ability based on his earlier profession. Otherwise we’d not have had Reagan. But I will judge him on his policy stances!
But what I will say is that this situation has always been a Federal Court matter, and for Coleman to stop now is dumb. The Minnesota court ruled in favor of Minnesota law, and if I interpret the situation correctly the throwing out of these absentee ballots is a case of vote disenfranchisement that the Minnesota law allows for. The Federal Courts (although I lack the confidence in these courts I once had) that any law that disregards a valid vote (absentee or not) violates the 17th amendment. You simply have to show proof of validity to vote, which as I understand these absentee vote do and were thrown out on a technicality written in Minnesota election code.
I hope he continues, as I believe it’s a federal issue.
When will the RNC wise up and stop allowing the democrats to keep recounting the votes until they get the desired result.
It is groups like Acorn that enable these criminals and I have yet to see the RNC to do anything to help candidates that are victimized by them to do anything about it.
We have seen this happen over and over again yet the RNC acts surprised.
I’d point out that this guy ran for a seat in the “US Senate”. A federal level office. So while the election took place in the state of Minnesota, it is an issue that affects the entire country.
Either one would have been fataly wounded by this mess.
Franken winning should not come as a surprise. Democrats find a way in blue states to shall we say “insure” victory in a close election.
If you want to lose a close election or flat out lose to the Democrats simply run someone like the Republicans is only marginaly different than Democrat running. What is also forgotten is the independent received almost 16% of th vote; a repudiation of both parties.
That’s what the Republicans did in Minnesota. The outcome should have surprised no one.
As the old saw goes, give a man enough rope and he’ll hang himself. The Dems in the Senate have just been given enough rope. Trouble is, they’ll hang us with a choking debt.
(*cough* bs! *cough* bj! *cough* em! *cough*)
Simple answer:
Michael Steele. If ever there was a sad irony in one’s last name…. this is it.
From AP News:
Wow I’m sooooo happy! GOP sinks further!!!
Congrats Al Franken! It was about time!
Norm Coleman is a big sore loser and will always remain so.
Agreed. I had considered that prior to my response and it raises a valid concern. However, if we believe in our republic, that would include allowing the people of Minnesota to choose their representation even if it’s a clown.
Granted, it’s much more messy than that given all the issues around the mysteriously found votes.
I suppose I’m just troubled by the notion of a federal court trampling on the state’s right to select its representation. We wouldn’t be too thrilled about Anthony Kennedy being a deciding vote if the Minnesota court had ruled in favor of Coleman.
I had similar reservations about Roland Burris and while I dislike his positions, I thought the stunts Reid and the rest of the Democrats were trying to pull in barring him were ridiculous.
Unlike Obama, this is a Professional Clown.
Minnesota will still only one Senator who doesn’t answer her phone.
California now has three Senators.
I guess this is what is meant by “progress”.
Stuart Smalley: [narrating] When the big night finally arrived, Dad had a new nickname for me.
Dad Smalley: Here we go. Is Sir Eat-A-Lot getting a little nervous?
Young Donnie: Ha, ha, ha. “Sir Eat-A-Lot.”
Stuart Smalley: [narrating] I was already nostalgic for “Waste of Space.”
Coleman is slated to be on Hannity in a few minutes.
One point of view…
This just completes the cast for the Over-Reach Follies Of 2009.
The die is already cast…
There is enough corruption of our founding principals already on the books to mandate a revolt.
Cheddar, isn’t there a line that starts, “The peasants are revolting…
HEY! Minnesota! Thanks a LOT! What’s the %&*$^&# matter with you people??
Now the One Idiot has a filibuster-proof super majority. NICE JOB!
NOT!
Minnesota = FAIL
they certainly are, Ragsp.
And what kind of mistake will you be, Al?
No matter what your politics are, to cheer the election of Al Franken to the Senate is mentally ill.
*The Clown Cluster takes in another member; Harry Reid must be soooo proud.
*Minnesota is a reflection of it’s RINO Governor; Beware!; As the blue states get more and more blue, they will transform to violet, and then fade to black, as in a black hole; Beware the blue states, as secession becomes a viable option.
On June 30th, 2009 at 3:36 pm, Ragspierre said:
Cheddar, isn’t there a line that starts, “The peasants are revolting…
This may not be over. The Minn Supreme Court did not say ‘shall’ but ‘should’. Gov Pawlenty is between a rock and a hard place.
Sen Coleman could still appeal to the Supreme Court.
I feel for the people of Minn.
EXCELLENT post, zyzzyg!!!
Let it be the start of a trend!
Al Franken!
