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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Politics Sen. Al Franken (D-SNL)
Posted by Dan Savage on Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 4:16 PM
Norm Coleman just got a Christmas present from the Minnesota Supreme Court: A giant lump of coal.In a unanimous decision handed down just now, the state Supremes denied Coleman any relief in a lawsuit he was waging to deal with allegations of double-counted absentee ballots, which his campaign says have given an illegitimate edge to Al Franken.... Simply put, Coleman is in very big trouble right now. With Al Franken leading by 47 votes, this lawsuit was Coleman's best shot at coming from behind. And it just failed, making a Franken win nearly a foregone conclusion when this recount finishes up in early January.
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Dear Mr. Savage;
As a sex columnist, I think you are the primo shizzit.
As a political columnist, you occasionally hit the mark.
With this post (Sen Al Franken 12-24 4: 16 PM) you screwed the frickin pooch. (I know, not something you're in to)
A 47 vote lead for Franken, (out of 2.5 million cast) and you declare his victory a "foregone conclusion"????
You think Coleman roles over and plays dead at this point?
What are you smoking? I want a bowl!
I want Franken to win as bad as you do, but your post goes beyond silly, straight to stoopid.
There are still 6600 ballots that the court has to re-review.
This is going to court, we won't know the winner until Feb 09 at the earliest.
And you sir, should stick to sex, rather than political analysis.
Shoemaker, stick to thy last! Tell me how to calm my BF who gets offended when I comment on a woman's sexy tits or ass! (he's a short, dumpy, hairy little fuck, but he's also smart and kind and funny and sweet and a mad sexy lover) I love him, but I still think some women are sexy as hell.
Yours,
Can't Think Of A Cute Acronym
As a sex columnist, I think you are the primo shizzit.
As a political columnist, you occasionally hit the mark.
With this post (Sen Al Franken 12-24 4: 16 PM) you screwed the frickin pooch. (I know, not something you're in to)
A 47 vote lead for Franken, (out of 2.5 million cast) and you declare his victory a "foregone conclusion"????
You think Coleman roles over and plays dead at this point?
What are you smoking? I want a bowl!
I want Franken to win as bad as you do, but your post goes beyond silly, straight to stoopid.
There are still 6600 ballots that the court has to re-review.
This is going to court, we won't know the winner until Feb 09 at the earliest.
And you sir, should stick to sex, rather than political analysis.
Shoemaker, stick to thy last! Tell me how to calm my BF who gets offended when I comment on a woman's sexy tits or ass! (he's a short, dumpy, hairy little fuck, but he's also smart and kind and funny and sweet and a mad sexy lover) I love him, but I still think some women are sexy as hell.
Yours,
Can't Think Of A Cute Acronym
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And here I thought a state couldn't be as stupid as Florida was in 2000.
Way to stay classy Minnesota!
Way to stay classy Minnesota!
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Hey Can't Think of a Cute Acronym,
I am aware I might be wrong, but I don't Dan's posting is his own personal comments.
Here is my boreing breeder suggestion for your beloved BF. Next time you comment on some woman's sexy assets, whisper in his ear how he is going to benifit from your observation. Then, be sure to make good on your randy observations!
I hope Dan has better advice for you. You sound sweet.
I am aware I might be wrong, but I don't Dan's posting is his own personal comments.
Here is my boreing breeder suggestion for your beloved BF. Next time you comment on some woman's sexy assets, whisper in his ear how he is going to benifit from your observation. Then, be sure to make good on your randy observations!
I hope Dan has better advice for you. You sound sweet.
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As a part-time Minnesotan, McAngryPants, I think you should do a little research towards the process that the state of Minnesota took in the recount. Partially because of Florida 2000, the state passed a bunch of laws that created a stellar recount system that handcounted 3 million ballots as fairly as possible. Plus, Minnesota's liberal (not left-liberal but open-liberal) ballot-intent law, thousands of ballots were reviewed by a committee to determine the voter's intent. Sure, a victory may seem arbitrary when its such a statistically small difference between the two candidates, but I think the state has done a hell of a job showing transparency and methodology to be as fair and accessible as possible.
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