Another Comedian in Congress?

[graywolf]

The Minnesota Supreme Court has declared Al Franken the winner of the Senatorial contest.  The news release stated that there was a very outside chance the defeated incumbent, Norm Coleman, would be able to further contest the decision.  My deepest sympathies to all my friends in MN.  As usual, the big city liberal machines have spoken.   

[ericire12]

Bought and paid for

[JC5123]

One day, someone will have to explain to me, how you can get more votes than there are voters, and not be investigated for fraud.

[tombogan03884]

One day, someone will have to explain to me, how you can get more votes than there are voters, and not be investigated for fraud.

It's EASY, run as a Democrat and oppose everything REAL Americans have ever believed in.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_el_se/us_minnesota_senate

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that Democrat Al Franken be certified as the winner of the state's long-running Senate race, paving the way for a resolution in the seven-month fight over the seat.

The high court rejected a legal challenge from Republican Norm Coleman, whose options for regaining the Senate seat are dwindling.

Justices said Franken is entitled to the election certificate he needs to assume office. With Franken and the usual backing of two independents, Democrats will have a big enough majority to overcome Republican filibusters.

Coleman hasn't ruled out seeking federal court intervention.

Jim Manley, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, said the earliest Franken would be seated is next week because the Senate is out of session for the July 4 holiday.

Franken, a former Saturday Night Live star making the leap from life as a left-wing author and radio talker to the Senate, planned a news conference later Tuesday and didn't immediately comment.

Coleman's campaign didn't immediately return a call for comment. Nor did Gov. Tim Pawlenty, whose signature is required on the election certificate Franken needs to be seated.

Pawlenty, a Republican, has said he would sign the certificate if ordered to do so by the court. The court's ruling stopped short of explicitly ordering the governor to sign the document, saying only that Franken was "entitled" to it.

Coleman's appeal hinged largely on whether thousands of absentee votes had been unfairly rejected by local election officials around the state.

The unanimous court wrote that "because the legislature established absentee voting as an optional method of voting, voters choosing to use that method are required to comply with the statutory provisions."

They went on to say that "because strict compliance with the statutory requirements for absentee voting is, and always has been required, there is no basis on which voters could have reasonably believed that anything less than strict compliance would suffice."

[fightingquaker13]

The one bit of comfort I take is that there is finally a state that makes Florida elections look good.
FQ13

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[WatchManUSA]

OMG - Al Franken in my Senator...

Now we have two liberals from Minnesota in the Senate - God help us!

[twyacht]

Somewhere in my car I have Coleman ballots,.....maybe they'll help...

They worked for Senator Stewart Smalley....

Sorry for you guys in MN. Christmas will be just a colder this year....

[tt11758]

I need to move further south.  25 miles from the Minnesota border has just become too damned close for comfort.

[Kid Shelleen]

It's not just Minnesota that should mourn but all of America. That just gave the Dems the 60 they needed for a filibuster-proof majority

[MikeBjerum]

A really neat thing is that when they were trying to raise money for advertising and legal fees to change the votes count the ballots, laughing man went to NY City ...  New York City? and held fund raisers