Just what dey need in Minnesota, ja shoor ya-betcha!
You got that right, MM. Another clown…though more like a “yes” man to the political elites there. They will tell him what to say, do, and vote, and he will agree. Maybe he is hoping to be one of the elites in our new socialist world, though a low elite in the ranking.
Very simple:
“Voters don’t determine elections.
Vote counters determine elections.”
(Joseph Stalin)
Me too, but it’s more disgust for them giving us a buffoon as a senator. What are they thinking?
Cheddar:
You mean that the Stooges MISSED that one….!!!
incroyable…
The voting system continues to work. NOT!!!!!!!!!
Finally a dem Senator with a brain.
Bozo goes to Washington. Once again, I am ashamed of my State. Well, he will fit right in with all the other stupids in Congress. Sickening and disgusting, and a whole lot of other adjectives too nasty to say here.
A Filibuster Proof Senate. THINK of the Horrors that await The People of the United States of America.
And if anyone says 2012 !!!!!!!
No, IT IS DONE…. IT IS TO LATE!!!!
Obama has EVERYTHING he needs to Ruin America… “Bring it to its Knees”.
A Damn sad day for the ONCE Greatest Country on Gods Green Earth.
Flags at Half Staff.
Minnesota bashing is not necessary here. A lot of us are upset over this. And there are plenty of other states with insane representatives too.
And another Dem tax cheat joins the fray.
Actually, with Franken’s tax problems, I’m surprised OB didn’t make him comedy Czar.
…named Abby Normal…
scrapper – I thought Biden was Bozo. We are running out of appropriate monikers.
Coleman is congratulating Franken. What a useless POS both of them are …
McCloud9: It is not over, it has just begun; There are many ways to turn the tide, and we shall!
Coleman has conceded.
No real change in the larger battles ahead.
Time to take up your weapon of choice, people.
Mine is pure civil disobedience. I will not submit to the VARIOUS excesses of my government.
More proof that the inmates run the asylem.
“Count the votes. Norm Coleman’s ahead? Well, looky here! Here’s some ballots in the trunk of a car! Let’s count them, too. Norm’s still ahead? Well, looky here! I found some more ballots! Count them too. Al Franken’s ahead? Okay, we’ve counted enough. Declare Al the winner.”
That election was a travesty! How did all of those “mysteriously found” ballots get allowed in?
Absolute proof that if you get enough fraudulent votes and recounts that you can steal an election – especially when the Republican candidate doesn’t even try.
Surprise level: 0.00
And to top it all off, next year is a
C E N S U S.
Probably run by ACORN
Thank you, and thank you for using my screen name unadulterated.
Let it be the start of a trend.
Agreed. Maybe it would easier to list states with sane reps. Can’t seem to think of one off hand…
You earn, you receive.
Simple.
A tactically sound move on Coleman’s part. My opinion. Point of diminishing returns time has arrived.
The art of diplomacy is saying “nice doggy” until you can find a big rock.
No, it is a state’s rights issue. If we give it to the feds, their fitting right into the statists hands!
And now they have a filibuster proof senate with the crap and take energy bill.
We are soooo screwed.
Note to self, spend Independence Day weekend loading more ammo.
Wyoming.
I had some other ones in mind, but I don’t want to get banned.
Costa Rica is looking better and better each and every day. Hope you all enjoy National Socialism under the Obamastration!
I stand corrected. I really like McCotter in Michigan also. That’s 2.
Texas? Alaska? Not sure.
Wyoming, maybe. Michigan…um, no.
(hangs head in shame) I’m from Mass.
Ted Kennedy
John Fn Kerry
Barney Frank
Kill me now!
How does Minnesota give us Michelle Bachman and Al Franken?
Now we have no balance of power! The people have lost our voice will be shut down until 2010!
“The Utopian Schemes (wealth redistribution) of leveling and community goods
(central ownership of the means of production and distribution), are as
visionary and impractical as those which vest all property in the Crown. These
ideas are arbitrary, despotic and in our government unconstitutional.
Samuel Adams 1865
I also, suggest everyone look up the “People’s Law” the 3 headed eagle and it
left and right wings.
Here is an example of what is happening now
Wing #1 has become infatuated with solving all of the problems with disregard of
cost!
Wing#2 has failed to use it’s power to sober the out of control problem solvers
therefore creating anarchy.
That’s what I tell my Dog. Ho loves Snausages and Bacon! Bacon! Bacon!
Ho s/b he
happyscrapper, I’m just curious. Do you think the people in MN who voted for Freakin actually thought he would be a good senator, or was it sort of an f you thing? Can’t believe responsible people could do this.